Society

Faculty of Society

Anthropology, public policy, media, languages, law, archives, and borderlands heritage.

Faculty profile

Programs, studios, and labs are organized around evidence students can defend.

Students practice field interviews, public history, service design, and ethics review with multilingual communities.

Pathways18 oral histories
Featured courseANT-240 Borderlands Ethnography and Oral History
Career signalsresearcher, policy officer, archivist, civic media producer

Programs and labs

Academic routes inside Society.

Program

Borderlands Anthropology

Students combine faculty coursework with methods training, advising, and a partner-facing studio brief.

Program

Public Policy

Students combine faculty coursework with methods training, advising, and a partner-facing studio brief.

Program

Media and Communication

Students combine faculty coursework with methods training, advising, and a partner-facing studio brief.

Program

Regional Languages

Students combine faculty coursework with methods training, advising, and a partner-facing studio brief.

Lab

Borderlands Oral History Archive

Faculty and students use this lab for applied research, public evidence, prototypes, or field-facing methods work.

Lab

Public Service Design Clinic

Faculty and students use this lab for applied research, public evidence, prototypes, or field-facing methods work.

Lab

Heritage Media Studio

Faculty and students use this lab for applied research, public evidence, prototypes, or field-facing methods work.

Advising

Start with a faculty home, then choose a problem to study deeply.

Faculty advisors help students connect core coursework, methods, research ethics, fieldwork, and career preparation without losing disciplinary depth.

  • Faculty advising from the first semester
  • Studio or lab work tied to regional evidence
  • Capstone planning with a named supervisor
  • Portfolio-ready outputs for graduate study or employment