Graduate Studies Letter
Dear Prospective Student:
We are pleased to provide you with this information on our graduate program in Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Your choice of a graduate program is one of the most important decisions that you will make. We encourage you to read the materials about the program and the application process carefully, and to contact us with any questions you might have.
The University of Arizona is a center of excellence for the study of Anthropology with strengths in all four subfields: Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, and Linguistic Anthropology. We also offer special M.A. tracks and Ph.D. concentrations in Applied Anthropology; Medical Anthropology; Gender Studies; Culture, Science & Technology; Ecological & Environmental Anthropology; Anthropology History and Social Memory and Southwest Land, Culture & Society. A joint Ph.D. in Linguistics and Anthropology is also offered.
Our strengths are complemented by close ties with the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, the Arizona State Museum, and the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. We also participate in a number of interdisciplinary studies programs across campus with many other resources.
Our department as a whole and its individual subdisciplinary programs have been ranked among the top ten programs in the country. Our department was ranked second overall in the Bulletin of the Society for American Archaeology and second in placement of students in an American Anthropological Association article.
From its ranks over the years have come three presidents of the American Anthropological Association (including the immediate past president, Jane Hill), two presidents of the Society for American Archaeology, a president of the Society for Applied Anthropology, a president of the American Ethnological Society, and the president of the Society for Medical Anthropology. Faculty and students in our department actively participate in fieldwork throughout the world and have excellent histories of external grant funding.
With the broad experience acquired through study in our program our students have been highly competitive when seeking employment. All students considering a career in Anthropology should recognize, however, that a growing number of jobs in our field are not in academia. The trend toward globalization and cultural diversity at home and abroad has created a burgeoning market for anthropologists outside the traditional college or university setting.
The other links on this site provide information on our programs and faculty research interests. We encourage you to read over these sites and contact us regarding specific questions you might have about our graduate program. We also urge you to contact individual faculty whose research interests match your own.
Sincerely,
Dr. Mary Stiner & Dr. Steve Kuhn
Co-Directors of Graduate Studies
AnthDGS@email.arizona.edu
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