2026

Dr. Damina Khaira By Arrangement This individual tutorial is for anthropology students intending to write a senior thesis, and is normally undertaken with an advanced graduate student during the second term of junior year. Students will have weekly...

Prof. Malavika Reddy T Th 10:30-11:45am This course is designed to introduce undergraduate students to social/cultural theory in light of anthropological methods, arguments, concerns, and writing. As a discipline, anthropology is rooted in conveying and...

Prof. Christina Warinner W 3:00 PM - 5:45 PM This course will focus on archaeological thinking, the cognitive skeleton of the discipline of archaeology, the principles and the logic that are the foundation of all archaeological conclusions and research...

Prof. Nicholas Harkness M W 10:30-11:45am How is verbal art -- from story-telling to poetry and from hip hop to church song -- created from linguistic and musical form, and how does its performance mediate social relations as well as construct cultural...

N/A By Arrangement For students engaged in teaching as a Teaching Fellow. Student should register for four credits per section. Not counted towards PhD requirements.

N/A By Arrangement Students enrolled in PhD in Anthropology should utilize this course to indicate time spent researching and reading outside of coursework. Oftentimes used towards maintaining full-time status, when not enrolled in coursework or writing...

Prof. Diana Loren By Arrangement The purpose of the practicum is to provide curatorial experience in the Peabody Museum (PMAE), directly supervised by a PMAE curator. The practicum is designed to designed to introduce students to contemporary museum...

Archaeology Faculty By Arrangement Preparation with Archaeology cohort for the general examination in Archaeology. This course should be taken during the fall semester of the second year and involves weekly meetings to study and prepare for the general...

Social Anthropology Faculty By Arrangement Individual reading in preparation for the General Examination for the PhD degree. It involves meetings as arranged between professor and graduate student. Restricted to candidates for the PhD degree and...

Department Faculty By Arrangement Special reading in selected topics under the direction of members of the Department. Individual work. Must be arranged with a professor listed under Anthropology 3000. Requires written work; it involves meetings as...