Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Apply link: https://aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF02240

The Department of Anthropology and Heritage Studies invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in sociocultural anthropology at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek a candidate with a research specialization in cultural approaches to health, sustainability, and/or food systems and commitment to developing and implementing a community-engaged research agenda in California’s Central Valley and its surroundings, while also maintaining a comparative transnational/global perspective. We specifically seek an applicant who will contribute to our department’s Anthropology program as well as Community Research and Service course offerings and program development. This is a full-time, permanent, tenure-track position.

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Working with current faculty and staff to expand Community Research and Service programming and teaching
• Teaching introductory and upper-division undergraduate courses. Core courses taught by sociocultural faculty are Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology and Ethnographic Methods. Elective courses may include topics related to community-engaged research, food and health, migration, globalization, and sustainability.
• Teaching, mentoring, and advising graduate students in UC Merced’s Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program
• Service responsibilities in the department and university commensurate with academic rank

Applications must be submitted online. Completed applications must be received no later than November 20, 2026, in order to be considered. Interested applicants are required to submit 1) a cover letter; 2) curriculum vitae; 3) statement of research; 4) statement of teaching; 5) two writing samples; and 6) a list of three references with contact information including mailing address, phone number and e-mail address.

Department: https://ahs.ucmerced.edu/