Non-Tenure Track Faculty - Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Position Summary

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts at the Rochester Institute of Technology invites applications for a full‑time lecturer position in Anthropological Archaeology to begin in August 2026.

Prospective candidates should have earned a Ph.D. in anthropology (archaeology) and demonstrated the ability to teach a variety of courses, including introduction to archaeology and higher‑level topics. Geographic expertise should complement existing faculty, and experience with archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands and Northeast is particularly welcome. The candidate should have experience and skills to offer a selection of higher‑level methods and topics courses, such as archaeological approaches to gender, health, urban societies, bioarchaeology, technology, or other contemporary topics.

Expectations include teaching both lecture/discussion‑based and laboratory‑focused courses depending on departmental need; career advising and mentoring undergraduate students; and providing service to the department, college and university.

We are seeking an individual who has the ability and interest in contributing to a community committed to student‑centeredness; professional development and scholarship; integrity and ethics; innovation and flexibility; and teamwork and collaboration. Select to view links to RIT’s core values and honor code.

To attract and retain an excellent and innovative faculty, RIT offers a number of programs and professional development opportunities to help faculty succeed from onboarding and orientation on through to the tenure and promotion process.

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is a vibrant, interdisciplinary department, whose faculty members share a strong commitment to global justice, human rights, and sustainable futures. This commitment builds on engaged scholarship and coursework in the following three areas: social inequalities, cultural diversity, and globalization. While the investigative focus of each faculty member is distinct and draws on a different body of research or theory, the department’s inquiries into inequality, diversity, and globalization intersect and crosscut disciplinary boundaries.

The College of Liberal Arts is one of nine colleges within Rochester Institute of Technology. The College has over 150 faculty in 13 departments in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The College currently offers fifteen undergraduate degree programs and five master’s degrees, as well as a Ph.D. program in Cognitive Science that is interdisciplinary with several partner units across the university.

We encourage the creation, development, dissemination, and application of human knowledge in the arts, humanities, and social sciences by promoting innovative teaching, scholarship and research, thus providing a comprehensive education for all RIT students. We strive to prepare students for a lifetime of personal growth and responsible citizenship in an increasingly technological and rapidly changing society by maintaining and promoting the intellectual climate on campus, contributing to students’ awareness and understanding of diversity, and enhancing students’ abilities to reason critically and communicate effectively.

We value a rigorous liberal arts education that encourages innovative experiential learning and active scholarship, the highest ethical standards, the educational and social benefits of diversity and global awareness, an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment of openness and academic freedom, a working environment in which all staff and faculty enjoy respect and recognition, and the active and meaningful participation of all members of the College community.

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