Anthropology

Anthropology studies past and present people in all their cultural, social, and biological complexity. Housed in the College of Liberal Arts, the Anthropology Department embraces interdisciplinary breadth in cultural anthropology, archaeology, and biocultural anthropology to explore issues ranging from the diversity of local neighborhoods to the global struggles of Indigenous and African Diasporic people, from the rise of ancient civilizations to the impacts of modernity and environmental change, and from warfare and violence to health disparities and individual well-being.