[Sasnet] curator position available at Florida Museum of Natural History

[Pam Soltis]

FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA



Assistant/Associate/Full Curator of Archaeology



The Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, one of  
the country’s premier museums dedicated to studying biological and  
cultural diversity, invites applications for an Assistant, Associate,  
or Full Curator of Archaeology.  The successful candidate will be  
expected to pursue a vigorous research program and to curate and  
develop the museum’s collection of prehistoric archaeological  
materials from the southeastern United States, especially Florida.   
The area of research expertise is open, but should complement current  
Museum strengths in historical archaeology, environmental archaeology,  
and archaeology of southwest Florida, the Caribbean, and Mesoamerica.   
We welcome scholars who make use of technological advances, such as  
GIS, and whose work will contribute to and benefit from our strong  
Museum informatics infrastructure.  A modest endowment is associated  
with this position.

The successful candidate must have a strong commitment to university  
education, fieldwork, and museum-based research.  Interactions with  
allied departments, particularly Anthropology, will include teaching  
two formal courses per year and supervising student research.  The  
specific teaching assignments are open, but preference will be given  
to those with interest and expertise in teaching a course in Florida  
Archaeology and other courses that dovetail with the interests and  
needs of the Anthropology Department.  Minimum qualifications:  Ph.D.  
and strong research and collections background.  The start date is  
open, but may begin as early as August 2010.  The salary is  
competitive and commensurate with experience.

All applications must be submitted on-line at http://jobs.ufl.edu; the  
requisition number is 0803193. The application should include a cover  
letter, curriculum vitae, and a statement of research, collections,  
and teaching experience and goals.  Reprints of no more than five  
publications and the names of three colleagues who might be contacted  
for letters of recommendation should be sent directly to the search  
committee chair by email before the application deadline. Inquiries  
and nominations should be directed to the chair of the search  
committee:  Dr. Pamela Soltis, Chair of Archaeology Search Committee, psoltis at flmnh.ufl.edu 
; application deadline 4 December 2009.
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, P.O. Box  
117800, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800.  The University of Florida is an  
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  The selection process  
will be conducted under the provisions of Florida’s “Government in  
the Sunshine” and Public Records laws.






Pamela S. Soltis
Curator
Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolutionary Genetics
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, USA
phone:  (352) 273-1964
fax:        (352) 846-2154
e-mail:  psoltis at flmnh.ufl.edu


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