Career Center

The Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington invites applications for a full-time Lecturer position. This is a renewable, non-tenure track position, starting Fall 2024, with the opportunity of promotion to Senior Lecturer based on outstanding performance and service to the department. 

The position entails teaching four courses a semester, including our introduction to archaeology, history of anthropological theory, and introductory and upper-level classes in the individual’s area of expertise. The topics of such classes might include the anthropology of race & racism, historical archaeology of Africa and the African diaspora, historical archaeology of Indigenous populations, ethnoarchaeology, bio-archaeology, and/or racial disparities of health from the perspective of medical anthropology. Applications will be open until midnight on January 8, 2024.

We look to expand our course offerings into these critically important areas while advancing the strategic priorities of the Anthropology Department, the College of Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts, and the university in terms of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The position also involves some service responsibilities. Please apply at https://jobs.uncw.edu/hr/postings/30188.

• Ph.D. in Anthropology at the time of application. Applicants who are ABD for terminal degree at time of application will be considered but must have terminal degree completed by August 1, 2024.
• Candidates should possess research interest in Africa, African American communities, Indigenous populations, or the African diaspora in the U.S., the Caribbean, or other parts of the Americas.