Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida

Calendar

Mar 31 - "Diving the Maya Underworld of the Yucatan" lecture by Guillermo de Anda Alanis at 4:00pm in Dauer 219.

Apr 5 - Annual Armadillo Roast at Noon, for more info visit this site.

Anthropology at UF

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida is one of the best in the country, ranked 11th among all university anthropology departments in the last National Research Council rating.  The department maintains a holistic approach to anthropology and offers training in all fields of the discipline, including cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, and applied anthropology. There are over sixty anthropologists and anthropology affiliates on campus, including thirty-five on the Department of Anthropology faculty. Others have appointments in the College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Center for Latin American Studies, and other departments and units in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Anthropologists at the University of Florida carry out research in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Asia, and Europe. Our teaching program, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and in all fields of the discipline, reflects a strong commitment to a cross-cultural, comparative perspective. We have continuing relationships with universities, research centers and institutes, government bureaus, non-governmental institutions, and development agencies in Latin America, the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia.

The department has awarded the PhD degree since 1971. There are currently 550+ undergraduate majors in anthropology and some 180 graduate students working on advanced degrees.  Students are trained for both academic and applied careers.

Please take a few moments to learn more about our department, faculty, students, and programs.  Contact the Department Chair if you would like any further information.

Anthropology in the Gator Nation

In 2005-2006 Prof. Maxine Margolis embarked on a project to find all of our PhD students since the first doctoral degrees were awarded in 1971.  Thanks to her efforts, we can now state more conclusively the impact UF Anthropology has had on Florida, the nation, and the world just through its PhD graduates.