Faculty Search in Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position to begin August 2017. While we are seeking an Assistant Professor, in unusual circumstances we will also consider applicants at the Associate Professor rank. We seek a scholar who specializes in the study of race, social inequality, and/or social justice. We welcome applications from candidates whose work is explicit in its use of social theory and rigorous qualitative and/or quantitative research methods. We also welcome applications from scholars who in their research and teaching will offer unique and compelling perspectives on diversity.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach graduate and undergraduate courses related to the individual’s specializations as well as more general introductory courses in Anthropology. Consistent with Emory’s mission of engaged scholarship and excellence in liberal arts education, we seek a scholar with a documented record of innovative field research, demonstrated strength in teaching, and a PhD in hand by the time of appointment.

A complete application will include a letter of intent that includes a research and teaching statement, CV, a writing sample consisting of an article, thesis chapter, or book chapter, and names of three referees. Initial consideration of applications will begin immediately and applications will be accepted through November 14, 2016. To apply for this position, please visit apply.interfolio.com/37447  and submit your materials free of charge through Interfolio.

Emory University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Disability/Veteran employer. The Department of Anthropology, Emory College, and Emory University are all strongly committed to recruiting female and minority candidates. Women, minorities, persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply.

Dr. Adrian Jaeggi’s Research featured on Emory’s eScience Commons

Dr. Adrian Jaeggi’s Research featured on Emory’s eScience Commons

Dr. Adrian Jaeggi’s work studying the relationship between male social status and reproductive success in non-industrial societies has been featured in Emory’s eScience Commons.

“We were surprised to learn that the correlation held up for a range of societies and their different measures for status,” says Adrian Jaeggi, an anthropologist at Emory University focused on primate and human behavioral ecology. “It doesn’t matter whether a man is a better hunter, owns more land or more livestock – men with high social status had more children compared to men with low status.”

Dr. Anna Grimshaw’s Film “At Low Tide” to appear in Film Festivals

In addition to the Krotovo film festival in Macedonia, Dr. Anna Grimshaw’s film “At Low Tide” will be screened at the 2016 American Anthropological Association meetings in Minneapolis, the Days of Ethnographic Cinema Festival in Moscow, and the Greek Ethnographic Film Festival in Athens!

This film was supported by an Emory University Research Council grant. Check out the trailer at https://vimeo.com/172429715.

Dr. Isabella Alexander’s Article and Interview with Public Radio International

Isabella Alexander, Visiting Assistant Professor and Alumna of Emory Anthropology, wrote an article for Public Radio International (PRI) on the migrant crisis at the Moroccan border.

You can also listen to the accompanying radio special on PRI’s The World at http://www.pri.org/node/154322/popout (starting at minute 6.25).

Emory Films appearing at the Fifth International Festival of Ethnological Film “Kratovo 2016”

Emory Films appearing at the Fifth International Festival of Ethnological Film “Kratovo 2016”

Congratulations to Emory Anthropology professors Jenny Chio and Anna Grimshaw, as well as Dr. Kwame Phillips (PhD 2014), who recently had films selected for inclusion at the Fifth International Festival of Ethnological Film “Kratovo 2016”, organized by the Macedonian Ethnological Society.

The festival takes place in late September/early October in Kratovo, Macedonia, and the program includes “农家乐 Peasant Family Happiness” (2013) by Professor Chio, “At Low Tide” (2016) by Professor Grimshaw, and “Welcome to Pa Pae” (2016) by Dr. Phillips.

(The photo is a still from Dr. Chio’s film.)

Tawni Tidwell’s Research in Tibetan Medicine Featured in Emory News

Tawni Tidwell’s Research in Tibetan Medicine Featured in Emory News

This Summer, Anthropology PhD candidate Tawni Tidwell, the first Westerner to be certified in Tibetan medicine in Tibet, was featured in Emory News, with an interview in eScienceCommons. Tawni’s dissertation research focuses on how Tibetan physicians diagnose diseases, particularly cancer.

“I see myself as a bridge between Tibetan medicine and Western science,” says Tidwell, who became a Tibetan physician in 2015. “I feel like each has something to offer the other.”

Kendra Sirak’s Research on Ancient DNA Featured in Emory News

Kendra Sirak’s Research on Ancient DNA Featured in Emory News

This Summer, Anthropology PhD candidate Kendra Sirak’s research was featured in Emory News. Kendra is a visiting researcher at the Earth Institute at University College Dublin, where she is testing the DNA of people ranging from medieval Nubians to an ancient Chinese specimen to an Irish rebel.

Kendra describes her anthropological training at Emory:

“At Emory, I have learned how to think from a “biocultural” point of view. While many other anthropology programs stress only either a “biological” or a “cultural” approach, Emory combines the two.

I study the biology of past populations and I think about the way their culture and social environment could have influenced individual health and well-being, population demographics, patterns of morbidity and mortality, etc.”