• Adjunct Instructor of Anthropology, Beginning…

    Ohio University (Athens, OH)


    Job Description:

    Ohio University Regional Campuses are seeking part-time instructors to teach a variety of online Anthropology courses at the undergraduate level at the Chillicothe, Eastern (St. Clairsville) Lancaster, Southern (Ironton) and Zanesville campuses.

     

    Positions will include teaching from 3 credit hours to up to 11 credit hours per term. Future possibility for various delivery modes including in person/face-to-face, hybrid or via technology.

    Specific course needs are:

    ANTH 2010 Biological Anthropology

    This course covers topics on human evolution and modern human diversity, focusing on humanity’s biological roots and modern appearance. To understand the present human physical and social condition, we must understand our evolutionary past. This course reconstructs this past utilizing data from the primate fossil record as well as comparative evidence from modern monkeys and apes. This is a science course based on evolutionary biology. At the end of the course, students will better understand where humans fit into the animal kingdom, as well as how those characteristics that make humans unique may have evolved. The course addresses: the place of humans within the mammalian evolutionary lineage; evolutionary theory; human population genetics; behavior of monkey and apes; and human evolution and modern human diversity.

     

    This is a part-time position eligible for sick leave and retirement benefits.

    Minimum Qualifications:

    Ph.D. (or ABD with Ph.D. dissertation research completed) at the time of application, and an established record of teaching effectiveness.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    Experience teaching undergraduate courses preferred.

     

    Planning Unit: Regional Higher Education

     

    Department: Regional Higher Education

     

    Applicants may contact this person if they have questions about this position: Pam Saffell, [email protected]

     

    Employment Type: Temporary (for group 3 ONLY)

     

    QuickLink: 55145

    Advertised Salary:

    Standard rates per credit hour, please visit www.ohio.edu/regional for more information on teaching rates.