Advanced Assistant/Associate Professor – Landscape Archaeology
Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor - Landscape Archaeology
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville: Knoxville Academic Units: College of Arts and Sciences: Anthropology
Position Description
The Anthropology Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is seeking a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track (TT) faculty position at the advanced Assistant or Associate Professor level commencing in the Fall of 2024. The Department seeks a candidate with expertise in anthropological archaeology with a research focus in landscape archaeology who can bring new research and instructional breadth to the Department and build upon our interdisciplinary strengths. 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.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will be expected to establish and maintain a strong program of research and publication in landscape archaeology, and to develop a robust, externally funded research portfolio that advances the candidate’s research as well as the mission of the Department of Anthropology (https://anthropology.utk.edu/mission/). Engagement in exciting areas of research may include, but is not limited to, historical ecology, conflict, colonialism, landscapes of segregation, racialized landscapes, emplacement, memory, or ritual. Methodological foci could include geoarchaeology, geophysical applications and remote sensing, and use of geographic information systems (GIS). Critical to this position is the development and delivery of active field projects that provide opportunities for student participation and training. Geographic area of research is open.
The successful candidate will also provide support for the teaching mission of the Department by enthusiastically teaching (typically 2 courses per semester) established undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department and creating new courses in landscape archaeology and areas of related expertise. The candidate should be able to teach our undergraduate Introduction to Archaeology course as well as the graduate core archaeology theory course. Further, this candidate will take an active role in bringing creativity to curriculum development, particularly the new Archaeology Concentration, which emphasizes experiential learning in laboratory and field school settings.
The ideal candidate will contribute to the life of the university by mentoring graduate and undergraduate students and serving on departmental, college, professional and university committees appropriate to rank.
Requirements
A Ph.D. must be in hand at the time of appointment. Applicants for the advanced Assistant Professor rank will have developed or demonstrate the capacity to deliver a field project within the first two years of joining the department. Applicants will also have a record of seeking and/or securing external funding and should be prepared for promotion and tenure within two to three years of hire.
Applicants for the Associate level should currently hold tenure and be tenurable at an R-1 institution and will have a demonstrated track record in external funding and an active field project.
UTK is a land-grant university and values engaged forms of research/scholarship/creative activity, teaching and service, and considers evidence of these commitments in the records of applicants.
Application Instructions
Submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and list of three references in digital format via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/132812. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2023, and will continue until the position is filled.
Please contact Dr. Dawnie Steadman, Chair of the Search Committee (dsteadma@utk.edu), with any questions.
In addition to addressing their qualifications for the position in their application, candidates may describe how they would help promote students’ access to and inclusion in their teaching and research/scholarship/creative activities. We encourage all potential applicants to visit the University of Tennessee’s diversity website http://www.utk.edu/diversity.
Environment and Community
The University of Tennessee campus is located in one of the most beautiful areas of the country with easy access to miles of inland waterways, pristine state and national parks, diverse cultural opportunities, and a blend of convenient urban and rural living settings. Downtown Knoxville, adjacent to campus, is a thriving neighborhood filled with restaurants, shops, and indoor and outdoor entertainment venues, and is home to the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, the Knoxville Opera Company, annual international festivals such as the Big Ears Music Festival, and seasonal and weekly events such as Jazz on the Square, Shakespeare on the Square, and the Farmers Market. The University is located within easy driving distance to Asheville, Nashville, Atlanta, and the Great Smoky Mountains.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
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