"Assistant Professor Nat Amer Stds & Maxwell Museum"

The University of New Mexico invites applications for a probationary Tenure-Track position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Native American Studies and Curator of Historic and Contemporary Indigenous Collection in the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. The candidate’s Departmental duties include teaching courses per academic year in the Department of Native American Studies, mentoring and supervising undergraduate and graduate students, contributing to the undergraduate and graduate programs, and participating in Department service and governance. The candidate’s Museum duties include overseeing curation, research, and development of Indigenous collections; participation in community collaborations and supporting the Museum’s repatriation efforts; and participation in exhibition development, public programs, and service. The candidate’s Tenure home will be in the Department of Native American Studies. This search is part of the College of Arts & Sciences cohort hiring on Native American/Indigenous scholarship. The link to the initiative is the following: https://artsci.unm.edu/college/hiring.html