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Anthropology

Graduate Program Summary

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Graduate Degrees Offered

M.A.
Specializations - what's a specialization?
  • Professional Archaeology
  • Environmental Studies
  • Great Plains Studies
  • Women's and Gender Studies
Areas of Study
  • Applied-Development Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Native American Studies



  

Anthropology

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Application Deadline

   Fall: February 1   Spring: October 1

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Description of Program

The Department of Anthropology offers a graduate program in anthropology, especially suited for students with research interests in historical archaeology, evolutionary approaches to human behavior, and applied/development anthropology. In many cases, individualized programs of study can be accommodated.

The department has excellent laboratories for computer-based instruction and research in archaeology and biological and cultural anthropology. In addition, the department is closely affiliated with the Nebraska State Historical Society, the University of Nebraska State Museum, the Centers for Great Plains Studies, Native American Studies, Asian Studies, and African and African American Studies. Of special interest to archaeologists is the department's strong teaching and research partnership with the Midwest Archaeological Center (National Park Service) which offers students opportunities for employment, fellowships, and internships.



  

Graduate Bulletin

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Faculty and Research

Effie Athanassopoulos Landscape and Historical Archaeology; Europe; Archaeology in Identity Formation; Relationship and Interpretation
Mark Awakuni-Swetland Native Peoples; Ethnohistory; Oral History Sociolinguistics; Native Language Ideology
Shimelis Beyene Development; Primatology; Africa; Conservation; Pastoralism
Peter Bleed Technology; Material Culture; Lithics; Historic Archaeology; Conflict and War; Japan; North America
Paul Demers Historical and Industrial Archaeology; Borders and Frontiers; Transnationalism; Utopian and Communal Societies; Classical Archaeology
Patricia Draper Hunter-Gatherers; Evolutionary Ecology; Adult Development and Aging; Cross Cultural Gender Roles; Peoples and Cultures of Africa
Stephen GlazierGeneral Anthropology; Religion, Race, and Race Relations; Ethnohistory; Caribbean
     Adjunct Faculty
Raymond Hames Behavioral Ecology; Economic Exchange; Time Allocation
William Hunt American Fur Trade; Historical Archaeology of Tourism
     Adjunct Faculty
Mark Lynott Cultural Resource Management; Cultural Ecology; Earthworks and Mounds of the Midwest
     Adjunct Faculty
Martha McCollough Native North Americans; Arctic; Great Plains
Vergil Noble Historical Archaeology; 18th Century French Fur Trade; 19th Century Settlement and Transportation Systems; Cultural Resource Management
     Adjunct Faculty
Daniel Osborne Skeletal Biology; Nutrition; Human Adaptation, Growth and Development; Medical Anthropology; Evolutionary Medicine
Carleen Sanchez Maya and Central American Archaeology; Transnational Feminism; Gender; Post-Colonialism; Indigenous Activism in Latin American
Doug Scott Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Archaeology; 19th Century Military Sites; Forensic Archaeology
     Adjunct Faculty
LuAnn Wandsnider Archaic-Late Prehistoric of the North American High Plains; Traditional Food Preparation; Spatial Analysis; Archaeological Method and Theory
Mary Willis Refugee Resettlement; Refugees from Sudan; Cross-Cultural Health
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