Tenure-Track Cultural Anthropologist

Tenure-Track Cultural Anthropologist Williams College:
Anthropology and Sociology

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Williams College Open Date:
Aug 25, 2026

at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

The Williams College Department of Anthropology and Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track sociocultural anthropologist whose expertise would complement those of the current faculty. The department has a unique interdisciplinary focus that emphasizes innovative, empirically grounded qualitative work, including ethnography, historical comparative anthropology and sociology, visual methods, and other qualitative traditions. For this position we are primarily interested in an economic anthropologist or anthropologist of indigeneity, and whose work is situated in Latin America, Africa, or Southeast Asia.

Responsibilities include teaching two courses per semester, along with participation in departmental and faculty governance. Williams College offers professional development opportunities, including the college's  as well as programming organized by the  the  among other mentoring initiatives. All offers of employment are contingent upon the completion of a background check. Further information is available here: .

The Ph.D. should be in hand by the date of appointment.

Williams College is a liberal arts institution located in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. The college has built its reputation on outstanding teaching and scholarship and on the academic excellence of its approximately 2,000 students. Please visit the Williams College website (http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).).

Williams promotes equal opportunity and makes all employhttps:// decisions on a non-discriminatory basis.

Williams College is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community where individuals of all identities and backgrounds can live, learn, and thrive.

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