Anthropology

• The National Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA), the student section of the American Anthropological Association, was founded in 1985 to address graduate and undergraduate student concerns and to promote the interests and involvement of students as anthropologists-in-training. 
• The anthropology program sponsors a mentor program in which junior and senior majors assist faculty in teaching introductory classes. Mentors help students use the library, guide students through written assignments and exam preparation, and sometimes lecture or do demonstrations before the class. Participants regularly count this among the high points of their undergraduate experience.
• The Association for Student Anthropologists is an academic club at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. We are a group of undergraduate anthropology students who wish to deepen our exposure to alternate worldviews. We engage with the four fields of anthropology, including cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. Our fundamental goal is for our members to interact with fellow anthropology enthusiasts and apply anthropology beyond the classroom. We meet biweekly throughout the semester to talk anthropology, plan events, and much more. For information about the UM-Dearborn Anthropology Club, email: umd.anthroclub@gmail.com or visit the Club's Facebook page.
• Explore other UM-Dearborn student organizations on VictorsLink.

• Internships, research, and study abroad opportunities are available for anthropology students. Talk with your professors to learn more.
• For students considering a professional career in anthropology, it is strongly recommended that a two-term sequence of Anthropology 398-399 be organized as an apprenticeship in collaboration with an anthropology faculty member.
• ANTH 410 (Archaeological Field School) and ANTH 411 (Archaeological Lab Methods) provide students the opportunity to participate in primary research projects on and off campus.

• Anthropology students frequently present the results of their research at undergraduate research conferences like Meeting of Minds and the Michigan Undergraduate Research Forum, and even at professional meetings.

• Students should contact a professor working in their area of interest to discuss classes, research projects, and independent study possibilities. 

• The Archaeology Lab is the site of research programs, archaeological collections, and teaching.

Field School and Field School Scholarship

Field schools teaching anthropological research methods can be life-changing experiences that provide essential training for careers in anthropology as well as practical field research experience applicable to other professions. Field schools take place all over the world and provide students with training in anthropological methods in archaeology, human paleontology, bioarchaeology, ethnology, linguistics, and primatology. UM-Dearborn students have attended field schools in Australia, Jordan, Kenya, Peru, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico, Spain, France, Ireland, and various sites in the United States.  These programs are not required for an Anthropology major or minor, but we encourage you to consider the possibility of such a program.

UM-Dearborn’s Anthropology program helps provide these experiences in two ways. We offer a Field School Scholarship that helps students subsidize the costs of attending a field school in their chosen area. The scholarship program is competitive, and preference is given to students majoring or minoring in anthropology. Anthropology faculty also run their own field schools both locally during the term and internationally over the summer that can be elected for UM-Dearborn credit (see ANTH 410).

For additional information about the Field School and Field School Scholarship, contact: Brian McKenna, Ph.D.

Anthropology prepares students with the skills necessary in the modern workplace.  Career Services offers assistance with job searching, resumes, interviews or graduate school applications.