What can you do with a degree in anthropology?

Anthropology majors are active in the community

• Students in the Department of Anthropology and Classical Studies worked with Mason Elementary School in Akron to study the dietary habits of students and found that, toward the end of the week, students began saving food because there might not be enough at home. Read the full story about how this study, combined with donor funds, changed the lives of local students.
• According to Linda Whitman of UA's community archaeology program, UA researchers found 59 artifacts during an archaeological survey at the Springfield Bog Metro Park. Read more about this discovery. 

Anthropology majors travel the world

• Anthropology is a global field, and Akron anthropologists work both locally and around the world.  In recent years our students have worked in northeastern Ohio, in the Great Basin of the western U.S., and in Bulgaria, China, Cyrpus, Greece, Italy, Romania, Spain, Syria, and Turkey.  One of our majors traveled to Beijing in December 2010 to participate in an international Confucius Institute conference.
• Dr. Timothy Matney, University of Akron associate professor of archaeology, led an international team of archaeologists who last summer discovered the remains of a palace from the ancient Assyrian Empire. Read about Matney's work.