Anthropology (Archaeological Science)
The Department of Anthropology seeks applications for a College Fellow in Archaeological Science. The appointment is expected to begin on 07/01/2021. The College Fellow will have teaching responsibilities, with 25 percent of the appointment reserved for the Fellow’s own research. Duties will include teaching introductory and advanced undergraduate courses, as well as advising and evaluating senior theses.
The appointment is for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year, contingent on performance, position availability, curricular need, and divisional dean authorization.
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Anthropology (Latin America)
The Department of Anthropology seeks applications for a College Fellow in the Anthropology of Latin America. Expertise in Economic Anthropology, Indigenous Studies, and/or Migration and Citizenship is strongly preferred. The appointment is expected to begin on 07/01/2021. The College Fellow will have teaching responsibilities, with 25 percent of the appointment reserved for the Fellow’s own research. Duties will include teaching introductory and advanced undergraduate courses, as well as advising and evaluating senior theses.
The appointment is for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year, contingent on performance, position availability, curricular need, and divisional dean authorization.
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Anthropology (Linguistic and Semiotic)
The Department of Anthropology seeks applications for a College Fellow in Linguistic and Semiotic Anthropology. Expertise in Ethnographic Methods for Digital Media is strongly preferred.
The appointment is expected to begin on 07/01/2021. The College Fellow will have teaching responsibilities, with 25 percent of the appointment reserved for the Fellow’s own research. Duties will include teaching introductory and advanced undergraduate courses in linguistic and semiotic anthropology, including method and theory in the ethnography of digital and online media, as well as advising and evaluating senior theses.
The appointment is for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year, contingent on performance, position availability, curricular need, and divisional dean authorization.
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Psychology
The Department of Psychology at Harvard University invites applications for several College Fellow positions to begin Fall 2021. College Fellow positions are teaching-focused postdoctoral positions comprised of 75% teaching and 25% research, with teaching responsibilities amounting to three undergraduate courses per year. This typically includes serving as primary instructor for one seminar course, one lecture course, and either serving as the instructor for an additional lecture or seminar course OR teaching 2-3 discussion or lab sections of a larger survey course. Approximately 25% of the appointment is reserved for the Fellow’s own research with mentorship from a department faculty member. College Fellows also participate in intensive pedagogical and course development training through the Psychology Department and Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Fellows may also advise and evaluate senior theses.
Although applicants with research and teaching backgrounds from all areas of empirically-based psychology are welcomed, the Department has specific needs in social and personality psychology, clinical science/abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, and research methods/programming. Past course assignments for College Fellows have included Inequality and Intergroup Relations, Music and the Mind, Decision-Making and Negotiation, Social Psychology and the Law, Nudge Psychology, Psychological Science in the Classroom, Cultural Psychology, Mood Disorders, Nonverbal Communication, Psychology of Willpower, The Social Brain, Programming for Psychologists, Psychology of Sleep, etc. Specific courses at the advanced level will be assigned based on the areas of expertise of College Fellows. Candidates are required to have a Ph.D. or an equivalent terminal degree by the expected start date, which is no later than August 15, 2021. The appointment is for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year.
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Social Studies
The Committee on Degrees in Social Studies seeks applications for a College Fellow in Social Studies. The successful candidate will teach in Social Studies 10, our year-long sophomore social theory course; the Fellow will also offer a one-semester junior tutorial seminar, which will immerse students in focused social science or historical studies while providing instruction in research methods. We are especially interested in candidates who can teach junior tutorials on race and ethnicity (American or global).
The Fellow will also advise one senior thesis, serve as an academic adviser, grade senior theses, and conduct oral examinations. Additional responsibilities include attending faculty meetings, trainings, and student events. Twenty-five percent of the appointment will be reserved for the Fellow’s own research.
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