Chair of the Department of Anthropology - University of Alberta - myScience Jobs

<table style="height:100%;" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#a90021"><td width="80%"> <div class="box" style="background:#980419; padding-left:10px; "> <table border=0 width="1080px" height="80" align=left bgcolor="#980419"> <tr><td width="200" bgcolor="#980419"><a href="/" target="_top" title="myScience"><img src="/var/myscience/image/logo/myscience.gif" height="81" width="180" alt="myScience"></a> </td><td valign="top"><a href="/" target="_top" title="Back to home page"><img src="/image/icon/icon_home.png" alt="Back home"></a>   <a href="/jobs_and_careers/search" target="_top" title="Job search"><img src="/image/icon/icon_search.png" alt="Search for a job"></a>        <span class="st white">In your application, please refer to myScience and reference jobs.myScience/id61707   -   </span> <a href="/linkto.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.careers.ualberta.ca%2FCompetition%2FA107316598%2F&module=jobs&id=61707" target="_top" rel="nofollow"><span class="st white">» more information</span></a> <br><br><span style="color:#ffffff; font-size: 26px; line-height:30px; margin-bottom:110px;"><b>Chair of the Department of Anthropology</b></span><br> <font color="#ffffff"><b>04.02.2012  -  </b></font> <a href="/research/universities/ualberta" target="_top"><font color="#ffffff"><b>University of Alberta</b></font></a><font color="#ffffff"> - Toronto, Alberta</font> <br><span class="st"><a href="/jobs_and_careers/Social+Sciences" title="Social Sciences (search jobs)" target="_top"><font color=white><b>Social Sciences</b></font></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2> </td></tr></table> </td></tr><tr><td> <table style="height: 100%;" width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td> <tr><td width="80%" valign=top> <p>Applications are invited for the position of Chair of the Department of Anthropology. Eligible applicants will be full-time faculty members who hold a tenured appointment at the University of Alberta.</p> <p>The Department of Anthropology applies a four-field approach to the discipline, with special emphasis on the circumpolar North and the Pacific. The Department maintains a very strong research profile and a highly-rated graduate program, both supported by special library collections and well-developed laboratory facilities. Faculty members are engaged in diverse interdisciplinary collaborations within the Faculty of Arts, across campus, nationally, and internationally. There are currently more than 60 graduate students and 250 undergraduate majors. For additional information, please see our website: www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/anthropology .</p> <p>The Chair is responsible for the leadership of the Department. The ideal candidate will be a tenured Anthropologist with strong interpersonal communication skills and a commitment to excellence in teaching, creative activity and research. She or he will be able to articulate a broad vision for the department as well as a clear understanding of how all areas of the department may be promoted and their activities supported. The successful candidate will hold a PhD and have a distinguished record in university teaching, research and/or creative activity in any of the four sub-disciplines of Anthropology.</p> <p>Review of applications will begin on <b>February 16, 2012</b>.</p> <p>Please forward a letter of interest, and copy of your C.V. to:</p> <p>Vice-Dean Heather Zwicker, Chair, Anthropology Selection Committee, <br>6-30 Humanities Centre, University of Alberta</p> <br> <p> <p>All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.</p> <p>The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity in employment. 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