The University of Chicago invites applicants for an open-rank faculty position in the anthropology of health and medicine.
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago invites applicants for an open-rank faculty position (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor) in the anthropology of health and medicine, to begin as early as July 1, 2025.
We welcome applications from scholars whose empirical, field-based research is grounded in social theory and speaks to questions of broad anthropological significance.
We are seeking applicants whose work extends medical anthropology or the anthropology of health and medicine to new domains. These include but are not limited to intersections with:
- environmental anthropology, including research on toxicity and environmental health;
- the anthropology of gender and sexuality, including scholarship on gender transition, biopolitics, or reproduction;
- and digital anthropology, with attention to questions of biometrics, digital imaging, coding, or other forms of technological medicine and public health surveillance.
While applicants working in all geographic regions are welcome, we would be particularly interested in candidates who work in Latin America or with a focus on indigeneity. Novel and innovative methodological approaches are especially encouraged.
We seek a candidate eager to participate in the department’s and University’s academic community. The successful candidate will teach in their area of research, contribute to the anthropology curriculum, and help strengthen ties with other disciplines and academic units.
Qualifications: Candidates must have earned the PhD prior to the start of appointment.
Application Instructions
Applicants must apply online at the University of Chicago’s Interfolio website at https://apply.interfolio.com/152737 and include: 1) a cover letter, 2) a curriculum vitae, 3) a research statement, 4) a teaching statement, 5) the names and email addresses of three recommenders, 6) a sample of scholarly writing. Those applying for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor should include one writing sample, such as a dissertation chapter, journal article, or book chapter. Applicants for a tenured position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor should include two writing samples, such as journal articles or book chapters.
Consideration of applications will begin on October 1, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled or the search is ended.
All University departments and institutes are charged with building a faculty from a diversity of backgrounds and with diverse viewpoints; with cultivating an inclusive community that values freedom of expression; and with welcoming and supporting all their members.
We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange. The University’s Statements on Diversity are at https://provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity.
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