Assistant Professor - Anthropology/Coastal Archaeology (R00109086)
Louisiana State University, Department of Geography & Anthropology
Closing date
Oct 17, 2025
The Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in North American Archaeology to begin in Fall 2026. This is a full-time (nine-month) appointment with a 2-2 teaching load. We seek someone with a PhD degree (or equivalent) in Anthropology, Archaeology or a related field. We are particularly interested in candidates specializing in precolonial coastal North America who currently work in, or who are willing to establish a research program in the Southeastern United States and Louisiana. Methodologies are open with a preference for applications who complement current departmental strengths and those with a desire to work across disciplinary boundaries and the ability to collaborate with Indigenous communities and other stakeholders. We seek a colleague invested in the mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students, especially someone with the capacity to organize a field school and/or integrate students into their research. Candidates should display a promising program of high-quality, theoretically-informed, and problem-oriented research and publication, as well as the capacity to secure funding. We expect our new colleague to teach North American Archaeology, Louisiana Archaeology, Field Methods in Archaeology, as well as eventually develop courses aligned with their research expertise.