Anthropology explores how people and groups across the globe engage with the social, cultural, political, and economic processes that shape the contemporary world.

Anthropologists spend extended periods of time with the people they study in order to understand their practices and beliefs and how they are entangled with systems of power.

Congratulations to Anthropology students:

• Heidi Haering, who has been awarded the F. A. Aldrich Award, valued at $20,000 for the 2025-2026 scholarship year

• Evan Davis, who has been awarded the John M. & Elsa S. Morgan Scholarship, valued at $1,000.00 for the 2025-2026 scholarship year

• Jade Collins, who has been awarded the John M. & Elsa S. Morgan Scholarship, valued at $1000.00 for the 2025-2026 scholarship year

Upcoming Winter 2026 Courses

ANTH 3061 - Culture and Social Inequality
Mondays from 12:00 — 2:50 PM

Culture and Social Inequality examines the role of culture in mediating different forms of social inequality, exploring the idea that culture is not only a way of life but also a way of managing power among unequals, from individuals to social classes. Readings in the course concentrate on cultural techniques of social control.

ANTH 4073 - Studies in Underclass Life
Tuesdays from 12:00 — 2:50 PM

The course focuses on social injuries resulting from imposed poverty on an increasingly dispossessed portion of humanity as capitalism continues its globalizing process. It pays special attention to structural violence against as well as struggles arising from dispossessed populations.