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Faculty Talks Podcast interviews Jack Weatherford

weatherfordAnthropology Professor and bestselling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Jack Weatherford talks about his experiences in Mongolia and his upcoming book about a warrior queen in Mongolia.

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The anthropology department emphasizes the study of world cultures, globalization, ethnicity, race, identity, ethnography and the practice of anthropology.

Students with an anthropology degree will have knowledge of the culture areas of the world, will explore how identity is formed within cultural frameworks, will develop skills in doing firsthand research including observation and interviewing, and will understand global systems. Students will learn both traditional (structural-functional; evolutionary) and contemporary (post-modern; feminist) theory. more»

 


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