Ben Andreesen is a rising junior majoring in Environmental Science and Anthropology. He will be using the 2024 Summer Research Grant to conduct field research for his project titled, “City […]
Cultures and Traditions
The Department of Anthropology specializes in socio-cultural anthropology: the study of social and cultural forms of human life using ethnographic, historical, and comparative methods.
- Degrees Offered BA, PhD
- Major Anthropology
- Minor Anthropology
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Graduate Program
Train in anthropological theory, using regional and cultural understanding to cross-cut problems, and ethnographic research methods conducted through intensive fieldwork.
Faculty
Faculty explore themes such as the everyday, the state, religion, media, and health; focusing on the challenges of our own moment in history.
Major in Anthropology
Undergraduate coursework introduces the methodologies and theories of anthropology through discussion and directed research.
News & Announcements
2023-2024 Student and Faculty Accomplishments
We ended the year (2023-2023) with a department party at Naveeda’s, catered by Panache Fine Catering. Among the plenty of good news shared were the accomplishments of our faculty, staff […]
7th Annual Sidney Mintz Fellowship Awardees
We are delighted to announce the awardees of the 7th annual Sidney Mintz Fellowship. Inaugurated in 2015, the Sydney Mintz Fellowship seeks to support graduate field and archival research that […]