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CAREERS

There are two great reasons why studying anthropology should be considered by undergraduate and master's students.

First, the material is intellectually exciting: anthropology students enthusiastically complete their course of study.

Second, anthropology prepares students for excellent jobs and opens doors to various career paths: the course of study provides global information and thinking skills critical to succeeding in the 21st century in business, research, teaching, advocacy, and public service.

You may wish to visit the a career information page of the American Anthropological Association (click on link) for more information about a future in anthropology.

You may also want to see a short (8 minute) film produced by the MIT Department of Anthropology which does a very good job of describing the conduct of ethnographic fieldwork.  Ethnographic fieldwork is increasingly used by companies around the world to give them a better picture of, for example, how consumers use products in their everyday lives than something like survey data alone.

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Resources

Archaeological and Ethnological Labs in the Basement of the Old Main building (OM B12 & B14).  The Anthropology Program is currently establishing a more stable location for these valuable collections of artifacts with storage, lab, and display space as well as a seminar room.

The Oral History of Appalachia Collection is housed in the Marshall University Morrow Library Special Collections Department.  It is comprised of thousands of interviews conducted in Appalachia over the last 40 years.  Many interviews have full transcriptions available.

ANTHROPOLOGY HONORS SOCIETY

LAMBDA ALPHA

Lambda Alpha is the National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology.  The Beta Chapter of West Virginia, formed in 1995, is housed in our department.   Membership confers certain privileges, including national academic recognition, scholarships, and the opportunity to publish in a national anthropological journal. 

Qualifications for membership are: 

1. 2.5 GPA overall
2. 3.0 GPA in Anthropology/ Sociology classes
3. A minimum of 12 hours of academic Anthropology OR 6 hours Anthropology and 6 hours Sociology

Application for membership is made only once every academic year, usually near the end of the Fall Semester.  Qualified applicants are required to fill out a form, signed by the faculty advisor, and submit a one-time fee of $25.00.

Faculty advisor:  Nicholas Freidin, D.Phil

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