Professor/Director, Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Indiana University

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Department: Mathers Museum / Glenn Black Laboratory


Position: Associate / Full Professor / Director

Description: Indiana University Bloomington seeks a director for the Mathers Museum of World Cultures/Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology, which were merged in the spring of 2011 and report to the university administration through the Vice Provost for Research. The Director will hold a half-time appointment in the Museum/Lab and a half-time appointment in an appropriate department within the College of Arts and Sciences, such as Anthropology or Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Qualified candidates should be prepared to present a vision of how they will develop, lead, and enhance the Museum/Lab, as well as how they will contribute to their home department. Applicants must possess qualifications suitable for a tenured faculty appointment (Associate or Full Professor) and should demonstrate experience in museum leadership, distinguished scholarship, and a commitment to teaching both disciplinary and museum-related courses.

The Museum’s ethnological collections are worldwide in scope and include both material culture objects and major photographic holdings. The Lab’s archaeological collections derive from the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley area, particularly the State of Indiana, and serve as the focus of the Lab’s research. The Museum/Lab is a vital component of the University’s research, teaching, and public missions; the Director is expected to participate fully in all of these activities through the Museum/Lab and his or her home department.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, complete curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of six references. Nominations are welcome; please submit names by January 21, 2012. Materials should be sent to Professor Ruth M. Stone, Chair, Search and Screen Committee, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Carmichael Center Suite 202, 530 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, Indiana 47408-4003. Alternatively, they may be sent electronically to David Taylor at dltaylor@indiana.edu. Applications received by January 31, 2012 will be assured of consideration. Indiana University is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. (Second listing.)

P.S. I got married at Mathers Museum!

Primate field school in South Africa

From Brandi Wren (Purdue University) and Shawn Hurst (Indiana University):

Primates of South Africa Field School

Want to spend the month of June studying baboons, vervet monkeys, blue monkeys, bushbabies, and other wildlife in South Africa, plus get Indiana/IUPUI/Ball State/Purdue University credit? Then join the Primates of South Africa Field School!

Watch the video:
http://gallery.me.com/wrenbrandi#100310
• Learn about South African wildlife, vegetation, and ecology
• Learn how to identify animal tracks and signs
• Open to students from all universities (note from JNR: although you may not get academic credit. Check with course directors to confirm.)
• All students pay in-state tuition
• Financial aid may apply

For more information, contact shhurst@indiana.edu

Indiana University Psych Dept. Hiring Visiting Assistant Professors

Indiana University-Bloomington: The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is seeking applications for up to three visiting assistant professors to teach undergraduate courses. The ideal candidates will be experienced instructors at the college level with an interest in adding value to the undergraduate program. We have particular needs in instructors who can teach introductory neuroscience, social psychology, and cognitive psychology, as well as introductory psychology. These will be 1 year appointments potentially renewable for a second year. The teaching load is 2 courses per semester. Applicants should have an advanced degree, a PhD in Psychology (or related field) is preferred, and documented teaching experience. To apply, send a letter of application that includes a statement of teaching philosophy and experience, evidence of teaching effectiveness, a curriculum vita, and have three letters of recommendation forwarded to:
Dr. Linda B. Smith, Chair
ATTN: Instructor Search
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
1101 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7007.

Materials may also be emailed to pcrouch@indiana.edu with “Instructor Search” in the subject line. Applications received by March 15, 2011 will receive full consideration, and those received after May 1 will be considered until suitable candidates are found. Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Information about the department and the university is available at http://www.psych.indiana.edu
Possible salary up to $42,000.

Biological Anthropology Section student paper prize winners!

Many congratulations to BAS student prize winner Allison Foley of Indiana University. Her paper DISABILITY AND DISEASE IN THE ANCIENT MIDWEST: A PALEOPATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MORTON SITE, IL took top BAS honors at the 2010 AAA meetings!
Foley, M.Sc. in Archaeology (University of Edinburgh, 2004), is a Future Faculty Teaching Fellow with an appointment as a Visiting Lecturer at Indiana University South Bend in Anthropology. She is enrolled in the Ph.D. Program in Biological Anthropology at Indiana University (Bloomington). The title of her dissertation is “Trauma in the Central Illinois River Valley: A Paleopathological Analysis of the Morton Site.”

Congratulations also to the Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically):
Allison Cantor, University of South Florida (poster)
MATERNAL DIET IN RURAL COSTA RICA: IDENTIFYING CULTURAL NORMS AND CHANGING TRENDS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF OBESITY-RELATED DISORDERS.

Carolyn Jost Robinson, Purdue University (paper, w/Melissa Remis)
SYNERGISTIC HUMAN-WILDLIFE RELATIONSHIPS IN A PROTECTED AREA: ECOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL ENTANGLEMENTS.

Mary Elisabeth Timm, University of Nevada Las Vegas (paper, w/Debra Martin and Jamie Vilos)
FISHING AND FARMING IN THE DESERT: AN ANALYSIS OF SACRO-ILIAC ENTHESES IN A BRONZE AGE (C. 2200-2000 BC) POPULATION

It's a two-fer!

Just noticed that Kris Carlson strikes again in the June AJPA with Gait Dynamics of Cebus apella During Quadrupedalism on Different Substrates, co-authored with Brigette Demes.

BANDIT members in June AJPA

Southern Illinois University PhD candidate Matt Nowak, Kris Carlson of Indiana University and the University of Witwatersrand (and Australopithecus sediba fame!), and Biren Patel of Stony Brook University have published Apparent Density of the Primate Calcaneo-Cuboid Joint and Its Association with Locomotor Mode, Foot Posture, and the "Midtarsal Break" , a neat analysis of mechanical joint loading in the foot in a range of quadrupedal and arboreal primates, as well as humans. Also, there are some very cool figures in this paper - Figure 1 is a super drawing of the feet of three different primates, all in lateral view. I can see this figure being used in a ton of class lectures. Nice!

New edited volume on the gibbons

Dr. Susan Lappan, adjunct assistant professor of anthropology at Appalachian State University, and Dr. Danielle Whittaker, postdoctoral research associate at Indiana University, are the editors of a wonderful new volume published by Springer: The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology

"The small apes, or gibbons, are among our closest living relatives, yet they have received little attention from the scientific community and the public in comparison with the other living apes. This oversight is not due to lack of appeal; their physical beauty, graceful acrobatic movements, and thrilling songs make it clear why gibbons are always among the most popular animals in zoos. Rather, the inherent difficulties involved in studying or filming gibbons in their natural habitats and, in some cases, the misconception that among apes, smaller means lesser, have led many researchers and filmmakers to focus their attentions elsewhere. Nonetheless, a growing number of intrepid field and laboratory researchers have made steady progress in the study of gibbon behavior and ecology over the last several decades. This volume is a systematic compilation of recent research on gibbon socioecology and population biology with a focus on understanding gibbons in the context of their natural habitats, and includes contributions on a range of topics, including gibbon biogeography, the ecological roles played by gibbons in their ecosystems, the origins and functions of key gibbon social and ecological adaptations, and the conservation status of wild gibbon populations."