Assistant Professor,Art, Aesthetics or Popular Culture

SUNY, Brockport

SUNY College at Brockport, Department of Anthropology seeks a tenure-track Cultural Anthropologist at the Assistant Professor level with a research specialization in art, aesthetics, or popular culture, to begin fall 2008. Candidate should have a demonstrated record of ethnographic field research and scholarly productivity. Area specialty is open but should complement existing faculty, and the successful candidate will have a demonstrated record of field research and scholarly productivity in their area. Secondary interests open, but preference given to: museum studies, visual anthropology, linguistic anthropology, or the anthropology of tourism. PhD in Anthropology must be in hand at time of appointment.

Preference will also be given to applicants with higher education teaching experience and a demonstrated record of teaching effectiveness in addition to a commitment to undergraduate teaching/education and to student research.

The successful candidate is expected to teach 6 courses per year and engage in an active program of scholarship. Teaching responsibilities would include Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Ethnographic Experience, Anthropological Theory, and Anthropology as a Profession in rotation with current faculty, in addition to new courses in his/her areas of specialty such the anthropology of art, Aesthetics, Popular Culture, Museum Studies, etc.

Candidates will submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae and the names of three references. All applications must be made online at www.brockportrecruit.org.

SUNY Brockport is a comprehensive four-year college in the historic Erie Canal village of Brockport, located 16 miles west of Rochester and 60 miles east of Buffalo, New York. We have some 8,700 students enrolled in 40 undergraduate and 27 graduate programs. Anthropology is currently an undergraduate program with about 40 majors and 20 minors. SUNY Brockport is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer strongly committed to excellence through diversity. Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged. The Anthropology Department has 5.5 full-time faculty and 5 adjuncts. Our program stresses interaction between students and faculty; hands-on laboratory, field and career experience; training in research methodology; and mastery of analytical and communication skills.