Visiting Assistant Professor - Cultural Anthropologist - Technology and Design at Colby College in Benton, Maine

Job Description:

Visiting Assistant Professor - Cultural Anthropologist - Technology and Design



Location:

Waterville, Maine

Open Date:

Sep 25, 2024

Close Date:

Dec 2, 2024

Description:

The Anthropology Department at Colby College is a small, dynamic department focused on cultural anthropology. We invite applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor position for a cultural anthropologist in the field of technology and design, beginning on July 1, 2025.

 We seek a colleague broadly trained in cultural anthropology with a core specialization in the fields of technology and design and some combination of a range of possible secondary specializations. Some research directions of particular relevance to this position could include the social and ethical impacts of technologies involved in surveillance, counterinsurgency, policing, finance, and food production as well as in marketing and social media; investigating the uses and abuses of DNA tests, genomes, and similar topics, including health applications and implications; indigenous efforts to establish data sovereignty in the pursuit of cultural, political, and environmental goals; and participatory research in the labs of and with scientists, engineers, and designers. We seek a geographic specialization outside of Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Africa, which are covered by current staffing.

The successful candidate will teach 5 courses, including Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, with additional courses to be decided in conjunction with departmental needs. Depending on their particular areas of interest and specialization, this new colleague could contribute to important programs and initiatives on campus, including African American Studies, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Global Studies, and Environmental Studies, the environmental humanities, Colby's premed or prelaw training, American Studies, Science, Technology and Society, and the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

Applicants must have a demonstrated record of teaching excellence, with preference given to those with experience teaching in a Liberal Arts setting. Ph.D. (preferred) or advanced ABD.

Please submit applications through Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/155773. Include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references. Applicants must also provide a statement of teaching philosophy that demonstrates a commitment to equitable and inclusive teaching.

Applications received by December 2, 2024 will be reviewed in full. The committee will request letters of reference from finalists for the position. Initial interviews will be conducted online. For further information, contact search committee co-chair Britt Halvorson, bhalvors@colby.edu.

Colby is a private, coeducational liberal arts college that admits students and makes personnel decisions on the basis of the individual's qualifications to contribute to Colby's educational objectives and institutional needs. The principle of not discriminating on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, caste, national or ethnic origin, marital status, genetic information, political beliefs, veteran or military status, parental status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, physical or mental disability unrelated to the job or course of study requirements is consistent with the mission of a liberal arts college and the law.