We are excited to share a new pilot 2024 initiative to support underrepresented US-based and international anthropologists. We have allocated special funding for the2024 American Anthropological Association Conference to financially support medical anthropologists outside academia, contingent faculty, and historically underrepresented anthropologists who wish to attend in person. We also encourage non-US-based anthropologists to apply, especially those ... Read More ..read more

December 2023 job postings (updated throughout month, most recent first: last updated 17th Dec):   Assistant Teaching Professor, Anthropology, University of Kansas (KU) (Application link) Please also see our active Listserv for any other directly posted positions.  Further details: *************************************************************** Assistant Teaching Professor,  Anthropology, University of Kansas Application link The Departments of Anthropology, African & African-American ... Read More ..read more

The Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA) is looking for a new Listserv and Communities Manager who will play a key role in the SMA’s communications initiatives working closely with the SMA President P. Sean Brotherton, Communications Committee Chair William Lucas, Webmaster Lauren Belong, and Digital Communications Manager Anika Jugovic-Spajic. The SMA Listserv and Communities Manager ... Read More ..read more

The latest issue of Second Opinion, Vol. 11, No. 2 is out now! In this issue: From the President SMA @ AAA2024 MAQ Notes: Appreciations and Acceptance Rates Series: Global Medical Anthropologies Health Professional Education in Medical Anthropology – Starting from Zero General Announcements Book announcements ..read more

  2023 SMA Award winners   New Millennium Book Award Whiteout: How Racial Capitalism Changed the Color of Opioids in America Helena Hansen, Jules Netherland, and David Herzberg   Eileen Basker Memorial Prize Weighing the Future: Race Science and Pregnancy Trials in the Postgenomic Era Natali Valdez   Eileen Basker Memorial Prize honorable mention Partial ... Read More ..read more

The Executive Board of the Society for Medical Anthropology voted to adopt the statement that appears below. We believe that, as medical anthropologists, it is important for us to address how the Israeli campaign continues to impact civilians, medical facilities and health professionals, thereby increasing the deleterious health impacts of occupation, blockade, land expropriation, shortages ... Read More ..read more

October 2023 job postings: Assistant Professor, Biological Anthropology, Georgia State University (Job advert doc) Populations Research Project Associate I, Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health (Application link) Assistant Professor Tenure Eligible, SMU Dallas (Job advert PDF) Assistant Professor (TT) in Medical Anthropology and Global Health, Case Western Reserve University (Job advert doc) Open Rank ... Read More ..read more

September 2023 job postings: Assistant Professor Tenure Eligible, SMU Department of Anthropology (Job advert PDF) Assistant to Associate Professor – Cultural/Medical Anthropology, University of Miami (Application link) Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Medical Anthropology, University of Maryland (Application link)  Assistant Professor in Medical Anthropology, Texas A&M University (Application link) Assistant Professor in Anthropology, Hong Kong University ... Read More ..read more

June and July job postings to the SMA Listserv: Postdoctoral fellow position – Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics at Columbia University Post doc opportunities at Emory University Lecturer Position (renewable) in Medical Anthropology at SMU in Dallas, Texas Further details: **************************************************************** Postdoctoral fellow position https://www.mhe.cuimc.columbia.edu/ethics/about-us/open-positions The Division of Ethics in the Department of Medical ... Read More ..read more

Medical Anthropology Quarterly (MAQ) is seeking an editor(s) to begin a 4-year term on January 1, 2024. Applicants should be associate or full professors with a distinguished publication record. While previous editorial experience is not required, familiarity with academic editing is highly desirable (e.g., prior editorial service for a journal, guest editor of a special issue, editing ... Read More ..read more