Anthropology

Anthropology

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Admission Requirements

To apply, submit the online Graduate School application, current curriculum vitae, statement of your educational and professional goals, official transcripts of all post-secondary education, contact information of three references, and official GRE scores. References will be contacted electronically for their support of your application to our program. They should note how familiar they are with you and your work, and should provide an evaluation of your promise for success in graduate studies, research, and a career in either archaeology, cultural anthropology, or evolutionary anthropology. You may submit one or two undergraduate papers to document your research and writing abilities. If you have completed an M.A. or M.S. you must submit a copy of your thesis or master’s research paper this can be emailed as a PDF file directly to our Academic Coordinator Joy Strunk at jmstrunk@wsu.edu.

Program Description

Graduate programs are offered in archaeology, sociocultural anthropology, and evolutionary anthropology, each with its own requirements for advanced degrees.

• The program in archaeology emphasizes western North American, including Alaska. Methodological specialties include quantitative methods, modeling and simulation, lithic and ceramic analysis, geoarchaeology, paleoecology/palynology and zooarchaeology.
• The sociocultural program emphasizes issues in international development, psychological anthropology, cultural ecology, medical anthropology, and power and gender. A master’s program in environmental anthropology, called the master’s international, is offered in collaboration with the Peace Corps. 
• The evolutionary anthropology program emphasizes evolutionary psychology, behavioral ecology, evolutionary cultural anthropology, evolutionary archaeology, and paleoanthropology.

Department of Anthropology

Contact Information

Archaeology Program
Dr. Karen Lupo
Telephone: 509-335-2304
E-Mail: klupo@mail.wsu.edu

Cultural Anthropology Program
Dr.  Nancy McKee
Telephone: 509-335-0981
E-Mail: npmckee@wsu.edu

Evolutionary Anthropology Program
Rob Quinlan
Telephone: 509-335-5400
E-Mail: rquinlan@wsu.edu

General Department
Telephone: 509-335-3441
Fax: 509-335-3999
Email: jmstrunk@wsu.edu