Northern Arizona University

 

 

 

Anthropology, the study of Humanity's past, present, and future, has four subdisciplines: biological anthropology, socio-cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and archaeology.  Within these subdisciplines, NAU's Anthropology Department has a wide range of focal areas that attract students from a variety of backgrounds, including:

• Health and Healing
• Environmental Sustainability
• Communities, Globalization, and Policy
• Language Preservation
• Human Osteology
• Bioarchaeology
• Medical anthropology
• Visual anthropology
• Linguistic anthropology
• Cultural preservation
• Cultural resource management
• Public archaeology
• Corporate anthropology
• Environmental anthropology
• Museums
• Education

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This newly established award is in memory of former NAU graduate student Kenny Acord and will be awarded to a deserving graduate student studying archaeology. Please click here to learn more about Kenny and how to donate to this fund.

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• President Haeger presented President's Award to Miguel Vasquez
  President's Award to Anthropology Professor

 

• Anthropology Graduate Student, Ted Tsouras
  Developing a Preservation Ethic

 

• Anthropology professor, Dr. Robert Trotter works with GM to patent collaboration model:
  NAU professor works with GM to patent collaboration model

 

• Liguistic Anthropology Special Speaker - Bambi Schieffelin:
  Translation difficulties highlighted at NAU lecture series

 

• Professor, Dr. Cathy Small's new book as featured in the New York Times:
  What a Profesor Learned as an Undercover Freshman

 

• NAU Anthropology receives gift to support graduate student's research:
  NAU graduate student, Ted Tsouras receives a generous gift in support of his ongoing thesis research.

 

• Footprints of the Ancestors
  As part of the Hopi Footprints project, "Footprints of the Ancestors" kicks off its first year.

 

• Car culture: Anthropology Students Observe GM:
  Inside NAU follows Dr. Trotter and two Anthropology graduate students at GM. 

 

• Alumni Kaylene Day and her applied linguistic anthropological work with a California tribe:
  Saving the Serrano tongue

 

 

Department of Anthropology
PO Box 15200
Flagstaff, AZ
86011-5200

Phone: 928-523-3180
Fax: 928-523-9135
Anthropology@nau.edu

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