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Alumni News
Over the past four decades, the Department of Anthropology has successfully transformed hundreds of B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. students into valued alumni. These graduates have gone on to successful careers in academia, public service, and the private sector.
As of 2022, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏhas conferred 613 graduate degrees in Applied Anthropology (226 PhD and 387 MA). MA graduates typically obtain jobs in anthropology-related professions, in the private consulting sector, for government programs (often in health-care fields) or in the public sector (museums, teaching, public education, social services etc.). PhD graduates move into academia, research positions for government agencies, or in a variety of other areas.
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Lauren Johnson
Congratulations to Dr. Lauren Johnson, an alum of our program, and recent department head for Culture, Language, and Leadership at the University of North Georgia, on her new appointment to the position of Assistant Dean for the College of Education.
RYAN LOGAN
Check out this great story about alum Dr. Ryan Logan, now Assistant Professor of Anthropology at California State Univ. Stanislaus, who will be bringing an anthropological lens to COVID-19 to his classes this fall.
Jason Wilson
Dr. Jason W. Wilson (medical anthropologist and ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏalum/instructor/researcher/PhD student) comments on the current clinical & epidemiological COVID19 situation in Tampa.
Jose Peña
Congratulations to Summer 2020 PhD graduate, Dr. Jose Peña. He is currently an Instructor in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Arizona.
Mika Kadono
Congratulations to Summer 2020 PhD graduate, Dr. Mika Kadono. She just accepted a position as Research Program Manager at the I