Tenure-Track Anthro Prof (SFU)
Anthropology - Simon Fraser University, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, invites applications for a tenure-track position in anthropology
at the rank of Assistant Professor commencing September 1 2007. This position is
subject to budgetary approval. The department is seeking a recent Ph.D. in
socio-cultural anthropology who is committed to ethnographic innovation as a
mode of theoretical exploration, and whose research programme contributes to
understanding the dynamics of power and social change in the contemporary world.
Geographical area specialization: open, but those whose work focuses on China or
sub-Saharan Africa (including diasporas) are especially encouraged to apply.
Desired areas of expertise may include one or more of the following: conflict,
war, or displacement; work, organizations or bureaucracies; science and
technology; environment, nature, and political ecology; children and/or family;
collaborative research processes.
The ideal candidate will be well-grounded in anthropological traditions of
thought and be able to teach core courses such as introductory anthropology,
ethnographic research methods, and anthropological theory at the undergraduate
and graduate level.
Applicants should submit: a letter of application; a curriculum vitae; a
statement of teaching and research interests, current and projected research
activities; a sample of current publications; and evidence of teaching
accomplishment. Applicants should send these materials and arrange for three
confidential letters of academic reference to be sent to:
Dr. Jane Pulkingham, Chair
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C.
CANADA V5A 1S6
The deadline for completed applications is November 15, 2006. Simon Fraser is an
equity employer and encourages applications from women, persons with
disabilities, visible minorities and First Nations peoples. All qualified
candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents
will be given priority. Potential applicants are invited to visit our web site:
www.sfu.ca/sociology. Under the authority of the University Act personal
information that is required by the University for Academic Appointment
Competitions will be collected. For further details see:
http://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/Faculty_Openings/Collection_Notice.html
MORE INFORMATION from S. Pigg
This is ad is pitched broadly; but Latin American studies and "medical"
specializations will be lowest priority as we are overbalanced in those areas.
We will be making a short list of qualified candidates regardless of
citizenship; in the case of similar suitability for the job, we give priority to
Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
The Dept is a collegial joint Sociology and Anthropology Dept. Archaeology is
separate Dept, so we are all socio-cultural anthropologists. The Sociologists
all specialize in forms of critical social theory and/or qualitative research.
The course load is two courses per semester (undergrad and grad). Our academic
year is divided into 3 trimesters. Faculty teach in any two trimesters. (the
teaching part is 13 weeks).This system offers much flexibility to conduct
research in the Fall or Spring.
Salary is for 12 months. Benefits: notable is that there is one year paid
parental leave (for birth or adoption); common law partners of same or opposite
sex are eligible for spousal benefits.
SFU is located in a suburb of Vancouver (Burnaby) on a spectacular mountain-top
campus with stunning views of fjords, the Georgia Strait, and downtown. It has
been consistently rated as one of Canada's top moderate sized undergraduate and
research universities. It is publicly funded.
Dr. Stacy Leigh Pigg
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Editor, Medical Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
Dept of Sociology and Anthropology
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 CANADA
email: pigg@sfu.ca
office phone: 604-291-3777 or 604-291-3146 (main)
fax: 604-291-5799