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City University of New York Program Information Program City University of New York Name General Description: Our 4-field training program has a long tradition of scholarly excellence, diversity, and access. We offer unique opportunities for students to develop studies and research amidst the productive dialogue around engaged scholarship, and we are committed to excellence in training students for careers in research and teaching, as well as for work in non-profit and government sectors. The program has a strong track record of taking diversity seriously, and of inclusion of underrepresented groups among its faculty and students. We have doctoral students specializing in each subfield – archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and physical anthropology. The requirement of basic instruction in all subfields for all students gives our program a distinct advantage over other programs that have abandoned 4-fields training. Early fieldwork opportunities are possible through faculty directed practicums and summer research funds. With close faculty guidance, students receive funding from NSF, Wenner- General Gren, Fulbright-Hays, IIE Fulbright, SSRC, etc. Three alums have won MacArthur "Genius" awards. Description Special Programs: The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (www.nycep.org) is an integrated graduate training/research program in / Special primate behavioral and evolutionary biology. Drawing faculty and selected staff from PhD-granting (CUNY, Columbia, NYU, the American Museum of Programs Natural History), and research-focused (WCS) institutions in NYC, this unique consortium links over 60 faculty whose research focuses on human and nonhuman primates from the perspectives of morphology, paleoanthropology, systematics, molecular and population genetics, behavior, ecology and conservation biology. NYCEP students take courses in these areas at any of the four participating degree-granting universities, attend seminars that draw upon the staff of all cooperating institutions, and have the opportunity to engage in original research in labs, museums and in the field. NYCEP has attracted many women and minority students. Faculty and associates have field research programs on living primates at sites in Africa, Asia, and South America, as well as primate (including human) paleontology in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Several courses are taught jointly, alternately or with guest lectures by faculty from different institutions/departments; this collaboration cements relationships between faculty and presents students with a variety of viewpoints early in their careers. Established Country UNITED STATES State NY City New York Address CUNY Graduate Center Line 1 Address 365 Fifth Ave, Rm 6406 Line 2 Address Line 3 Zip Fax Phone1 (212) 817-8005 Phone2 Email1 [email protected] Email2 Email3 Website http://www.gc.cuny.edu/anthropology Program Details Degrees Offered Anthropology PhD Tuition Information See www.gc.cuny.edu Highest Degree Offered PhD Certificate Info Other Degree Requirements AA/ AS Requirements BA/ BS Requirements MA/ MS Requirements Students may apply for en-route MA MA/MS Specializations Anthropology Archaeology PhD Field Areas Biological Anthropology Cultural Anthropology Linguistic Anthropology 60 credits, language, statistics/research course, written and oral exams, Phd Requirements fieldwork Archaeology and Biological Anthropology labs. Affiliation with Hunter's Research Facilities Bioarchaeology Lab and Brooklyn's Zooarchaeology Lab provide research opportunities. 5-year Graduate Center Fellowships and Tuition Fellowships; Graduate Support Opportunities Assistantships; research, travel, and dissertation write-up grants, conference presentation funds. Library Resources Internships Available Internship Info Internship Required Publications Material culture, modern human and primate skeletons, and fossil primates at the Collections American Museum of Natural History are available for research by advanced students. Grants Or Funding Misc Information https://www.gc.cuny.edu/TitleIX Phd Specializations Archaeology, Biological, Cultural, Linguistic Certs Offered Statistical Information Number of Female Grad Students 93 PHD Degrees Granted To Males 3 Number of Male Grad Students 61 PHD Degrees Granted To Females 8 Percentage OF FULL-TIME GRAD STUDENTS receiving funding 100 2020-21 Number of New Grad Students 17 Number Of Total Grad Students 160 PHD Degrees Granted Total 11 Number of Non-binary or third gender Grad Students 6 PHD Degrees Granted To Non-binary or third gender 0 Number of Female Grad Students 90 Number of Male Undergrad Students 0 AA/AS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Female Undergrad Students 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Males 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Females 0 BA/BS Degrees Granted To Males 0 2019-20 PHD Degrees Granted To Males 3 BA/BS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Male Grad Students 59 AA/AS Degrees Granted To Males 0 PHD Degrees