Anthropology as a Career:

     Many of the areas anthropologists study intersect with numerous career possibilities: e.g., forensics, international business and marketing, sustainable agriculture, eco-tourism, cross-cultural health and nutrition, artificial intelligence, cross-cultural communication styles, historic preservation, and museum studies.  Most anthropologically-related positions come to those with an advanced degree, but even a Minor in Anthropology offers a new way of looking at human behavior.

     According to several recent USA Today articles, “as companies go global and crave leaders for a diverse workforce, a new hot degree is emerging for aspiring executives: anthropology.”  Anthropologists “are finding jobs with high-tech companies, using their highly developed skills as observers to study how people live, work, and use technology.” 

 

Career Opportunities:

     Here are just a few of the careers undertaken by Anthropology Minor graduates of this department:

     Peace Corps Volunteer

     State Park Ranger

     Primate Research Lab Assistant

     Chamber of Commerce Manager

     Personnel Management

     State Highway Dept. Archaeologist

     International Business Translator

     High School Social Studies Teacher

     Social Science Reference Librarian

     Halfway House Supervisor

     Early Childhood Interventionist

     Forensic Psychologist

    

Alumni Using Anthropology:

Amy Giles Livingston, Middle School Social Studies Teacher

"I continue to teach Global Studies (anthro/geography)at Seneca High School, now.  . . . .  I begin the year with the Horace Miner article [on the Nacirema] and the students think they are so cool, "doing" college level work! (I show them all my anthro books and many actually read them).  They are stunned to see the slide show and I still see students years later who stop me and say that the Nacirema project changed them inside.  It's great to be an educator."

  

Resources: (Books at the bottom of the list are for people who have very little idea about the career that is right for them. Books at the top are for people looking for very specific information about careers in anthropology.)

 

 

Websites:

Anthropology Publications
Archaeology
Campus Organizations
NASA Directory of Anthropology Student Groups
Cultural Anthropology
Graduate School Information
Grants, Funding, & Post-Doc Information
Physical Anthropology

 

 

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