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Meet the Faculty

Anthropological research should be relevant to society, Joshua H Roth says, and it can be relevant if it assists society in solving social problems such as racism, crime, or ethnic stereotyping.

Lynn Morgan doesn't shy away from controversy. Her newest book, Icons of Life, recounts how human embryos were once collected for scientific study in the early twentieth century.

Book to the future! Andrew Lass is on a mission: to preserve the rich heritage of eastern Europe by modernizing libraries there.

How do "fringe" religious communities imagine human life after apocalypse and what can we learn from their extreme visions? Ask Debbora Battaglia.

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Professional Associations

  • American Anthropological Association
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Research and Field Schools Opportunities

  • UMass Archaeological Field School: at Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA
  • Pioneer Internship in Madagascar
  • University of North Texas: Social Anthropology Research
  • Kenyon-Honduras Program in Archaeology and Ethnography
  • Northwestern University Ethnographic Field School in Chicago
  • The Chijnaya Foundation - Volunteers and English Instruction in Peru
  • CHESS:  Cultural Heritage in European Societies and Spaces (UMass Dept. of Anthropology)
  • Summer Field Schools in Historical Archaeology; University of Virginia - Monticello
  • Summer Field Schools in Historical Archaeology; University of Virginia - Poplar Forest
  • Summer Field Schools in Historical Archaeology; University of Virginia - Jamestowne
  • McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, UK
  • University of Notre Dame and NSF Summer Research Experience

MHC Resources

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Other Resources

  • What Do Anthropologists Do?
  • Five College African Studies
  • Five College Program Culture Health and Science

 Prizes and Awards

  • Sylvia Forman Prize for Student Papers

 

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