Graduate Studies
Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Anthropology are offered in archaeology, cultural anthropology and evolutionary anthropology. The Cultural Anthropology program also offers a Peace Corps Master's International Program in Environmental Anthropology. Our program emphasizes a four-field approach through a series of core classes that all our graduates take in order to establish a solid foundation in Anthropology. Each program area offers specialized courses in methodological, theoretical and regional areas.
Graduate Program in Archaeology
The program in archaeology emphasizes the prehistory of the Americas including Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, the Great Basin, the Southwest, the Andes and Mesoamerica. Our faculty specialize in modeling and simulation; lithic and ceramic analysis; behavioral ecology; and environmental archaeology (including geoarchaeology, zooarchaeology, and palynology). This combination is unique to WSU and allows students to gain practical experience in archaeological methods through our rigorous laboratory training courses.
Please contact the Archaeology Graduate Coordinator or Student Representative for more information:
Archaeology Coordinator: Dr. Karen Lupo
Student Representative: Sarah Jenkins
Graduate Program in Cultural Anthropology
The program in cultural anthropology reflects the topical interests of its faculty, including power and scale, medical anthropology, biocultural perspectives on human behavior, psychological anthropology, gender, and international development. Faculty regional interests include North America (especially the Texas-Mexico border area), Latin America, South Asia, Oceania, central Africa, and the Caribbean. Whatever their individual interests, all members of the cultural anthropology faculty have been concerned in their writing and research with issues of power, from a variety of different perspectives. One recent addition to our program is the Master’s International (MI) option, in which graduate coursework is combined with a two year Peace Corps commitment, resulting in an MA in anthropology.
Please contact the Cultural Anthropology Graduate Coordinator or Student Representative for more information:
Cultural Coordinator: Dr. Nancy McKee
Student Representative: Kristina Cantin
Graduate Program in Evolutionary Anthropology
The program in evolutionary anthropology emphasizes the application of evolutionary theory and methods of analysis to data from ethnography, archaeology or bioanthropology. Our faculty have active research projects in Costa Rica, Dominica, Africa and American Southwest. Our faculty members specialize in a range of evolutionary approaches including reproductive endocrinology, phylogeography, cultural transmission, behavioral ecology and evolutionary archaeology. The range of interests represented by our faculty in concert with practical field and laboratory experience provide a unique training program for students.
Please contact the Evolutionary Anthropology Graduate Coordinator or Student Representative for more information:
Evolutionary Coordinator: Dr. Rob Quinlan
Student Representative: Heather Bonander
Application Process
We recommend that prospective students review our research areas and consider who might supervise their research. Prospective students should review our faculty biographies and contact any faculty with whom they wish to work with before applying to our program.
The deadline for receipt of a complete application and all supporting materials is January 10th. **Tip - The WSU graduate school receives thousands of applications a year. In order to ensure that your whole application reaches the Department of Anthropology by the deadline you should plan to have submitted at least a week or two in advance**
Please review our admission requirements page and program pages for additional information. The application is completed on-line. Supporting documents should be sent to the Graduate School, PO Box 641030, Pullman, WA 99164-1030.
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Pullman
Washington
Pullman is 75 miles south of Spokane and has a population of 25,000. Originally named Three Forks, the town was settled in the late 1870's near th confluences of Missouri Flat Creek, Dry Fork Creek and the South Fork of the Palouse River. The name was changed to Pullman in 1881. WSU was founded here in 1890 and officially accepted students in 1892. Today, Pullman retains its small-town atmosphere and charm.
Washington State University
... is a public, multi-campus, land grant university with strengths in research, teaching and public service. The Pullman campus of WSU nestles among the rolling hills of the Palouse region of southeastern Washington. The 600-acre campus encompasses one of the largest residential universities in the nation, with more than 70 percent of all students living on or near campus. In addition to the main campus at Pullman, branch campuses are located in Spokane, the Tri-Cities (Richland), and Vancouver, Washington. The Pullman campus has approximately 1,700 faculty members and over 17,500 students, of whom 2,000 are enrolled in graduate programs. Students come from every state in the nation, and from 80 foreign countries.
Facilities
The Department of Anthropology is housed in a historic building, College Hall which has been remodeled to include well-equipped, modern laboratories for palynology, geoarchaeology, zooarchaeology, lithic analysis, and physical anthropology, as well as several general laboratories for artifact collections analysis. The department also maintains ethnographic and archaeological research collections, and study collections of floral, faunal, palynological, lithic, soil/sediment and ceramic materials. The Museum of Anthropology and the new Plateau Center are additional resources for our students.
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