Dear Histarch members,

The Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution has just announced a physical anthropology curator position, which can be accessed through this link:

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/338191800?share=email.
Please share this email with anyone who might be interested.

Thanks,

Laurie Burgess

Curator, Physical Anthropology

Department of Anthropology
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution

The Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is seeking a physical anthropology curator who will conduct scholarly and scientific research in physical anthropology, with an emphasis on human skeletal biology, including the study of skeletal remains in archeological contexts, paleoanthropology, morphology, evolution, and/or other areas pertinent to developing and investigating museum skeletal collections.
The successful candidate will develop research based on Smithsonian collections, expand collections use and build collections, in addition to conducting  research on human skeletal remains in museum collections and on those recovered from archeological and/or paleontological contexts.  Research will investigate novel research questions using innovative methodologies while also addressing major research themes within anthropology.  Curators are expected to regularly publish scholarly manuscripts in reviewed journals and to seek external funding via grants and other funding sources.

The physical anthropology curator will join a large and diverse department with 62 full-time staff, including 20 curators in three research divisions: physical anthropology, archaeology and ethnology, along with the Collections and Archives Program and the Repatriation Office. Departmental research programs include the Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology, the Arctic Studies Center, the PaleoIndian Program and the Human Origins Program. Current research in the Department centers on humankind's earliest beginnings, the domestication of plants and animals, Historic Period population studies, forensics, expressive culture in Africa and Polynesia, North American ethnohistory, human dimensions of global climate change and endangered languages and knowledge. The Anthropology collections hold over 2.5 million archaeological objects and over 200,000 ethnology objects, over 9,000 linear feet of archival documents, and 8 million running feet of film and video.

This position will be offered as a four-year Federal term position, which is comparable to a tenure-track position, and the position will be filled at the GS-12 level.  The museum's authorized salary range for this position at this time is $74,872-$79,864 per year.  U.S. citizenship is required.  College transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study must be submitted online by the closing date of announcement or your application will be disqualified.  Please see announcement number 13A-JW-298238-DEU-NMNH at www.sihr.si.edu<http://www.sihr.si.edu> or www.usajobs.gov<http://www.usajobs.gov> for details about the application process for this position. All supporting documentation must be received online by March 21, 2013 and must reference the announcement number. Applicants will be notified by email when their applications are received. To learn more about the Department of Anthropology, please view our website:  www.anthropology.si.edu<http://www.anthropology.si.edu>


Laurie Burgess
Associate Chair
Department of Anthropology
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
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