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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Anthropology—Public or Community-Based Archaeologist
Job in
Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22032, USA
Listed on 2026-09-01
Listing for:
George Mason University, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-01
Job specializations:
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Academic
Job Description & How to Apply Below
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in public or community-based archaeology (geographic area open), to begin on August 25, 2027. Candidates should have one or more of the following areas of interest: historic archaeology, the archaeology of colonialism, and/or the archaeology of the recent past. The successful candidate will be expected to engage in scholarly activities, contribute to teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels (including general education courses and an upper division class on archaeological theory), and to provide service at the departmental level.
Responsibilities:- Maintain an active research program with a sustained record of publication in peer-reviewed sources
- Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in archaeology, including introductory-level and general education classes
- Contribute to curricular and program development in archaeology
- Participate in service to the department
- PhD in Anthropology or Archaeology (PhD must be in hand at the time of application)
- Active engagement in public or community-based archaeology
- A research program characterized by strong theoretical grounding with a focus in one or more of the following areas:
1) historic archaeology,
2) the archaeology of colonialism, and/or
3) the archaeology of the recent past - Experience teaching (or support teaching) in an Anthropology department or a related field
- Ability to teach an upper-division undergraduate/graduate course on archaeological theory
- Demonstrated record of scholarly achievement
- Experience teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses in archaeology
- Methodological approach that complements, but does not duplicate, existing faculty strengths
- Demonstrated record of success at obtaining extramural funding
- Ability to develop an archaeological field school that would serve George Mason University's undergraduate student body
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