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Brigham Young University, Department of Anthropology

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Program Brigham Young University, Department of Anthropology Name

The department has strong interests in cultural anthropology and , with special concentrations in symbolic/psychological anthropology as General well as the archaeology of the Great Basin/Southwest, , , and the . A senior thesis is required, and in Description most cases, student research is undertaken in connection with one of the department's four cultural field schools (India, Namibia, Thailand, the UK) or / Special archaeological field schools in the Great Basin/Southwest or the Middle East. The Museum of People and Cultures provides lab space and Programs collections for student and faculty research. Graduate course work is designed to prepare students for PhD programs elsewhere or agency careers. See department website for details.

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State UT

City Provo

Address 800 KMBL Line 1

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Zip 84602

Fax (801) 422-7942

Phone1 (801) 422-3058

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Email1 [email protected]

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Website http://anthropology.byu.edu Program Details

Degrees Offered Anthropology: MA, BA major

Highest Degree Offered MA/MS

Certificate Info Museum Certificate

Certificates Museum Studies

Anthropology BA/BS Field Areas Archaeology Cultural Anthropology

To receive a BYU bachelor's degree a student must complete, in addition to all requirements for a specific major, the following university requirements: The university core, consisting of requirements in general and religious education BA/ BS Requirements (see University Core for details. For a complete listing of courses that meet university core requirements, see the current class schedule); a minimum of 30 credit hours in residence; a minimum of 120 credit hours; a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0; be in good standing with the University Honor Code Office.

MA/MS Field Areas Archaeology

Experience Offered Internship

30 semester hours; thesis; foreign language proficiency required when essential MA/ MS Requirements to the student's field of research, oral examination, written examination, GRE required

MA/MS Specializations Archaeology and Museum Studies

Gates Collection on Middle American Languages; Museum of Peoples and Cultures; archaeological laboratories HRAF microfiles; outstanding library Research Facilities holdings in anthropology; Office of Public Archaeology (CRM), Archaeological Foundation. Web site: fhss.byu.edu/anthro/

Graduate: Several assistantships for up to $4000; participation in archaeology Support Opportunities contract work

Internships Available

Internship Required

Publications include: the Occasional Papers and Popular Series through the Publications Museum and the Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation.

Certs Offered Statistical Information

Number of Female Grad Students 14

MA/MS Degrees Granted To Females 1

BA/BS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 35

BA/BS Degrees Granted To Males 6

PHD Degrees Granted To Females 0

Percentage OF FULL-TIME GRAD STUDENTS receiving funding 100

Number of Male Undergrad Students 32 2012-13 Number of New Grad Students 4

AA/AS Degrees Granted To Males 0

PHD Degrees Granted To Males 0

Number of Female Undergrad Students 121

AA/AS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0

Number of Male Grad Students 5

MA/MS Degrees Granted To Males 0

Number of Female Grad Students 14

MA/MS Degrees Granted To Females 3

BA/BS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 26

BA/BS Degrees Granted To Males 3

PHD Degrees Granted To Females 0

Percentage OF FULL-TIME GRAD STUDENTS receiving funding 100

Number of Male Undergrad Students 1 2011-12 Number of New Grad Students 4

AA/AS Degrees Granted To Males 0

PHD Degrees Granted To Males 0

Number of Female Undergrad Students 3

AA/AS DEGREES GRANTED TO FEMALES 0

Number of Male Grad Students 2

MA/MS Degrees Granted To Males 0 Program Contacts

Geographic Area(s) of Geographic Areas of Expertise Name Phone Email Interest/Specialty Areas Expertise International

Tami [email protected] Pugmire

Economic archaeology, James quantitative methods, Northern southwest, Eastern [email protected] Allison archaeological theory, Great Basin, US ceramic analysis

David Nabataean trade, complex [email protected] Middle East, Jordan Jordan,Middle East and North Johnson socities

Anthropology of morality, person-centered ethnography, migration and Hmong Diaspora, East and the Jacob [email protected] diaspora, psychological , Thailand, Pacific,Guatemala,Thailand,Western Hickman anthropology, childhood Guatemala, US Hemisphere and youth, transnationalism, messianic religion

Social anthropology, David [email protected] symbols, myth and ritual, , Namibia Namibia,Sub-Saharan Africa Crandall kinship, cognitive structures

Classical archaeology, Cynthia museum studies, Islamic Classical/Mediterranean [email protected] Finlayson archaeology and Basin archaeology ethnography

Symbolic anthropology, ethnoarchaeology, long- distance interaction, sociopolitical organization, Michael US Southwest, Northwest [email protected] iconographical analysis, ,Western Hemisphere Searcy Mexico, Highland Maya groundstone analysis, cultural resource management, ethnographic films

Cultural psychology, and the cognition and motivation, Charles India, US, Japan, New Pacific,India,Japan,New [email protected] history of social theory Nuckolls Zealand Zealand,South and Central structuralism, symbolic Asia,Western Hemisphere anthropology

Archaeology/historical anthropology, method and theory, religion and ritual, Zachary semiotics, late prehispanic East Asia and the Pacific,Western [email protected] Central , Hawaii Chase through early Spanish Hemisphere imperialism/colonialism, performance, landscape, temporality.

Education, psychological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, sociocultural Gregory [email protected] anthropology, micro- US inner-city, urban Western Hemisphere Thompson interaction, ritualization, low-income, inner-city, African-American

Archaeology, lithic John [email protected] technology, complex Mesoamerica Western Hemisphere Clark societies

Western during the Jaime Bronze, Iron Ages and early Europe / ,France,Italy,United [email protected] England, France, Italy Bartlett Roman Periods, classic Kingdom Mediterranean

Richard Linguistics, language and [email protected] Buonforte culture, speech and religion

Myth, magic and religion, Edwin stratified societies, China, Japan, India, China,East Asia and the [email protected] Andrus globalization, kinship and Southeast Asia Pacific,India,Japan marriage, business culture Geographic Area(s) of Geographic Areas of Expertise Name Phone Email Interest/Specialty Areas Expertise International

Linguistic anthropology, Janis [email protected] Quechua linguistics, sound Ecuador Ecuador,Western Hemisphere Nuckolls symbolism

Archaeology, ceramic Donald Mesoamerica, Great Basin, [email protected] analysis, Brazilian Brazil,Western Hemisphere Forsyth Brazil ethnohistory

Guatemala, ; Mayas, Ladinos, ethnicity; family, kinship; religion, religious, Christian, Christianity, Catholic, Catholicism, Pentecostal, Pentecostalism, Catholic Charismatic Renewal, John [email protected] Charismaticism; Guatemala Guatemala,Western Hemisphere Hawkins revitalization movements; United States military communities overseas. Value and operation of research-oriented undergraduate ethnographic field schools. Research methods.

Archaeology, history, Joel Great Basin, Southwest, Middle East and North [email protected] method, theory, hunter- Janetski Africa,Western Hemisphere gatherers

Archaeology, ceramic Ray Mesoamerica, Southwest, [email protected] typology, early civilizations, Western Hemisphere Matheny Andes petroglyphs