On May 4, 2022 senior anthropology majors presented their theses. The anthropology thesis is a year-long, two-credit independent research project designed and implemented by each senior anthropology major. Left to right: Jasmine Reed, Erica Kaunang, Maria Penrice, and Nuria Inez Kuo Benitez. Photo: Alexandra Iglesia '21
A virtual class visit by Arafa Hamadi, a nonbinary artist from Tanzania, at which they shared their augmented reality works with students in both Lee's "Critiques of the Human from Africa" class and Amber Henry's "Introduction to Africana Studies" class. Photo by Holden Blanco '17.
In a hands-on, collaborative environment, students explore important themes portrayed on screen while developing their own cinematic practice in this introductory, production course “Race and Representation in Documentary Filmmaking."
Each senior anthropology student student does guided research on their topic, drafts and writes a thesis, and does a public presentation of their thesis research, and takes an oral comprehensive exam. Aissatou Seck '24 presents her thesis in May 2024. Photo: Ella Mbanefo '26.
Maya Cohen-Shields '24 presenting her anthropology thesis in May 2024. The anthropology thesis is a year-long, two-credit independent research project designed and implemented by each senior anthropology major. Photo: Ella Mbanefo '26.
How do people formulate ideas of what is natural and what is cultural? How do desires and values get made? How do ideas of difference—particularly in terms of race, gender, sex, class, language, and culture—become frames for collective identity, debate, and power? What are the ways that humans organize for political action and express shared beliefs and values?
Our students use these and other questions central to the discipline as a basis for designing and conducting their own qualitative field-based and archival research projects.
Ezgi Guner’s class is an anthropological exploration of empire, both as an analytical category and a historical phenomenon.
Muno heads to Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia, where she’ll join its population health track.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.
