Cultural Anthropology“ A b r a n c h o f A n t h r o p o l o g y t h a t s t u d i e s c o n t e m p o r a r y h u m a n c u l t u r e s , t h e i r b e l i e f s , m y t h s , v a l u e s , p r a c t i c e s , t e c h n o l o g i e s , e c o n o m i e s a n d

o t h e r d o m a i n s o f s o c i a l a n d c o g n i t i v e o r g a n i z a t i o n ”

Career Options:

N G O ’ s

A c a d e m i a

P s y c h o l o g i c a l / B e h a v i o r a l

E n v i r o n m e n t a l

G o v e r n m e n thttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cultural_Anthropology

M u s e u m a n d H i s t o r y S t u d i e s

J o u r n a l i s m

F i l m M e d i a

G o v e r n m e n t / L o b b y i n g

I n t e r n a t i o n a l B u s i n e s s e s

NGO’sNGOs are private organizations that pursue activities to relieve suffering, promote the interests of the poor, protect the environment, provide basic social services, or undertake community development.

Qualifications vary depending on the organization, but some of the most common qualifications are:

• Bachelor’s degree –sometimes unpaid starting out

• Experience in the field (usually start as a volunteer)

• Multilingual

• Mobility

• Can endure harsh conditions

• Understand different cultures

• Culture and gender sensitivity

• Interpersonal skills

Non-Government Organizations (NGO)s

Volunteer Work

Stipend Work

Internships

Organizational Positions

Leadership

(Peace & Conflict Minor)*

$$ ?Paid Spots are Competitive

Poverty

Social Issues

Research

Conflict Resolution

Children

Communicationhttp://www.ngo.org/links/

Government JobsThe Federal Government is the one of the largest employer of anthropologists, second only to academia.

Different jobs within the government:

• International Development

• Contract Employee

• Cultural Affairs

• Natural Resource Management

• Forensics

• Security and Defense

Government jobs don’t often require that you have a PhD, but will call for either a bachelor’s or master’s degree.

Government Jobs*They don’t know they’re looking for an anthropologist!

*Second to Academia Government employs the most anthropologists!http://work.chron.com/beginning-salary-anthropologists-5226.html

• Global Education Initiative

• Cultural Competency training

• International Relations

Learn Languages!

Beginning Salary Ave: 50k/yr21 % Growth in Job field

Government cont.

• International Development - Provide aid during disasters, implement global health care, fight global poverty, build schools overseas, etc. Promotes human rights by developing quality of life. Your expertise would be valuable since this department interacts with countless cultures.

• Cultural Affairs - Oversees cultural affairs “to build friendly, peaceful relations between the people of the U.S. and other countries” (ECA, 2013). You would foster professional exchanges with individuals from different cultures and possibly help build public and private sponsorships.

• Natural Resource Management - “Management of natural resources...how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations” (Wikipedia, 2013). You’d conduct research on how said management is affecting citizens and various groups of people.

Security and Defense - You’d most likely conduct research to ensure that clients’ needs are met when security measures are implemented. You could also potentially work on a local, national, or international level.

Consider being a government contractor as opposed to a traditional government employee.

• Jobs in teaching and research require further schooling beyond a bachelor’s degree

• With a Master’s degree, you may be able to get a job teaching at a junior college (such as Salt Lake Community College) and less likely at a 4 year university (such as U of U). Jobs at Museums and research at a university require Doctoral degree.

• With a Doctorate you can find teaching and research jobs (usually doing both) at universities and colleges of all kinds. These jobs are often very competitive. Museum work is also much easier to find with a Doctoral degree.

• Aside from teaching in Anthropology, your degree may lead you down a different academic path such as Human Biology and Medicine, other social sciences such as Sociology, Psychology and Education.

Academia: Teaching and Research

Academia continued..In order to have any type of job security in anthropology academia, having a PhD and being tenured, or as least on tenure-

track, at a research university is key--PUBLISH or PERISH.

How to start this journey?

• Similar process to most grad app paths: GPA, GRE (esp. verbal and analytic writing scores), cultural focus in coursework, cultural RESEARCH (if you know what you’re into, visit these places and get to know the language), LORs, etc.

Once you’re in grad school…

• A LOT of research and fieldwork

• Collaboration within/outside of anthropology since it is pertinent to many disciplines

But once you’re out in the real world…

• Secure career prospects aren’t so promising since academia positions are so competitive and scarce, especially in cultural anthropology

• The plight of the adjunct: lecturer--mostly teaching/less research

• Have a “plan B” to fall back on--such as other careers paths highlighted in this presentation!

