Upcoming Presentations

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Current Classes

Summer 2024:

  • Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 101) - Online Asynchronous

    • “Introduces the concepts, theories, and methods of cultural anthropology, a field of study that examines the diversity of human societies and the dynamics of culture. Students learn to think cross-culturally about contemporary social problems and how to address them. The course covers topics such as identity, gender, family, ritual, politics, health, and the environment, and offers knowledge and approaches that are directly applicable in daily life and a wide variety of careers.”

  • Disasters and Cultural Change (DISA 667 010) - Hybrid

    • “Disaster responses and recoveries reflect the world around them, but also reflect ongoing transformations of worldview, culture, urban design, and more. This course will explore those processes, as well as how the time after can shape our views of disasters and change.”

Upcoming Classes

Fall 2024:

  • Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 101) - Online Asynchronous

    • “Introduces the concepts, theories, and methods of cultural anthropology, a field of study that examines the diversity of human societies and the dynamics of culture. Students learn to think cross-culturally about contemporary social problems and how to address them. The course covers topics such as identity, gender, family, ritual, politics, health, and the environment, and offers knowledge and approaches that are directly applicable in daily life and a wide variety of careers.”

  • Disaster Anthropology - In Person (Can be taken at the undergraduate level as ANTH 440 or at the graduate level as ANTH 640.)

    • “Anthropological approaches to and studies of disasters, crises, and emergencies are crucial to an understanding of how people experience and respond to such processes and events. Culture shapes the impact of disasters on people and communities, as well as recovery and preparedness efforts and perceptions of disasters, recovery, and perception. This course examines anthropological research on disasters, including the range of findings, theories, and methodologies used by anthropologists across a variety of contexts, cultures, and research questions and in their work with researchers in other fields and practitioners.”

Spring 2025:

  • Likely, not confirmed: Culture, Health, and Environment (ANTH/BHAN/CLIM 304)

    • “Culture, human health, and environmental health are intimately connected, influencing one another in a variety of ways. This course examines interrelated issues of culture, health, the environment, and how they interact through lectures, readings, films, discussions, and other assignments. This includes discussions of broader health and environmental issues, specific events like epidemics/pandemics and disasters, and how people in different cultures perceive, prepare for, and respond to such events. Moreover, this course contextualizes all of this within a larger framework of climate change, an issue that affects (and is affected by) decisions of culture, health, and environment. In the modern era it is impossible to discuss these issues - and how they intersect - without considering climate change and disasters.