Distinguished Professor of Anthropology of the Environment

Submitted: 10/02/2024
Submitted By: Amanda Thompson
Department: Anthropology
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Job type: Tenure-track
Apply by: 12/01/2024
Application Email:
Application URL: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288588

The Department of Anthropology at UNC-Chapel Hill seeks applicants who have a highly productive research and teaching record that focuses on the environment. The hire will be at the rank of distinguished full professor. Advanced associate professors and recently promoted full professors encouraged to apply. Research topic, geographic area, and subdisciplines are open. The ideal candidates should be involved in ethnographic, field or laboratory research with strong evidence of external support and student mentoring. Attractive research programs could focus on human-environment interactions, food systems, landscapes, ecosystem transitions, climate change, environmental justice, indigenous sovereignty and resource use, energy, conservation, water, land, natural resources, fisheries, ecologies of infrastructure, multispecies relations, or other topics of global significance. Evidence of leadership in one’s professional field or of administrative experience desired. We anticipate that successful applicants will complement the department’s existing faculty profile.

For more information about the search, please contact search chair, Dr. Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, rudi-colloredo@unc.edu.

Candidate screening begins December 1, 2024

Additional information: The successful candidate will have the opportunity work with colleagues through highly active programs and research centers at UNC-Chapel Hill. These include:

The Institute for the Environment (IE) develops multidisciplinary collaborations to understand major environmental issues and engage myriad academic disciplines, public and private partners, and an informed and committed community.

The Carolina Population Center brings together a remarkable group of faculty fellows from across UNC. Our fellows address pressing research questions about population dynamics, fertility, health, mortality, migration, and the environment, including the current collaboration DEEPP.

Environment, Ecology and Energy Program brings together natural and social sciences to propel North Carolina as a leader in local and global environmental research and innovation. The program is committed to educating students to improve understanding for future generations.

Research Labs of Archaeology is one of the leading institutes for archaeological teaching and research in the South. RLA provides support for faculty and students working not only in North Carolina, but throughout the Americas and overseas. It is also the institutional home of the Curriculum in Archaeology.

The Center for Galapagos Studies addresses complex interactions among social, terrestrial, and marine environments in the Galapagos Islands through an integrated perspective that emphasizes coupled human and natural systems.