Anthropology : About Us

General Departmental Information

Welcome to the Department of Anthropology! I hope you will enjoy exploring the website.

The Anthropology Department is a four-field department. We offer course work in cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology and linguistics. Our faculty are also experienced in applications of anthropology to contemporary world issues and can advise about career paths related to the study of culture such as museum work, contract archaeology, resource management, health careers, international development, globalization issues, environmental science and forensic anthropology.

The Anthropology Department conducts the Museum Studies program. We look forward to building on our longstanding commitment to developing the Anthropology Museum with the move to a renovated facility (Dean Hall) in 2009

We work closely with other programs on campus, among them the Primate Behavior and Ecology program, Film and Visual Studies, Women’s Studies, American Indian Studies, and the Latino and Latin-American Studies program. Along with the Geography department, we are home to the interdisciplinary Master’s degree program in Resource Management.

We offer exciting opportunities for hands-on experience, from archaeology field schools to museum internships to study abroad opportunities in Mexico, China and elsewhere.

You are welcome to contact me at BarlowK@cwu.edu with questions about specific programs or areas of interest to you in anthropology. If you are considering transferring to Central or beginning your college career and would like to visit the department, please call (509) 963-3201 to make an appointment.