One-year position at Northeastern Illinois University

One Year BioAnthropology Teaching Position, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.

The Northeastern Illinois University Department of Anthropology seeks a Biological Anthropologist for a one-year full time (7 courses) teaching position to begin August 2011. We are interested in highly qualified and enthusiastic candidates with expertise in human biological variation or paleoanthropology. ABD or Ph.D. in anthropology is required; teaching experience preferred. This is an excellent opportunity to gain additional classroom and course development experience in a collegial environment with a motivated, highly diverse and historically underrepresented student population.

The successful candidate will teach 2-3 sections of our introductory biological anthropology course each semester and our ANTH 356 Human Variation course in fall. Several course options exist for spring, including Human Growth and Development or Paleoanthropology. We will also consider proposals for new courses (except in primatology or osteology) in the candidate’s area of expertise.

Northeastern Illinois University is a comprehensive state university of nearly 12,000 commuter students located on a 67-acre campus in a residential area on the northwest side of Chicago. In addition to quality academic programming consistent with the University’s mission of excellence and access, the University is known for global education opportunities for students. NEIU is nationally recognized as having the most ethnically diverse student body in the Midwest, and is a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution. The 3-field Department of Anthropology is among the most active on campus and has an extensive contemporary and fossil cast and bone collection. Class sizes are limited to 20-40 students. Our website is: http://www.neiu.edu/~anthro/. We hope to be granted a tenure-line replacement position in the same area and begin a search in fall. NEIU is an EO/AA employer and welcomes applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, as well as other qualified applicants.

Please include the following in your application:
1) letter of interest describing relevant experience;
2) current vita including contact information for 3 references;
3) syllabi developed by the candidate if available;
4) past teaching evaluations, if available.

Application materials should be emailed to: lcdavis@neiu.edu or sent to: Lesa C. Davis, Associate Professor and Coordinator, Department of Anthropology, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625-4699.

Deadline: 4 April 2011.