Drawing on the sub-disciplinary strengths of socio-cultural, linguistic, and archaeological Anthropology, we provide students with a critical introduction to human variation across time and space. With expertise both abroad and in the United States, faculty and students examine topics such as culture and communication, language preservation, colonial legacies and inequalities, health and well-being, ethics and care, and indigenous worlds and belonging.

“Our children may learn about the heroes of the past. Our task is to make ourselves the architects of the future.”

― Jomo Kenyatta

The Anthropology Department welcomes new Full Professor, Dr. Jessica Mulligan. Dr. Mulligan is a medical anthropologist who studies health systems in Puerto Rico and asks how and why policies often fail to achieve their aims.  

The Anthropology Department welcomes new Full Professor, Dr. Chris Colvin, who we share with the Global Studies Program. Dr. Colvin is a medical medical anthropologist with extensive experience researching topics such as HIV and masculinity, as well as health activism and community health governance in South Africa

El centro Inka de Samaipata en los Valles cruceños (The Inka Center of Samaipata in the Valles Cruceños) showcases the latest archaeological research in Samaipata and its surrounding region. Situated in the foothills that lead into Bolivia’s tropical lowlands, Samaipata is home to the monumental Inka Center of Samaipata—an impressive ceremonial and administrative complex that reflects the region’s rich cultural history. This volume brings together contributions that trace the lives of Samaipata’s earliest inhabitants, including peoples of Arawak-Chané and Guaraní descent, and examines their interactions with representatives of the Inka Empire.