Post Doc. Teaching Associate – Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville seeks a full-time Post- Doctoral Teaching Associate (9-month appointment, with benefits) in cultural anthropology, to begin January 1, 2020. The position is for one academic year and would be renewable for an additional semester based on satisfactory performance, curricular need and funding availability. The successful candidate will have an active teaching and research agenda that contributes to the department’s Disasters, Displacement and Human Rights (DDHR) undergraduate concentration and graduate certificate program. Ability to teach existing undergraduate and graduate courses in cultural anthropology, and new offerings that contribute to the themes of the DDHR program, is necessary. We are particularly interested in candidates who focus on race/racism, identity, and discrimination in relationship to environmental justice and climate change.
The teaching load will be two courses per semester (50% effort), with the other 50% effort devoted to research and service in support of the DDHR program. The latter may include supervising undergraduate and graduate student participation in ethnographic research; promoting the DDHR program’s profile and visibility through multimedia; organizing special events; and assisting in the development and management of an open access working papers series and/or journal. Commitment to mentoring students for both academic and other professional career trajectories, and active participation in departmental life, are expected. The Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee is seeking candidates who have the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the diversity and intercultural goals of the University. The Ph.D. must be in hand at the time of appointment.
Send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references in digital format to: Dr. Tricia Redeker Hepner, Chair, Cultural Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, at thepner@utk.edu, with a copy to Pamela Poe at ppoe@utk.edu. Review of applications will begin September 1, 2019 and will continue until the position is filled.
The Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee is seeking candidates who have the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the diversity and intercultural goals of the University. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and admission without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, and parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law. In accordance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Tennessee affirmatively states that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or disability in its education programs and activities, and this policy extends to employment by the university. Inquiries and charges of violation of Title VI (race, color, and national origin), Title IX (sex), Section 504 (disability), the ADA (disability), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (age), sexual orientation, or veteran status should be directed to the Office of Equity and Diversity, 1840 Melrose Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-3560, telephone 865-974-2498. Requests for accommodation of a disability should be directed to the ADA Coordinator at the Office of Equity and Diversity.
