ANTHROPOLOGY
Updated 26 days ago
1557 Dickey Drive Atlanta, GA 30322
Our department is built around three subdisciplines of anthropology -- archaeology, biological anthropology, and sociocultural anthropology. These are not conceptualized as semi-autonomous units, but they serve as the basis for generating intellectual synergies that cut across the three subdisciplines. Our research concentrations are an expression of these synergies, bringing together faculty research interests from the subdisciplines and catalyzing exciting collaborations within the department -- and beyond... The mission of the Department of Anthropology is to foster a diverse, inclusive research and learning environment. Our curriculum enables students to deepen their understanding of what it means to be human through an appreciation of its archaeological, biological, and sociocultural complexity. We pursue innovative approaches to pressing contemporary issues and historical legacies of race, gender, and social inequality. In doing so, we are committed to "thinking outside the..