BCAS - Instructor in Blount Scholars Program

Department/Organization

204107 - Blount U/G Initiative

Instructor

The University of Alabama invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure, renewable-contract instructor position to be shared between the Department of American Culture and Society, the Department of Anthropology, and the Blount Scholars Program, a living-learning community conferring a minor in Liberal Arts. The appointment is non-tenure-earning and is a one-year term with the possibility of renewal based upon satisfactory performance review, staffing needs, and funding.

Candidates must have a doctorate in anthropology, concentrating in sociocultural anthropology, experience teaching courses in sociology and anthropology, and an active research agenda. The ideal candidate will also have a commitment to and experience teaching in a multidisciplinary, small-seminar, liberal arts curriculum. Applicants should have experience working with students to improve their writing skills (or with writing-intensive courses). Experience teaching in a living-learning community is highly desirable.

Teaching responsibilities are divided among the three units:

• Department of American Culture and Society: one sociology course each semester.
• Department of Anthropology: one cultural anthropology course each semester at either the lower or upper level, focusing on art, religion, economics, politics, and everyday life.
• Blount Scholars Program: teaching two courses each semester in the first-year Foundations sequence (a year-long intellectual history survey in small-seminar format) and/or the senior Capstone Worldviews seminar (a multidisciplinary cultural theory course in which students produce a senior project), as well as occasional courses of the candidate’s own design.

Applicants should visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). to initiate an application and upload required materials. Review of applications will begin immediately, and the search will continue until the position is filled. The expected start date is August 2026. Questions can be directed to bsp.

• Doctorate in anthropology, concentrating in sociocultural anthropology.
• Experience teaching courses in sociology and anthropology.
• Active research agenda.

• Commitment to and experience teaching in a multidisciplinary, small-seminar, liberal arts curriculum.
• Experience working with students to improve their writing skills or teaching writing-intensive courses.
• Experience teaching in a living-learning community.

• CV
• Letter of Application
• List of References with contact information

Background Investigation Statement:
Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or volunteer status without regard to any legally protected basis and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. More information is available in the EEOC’s Know Your Rights:
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