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GRADUATE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, College of Arts & Sciences, Anthropology

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GRADUATE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, College of Arts & Sciences, Anthropology

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The Department of Anthropology at Boston University fosters a vibrant intellectual community through a wide variety of professional development programs, seminar and lecture series, innovative courses, and research opportunities. As a department, we seek to teach, research, and write in ways that support the creation of strong, multiply diverse communities in our department, the university, the wider Boston area, and beyond. The department typically has around 60 graduate students between our two degree programs: the Ph.D. in Anthropology (with three distinct tracks in Sociocultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, and Archaeology) and the Master of Arts in Public Anthropology (MAPA).

The Graduate Program Administrator will provide primary management, communication, and administration for the graduate programs in the Anthropology Department, while working closely with the Director of Graduate Studies, Department Administrator, and Faculty Committees. This includes facilitating the admissions process; tracking student progress toward degree completion; processing graduate student payroll and financial aid awards timely and accurately; developing and implementing alumni outreach initiatives; organizing graduate student professionalization workshops; and coordinating the graduate seminar series; maintaining graduate student webpages.

The Department of Anthropology provides students the skills to navigate a rapidly changing world, marked by globalization and political turmoil. Faculty engage in teaching and research that addresses these global transformations and creates bridges between different worldviews, stressing the importance of human diversity and of transnational connections. The Graduate Program Administrator will strive toward continuous improvement of departmental processes in order to provide excellent support for our graduate student population and support our commitment to ensuring the Anthropology Department maintains an inclusive, equitable, and diverse environment where everyone can thrive.

Required Skills
  • Bachelor's Degree and 3-5 years of relevant experience required.

Please note all newly hired staff and faculty, will need to be in compliance with Boston University’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirement within 30 days of date of hire. You must upload your vaccine documentation or request a medical or religious exemption (instructions). For further information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please visit the Back2BU site.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Job LocationBOSTON, Massachusetts, United StatesPosition TypeFull-Time/Regular

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The Difference Is Our DNA

What compelled the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to award Boston University a grant to fight newborn mortality in Zambia? Why did Martin Luther King, Jr. adopt BU as a place where he could hone his message of justice and equality? And what is the catalyst that prompts 32,557 students from 135 countries to call BU their home every semester? It’s in our DNA: an inherent desire in each of our students, faculty, and staff to vigorously and dauntlessly pursue knowledge—and embrace the unlimited possibilities that come with it.

A Community Unlike Any Other

As you can see below, it takes people, ideas, and a little luck (Boston, you’re our town) to make BU what it is today: one of the most dynamic universities in the world.

Celebrated thinkers: On any given day, students will find themselves mesmerized by Nobel Prize winners, a poet laureate, and the first biomedical engineer ever to receive a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award,” among others.

Extraordinary teaching: When a classroom starts to percolate with new ideas, it’s because our faculty of scholars and accomplished practitioners know how to ignite students’ imaginations. That’s why we reward our best teachers with BU’s most prestigious honor: The Metcalf Cup and Prize.

Groundbreaking research: With faculty dedicated to a creative, interdisciplinary approach to problem solving, BU has become a leading global research institution—propelled forward by over $350 million a year in sponsored program revenue.

World-class students: Elite students from all 50 states and 135 countries pursue higher education on BU campuses in Boston and at programs in L.A., D.C., and more than 30 other cities on six continents.

A city within a city: Today, 80% of our undergrads live on campus, which could explain the 525 student activity groups alone.

The greatest college town in the world: Boston. ’Nuff said.

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