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Northern Arizona University, Assistant Professor in U.S. Southwest Archaeology #605844 (Begin reviewing on 1/5/22)

The Department of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Archaeology at the Assistant Professor level beginning in August 2022. In order to meet our commitments as an institution committed to the advancement and success of Native American students and a Hispanic Serving Institution as well as to support efforts promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice NAU will be making a cluster hire this year across several disciplines. Broadly, this cluster is in the areas of Latinx Studies and/or Indigenous Studies. Departments participating include Comparative Cultural Studies, Music, Anthropology, Applied Indigenous Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, and Psychological Sciences.

We seek an archaeologist with a Ph.D. in Archaeology/Anthropology at the time of hire with research specialties in the prehistoric U.S. Southwest and/or adjacent regions (southern California, Plains, Great Basin, Mexico). The candidate is expected to complement and strengthen the department’s undergraduate and graduate curriculum and build transdisciplinary relationships within the department and across the university. The ideal candidate should possess demonstrated or emerging potential for successful community-engaged research with Indigenous and/or other descendent communities and a research program capable of attracting external funding and forging collaborations with various federal, state, and tribal organizations. Teaching responsibilities include in person and online graduate and undergraduate level courses including Southwestern Archaeology, Archaeological Theory, Archaeological Methods, Applied Indigenous Archaeology, and Indigenous Perspectives in Cultural Resource Management among others. The ideal candidate shall develop a comprehensive teaching portfolio of large undergraduate courses, methods courses, and graduate courses in the candidate’s areas of interest, and research opportunities for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

We particularly invite applications from individuals who prioritize the diversification of the discipline through their teaching, research, and background who can provide mentoring and training that prepares students for a more socially conscious approach to archaeology. We also welcome applications from scholars who are from populations historically underrepresented in the academy, and/or who have experience working with diverse populations. For more information about our program please visit our website: NAU Department of Anthropology.

This vacancy will be open until filled or closed.

How to Apply: Go to https://in.nau.edu/human-resources/current-job-openings/ and locate vacancy 605844, and then "Apply" at the bottom of the page.

Application must include: 1) letter of interest, 2) one-page statement of teaching philosophy, 3) one-page statement of research agenda, 4) a one-page statement of commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (see DEIJ Statement below), 5) Curriculum Vitae, 6) unofficial transcripts, and 7) contact information for three references. Save all items as PDF and/or Word documents. Candidates selected for phone interviews will be asked to submit an example syllabus for class for which they have been instructor of record in the past or currently that is similar to one of the classes in the job ad. If a candidate has not been an instructor of record, they will be asked to submit an example syllabus that demonstrates how they might teach one of the classes in the job ad.

DEIJ Statement: NAU affirms the importance and critical need for diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) in higher education and we seek to hire an individual with a strong track record of engagement with DEIJ in their professional endeavors. The one-page DEIJ statement should address your values and/or philosophy, accomplishments, experiences, education, and training with DEIJ. We highly encourage the integration of one or more of the following considerations into your statement and to be as specific and concrete as possible in any examples you provide.

• Your understanding/articulation of the role played by intersectional personal identities in developing concrete DEIJ actions and products.
• Past and future integration of DEIJ aspects and issues into your teaching activities, and any impact of that DEIJ inclusion on students, the institution, your discipline, and the larger community.
• Past or future integration of DEIJ aspects or issues into your research activities, and any impact of that integration on students, the institution, your discipline, and the larger community.
• Academic, professional, industry, and/or community service that contributes to building respectful and inclusive organizational climates, advances institutional recruitment of marginalized people, and raises awareness of DEIJ issues.

If you need assistance completing your application there are instructions available on the NAU HR website  or in person in the Human Resources Department located in Building 91 on the NAU Campus - on the corner of Beaver and DuPont Streets. If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation to participate in the hiring process please contact the Office of Equity and Access at: or PO Box 4083, Flagstaff AZ 86011.

Required Qualifications: Ph.D. or doctorate in Archaeology/Anthropology by August 2022 AND Specialization in the prehistoric U.S. Southwest and/or adjacent regions (southern California, Plains, Great Basin, Mexico)

Preferred Qualifications: Evidence of commitment to diversity: scholarship, teaching and/or service experience focused on issues of diversity or diverse populations; working with diverse populations on campus and in the community; Excellence in or emerging potential for: successful collaborative and community-engaged research with Indigenous and/or other descendent communities; successful collaborations with federal, state, and tribal organizations; peer-reviewed publications; external funding; teaching Southwestern Archaeology, Archaeological Theory, Archaeological Methods, Applied Indigenous Archaeology, and Indigenous Perspectives in Cultural Resource Management and/or similar courses and web-based teaching.