Granted To Females 10 Percentage OF FULL-TIME GRAD STUDENTS receiving funding 100 Number of New Grad Students 21 Number of Female Grad Students 107 Number of Male Undergrad Students 0 AA/AS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Female Undergrad Students 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Males 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Females 0 BA/BS Degrees Granted To Males 0 2018-19 PHD Degrees Granted To Males 9 BA/BS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Male Grad Students 74 AA/AS Degrees Granted To Males 0 PHD Degrees Granted To Females 6 Percentage OF FULL-TIME GRAD STUDENTS receiving funding 77 Number of New Grad Students 20 Number of Female Grad Students 109 Number of Male Undergrad Students 0 AA/AS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Female Undergrad Students 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Males 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Females 0 BA/BS Degrees Granted To Males 0 2017-18 PHD Degrees Granted To Males 5 BA/BS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Male Grad Students 67 AA/AS Degrees Granted To Males 0 PHD Degrees Granted To Females 6 Percentage OF FULL-TIME GRAD STUDENTS receiving funding 76 Number of New Grad Students 19 Number of Female Grad Students 108 Number of Male Undergrad Students 0 AA/AS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Female Undergrad Students 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Males 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Females 0 BA/BS Degrees Granted To Males 0 2016-17 PHD Degrees Granted To Males 7 BA/BS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Male Grad Students 68 AA/AS Degrees Granted To Males 0 PHD Degrees Granted To Females 7 Percentage OF FULL-TIME GRAD STUDENTS receiving funding 77 Number of New Grad Students 17 Number of Female Grad Students 111 Number of Male Undergrad Students 0 AA/AS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Female Undergrad Students 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Males 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Females 0 BA/BS Degrees Granted To Males 0 2015-16 PHD Degrees Granted To Males 10 BA/BS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Male Grad Students 71 AA/AS Degrees Granted To Males 0 PHD Degrees Granted To Females 7 Percentage OF FULL-TIME GRAD STUDENTS receiving funding 81 Number of New Grad Students 21 Number of Female Grad Students 108 Number of Male Undergrad Students 0 AA/AS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Female Undergrad Students 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Males 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Females 0 BA/BS Degrees Granted To Males 0 2014-15 PHD Degrees Granted To Males 7 BA/BS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Male Grad Students 74 AA/AS Degrees Granted To Males 0 PHD Degrees Granted To Females 6 Percentage OF FULL-TIME GRAD STUDENTS receiving funding 85 Number of New Grad Students 22 Number of Female Grad Students 106 Number of Male Undergrad Students 0 AA/AS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Female Undergrad Students 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Males 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Females 0 BA/BS Degrees Granted To Males 0 2013-14 PHD Degrees Granted To Males 6 BA/BS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Male Grad Students 77 AA/AS Degrees Granted To Males 0 PHD Degrees Granted To Females 14 Percentage OF FULL-TIME GRAD STUDENTS receiving funding 83 Number of New Grad Students 23 Number of Female Grad Students 103 Number of Male Undergrad Students 0 AA/AS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Female Undergrad Students 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Males 0 MA/MS Degrees Granted To Females 0 BA/BS Degrees Granted To Males 0 2012-13 PHD Degrees Granted To Males 2 BA/BS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0 Number of Male Grad Students 76 AA/AS Degrees Granted To Males 0 PHD Degrees Granted To Females 8 Percentage OF FULL-TIME GRAD STUDENTS receiving funding 82 Number of New Grad Students 26 Program Contacts Geographic Area(s) of Geographic Areas of Name Phone Email Interest/Specialty Areas Expertise Expertise International Political anthropology; race and class politics; biopolitics, health, poverty, and urban governance; security and securitization; Jeff [email protected] ethics and politics of care; US Maskovsky populism and white nationalism; social movements, protest anthropology, urban political economy Molecular ecology, sociobiology, primate reproductive strategies, Madagascar,Sub-Saharan Andrea Baden [email protected] cooperative breeding, Africa sexual selection and conservation biology Skeletal biology, bone histology and Victoria [email protected] microarchitecture, bone Dominguez quality, biomechanics, and forensic anthropology Archaeology, trade and East Asia and the Alexander interaction, material Pacific,Europe / [email protected] Near East, Eurasia
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