Bottom line: to teach/research cultural anthropology as a professor you need to show a lot of promise to hiring schools (luck helps too!)

Behavioral and Psychological Anthropology

Potential Jobs/Careers:• Teaching/ Academia

• Federal Governmento International Developmento Social Impact of Government Programs

• Industrial Consultanto Globalizationo Multi-national Corporations

• Marketingo Consumer Behavioro Advertising

• Healtho Mental Healtho Hospitals

Environmental Anthropology• Government Careers

o Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service and the Environmental Protection Agency

• Academic Careers

o Environmental anthropologists in colleges and universities may conduct research on environmental and conservation topics of interest

*majority require Doctorate level education

• International Organizations

o United Nations, the Agency for International Development or the International Red Cross

o impact of coastal erosion, natural disasters and climate change on human lives

• Cultural Resource Management

• Historical Preservation

• Sanitation

o Small synopsis written on a personal experience in environmental anthro.

http://www.aaanet.org/sections/ae/

*http://elgin.edu/students.aspx?id=14380

This site provides information related to career specific areas in Anthro, who the major hiring positions originate from and what level of education/experience is typically required.

Museum Studies/ Museology“The field that encompasses the ideas and issues involved in the

museum profession- from practical, day-to-day skills needed to operate a

museum to theories on the societal role of museums.”

~Smithsonian Institute

Certificates:

- Certificate of Museum Studies

- Certificate of Public History

- BA, MA, PhD

- Careers

- Museum Careers

- Cultural Institutions

- Heritage and Historic Sites

- Private Sector

Anth + History“Takes into account historical records in dealing with human affairs.”

~Albany Museum Historical Anthropology Dept.

History + Anth joint study programs

MA, PhD

Historical Archaeology

“The study of the material remains of past societies that also left behind

documentary and oral histories. This subfield of archaeology studies the

emergence, transformation, and nature of the Modern World.”

~Society for Historical Archaeology

MA/MS

PhD

Careers geared toward professional archaeologist

Museum Jobs

-Journalism Major at the U of U (works well as a double major)-Typical lines of work: newswriting and reporting-“Journalism and anthropology both purport to observe and analyze human behavior and experience…they both serve up their findings to the wider world in order to give it greater understanding of itself…Combining the two could make for more 'holistic' and context-rich news storytelling.”

-B.A. or B.S.-Experience-Internships-Writing for blogs and local news sources-Daily Utah Chronicle-KUTE radiohttp://www.journalism.co.uk/news-commentary/-why-newsrooms-need-anthropologists-/s6/a554681/

Anth + Journalism

Anth + Film and MediaFocus on humanitarian documentaries and awareness-Documentary Studies minor at U of U-Film background and working knowledge of equipment-To get hired you need a B.A. or B.S. and lots of experience-Mostly starting with jobs volunteering on set, working as a production assistant, internships, etc.-Networking is extremely important

Anth + Film and Media-“Reel Advocacy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing professional media with inspired storytelling for nonprofits and other humanitarian efforts across the globe.”

-Anthropology has an obvious place in this line of work. When telling someone’s story it’s important to understand where they’re coming from culturally.

-What draws me to this line of work is the opportunity for travel, hands on work, the chance to change lives and raise awareness

http://www.reeladvocacy.org/

Lobbying/Cultural AdvocacyPolicy Reform: LegalPre-Law Requirements -CAS, LSAT, App, personal statement, letter of rec, Dean rec http://advising.utah.edu/preprofessional/prelaw/online-resources.php

Writing

Journalism-BA, PhD

Sociology- MA

Applied-Anthro MA, PhD

http://www.sfaa.net/sfaaorgs.html -list of schools

*Start Publishing Now!

Example: Issue in Chile (Quechua)http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/chile/digging-chile

International Business

Businesses are independent cultures of their own and Anthropologists are needed to help these cultures survive together

• Opportunities for Anthropologists:

- Distribution, Shipping and Logistics- Sales (retail and business clients)- Manufacturing- Government Jobs

• Requirements for Entry:

- Experience- Degree (helpful but only necessary for specialized positions)- Most companies hire internally first

• Need for Anthropologists in a Corporate Environment:

- International businesses need employees to bridge the cultural gap between their clients and their company

Qualities That Employers Are Looking For

• Culturally adept employees are strongly desired for business practice inside and outside of the United States.

- Necessity for international business

- Important for domestic businesses as well (professionalism)

• Anthropologists are:

- Culturally Aware/Cultural Relativism

- Adaptive

- Interdisciplinary

• Anthropologists possess many qualities that make great professional representatives