Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Job Description

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Job Title:

Assistant Professor, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences

Posting Start Date:

10/14/26

Work Arrangement:

Onsite

Current UC employees must apply internally via SuccessFactors

Faculty rank and compensation will be based on experience and academic credentials.

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UC is a mission-driven organization where we are committed to student success and positively transforming the community through scholarship and service. We thrive on innovation, making an impact, and fostering an environment where staff and faculty are key contributors to UC’s success.

Job Overview

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Cincinnati invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor in Sociocultural Anthropology. The position will conduct community-engaged research at the intersection of health and the environment and employ critical ethnographic and applied approaches to problem solving in urban or peri-urban communities. This hire will help build the department’s research profile in environmental and medical anthropology, and further the department’s commitment to applied, public, and engaged scholarship.

The appointment is intended to begin August 15, 2027.

Essential Functions

• Teach undergraduate and graduate-level disciplinary courses in the Department of Anthropology including but not limited to Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Applied Anthropology, and upper division courses in the individual’s area of expertise at the intersection of health and the environment as well as community-engaged courses.
• Develop a scholarly and community-engaged research program focusing on the intersection of health and the environment.
• Sustain an active and promising research program consistent with disciplinary expectations at a Research 1 Institution, including publishing scholarly research and pursuing internal and external funding opportunities.
• Contribute to our undergraduate and graduate program through advising and mentoring students.
• Expand training opportunities for students in the areas of applied and community- engaged anthropology.
• Contribute service to the department, college, university, and the profession (such as but not limited to serving on a faculty or professional organization, committee participation or leadership, and peer-review of research proposals, journal articles, and manuscripts).

Minimum Requirements

Prior to effective date of appointment:

· A PhD in Anthropology or a closely related field