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COPAA Member Directory

Below is a linked list of all COPAA member programs, organizations and institutions. Some COPAA member programs focus mainly on applied and practicing anthropology, while others include it as one among several specializations.

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University affiliated programs that grant degrees are listed on the left. Independent, consulting, or non-degree granting organizations are listed on the right.

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Programs are listed in alphabetical order by university, except that the phrase “university of” is not included in alphabetization. For example, “University of Alaska” is listed under “Alaska.” You may view details of each program by selecting the link from the list below. 

Programs

  1. University of Alaska—Anchorage

  2. University of Arizona

  3. Boise State University

  4. California State University—Long Beach

  5. Colorado State University

  6. East Carolina University

  7. Georgia State University

  8. Indiana University—Purdue University at Indianapolis

  9. University of Kentucky

  10. University of Maryland

  11. University of Memphis

  12. Minnesota State University, Mankato

  13. Mississippi State University

  14. University of North Carolina—Charlotte

  15. University of North Carolina—Greensboro

  16. University of North Texas

  17. Northern Arizona University

  18. University of Notre Dame

  19. Oregon State University

  20. Portland State University

  21. Purdue University

  22. San Diego State University

  23. San Jose State University

  24. University of South Florida

  25. Texas State University

  26. Wayne State University

  27. West Chester University

  28. Western Kentucky University

Organizations

  1. Cultural Keys

  2. Missing Link Studios

Full List of Member Departments

Montclair State University

Department URL

http://chss.montclair.edu/anthropology/

Faculty URL

http://chss.montclair.edu/anthropology/faculty/

Areas of Specialization

Degrees Granted

  • Community Development

  • Medical Anthropology

  • Urban Anthropology

  • Bachelor of Arts

New Mexico State University

Department URL

http://anthropology.nmsu.edu/

Faculty URL

http://anthropology.nmsu.edu/anth-faculty/

Areas of Specialization

Degrees Granted

  • Medical anthropology

  • Nutritional anthropology and food studies

  • Borderlands research

  • Cultural Resource Management

  • Gender and development

  • Bachelor of Arts

  • Master of Arts

    • Graduate Certificates in Cultural Resource Management, Museum Studies, and Public Health

    • Graduate Minors in Native American Studies, Food Studies

Northern Arizona University

Department URL

http://home.nau.edu/sbs/anthro/

Faculty URL

http://nau.edu/SBS/Anthropology/Faculty-Staff/

Areas of Specialization

Degrees Granted

  • Medical anthropology

  • Visual anthropology

  • Linguistic anthropology

  • Cultural preservation

  • Cultural resource management

  • Public archaeology

  • Corporate anthropology

  • Environmental anthropology

  • Museums

  • Education

  • Bachelor of Arts

  • Master of Arts

Northern Illinois University

Department URL

http://www.niu.edu/anthro/

Faculty URL

http://www.niu.edu/anthro/faculty_staff/faculty/index.shtml

Areas of Specialization

Degrees Granted

  • Cultural Resource Management

  • Development

  • Social Services (NGO & Governmental Organizations)

  • Agricultural Anthropology

  • Environment

  • Medical Anthropology & Public Health

  • Maritime Anthropology

  • Conflict Resolution

  • Bachelor of Arts

  • Master of Arts with a Departmental Certificate in Applied Anthropology

Oregon State University

Department URL

http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/slcs/anthropology

Faculty URL

http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/slcs/anthropology/faculty-staff-directory

Areas of Specialization

Degrees Granted

  • American Indians Past and Present

  • Business Anthropology

  • Cultural Resource Management

  • Health and Culture

  • Historical Archeology

  • Human Biological Adaptation

  • Language and Cross Cultural Communication

  • Natural Resources and Communities

  • Bachelor of Arts/ Science

  • Master of Arts

  • PhD in Applied Anthropology

Portland State University

Department URL

http://www.pdx.edu/anthropology/

Faculty URL

http://www.pdx.edu/anthropology/people

Areas of Specialization

Degrees Granted

  • Environmental Anthropology

  • Cultural Heritage

  • Global Identity

  • Health

  • Education

  • Master of Arts/Master of Science (thesis and nonthesis policy track options)

Purdue University

Department URL

https://www.cla.purdue.edu/anthropology/index.html

Faculty URL

https://www.cla.purdue.edu/anthropology/directory/index.aspx

Areas of Specialization

Degrees Granted

  • Bachelor of Arts

  • Master of Science in Anthropology

  • Specializations

San Diego State University

Department URL

http://anthropology.sdsu.edu/

Faculty URL

http://anthropology.sdsu.edu/people/faculty.html

Areas of Specialization

Degrees Granted

  • Medical anthropology

  • Environmental and ecological anthropology

  • Environmental conservation

  • Anthropology of development

  • Bachelor of Arts

  • Master of Arts

San Jose State University

Department URL

http://www.sjsu.edu/anthropology/

Faculty URL

http://www.sjsu.edu/anthropology/people/emeritus/

Areas of Specialization

Degrees Granted

  • Urban Anthropology

  • Health

  • Immigration

  • Regional sustainability, Northern California, Silicon Valley

  • Business, technology

  • Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology

  • Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology

Texas State University

Department URL

http://www.txstate.edu/anthropology/

Faculty URL

http://www.txstate.edu/anthropology/people.html

Areas of Specialization

Degrees Granted

  • Archaeology: hunter-gatherers, complex societies, iconography, ceramic and lithic analysis, Native American ethnohistory, paleoenvironment, geoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, and cultural resource management.

  • Biological anthropology: modern human skeletal variation, bioarchaelogy, paleopathology, forensic anthropology, primate behavioral ecology and conservation, primate behavioral development, and primate and human cognition.

  • Cultural anthropology: medical anthropology, anthropological theory, political economy, globalization, race and gender, Latino culture, phonetics, sociolinguistics.

  • Bachelor of Arts

  • Bachelor of Science

  • Master of Arts

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