The University of Pittsburgh’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Anthropology beginning August 1, 2019.

We seek a cultural anthropologist specializing in the African Diaspora within North America whose research and teaching centers on social, historical, or cultural dimensions of inequality. Topics might relate, for example, to inequalities of race/ethnicity, class, gender, health, migration, citizenship and/or sexuality among African-descended peoples in North America. Special consideration will be given to researchers conducting work in the American “rust belt” Midwest or Northeast . The ideal candidate’s area(s) of specialty will also relate broadly to one or more of the cultural anthropology clusters, especially Medicine/Health, Labor and Politics, or Migration & Citizenship.

Recognizing that intellectual vitality and diversity are inseparable, the university has embarked on significant initiatives to diversify its faculty, student body, and curriculum. We encourage applications from creative and dedicated scholars, teachers, and mentors eager to contribute to this mission, including those who have spent some time outside academia (e.g., in policy, business, nonprofit, advocacy, or health fields).

The successful applicant will add new intellectual and/or regional trajectories to our course offerings and teach one course per term. Departmental funding will be provided to the postdoctoral fellow in the amount of $5,000 each year to organize a spring workshop that will focus on the fellow’s research interests. Secondary affiliation and cross-teaching with the dynamic programs in Africana Studies, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Urban Studies, Public Health, or other relevant programs will be enthusiastically  supported.