Assistant Professor in Applied-Biological Anthropology

Submitted: 08/28/2024
Submitted By: Charlotte Sunseri (Anthropology Dept Chair)
Department: Anthropology
Institution: San José State University
Job type: Tenure-track
Apply by: 01/12/2024
Application Email:
Application URL: https://jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/542401/assistant-professor-appliedbiological-anthropology

The Anthropology Department at San José State University is pleased to announce a search for an Assistant Professor in Applied-Biological Anthropology, to begin in August 2025. We are seeking applicants with expertise in bioinformatics, data analytics, applied robotics, artificial intelligence, health equity, or design. The Department is particularly interested in candidates with expertise in innovative data science and AI approaches that can be applied to a range of topics such as health and disease, epigenetics, hominid evolution, biological variation, genomics, early human migration, forensic anthropology, demography, climate-induced human migration, ergonomics and product design, or human-robotic co-evolution. The successful candidate will teach a range of undergraduate and graduate courses that might include: medical anthropology, modernity and disease, human evolution, primates, forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, osteology, applied anthropology, culture and adaptation, and quantitative methods.
The Anthropology Department has gained national recognition for its commitment to applying anthropology in an integrated, innovative way—by reconnecting the discipline’s subfields, encouraging interdisciplinary approaches, and collaborating with organizations. Anthropology faculty take a student-centered approach, providing dedicated advising, professional development, and career consultation. Students apply social science skills for a wide range of public, private, and non-profit organizations, and faculty encourage the development and implementation of projects that address real-world problems for partner organizations. Our faculty and students benefit from the Integrative Anthropology Laboratory, a facility that accommodates research projects in biological, archaeological, and cultural anthropology. (For more information, visit our website: sjsu.edu/anthropology/.)

The Anthropology Department and San José State University value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our excellence in research, teaching, and service can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than 36,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved, and around 45% are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) Serving Institution. The university’s commitment to social justice extends from its vibrant, inclusive campus to an international network of over 275,000 alumni. As such, San José State is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students, and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.

The Anthropology Department is part of the College of Social Sciences, which is committed to equitable and inclusive teaching and learning. The College sees faculty and student success as inextricably linked, and strives to provide culturally-sustaining, and academically-affirming approaches to supporting and engaging students and faculty. We provide opportunities for faculty development around asset-based, holistic student success, and support scholarship of engagement that addresses issues that affect our campus and community. In all of our endeavors, we strive to build leadership capacity and foster a culture of support and belonging for faculty, staff, and students.