Associate or Full Professor, Archaeology of Mesoamerica

Vanderbilt University • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The Department of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University invites applications for a tenured appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in anthropological archaeology, specializing in Mesoamerica. The successful candidate will have an established international reputation and an active, sustained research program that complements current faculty expertise. The department is particularly interested in research engaging regional-scale landscape and settlement archaeology, including airborne lidar and other remote-sensing approaches; coupled human-environment systems, historical and political ecology, and human ecodynamics; urbanism, collective action, and political economy; or colonial transformations and long-term Indigenous histories. Strength in data-intensive analytics such as machine learning, geospatial methods, archaeometry, or paleobotany is desirable.

The appointee will direct a substantial, ongoing, externally funded portfolio of field-based or mixed field-and-laboratory research, maintain long-standing institutional and host-community partnerships, and contribute to departmental and program leadership within a dynamic four-field program with deep hemispheric commitments. The position joins a growing cluster of faculty working at continental scales on the long-term histories of Indigenous American societies, with opportunities to collaborate with Vanderbilt’s College of Connected Computing, Data Science Institute, Vanderbilt Lab for Immersive AI Translation (VALIANT), Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies, and other trans-institutional initiatives.

The teaching load for research-active faculty is 2:1, and courses with experiential or field-based components are particularly welcome. As a senior hire, the candidate will bring a strong record of externally funded research, high-impact publication, highly effective teaching, and graduate mentorship. They will provide intellectual leadership in the growth of the department’s undergraduate program and the continued strength of its Ph.D. program, and support the Arts & Science Core curriculum. The department especially values candidates whose work connects with other campus units, including the College of Connected Computing, History of Art and Architecture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies.

Requirements

• Established international reputation in anthropological archaeology with a research specialization in Mesoamerica.
• Active, sustained research program that complements current faculty expertise.
• Strong record of externally funded research.
• High-impact publication record.
• Record of highly effective teaching and graduate mentorship.
• Capacity to contribute to departmental and program leadership.
• Substantial, ongoing externally funded field-based or mixed field-and-laboratory research portfolio.
• Long-standing institutional and host-community partnerships.

Nice To Haves

• Research engaging regional-scale landscape and settlement archaeology, including airborne lidar and other remote-sensing approaches.
• Research engaging coupled human-environment systems, historical and political ecology, and human ecodynamics.
• Research engaging urbanism, collective action, and political economy.
• Research engaging colonial transformations and long-term Indigenous histories.
• Demonstrated strength in data-intensive analytics such as machine learning, geospatial methods, archaeometry, or paleobotany.
• Courses with experiential or field-based components.
• Research that connects with other campus units and trans-institutional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Direct a substantial, ongoing, externally funded portfolio of field-based or mixed field-and-laboratory research.
• Maintain long-standing institutional and host-community partnerships.
• Contribute intellectual and program leadership within the department’s four-field program.
• Teach with a 2:1 load; experiential or field-based courses are particularly welcome.
• Provide graduate mentorship and contribute to the continued strength of the Ph.D. program.
• Contribute intellectual leadership to the growth of the department’s undergraduate program.
• Support the Arts & Science Core curriculum.
• Build connections and collaborations with other campus units and trans-institutional initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed