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Prof. Daniel Fessler wins the 2018 UCLA Gold Shield Faculty Prize
October 16, 2018
The Gold Shield prize is a $30,000 award presented by Gold Shield, Alumnae of UCLA, to an...
UCLA Anthropology Ph.D. graduate Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein appointed AAA Leadership Fellow
October 15, 2018
Recent Anthropology Ph.D. graduate Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein is a researcher at New Knowledge...
PhD student Kotrina Kajokaite has won first prize for oral presentations at the International Society of Primatology meetings in Nairobi
October 8, 2018
The prize was for her talk on decision making in capuchin monkey coalitions, "Testing hypotheses...
HowtoBeAMonkey.org gives the public a chance to sample the day-to-day activities of Prof. Susan Perry and her team
October 1, 2018
A new website called HowtoBeAMonkey.org provides a glimpse into life inside a Costa Rican...

Choosing a B.S. in Anthropology

Thinking about a career in any of the nearly 100 health sciences? Medicine? Nursing? Forensics? Or perhaps you’re excited about contributing to evidence-based public policy, or maybe law. What major should you choose for any of these careers? Think outside the box, and you’ll discover that an Anthropology B.S. may be the perfect choice for you.

Message from our Chair and Vice Chairs

Anthropology Chair and Vice Chairs
Professors Brooke Scelza (Graduate Vice Chair),
Jason Throop (Chair),
Aomar Boum (Undergraduate Vice Chair)

There has never been a better time to study anthropology -- nor a better place to study it than UCLA. Examining the complexity of the human experience, past and present, our discipline encompasses the full sweep of the world’s cultures across time.

Careers in Anthropology

David Sackman (BA ’80) Chairman and CEO,
Lieberman Research Worldwide (LRW)

This course exposes students to the success stories of UCLA Anthropology Alumni, who share their professional journeys, insights, and advice for translating an Anthropology degree into a variety of career opportunities. The course is designed to help Anthropology undergraduates develop academic and professional skills in preparation for life after UCLA and to expand awareness of personal interests and needs to make deliberate career choices.

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Featured Publications
Demography and Evolutionary Ecology of Hadza Hunter-Gatherers
Antiquity, archaeological processes, and highland adaptation: The Ifugao rice terraces
Fixing the Books: Secrecy, Literacy, and Perfectibility in Indigenous New Mexico
The Promise of Infrastructure
Events
MMAC - Jenny Walton-Wetzel - • 'Social Impact Media' Advocacy & Contemporary Hollywood: the Limits of a Narrative Theory of Social Change
Monday, October 22
BEC - Dan Benyshek
Monday, October 29
MMAC - Student Presentations AAA
Monday, October 29
BEC - Susan Schaffnit - ‘Child marriage’ in context: understanding the drivers of early marriage in rural Tanzania
Monday, November 05
MMAC - Student Presentations AAA
Monday, November 05