Anthropology / Archeology Professor

Teach courses in anthropology or archeology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Anthropology Department Chair; Anthropology Instructor; Anthropology Lecturer; Anthropology Professor; Archaeology Professor; Assistant Professor; Cultural Anthropology Professor; Instructor; Lecturer; Professor

Tasks

• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, career issues, and laboratory and field research.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as research methods, urban anthropology, and language and culture.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences.
• Supervise students' laboratory or field work.
• Conduct ethnographic field research.
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• Write grant proposals to procure external research funding and review others' grant proposals.
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.

Knowledge

• Sociology and Anthropology
• History and Archeology
• English Language
• Education and Training
• Geography
• Philosophy and Theology
• Foreign Language
• Communications and Media
• Administrative

Skills

• Speaking
• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Active Listening
• Learning Strategies
• Active Learning
• Critical Thinking
• Monitoring
• Science

Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Written Expression
• Speech Clarity
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Comprehension
• Inductive Reasoning
• Near Vision
• Deductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Fluency of Ideas
• Speech Recognition
• Category Flexibility
• Originality
• Problem Sensitivity
• Memorization
• Selective Attention
• Flexibility of Closure
• Time Sharing
• Far Vision