American Museum Of Natural History
Open-rank Curator and Professor in Americanist Archaeology
The Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an outstanding colleague to start on or after July 1, 2025. This is an open rank tenure-track/tenured appointment to be filled at the Assistant Curator and Assistant Professor, Associate Curator and Associate Professor, or Curator and Professor levels.
We seek an archaeologist with an innovative research program and thriving fieldwork experience focusing on past Indigenous societies and histories in South, Central, or North America. Comparative and diachronic/evolutionary interest in such matters as settlement architecture, material technologies, and site distribution patterns would be welcome foci. How the experiences of past societies might inform current social questions-regarding climate change, environmental degradation, inequality, sociopolitical transformations, migration and/or conflict-is also of interest. (For those with a bioarchaeological interest, please note that the Museum no longer acquires human remains.) In addition to scientific excellence, the successful candidate must demonstrate a successful record of community partnerships and engagement, and have an interest in growing these in public contexts in the museum setting: in exhibitions, education, and outreach. The ideal candidate will also have a research profile with the potential to develop new collaborations across the Museum’s biological and physical sciences.
This is an open rank position, tenured or tenure-track, with rank and tenure dependent on the candidate’s degree of professional experience and accomplishments. AMNH curators are expected to maintain a high level of productivity in original research, to seek extramural funding, and to assume oversight responsibility for management of Museum collections and staff relevant to their areas of expertise. The AMNH maintains world-class Anthropological collections consisting of over 250,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Pacific Islands. Other responsibilities may include advising graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, offering courses in the Museum’s Richard Gilder Graduate School, serving on committees, and participating in Museum-sponsored exhibitions, educational, and public programs.
The AMNH has a vibrant scientific community and outstanding opportunities for public-facing engagement with a large and diverse public. We are committed to advancing and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and visitor experience through defined institutional strategies and goals. Resources available at AMNH include dedicated staff to support repatriation and compliance through our Cultural Resources Office; professional conservators with expertise in organic and ethnographic materials; a research library with rare holdings; the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation; genomic, including historic and ancient biomolecular, laboratories; high-performance computing facilities; and a wide range of optical, electron beam, and X-ray analytical tools, including CT scanning. The AMNH maintains active internal grant programs to support field research. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to build on existing relationships with nearby collaborating institutions including Columbia University, City University of New York, and others.
The expected salary range for the Open-Rank Curator and Professor of Americanist Archaeology is $125,000 – 200,000.
Pay will be determined based on several factors. The hiring range for the position at commencement is based on the type of work and the scope of responsibilities. The salary and placement offered is based on a number of individualized factors, including, but not limited to, skills, knowledge, training, education, credentials, areas of specialization and depth and scope of experience.
Required Qualifications:
Candidates must hold a doctoral degree in Anthropological Archaeology at the time of application submission.
Preferred Qualifications:
To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply on line at the following link: careers.amnh.org
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