Assistant Professor

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The Department of Anthropology at UNC Chapel Hill fosters an environment where multiple approaches coexist and intersect. We support studies, research, and professional applications in the three subfields of foundational training, Sociocultural Anthropology, Human Biology, Ecology and Evolution; and Archaeology one cross-disciplinary program in Medical Anthropology and a concentration focused on Race, Difference and Power. The goals of this approach are to permit crosscutting research on the part of faculty and students, to encourage engagement with other programs and interdisciplinary units on campus and to allow interest groups to form around particular problems as they emerge. Within this larger, open structure, the department maintains strong collective interest in issues of globalization, nature and the environment, public anthropology, cultural studies and political economy. It also features strong collective interest in the regional study of North America (particularly the southern United States), Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as Europe and Asia (particularly Southeast Asia). None of these interests are exclusive, however, and faculty members work on a variety of topics in a variety of settings.

This is a tenure track, Assistant Professor of anthropology position. A biological anthropologist or human ecologist with a specialization in health and the environment will contribute to our vibrant undergraduate and graduate programs, including a growing medical anthropology major and minor and our PhD program in Human Biology, Ecology, and Evolution ( HBEE). This position will add to our department's longstanding strength in environmental anthropology. Potential areas of focus may include, but are not limited to, water and other resource-related health issues, human-environment interactions, health and environmental exposures (weather, toxicants, etc.), and biocultural adaptation to environmental change. This position will complement, rather than duplicate, existing expertise in the HBEE program. The assistant professor will engage with intellectual spaces beyond the department such as the Carolina Population Center, the Gillings School of Global Public Health, the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program, the Center for Galapagos Studies, and the Institute for the Environment. The assistant professor will have teaching duties for upper and lower-level classes in human biology, environmental anthropology, and/or medical anthropology as well as one service course and a graduate level course. The course load for this position is a 2:2. This position will also contribute to research mentorship for graduate and undergraduate students in HBEE and medical anthropology.

PhD in Anthropology, or related field. ABD will be considered. Experience teaching at the college level.

Potential to teach in both small and large classroom settings; maintain active scholarly research programs (through publications and grants); a strong approach to environmental health from the perspective of human biology or cultural ecology with a broad range of interests and a bioculturally informed approach to investigating intersections between humans and their environments; expertise in biomarker analysis, environmental exposures, or another methodological specialty for examining environmental health; and provide laboratory and field experience for undergraduate and graduate students.

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Candidates should submit a cover letter detailing research and teaching experience, curriculum vitae, research statement, teaching statement, and the names and contact information for four references.

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