Assistant Professor (Sociocultural Anthropology - Indigenous Health)

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See Position Description Location UH Manoa, Honolulu, HI Job Type Full-Time Permanent Job Number 2026-01928 Department University of Hawai'i at Manoa - College of Social Sciences - Anthropology Opening Date 09/08/2026 Position Number: 0082638 Description Title: Assistant Professor (Sociocultural Anthropology – Indigenous Health) Position Number: 0082638 Hiring Unit: UHM College of Social Sciences – Department of Anthropology Location: Manoa Campus Date Posted: September 8, 2026 Closing Date: Continuous; review of applications to begin October 23, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received by October 22, 2026 will be given priority.

Salary

Information: Commensurate with qualifications and experience Monthly Type: 9 Month Tenure Track: Tenure Full Time/Part Time: Full Time Temporary/Permanent: Permanent The Department of Anthropology, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Manoa (Honolulu, Hawai'i) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in sociocultural anthropology at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek a sociocultural anthropologist with a specialty in Indigenous health to contribute to our programs in Medical Anthropology and Applied Cultural Anthropology of Hawai'i, the Pacific, and Asia. This is a 9-month, full-time, permanent, tenure-track position, subject to position clearance and availability of funds. We seek an applicant to support our undergraduate and graduate programs by teaching and mentoring on topics of Indigenous anthropology, medical anthropology, methodology, applied anthropology, and/or relations of land, food, water, and human well-being.

While applicants working in all geographic regions are welcome, we are particularly interested in candidates whose work is focused in Hawai'i, the Pacific, and Asia. Topics of interest within Indigenous health include but are not limited to: the relationship between environment and health, toxicity, sustainability, care, health sovereignty, disability, communicable and non-communicable diseases, healthcare, health screening and surveillance, and multi-species health interactions. More information about the Department of Anthropology is available at https://anthropology.manoa.hawaii.edu/ .

Duties and Responsibilities

Contribute to the department's growing specialization in Medical Anthropology and Indigenous Health, including teaching, research, and mentoring in these areas, grounded in sustained community relationships; Teach introductory- and upper-division undergraduate courses as well as graduate-level seminars in sociocultural anthropology and related areas, which may include Culture and Health, Ethnographic Field Techniques, Indigenous Anthropology, Food, Health, and Society, Biomedicine and Culture, Applied Cultural Anthropology, Methodology in Cultural Anthropology, and a proposed new course in Indigenous Health; Develop an active research program with a strategic vision that includes fieldwork among the communities of Hawai'i, the Pacific, and/or Asia, building on existing community relationships and trust; Contribute expertise and advising to students pursuing Indigenous-focused research and careers, including undergraduate capstone projects and graduate theses; Support the department's Combined Bachelor's and Master's (BAM) pathway and the Applied Cultural Anthropology MA program; Contribute to cross-disciplinary collaboration with campus units such as the Department of Public Health Science, the Department of Native Hawaiian Health, the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), and the Hawai'i nuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge; Mentor undergraduate, MA, and PhD students; Provide service to the department, college, university, and relevant professional communities; Other duties as assigned by the Department Chair.

Minimum Qualifications

PhD in Anthropology or closely related field from a university of recognized standing ( ABDs will be considered; PhD must be conferred by the date of hire) ; Demonstrated specialization in Indigenous health within sociocultural anthropology; Demonstrated ability to conduct research and teach undergraduate and graduate level courses in sociocultural/medical anthropology; Demonstrated deep, longstanding, and ongoing relationship with an Indigenous community or field site, reflecting sustained community-embedded engagement rather than solely externally-based research; Record of scholarly and instructional achievement or promise in the field as evidenced by teaching, publications, and research; Demonstrated ability to maintain professionalism in meeting and conferring with others. Desirable Qualifications: Demonstrated expertise in Hawai'i, the Pacific, and/or Asia. Research and teaching experience relevant to Indigenous health, health sovereignty, food and nutrition, environmental health, multi-species ethnography, health inequalities, or community-based research. Community-based research approaches developed through sustained collaboration with, and accountability to, the Indigenous community/communities in which the candidate works.

Demonstrated engagement with important contemporary health issues, including policy-relevant topics such as health disparities in Indigenous and Pacific Islander communities. Demonstrated ability to develop comparative projects that situate Hawai'i, the Pacific, and/or Asia in a broader global health context. Demonstrated ability to create opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students. Demonstrated potential to successfully compete for extramural and intramural research and training grants (e.g., NIH, NSF, etc.).

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