Anthropology is the worldwide study of human biology and cultures. Our cross-cultural perspective and field research methodology extend our vision beyond familiar social contexts and experiences, challenging culture-bound theories of human nature, rationality and values. Today, in an increasingly global world, a broadly based perspective on human biological and cultural diversity is an urgent priority.

The study of anthropology cuts across a number of disciplines. Historians, comparative political scientists, literary critics, psychologists, biologists, linguists, archaeologists and others regularly draw on anthropological research and theory. Anthropology faculty and students are active in interdisciplinary research on such topics as nationalism, religion, race and ethnicity, gender, ritual, language, law, violence, refugees, medicine, science, media, literature, human origins, and the interrelation of history and culture. Faculty bring to classroom teaching the immediacy of field experiences that span the globe.

Our graduates are well prepared for graduate study in the social and biological sciences and humanities. Our recent graduates have gone on to graduate school in anthropology, as well as in other fields; they have also gone on to professional schools in business, medicine, education and law. Anthropology is also an asset for work in international affairs, financial services, communications, public health, media and market research, and public policy.