Welcome to the Department of Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Alabama offers training in all four traditional subfields of anthropology: Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, and Social/Cultural Anthropology. Click here to learn more about what anthropology is. We offer an undergraduate minor, and B.A., M.A., and PhD degrees in anthropology. At the doctoral level the department offers two tracks: The Archaeology of Complex societies of Native Americans and Biocultural Medical Anthropology.
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Department News
- Dr. Marysia Galbraith has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright to undertake her research in Poland on Jewish heritage during this upcoming academic year. These awards are among the very highest honors for American scholars doing international work. Posted 04/27/14.
- Prof. Kathy Oths of our department has won an Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award from the National Alumni Association, and also was selected as a Distinguished Teaching Fellow for 2014-2017 by the College of Arts & Sciences. These are wonderful honors and so richly deserved. Please extend your congratulations to Dr. Oths when next you see her! Posted 04/27/14.
- Paul Eubanks has been funded by the National Science Foundation through a Dissertation Improvement Grant for his dissertation project, "Caddo Salt Production in Northwestern Louisiana." Warm congratulations to him and to his adviser, Dr. Ian Brown, for this prestigious award! Paul is our seventh doctoral student to receive an NSF dissertation improvement grant. This speaks, first and foremost, to his great promise as a scholar, and also to the great strength of our young doctoral program. Please congratulate Paul and Dr. Brown when the opportunity arises! Posted 01/30/14.
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