Chair: April Beisaw;

Professors: Colleen Ballerino Cohen^b, Martha Kaplan^b, Thomas Porcello, David Tavárez^a;

Associate Professors: April M. Beisaw, Candice M. Lowe Swift^b;

Assistant Professors:  Zachary Cofran^a;

Visiting Associate Professor: Kaushik Ghosh;

Visiting Assistant Professors: Aviva Cormier, Louis Philippe Römer^a;

Adjunct Instructor: Daniel Schniedewind.

^a On leave 2021/22, first semester

^b On leave 2021/22, second semester

The field of anthropology seeks to promote a holistic understanding of social life by offering complex accounts of human histories, societies and cultures. Anthropologists undertake ethnographic, archival, and archaeological research on the varied aspects of individual and collective experience in all time periods and parts of the world. The Department of Anthropology offers a wide range of options for majors and for nonmajors in recognition of the broad interdisciplinary nature of the field. Nonmajors from all classes may choose courses at any level 
with permission of the instructor and without introductory anthropology as a prerequisite.

NRO: One introductory course taken NRO may count towards the major if a letter grade is received. If a student receives a PA for an introductory course taken under the NRO option, that student must complete 12.5 courses for an anthropology major. No other required courses for the major may be taken NRO.

Recommendations: The field experience is essential to the discipline of anthropology. Therefore, majors are urged to take at least one Community-Engaged Learning course, to engage in field research during the summer, and/or to undertake independent fieldwork under a study away program.

Anthropological Research Experience: The department also offers students the opportunity for independent fieldwork/research projects through several of its courses and in conjunction with on-going faculty research projects. Opportunities for laboratory research, which is also critical to anthropological inquiry, are available in our Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and Language, Culture and History labs.

Advisers: The Department.

Programs

• Anthropology Major

• Anthropology Correlate Sequence
• Biology and Culture Correlate Sequence

Courses

• ANTH 120 - The Human Animal: Intro to Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 130 - Archaeology: Lessons From the Past
• ANTH 140 - Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 150 - Linguistics and Anthropology
• ANTH 170 - Topics in Anthropology

• ANTH 201 - Anthropological Theory
• ANTH 202 - Anthropological Approaches
• ANTH 210 - The Dead
• ANTH 211 - Virtual Anthropology
• ANTH 212 - Ethnographic Understanding
• ANTH 213 - Indigenous Environmental Activism
• ANTH 214 - Scholarly Development
• ANTH 220 - Topics in Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 223 - Primate Behavior and Ecology
• ANTH 224 - Race and Human Variation
• ANTH 229 - Skeletal Anatomy: Humans and Animals
• ANTH 230 - Topics in Archaeology
• ANTH 233 - Museums, Collections, Ethics
• ANTH 235 - Region Studies in Archaeology
• ANTH 236 - Native North America
• ANTH 239 - Forensic Anthropology & Bioarchaeology
• ANTH 240 - Cultural Localities
• ANTH 243 - Mesoamerican Worlds
• ANTH 244 - Indian Ocean
• ANTH 245 - The Ethnographer’s Craft
• ANTH 247 - Modern Social Theory: Classical Traditions
• ANTH 250 - Language, Culture, and Society
• ANTH 255 - Language, Gender, and Media
• ANTH 259 - Soundscapes: Anthropology of Music
• ANTH 260 - Current Themes in Anthropological Theory and Method
• ANTH 262 - Anthropological Approaches to Myth, Ritual and Symbol
• ANTH 268 - Religion, Repression, and Resistance in Latin America
• ANTH 285 - Anthropology and The Environment
• ANTH 286 - Intensive on Global Indigenous Film
• ANTH 290 - Community-Engaged Learning
• ANTH 298 - Independent Work

• ANTH 300 - Senior Thesis
• ANTH 301 - Senior Seminar
• ANTH 320 - Seminar in Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 322 - Human Evolutionary Developmental Biology
• ANTH 330 - Seminar in Archaeology
• ANTH 332 - Ruins and Haunting Heritage
• ANTH 351 - Language and Expressive Culture
• ANTH 352 - Indigenous Literatures of the Americas
• ANTH 360 - Problems in Cultural Analysis
• ANTH 364 - Travelers and Tourists
• ANTH 367 - Indigenous Cultures and Languages of Latin America
• ANTH 376 - Asian Diasporas: from empires to pluralism
• ANTH 399 - Senior Independent Work