Departments Of Anthropology And Philosophy/Religion Studies: University Of North Texas
Rank Open - Fall 2010
Departments of Anthropology and Philosophy/Religion Studies
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, Denton, TX.
The Department of Anthropology and the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies at the University of North Texas invite applications for a jointly appointed, interdisciplinary position to begin fall of 2010. Responsibilities include research, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, and service in the participating departments, colleges, university, and professions. The normal teaching load is two courses per semester with the expectation that this will be equitably divided between Anthropology and Philosophy/ Religion Studies. UNT is developing nationally recognized interdisciplinary research programs that actively pursue extramural funding.
Required qualifications: A PhD or other terminal degree in Anthropology, Philosophy, Religion Studies or a related discipline; demonstrable interest in issues at the intersection of philosophy, religion or the humanities and anthropology or the social sciences; experience or demonstrable interest in philosophical research or field-based anthropological research, and interest in or experience working with humanists, scientists, engineers, or policy analysts.
Preferred qualifications: competence to teach in both departments demonstrated by educational background, courses taught or publication record; research interest, demonstrated by publications, that combines theoretical sophistication with a commitment to a case-studies approach to addressing societal challenges. Preference will also be given to those whose work speaks to the philosophical dimensions of social science research or the social-science dimensions of philosophical research. Desired areas of research include: environmental justice, community conservation and sustainability, human ecology, religion and ecology, globalization and policy, or traditional ecological knowledge.
This is an interdisciplinary position involving two departments (Philosophy and Anthropology) and two colleges (Arts and Sciences and Public Affairs and Community Service). The Department of Anthropology focuses on various aspects of applied anthropology, including but not limited to business, medical, educational, and ecological/ environmental anthropology, and migration and border studies. It encourages service-based learning. The department offers both MA/ MS degrees in anthropology, including both a distance-learning as well as in-residence degree. The UNT Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies is the world’s leading department in environmental philosophy and offers a BA, MA, and PhD in philosophy, and an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor in religion studies. It is affiliated with the Institute of Applied Sciences and home to the journal Environmental Ethics, the Center for Environmental Philosophy, the Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity, the Philosophy of Water Project, and the Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program and Environmental Philosophy Field Station in southern Chile. More information about the departments may be found at www.phil.unt.edu and at http://www.unt.edu/anthropology.
Located in the Dallas-Ft Worth Metroplex, a community of some seven million residents, the university has more than 36,000 students. UNT is an emerging research university with 50 PhD and 111 Masters Degree programs, and was ranked in the top 10 “Up and Coming” public national universities by US News and World Report in 2009.
Applicants must apply online at: http://facultyjobs.unt.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=50530. Please attach or upload: CV, letter of interest, narrative of scholarly research, and the names and contact information of three references. Review of applications begins December 1, 2009, and will continue until the search is closed. UNT is an AA/ADA/EOE.
Doug Henry, Ph.D.
University of North Texas
Department of Anthropology
1155 Union Circle #310409
Denton, TX 76203-5017 USA
(office) 940-565-3836
(fax) 940-369-7833
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