As an anthropology major or minor, you can explore all the wide-ranging courses in our curriculum or concentrate in two new concentrations at the intersection of Medical Anthropology (Health and Culture) and Business Anthropology (Design and Exchange).
Health and Culture
By specializing in this unique medical anthropology concentration you learn cultural and biological insights that shape human experiences of pain, illness, and healing. The anthropology of health and culture investigates the social, political, and economic contexts that shape health practices and medical systems. These perspectives provide unique career advantages for many organizations including hospitals, museums, governments, NGOs, and international agencies. For global and community health careers, a background in medical anthropology is invaluable for doctors, epidemiologists, health care specialists, public health professionals, research scientists, and many other fields
Susan Blum sustainability and food, wellbeing, childhood and education, global justice
Catherine Boltenhuman-animal entanglements, global health, food and ecological security
Tracie Canada anthropology of sport, African-American ethnography, institutions of higher education
Lee Gettler biological anthropology, neurobiology, behavioral endocrinology, reproductive physiology
Cara Ocobock human biology, biological anthropology, energetics, ecological physiology, thermoregulation
Mark Schurr stable isotope analysis, archaeological chemistry, human adaptation
Susan Sheridan biological anthropology, diet and disease, health and adaptation
Vania Smith-Oka medical anthropology, globalization & health, ethnomedicine, anthropology of reproduction
"My experience as an ND Anthropology major has been invaluable... Working at a hospital that treats underserved communities, my anthropology experience has allowed me to realize the diverse worldviews of those I am caring for, enabling me to give the patient and their families the best care possible."
Business Anthropology
This concentration specializes in the intersection of trade, exchange, and design by studying organizational behavior and cultural practices of consumption. Business anthropologists work with for-profit and non-profit organizations, such as technology companies and humanitarian agencies as well as with local, state, and federal government and non-government organizations.
Maurizio Albahari immigration and its political economy; international relations
Christopher Ball political economy of language, possession and exchange, Amazonian development
Susan Blum education and economics, food production and consumption
Alex Chávez music consumption, immigration, and Latinas/os in the United States
Meredith Chesson material culture, consumption, socioeconomic inequality, and heritage studies
Donna Glowacki archaeology of development, sustainability, and exchange
Mark Golitko social networks, human-environment systems, archaeometry, social network analysis
Eric Haanstad global media, transnational security, organizational culture, and cultural marketing
Ian Kuijt social inequality, historical and archaeological trade networks, visual production
Rahul Oka development, economics, trade and exchange, network analysis, poverty
"My anthropology training at ND was the key to my success during my tenure at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It informed how I shaped scientific programs so that they could successfully move into the field testing and then scaled deployment."
