Job Details

Position Title: Anthropology Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)
Type: Full-Time, Tenure-Track
Posted: 12/02/2025
Application Deadline: 01/27/2026
Location: Diablo Valley College, Social Science Department
Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience
Employment Begins: Fall 2026
Job Duration: 10 months

Overview:
Diablo Valley College (DVC) inspires, educates, and empowers a diverse community of students to transform their lives and communities. DVC instructors are committed to closing equity gaps by fostering success among all students. To support this mission, DVC seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Anthropology for Fall 2026. The ideal candidate demonstrates expertise in Anthropology while showing sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

We strongly encourage applicants from historically marginalized or underrepresented groups, including people of color, Indigenous people, women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, non-binary and transgender individuals.

Responsibilities:

• Teach introductory courses in Anthropology, including Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, and Biological Anthropology (lecture and laboratory).

• Deliver instruction in-person, hybrid, or online; evening classes may be required.

• Advance equitable student learning using inclusive and anti-racist pedagogies.

• Participate in assessment of student learning outcomes and program review.

• Collaborate in curriculum development and departmental initiatives.

• Engage in professional development, department/division/college committees, and shared governance.

• Maintain course materials, assignments, grading, and office hours.

• Maintain professional conduct, ethics, and up-to-date knowledge in the discipline.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s in Anthropology or Archaeology, OR Bachelor’s in Anthropology/Archaeology plus Master’s in Sociology, Biological Sciences, Forensic Sciences, Genetics, or Paleontology.

• Understanding of and sensitivity to diverse academic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience teaching college-level Anthropology courses.

• Commitment to culturally responsive curriculum and inclusive teaching methods.

• Experience teaching students underprepared for college-level reading/writing.

• Experience across multiple teaching modalities: face-to-face, hybrid, online.

• Commitment to equity, innovation, and faculty responsibilities beyond the classroom.

Contact for Inquiries:
Carol Trost – ctrost@dvc.edu

Application:
Apply online by 01/27/2026: DVC Careers

EEO Statement:
The Contra Costa Community College District does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, marital status, age, sex, or sexual orientation.