Synthesizing scientific and humanistic concerns and methods, anthropology studies humanity in all its cultural, biological, linguistic, and historical diversity.

  • Understanding contemporary world problems
  • Ethnic, race, religious, class, and gender relations
  • Environmental and cultural resources management
  • International relations
  • Understanding contemporary human biology
  • Marketing
  • Public health and wellness, global health
  • Social sciences, research, observing, writing

 

Life After Lawrence

Lawrentians can enjoy careers in...

Anthropology, archaeology, museum education, secondary and higher education, management/business, marketing, arts/media, research, medicine, community and global health, social work, law, development

Recent employers include...

CNN, Sitka National Historic Park, Epic, Center for American Archaeology, The Art Institute of Chicago, Southern Food and Beverage Museum, Americorps, Peace Corps, University of Notre Dame, University of Wyoming

Lawrentians can earn advanced degrees in...

City/urban planning, public and global health, global policy studies, law, divinity, forensic science, museum studies, social work, sociology

Recent schools include...

London School of Economics, Yale, University of Chicago, Emory, Northwestern, University of California-Irvine, Temple Law School, U of Illinois, NYU, UT - Austin Law School, Washington, DePaul, Marquette, George Washington University

The Chandler Senior Experience

Anthropology majors reflect upon and synthesize what they've learned by designing a research-focused project presented to the anthropology faculty and student majors during a formal symposium in Spring Term.
 

Recent Senior Experiences include:

 

"Mozika Tsara Be!": Contemporary Music and Cultural Identity in Southeastern Madagascar

Considering the Impact of Genetic Literacy and Race in the Age of Personal Genomics
 

Syrian Refugee Education in Turkey: Exploring a 'Dual Imaginary'

Invisible Lives, Invisible Deaths: Political Mourning in the LGBTQ Community
 

A Critical Approach to Health Discourse in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Structural Violence and Obesity: Exploring the Political Economy of Overnutrition in Botswana

Jenny Niedenfuehr '16
Life After Lawrence: Jenny Niedenfuehr, Entrepreneur/Restauranteur
The Lawrence Minute - Applied Anthropology
Applied Anthropology: Historic Preservation
Tyler Grasee ’15
Life After Lawrence: Tyler Grasse, Museum Studies

Faculty

Chair(s)
Mark Jenike (chair)
  • Carla Daughtry
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    Associate Professor of Anthropology
    Campus Phone: 920-832-7176
    Education: Mount Holyoke College, B.A.; University of Michigan, M.A., Ph.D.
    Interests: Middle East and North Africa, new immigrants in Italy, migrants and refugees, food and culture, cultural research methods, race and ethnicity across cultures, sex/gender/sexuality systems.
    Campus Address: Briggs Hall Room 308 Anthropology
    Years at Lawrence: 2000-
  • Brenda Jenike
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    Edward F. Mielke Professor of Medicine, Health and Society and Associate Professor of Anthropology
    Campus Phone: 920-832-6686
    Education: Pomona College, B.A.; University of California-Los Angeles, M.A., Ph.D.
    Interests: medical anthropology, disability and culture, culture and aging, family, gender, Japan and East Asia
    Campus Address: Briggs Hall Room 310 Anthropology
    Years at Lawrence: 2004-
  • Mark Jenike
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    Associate Professor of Anthropology
    Campus Phone: 920-832-6717
    Education: Harvard College, B.A.; University of California-Los Angeles, Ph.D.
    Interests: behavioral ecology, human biology, nutritional anthropology, human evolution, reproductive ecology, anthropological demography
    Campus Address: Briggs Hall Room 309 Anthropology
    Years at Lawrence: 2004-
  • Lavanya H. Murali
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    Assistant Professor of Anthropology
    Campus Phone: 920-832-7107
    Education: University of Delhi: B.A. (Hons.), M.A., M.Phil. (Sociology); University of Iowa: M.A., Ph.D. (Anthropology)
    Interests: linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, ideologies about English, semiotics, gender and sexuality, post/colonialism, India
    Campus Address: Briggs Hall Room 306 Anthropology
    Website: http://www.anthrocharya.com
    Years at Lawrence: 2010-
  • Peter Neal Peregrine
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    Professor of Anthropology
    Campus Phone: 920-832-7684
    Education: Purdue University, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
    Interests: archaeology, geophysical methods, statistical analysis, cross-cultural research, cultural evolution, resilience theory, museum curation and exhibition
    Campus Address: Briggs Hall Room 307 Anthropology
    Website: https://faculty.lawrence.edu/peregrip/
    Years at Lawrence: 1995-
  • Daniel J. Proctor
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    Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
    Campus Phone: 920-993-6077
    Education: Eastern Washington University, B.A.; Florida Atlantic University, M.A.; University of Iowa, Ph.D.
    Interests: Origins of bipedalism, paleoanthropology, forensic anthropology, functional anatomy
    Campus Address: Briggs Hall Room 340 Anthropology
    Years at Lawrence: 2011-