Postdoctoral Fellow

Position Overview
The Department of Anthropology at Baylor University seeks to fill a post-doctoral fellowship
focused on biomedical anthropology. This Fellow will join a growing department with interest in
applied perspectives on the anthropology of health, broadly conceived. Candidates should have
personal research interests that combine topics and tools from the social/behavioral and
physical/life sciences to address problems relating to global/public health, human biology,
and/or evolutionary medicine. The Fellow will work with Dr. Mark Flinn on ongoing projects
related to child health and family relationships, and will assist with grant writing, database
management and statistical analyses, and research project implementation, likely outside the
United States. The Fellow will also be tasked with forming linkages among current faculty in
Anthropology with those in related disciplines, including Biology, Psychology and Neuroscience,
Environmental Science, Sociology, Education, Family Studies, Public Health, and the College of
Medicine.
The successful candidate for this position will have high proficiencies in health-related research
design, management, and analyses, with strong interests in combining field work with laboratory
methods. Addressing global health issues using methods and perspectives from anthropology
in international settings is critical.
Members of the Department of Anthropology accept the American Association of Physical
Anthropologists’ Code of Ethics, the Society for Applied Anthropology’s Statement of Ethics and
Professional Responsibilities, and the American Association of University Professors’ Sexual
Harassment Policy. The faulty pledge to respect each other, the students, and the people,
animals, and places they work with and study. To learn more about the Department of
Anthropology, please visit www.baylor.edu/anthropology/. Please contact Dr. Mark Flinn
(Mark_Flinn@baylor.edu) and Dr. Michael Muehlenbein (Michael_muehlenbein@baylor.edu)
with any questions about Baylor, the Department, and the position.

Qualifications
An earned doctorate (at the time of appointment) in an appropriate field of study is required.
Candidates are asked to provide a letter of interest (with potential research plans), curriculum
vitae, and a list of three references (with contact information). All application materials must be
submitted to the Baylor jobs page.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Salary is
commensurate with experience and qualifications, and employment is contingent upon the
successful completion of a background check and verification of degrees earned. This annual
appointment is renewable (pending review) up to a total of three years.