{"21850485":{"jobPath":"/jobs/21850485/lecturer-in-archaeology","source":"naylor","job":"21850485","jobTitle":"Lecturer in Archaeology"},"22009320":{"jobPath":"/jobs/22009320/assistant-professor-archaeology","source":"naylor","job":"22009320","jobTitle":"Assistant Professor, Archaeology"},"22022425":{"jobPath":"/jobs/22022425/principal-research-scientist-associate-research-scientist","source":"naylor","job":"22022425","jobTitle":"Principal Research Scientist/Associate Research Scientist"},"21959681":{"jobPath":"/jobs/21959681/director-of-center-for-big-bend-studies","source":"naylor","job":"21959681","jobTitle":"Director of Center for Big Bend Studies"},"21915590":{"jobPath":"/jobs/21915590/professor-and-chair-department-of-art-history","source":"naylor","job":"21915590","jobTitle":"Professor and Chair, Department of Art History"},"21907826":{"jobPath":"/jobs/21907826/non-tenure-track-faculty-lecturer-department-of-sociology-and-anthropology","source":"naylor","job":"21907826","jobTitle":"Non-Tenure Track Faculty - Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology"}}
Loading... Please wait.
ExpandShow Other Jobs
Job SavedSave Job
Assistant Professor, Archaeology
Western Washington University
Application
Details
Posted: 29-Jan-26
Location: Bellingham, Washington
Type: Full Time
Salary: $73,500-$76,500
Categories:
Academic
Salary Details:
The starting salary range for assistant professor appointment, tenure-track is generally between $73,500-$76,500, with placement within the position’s salary range being based on qualifications and professional experience. The entire salary range for the assistant professor position is $73,500-$90,270, with the upper end of the salary range typically being achieved through collectively bargained salary adjustments. Relocation assistance may be available per University guidelines. Salary and start-up funds are to be determined upon being offered the position.
Required Education:
Doctorate
The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Archaeology, to begin in September 2026. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. or ABD at the time of application and will have a strong foundation in the archaeology of western North America, with a preference for Pacific Northwest (including the Salish Sea, Northwest Coast, and/or the Columbia and Fraser Plateau regions). The methodological specialty within archaeology is open. The Department is committed to maintaining a strong four fields approach to teaching and scholarship.
The ideal candidate is an Archaeologist whose research builds upon the department’s existing strengths in collaborative and inclusive archaeology, research that focuses on community engagement with implications for education, heritage management, and repatriation. We are especially interested in candidates with a track record in developing programs in partnership with descendant communities and that implement archaeological methods to address issues that are relevant to those outside the field. The Department of Anthropology is dedicated to the implementation of archaeology to address issues affecting local communities and populations, incorporating experiential learning, collaborative research, and local/regional partnerships. The successful candidate will contribute to these areas and demonstrate how their active field or laboratory research program in archaeology could involve both undergraduate and graduate students. Teaching responsibilities include Introduction to Archaeology, Archaeological Methods and Theory, Cultural Resource Management, Lab Methods in Archaeology, and courses developed in their own specialty.
The Department of Anthropology is committed to advancing diversity in all areas of faculty effort, including scholarship, instruction, and engagement. The successful candidate will be expected to fulfill teaching and mentoring responsibilities that provide equitable and inclusive learning environments for all students. Candidates should address at least one of the topical areas outlined above in their cover letter, indicating how their past experiences, current interests and activities, and/or future goals would promote a learning environment that values and supports inclusion.
The successful candidate will build and maintain a research program involving both undergraduate and graduate students and will collaborate with researchers in and beyond the department and program.
Required qualifications:
Ph.D. or ABD at time of application in Anthropological Archaeology or related field. If ABD, all degree requirements must be completed by June 15th of the first year of employment (e.g., June 15, 2027).
Evidence of the ability to develop and sustain an externally funded research program
Teaching experience with a demonstrated ability to create an active and effective learning environment in university-level courses in Archaeology/Anthropology
Demonstrated ability and commitment to cultivating learning environments that are equitable and inclusive of students with diverse social identities and backgrounds
Preferred qualifications:
Experience in, and commitment to, community-based and collaborative archaeological practice, including work conducted in partnership with descendant communities
Archaeological research experience in the Pacific Northwest, including the Northwest Coast, Salish Sea, and/or the Columbia and Fraser Plateau regions
Expertise in lithics, zooarchaeology, ethnobotany, geophysics, or geoarchaeology, with the ability to set up and manage labs/comparative collections
Interest and expertise in archaeological ethics, repatriation, and cultural Patrimony
Interest and ability to mentor and support the success of graduate students
Post-doctoral research or relevant professional experience
Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.
Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and p...rovides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.