Faculty/Type Title:

Advanced Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor

Cultural Anthropology

Fall Semester 2025

Spelman College seeks teacher/scholars dedicated to excellence in teaching and to the continued enhancement of the academic environment for students and colleagues. Founded in 1881, Spelman College is a private four-year liberal arts college located in Atlanta, GA. The oldest historically Black college for women in the United States, Spelman is a member of the Atlanta University Center Consortium and Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education.

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Spelman College is seeking a tenure-track or tenured socio-cultural anthropologist at the Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor level to begin in August 2025. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to social justice and anti-racism through their teaching and research. Candidates with evidence of an ongoing research program, teaching effectiveness, and a demonstrated commitment to teaching and mentoring women and underrepresented students are especially encouraged to apply.We are particularly interested in candidates who have geographical and topical expertise that complements that of faculty members in the Sociology and Anthropology Department. We welcome candidates who do ethnographically grounded work on any of the following topics: urban anthropology, environmental justice, Black ecologies, queer studies, disability studies, digital media studies, political/legal anthropology, visual anthropology, anthropology of public health, global Islamic cultures, and/or critical race studies; and who have geographical expertise in the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, the US or the Middle East/North Africa. We are also interested in candidates who bring methodological expertise in any of the following: digital and spatial humanities, qualitative data analysis, GIS mapping, documentary filmmaking, participatory action research, ethnohistory, or archival research.This position carries a 3:3 teaching load. The candidate must be able to teach core anthropology courses such as Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Ethnographic Methods, and Anthropological Theory, as well as upper-level Anthropology elective courses in their area of specialization. The candidate will also rotate among department faculty to co-teach the Senior Thesis capstone course, which is a requirement for all majors. The Department of Sociology and Anthropology offers two majors: Sociology, and Sociology and Anthropology, and it has tracks/concentrations in Public Health, Pre-Law/Criminology, and Pre-Medicine. Thus, while the successful candidate will hold a PhD in Anthropology, they must also be comfortable operating at the intersection of sociology and anthropology.



To apply for the position, please submit the following documents to PeopleAdmin by Friday, November 1, 2024:- a cover letter that summarizes your research interests and experience teaching and mentoring undergraduate students (particularly those from historically marginalized or underserved groups)- A curriculum vitae- A 1-2-page statement of teaching philosophy- A 1-2-page statement of research interests- A one-page diversity and inclusion statement- the names and contact information for three references.

The successful candidate must have an earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology and have 6 years in an academic institution, with experience in teaching, portfolio of research and record of service.

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09/06/2024

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11/08/2024

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