MASTER OF ARTS IN APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY Applying Anthropology, Solving Real World Problems

The master’s program in Applied Anthropology CAPSTONE ACTIVITY For international students, the test of English as a prepares graduate-level students to use For the MA, students are required to successfully Foreign Language (TOEFL) is considered in the anthropological theory and method to develop complete one of the following options: admission process. Information about TOEFL can be solutions for real world problems both in the US and obtained from the International Affairs Office abroad. The degree takes advantage of Internship Option international.iupui.edu departmental strengths in Public Archaeology, Urban Students will be placed with a non-governmental Anthropology and Social Policy, International organization, a city or county agency, a museum or FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Development, Globalization, Medical Anthropology other cultural resource management organization, or Various sources of financial aid are available to and Museum Studies. a community-based organization. Students will graduate students at IUPUI. Applicants should complete an applied project that serves the interests consult the website of the Office of Financial Aid for Students are well-trained in a broad range of of the organization while also producing a details: iupui.edu/~finaid anthropological theories and methods and those with substantive piece of work that demonstrates mastery specific interests may follow a targeted curriculum of advanced research skills. In addition to programs offered through financial aid focusing on a particular aspect of the discipline. This and first-year fellowships offered by the Graduate integration of three of the four sub-fields in Thesis Option School, our Department may offer a limited number Anthropology (Archaeology, Biological Anthropology Students who select this option will develop and write of research internships, research assistantships and and Cultural Anthropology) makes this program a thesis under the supervision of a faculty committee. teaching assistantships. These are awarded on a distinctive. Another notable program feature is its The thesis will explore a research question and will competitive basis and may be renewable. emphasis on civic engagement in student research demonstrate the student’s ability to work and faculty instruction. These values reflect current independently on a topic and to apply both CAREERS IN APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY trends in the discipline, which emphasize the need theoretical insights and methodological skills to the In today’s rapidly changing world, applied for an anthropology that is engaged and serves the substantive exploration of an issue of anthropological anthropologists are contributing to a range of public interest. significance. programs in such areas as healthcare, international development, cultural resource management, urban In keeping with the emphasis of the Indianapolis Evidence of Publishable and Professional planning and others. In Central Indiana alone, there campus, the MA in Applied Anthropology seeks to Research are a wealth of not-for-profit institutions and agencies attract non-traditional students and students who are Rather than producing a traditional MA thesis, where anthropological training in a range of skills, employed part-or-full time while undertaking students may write a research paper that is judged including ethnographic research methods, coursework. Many classes are taught at night and on by his or her advisor to be publishable in a refereed quantitative analysis, archaeological field methods occasion on weekends. journal. Alternatively, for students primarily interested and osteology are in demand. Hospitals, social in a focus on museums or in cultural resource service agencies, and health clinics are potential COURSE OF STUDY management, students may develop and produce a employers for individuals with graduate training in The MA program in Applied Anthropology requires public exhibit; lastly, students may produce a Biological Anthropology. City planning and students to complete 36 credit hours including: publishable report that contributes significantly to a community development agencies, historical • 6 credits of required core courses, one seminar policy issue. societies, museums, state archaeology offices and in Fundamentals of Applied Anthropology, the private contractors are potential employers for other covering the History of Anthropological ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS individuals with graduate degrees concentrating on Theory; Applicants – at a minimum – should have a Public Archaeology or Urban Anthropology. • A 3 credit methods course in one of three bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, with possible sub-disciplines: Cultural Anthropology, a GPA of at least 3.0 (on a scale of 4.0 and an CONTACT US Biological Anthropology or Archaeology; appropriate level of achievement on the Graduate Department of Anthropology • 21 credits of elective courses chosen from a Record Examination (GRE). The GRE score must Cavanaugh Hall 413 range of topics; up to two courses may be have been earned within 5 years of the students’ 425 University Boulevard taken outside of the Anthropology Department application to the program. Students are also Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 in consultation with an advisor; required to submit a statement of interest specifying • A capstone activity consisting of 6 internship or specific academic and career interests in Applied (317) 274-8207 thesis credits. Anthropology along with three letters of [email protected] recommendation from faculty members or others liberalarts.iupui.edu/anthropology who can attest to the student’s ability to meet the requirements of a graduate program. 9/2016 GRADUATE FACULTY

Holly Cusack-McVeigh, Assistant Professor of Susan B. Hyatt, Professor of Anthropology and Wendy Vogt, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Anthropology & Museum Studies. Public Scholar of Chair (Ph.D. University of Massachusetts-Amherst). and Lead Undergraduate Mentor (Ph.D. University Collections and Community Curation. Adjunct professor Women’s Studies, Philanthropic of Arizona). Adjunct Professor of Native American and Studies Indigenous Studies Program at IUPUI. Affiliate Academic interests: Migration, Violence, Political Assistant Professor of Anthropology University of Academic Interests: Urban Anthropology, grassroots Economy, Transnational Feminisms, Borders & Alaska Fairbanks, College of Liberal Arts, movements, social policy and poverty in the US and Transit Spaces, Race & Gender, Historical Anthropology Department. (Ph.D. University of the UK, prison education. Anthropology, Engaged Anthropology, Mexico, Latin Alaska Fairbanks) [email protected] America, US. [email protected] Academic Interests: Social, Medical and Cultural Elizabeth Kryder-Reid Professor of Anthropology Anthropology, Folklore Studies and Oral History, and Museum Studies; (Ph.D. Brown University). Jeremy Wilson, Associate Professor of Museum Studies and Material Culture, Native Director, Cultural Heritage Research Center, Adjunct Anthropology and Graduate Program Director; American and Indigenous Studies, Arctic Studies. Professor of History and Philanthropic Studies Research Associate at the Glenn A. Black [email protected] Laboratory of Archaeology (Bloomington) (Ph.D. Academic Interests: Museum studies, archaeological SUNY Binghamton). Jeanette Dickerson-Putman, Associate Professor public programs, historical and landscape of Anthropology; Adjunct Associate Professor of archaeology, material culture studies, cultural Academic Interests: Archaeology of the Eastern Women's Studies and International Studies IUPUI heritage, California missions Woodlands, bioarchaeology, archaeological and and Anthropology-Bloomington (Ph.D. Bryn Mawr). [email protected] anthropological demography, human skeletal biology, human behavioral ecology, quantitative Academic Interests: Globalization, political economy, Paul Mullins, Professor of Anthropology, Docent in modeling. gender and development, aging and life cycle, East American Historical Archaeology, University of Oulu [email protected] Africa and Oceania. (Finland) (Ph.D. University of Massachusetts- [email protected] Amherst). Larry J. Zimmerman, Professor of Anthropology and Museum Studies; Public Scholar of Native Gina Sanchez Gibau, Associate Professor of Academic Interests: Historical archaeology, popular American Representation (Ph.D. University of Anthropology; Adjunct Associate Professor of culture, race and racism, and modern material Kansas-Lawrence). Africana Studies; Faculty of University College culture. (Ph.D. University of Texas-Austin). [email protected] Academic Interests: North American archaeology, ethics in anthropology, indigenous and community Academic Interests: Cultural anthropology, Cape Audrey Ricke, Lecturer in Anthropology (Ph.D. archaeology, Native American issues, cultural and Verde, diasporas, race and ethnicity, migration, Indiana University Bloomington) intellectual property. multicultural education. [email protected] [email protected] Academic Interests: ethnicity, race, class, nationalism, transnationalism, Brazil, German diaspora, tourism, festivals, dance, performance, gardens, water management [email protected]