Description

The Williams College Department of Anthropology and Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track sociocultural anthropologist whose expertise would complement those of the current faculty. The department has a unique interdisciplinary focus that emphasizes innovative, empirically grounded qualitative work, including ethnography, historical comparative anthropology and sociology, visual methods, and other qualitative traditions. For this position we are primarily interested in an economic anthropologist or anthropologist of indigeneity, and whose work is situated in Latin America, Africa, or Southeast Asia.

Responsibilities include teaching two courses per semester, along with participation in departmental and faculty governance. Williams College offers professional development opportunities, including the college’s First3 program as well as programming organized by the Rice Center for Teaching and the NCFDD, among other mentoring initiatives.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the completion of a background check. Further information is available here:  https://faculty.williams.edu/faculty-support-and-resources/prospective-faculty/background-check-policy/.

Qualifications

The Ph.D. should be in hand by the date of appointment. 

Application Instructions

Applications should include the following items:

·         A letter of application that includes a summary of current and planned future scholarship, teaching interests and experience, and that addresses your ability to work effectively with a heterogeneous student population;

·         A curriculum vitae;

·         Three separate one-paragraph descriptions of proposed courses.

The deadline for receipt of above materials is September 30, 2026.  Writings samples and letters of recommendation will be requested of select candidates at a later stage.

Questions may be directed to Joel Lee, Chair of the Search Committee, at jl20@williams.edu