Dr. Chalfin Political Anthropology is a vast field covering the spectrum of human political organization past and present. In addition to documenting the organization of political life in small-scale societies, […]
Dr. deFrance Humankind has lived along coastal habitats throughout history. Life in coastal and maritime settings has led to great creativity in the development of economic systems dependent on littoral […]
Dr. Heckenberger Anthropologists are keenly aware that research practice should align with the goals and values of the communities that they work with. Engaged anthropology and advocacy are central features […]
Dr. Richard Stepp and Dr. George Aaron Broadwell This course provides an overview of major ideas and research areas within the subfields of cultural and linguistic anthropology. The objective of […]
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Dr. Kernaghan In this course we examine how the material specificity of physical terrains affects legal phenomena as they come to be expressed, sensed and practiced. We observe and track […]
Dr. Contreras This course introduces students to the basic quantitative methods required to describe and analyze archaeological data. Each week will introduce a new data analysis or data visualization technique, […]
Dr. Contreras Our current moment in planetary history is one in which human activity is the dominant influence on Earth’s ecosystems. Scientific consensus in the 21st century is that this […]
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Dr. DeLeon Do you know your own body inside and out? Have you ever wondered how you changed from a single-celled zygote into the complex organism that you see in […]
Dr. Stephanie Bogart and Dr. Kim Valenta We will explore the central and cross-disciplinary concepts of primate behavior, which include, but are not limited to genetics, ecology, behavioral diversity, evolution, […]
Dr. Daegling A practical survey of the human skeleton for aspiring bioarchaeologists, forensic anthropologists and paleoanthropologists. Emphasis is on developing techniques for the identification of human remains, including methods for […]