Catalog
Anthropology
Division of Social Sciences
Aaron Lampman Anthropology Program Director, Associate Professor of Anthropology
John Seidel Lammot du Pont Copeland Associate Professor of Anthropology
Stewart Bruce Lecturer in Anthropology
Bill Schindler Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Elizabeth Seidel Archaeology Lab Director
Jeanette Sherbondy Associate Professor of Anthropology, Emerita
Mark Wiest Lecturer in Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of human nature, human society, and the human past. It encompasses several subdisciplines, including sociocultural anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. The concept of culture illuminates the human condition in powerful ways. Anthropology helps students understand human biocultural diversity and the dependence of the human species on culture for survival. Anthropology graduates find employment opportunities in the public and private sector, in government agencies, corporations, museums, and in academia. Businesses are increasingly hiring anthropologists as "cultural brokers." Recent graduates have continued postgraduate work in anthropology and have found careers in state health departments, the tourism industry, education, and museum work. We often have assistantships available to students interested in cultural resource management in archaeology and historic preservation.
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology offers majors and minors in both sociology and anthropology. For complete information about the program in anthropology, please see Sociology and Anthropology.