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This is a term position; length of the term will be discussed during the interview process. Continuation past the term length discussed will be based on university need, performance, and/or availability of funding.

 

POSITION SPECIFICS

The Department of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University (https://anth.la.psu.edu/) invites applications for a full-time, Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor position to start Spring 2026, with flexibility.

The successful candidate will lead the development of a human gross anatomy teaching program in the Department of Anthropology’s new gross anatomy teaching lab. The Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor will join a collegial, science-based anthropology department with strong interdisciplinary ties across Penn State.

Teaching responsibilities will include a human gross anatomy dissection course for medical students, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates, other cadaver-based anatomy courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as other courses within the candidate’s area of expertise. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead the creation of a new anatomy curriculum in the Department of Anthropology Additional responsibilities include overseeing and maintaining the human gross anatomy teaching program in the department, training laboratory teaching assistants to be effective members of an instructional team, creating/implementing inquiry-based class exercises, and leading curriculum design and assessment.

Opportunities for research collaboration also exist for the Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor with current department faculty, whose research areas include (but are not limited to): functional morphology and biomechanics, evolutionary developmental biology, evolutionary genetics and genomics, evolutionary health, behavioral ecology, and human-environment interactions. Visit https://anth.la.psu.edu/people/faculty/ for more information on the research focuses of our faculty.

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