Department of Anthropology
Graduate
With a diversified faculty, the Purdue graduate program offers training in all four subfields of anthropology (click here to read more about the subfields). Faculty specializations include the anthropology of religion, semiotics, gender, kinship, economic anthropology, the archaeology of Mesoamerica, South America, the Nile Valley and Central Asia, archaeometry, bioarchaeology, medical anthropology, human health and aging, women's health, reproductive ecology and primate behavioral studies. The courses taken during the first two years develop a four-field foundation for subsequent specialized research. Our program emphasizes personalized intensive instruction and interaction with graduate student peers.
Faculty research interests include Jewish communities in Denmark; Saami pastoralists; rural communities in West Sumatra, Indonesia; lowland gorilla social organization and ecology in the Central African Republic; health in indigenous populations in the Indian Himalayas; health of older adults in the United States; settlement archaeology in Mexico; cross-cultural research; craft production, household archaeology, and provenance analysis in the Andes; bioarchaeology in the Nile Valley; comparative youth cultures and psychoactive substance use. Graduate student research has been undertaken in India, Bangladesh, Morrocco, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Brazil, Croatia, Italy, Greece, Appalachia, and the midwestern United States.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact a faculty member that they wish to work with before applying. For more information, please contact the Graduate Committee secretary, Patricia Mason, at patty@purdue.edu or (765) 496-7428.
Electronic Application for Graduate Study
PLEASE NOTE: When you apply for graduate studies through the Graduate School's online application, Anthropology is listed as a major in "Sociology and Anthropology." This is because the Department of Anthropology was newly established in August 2008 and the changes have not been made to the Graduate School's web site. After choosing "Sociology and Anthropology" as your proposed field of study, please be sure to select Anthropology as a specialization. If you have any questions, please contact the graduate secretary, Patricia Mason patty@purdue.edu or (765) 496-7428.
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