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The central goal of UNT's Master in Applied Anthropology program is to provide
graduates with the knowledge they will need to undertake informed and
thoughtful
action, whether as street-level practitioners, administrators, agency-based researchers, or
program evaluators.
Specializations
Our department offers five main specialty areas:
Business Anthropology
Ann Jordan and Christina Wasson specialize in this area. Topics
include organizational culture and organizational change, teams,
communication in the workplace, user-centered design, human-computer
interaction, consumer behavior, and globalization.
Migration and Border Studies
Alicia Re Cruz, Doug Henry, and Mariela Nuñez-Janes represent this
area. Topics covered include the situations of migrants and refugees,
cultures of Latin America, and experiences of Mexicanos and Latinos in
the U.S.
Medical Anthropology
Beverly Davenport, Tyson Gibbs, Lisa Henry, and Doug Henry
specialize in this area, which addresses public health, healthcare
delivery, indigenous medicine, and the health issues of ethnic
minorities, migrants, and/or refugees.
Anthropology of Education
Mariela Nuñez-Janes and Alicia Re Cruz represent this area, which
focuses on schools and the educational process. Connections between
culture and education are explored in a variety of contexts, with
attention to teaching and learning issues. Both faculty members focus
on the challenges of bilingual education.
Environmental and Ecological Anthropology
Mark Calamia addresses various topics in this area of concentration. They include community-based conservation of natural and cultural resources, cultural landscapes/seascapes, indigenous peoples and protected areas, traditional ecological knowledge, human ecology, sustainable development, ethnoecology, political ecology, environmental justice, world views concerning the environment, and globalization and environmental policy.
In addition, we require students to engage with a field other than anthropology. This is typically a field that matches their anthropological focus, such as:
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Students take 2-3 electives in this field, and one of their committee members, who must come from outside of anthropology, typically represents this field as well. The reason we emphasize a second discipline is that the various institutions in which applied anthropologists work all have their own forms of knowledge. Students will be better prepared for jobs if they have prior exposure to those traditions.
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