Fall 2026 Grad Courses
ANT 600 M001 - Artificial Intelligence (Selected Topics)
Instructor: Mona Bhan
Time/Location: Tu/Th 2:00-3:20, Whitman 011
Course Description:
Adopts an anthropological approach to the emerging sociotechnological phenomenon of artificial intelligence weaponry. It explores how AI weapons systems are reconfiguring geopolitical alliances, modes of border and community surveillance, and conceptions of humanity, human rights, and accountability.
ANT 600 M002 - Cyberpunk Anthropology (Selected Topics)
Instructor: Guido Pezzarossi
Time/Location: M/W 2:15-3:35, Hall Lang 201
Course Description:
TBA
ANT 611 M001 - History of Anthropological Theory
Instructor: Jok Jok
Time/Location: Tu 5:00-7:45, Maxwell 205A
Course Description:
Main theoretical approaches to the study of the origin and development of society and culture; cultural evolutionists, functionalists, diffusionists, structuralists, and historicists.
ANT 619 M001 - Ritual Theory and Religious Practice
Instructor: James Watts
Time/Location: W 3:45-6:30, Hall Lang 504
Course Description:
Survey and evaluation of major ritual theories, tested against a particular set of religious and cultural practices, such as those involving purification and pollutions, or holidays and festivals. (Crosslisted with REL 619. Contact the Religion Department for more info)
ANT 624 M001 - Negotiation: Theory and Practice
Instructor: Robert Rubinstein
Time/Location: F 5:15-8:15/Sa 9:00-5:00 Hall Lang 214 (9/18/2026-10/10/2026)
Course Description:
Negotiation skills for resolving differences effectively and achieving mutually satisfying outcomes. Position based versus interest based negotiation. Advanced techniques of communication such as chunking, reframing, anchoring, metaphor, and rapport to obtain negotiation outcomes of excellence.
ANT 634 M001 - Anthropology of Death
Instructor: Shannon Novak
Time/Location: M/W 12:45-2:05 Maxwell 205A
Course Description:
Death in anthropological perspective. Survey of the many ways death has entered into the work of archaeologists, biological anthropologists, ethnographers, and social theorists.
ANT 636 M001 - Bioarchaeology
Instructor: Shannon Novak
Time/Location: Tu/Th 12:30-1:50 Hall Lang 205
Course Description:
Surveys the analysis of human skeletal remains in archaeological and medico-legal settings. Methods and techniques of analysis and interpretation will be emphasized. Case studies will be used to illustrate application to variable social and historical contexts.
ANT 638 M001 - Beyond Biological Need to Eat
Instructor: Guido Pezzarossi
Time/Location: Tu/Th 11:00-12:20, Lyman 115B
Course Description:
What does it mean for something to be “good to eat?” Survey of anthropological and archaeological perspectives on how culture, politics, and power inform what and how we eat.
ANT 641 M001 - Anthropological Archaeology
Instructor: Theresa Singleton
Time/Location: M 3:45-6:30, Maxwell 205A
Course Description:
Methodology and theory in prehistoric archaeology. Development of archaeological theory, design and execution of research. Application of archaeology to solving problems in culture change and development.
ANT 644 M001 - Laboratory Analysis in Archaeology
Instructor: Julia Jong Haines
Time/Location: Tu 2:00-4:45 Lyman 411A
Course Description:
Introduction to archaeological materials analysis, artifact classification systems, processing of data, materials analyses (ceramic, lithic, etc.). Conservation and curation of collections.
ANT 661 M001 - Museums and Native Americans
Instructor: Heather Law Pezzarossi
Time/Location: Tu/Th 9:30-10:50 Marley 306
Course Description:
The contested relationships among Native North Americans and museums from earliest contact until the present. Topics include: “salvage” ethnography, collecting practices, exhibition, and recent shifts in power.
ANT 672 M001 - Language, Culture, and Society
Instructor: Robert Rubinstein
Time/Location: Th 12:30-3:15 Maxwell 205A
Course Description:
Cross-cultural survey of the role of language in culture and society, including cognition and language usage along the dimensions of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and social status.
ANT 674 M001 - Topics in Sociolinguistics
Instructor: Rania Habib
Time/Location: Tu/Th 3:30-4:50 Smith 337
Course Description:
Functions of language in society. Geographical, socioeconomic, and male-female differentiation. Functions of various types of speech events. Requirements include a research project. (Crosslisted with LIN 674. Contact the Linguistics Department for more info)
ANT 713/CAS 713 M001 - Proposal Writing
Instructor: Azra Hromadžić
Time/Location: F 9:30-12:15 Maxwell 205A
Course Description:
Designed to support social sciences and humanities students in conceptualizing, articulating, and refining their research projects in preparation for external funding applications.