Anthropology and Museum Studies Department

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College of the Sciences
Ellensburg
Dean Hall, room 357
Mail Stop 7544
509-963-3201
Fax: 509-963-3215
https://www.cwu.edu/academics/anthropology/index.php

Faculty and Staff
Chair
Patrick Lubinski, PhD

Professors
Steven Hackenberger, PhD, archaeology, cultural resource management, North America and Caribbean
Patrick Lubinski, PhD, archaeology, zooarchaeology, cultural resource management, North America
Patrick McCutcheon, PhD, archaeology, evolutionary and environmental archaeology, cultural resource management
Lene Pedersen, PhD, sociocultural anthropology, visual and environmental anthropology, postcolonialism, SE Asia (Indonesia), E. Africa, circumpolar North
Lori K. Sheeran, PhD, biological anthropology, primate behavior, Asian primates
Penglin Wang, PhD, linguistic and cultural anthropology, East and Central/Inner Asia, China

Associate Professor
J. Hope Amason, PhD, political economy and globalization, politics of representation, race, class, and gender, museums, memorials and heritage sites, tourism studies, Appalachia, US South
Nicole Jastremski, PhD, biological anthropology, forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, mortuary analysis, paleopathology, taphonomy, identity formation, Ecuador
Jessica Mayhew, PhD, Biological anthropology, primate behavior and socio-cognition, play behavior, Africa, Central America
Rodrigo Rentería-Valencia, PhD, environmental anthropology, semiotics, linguistic anthropology, ritual and performance theory, visual anthropology; Northern Mexico and the borderlands

Staff
Penelope Anderson, secretary senior

Department Information
Anthropology presents an integrated perspective on the cultural and biological nature of humans. Anthropologists study present and past human diversity through classroom, laboratory, and field studies in cultural and biological anthropology, including archaeology, linguistics, ethnology, and applied anthropology.

Students interested in major and minor programs should contact the department office as soon as possible for further information, application forms, and assignment of an advisor. Anthropology majors are expected to meet with their advisors at least once a quarter.

Students need a GPA of 2.5 or higher to be admitted to the department.

Special Programs
Reflecting the broad nature of anthropological study, the department directly sponsors or is affiliated with a wide range of on- and off-campus options to broaden classroom experiences. Further information about the following programs is available through the anthropology department office: 

• Museum Studies Program: offering coursework, field experiences, and projects with local and regional museums
• Central Washington Archaeological Survey (CWAS): a service, research, and public information facility with special emphasis in the Northwest
• Bachelor of Science in Primate Behavior and Ecology: an interdisciplinary program providing undergraduate training in method and theory of primatology as basis for research, laboratory, and field experience
• Master of Science in Resource Management: offering an integrated program in natural and cultural resource management including anthropology classes in cultural resource management, and historic preservation
• Master of Science in Primate Behavior: an interdisciplinary program in primatology, including courses in the history, field and lab methods, and current topics and issues in the discipline
• Center for Spatial Information: providing a range of Geographic Information System (GIS) tools for analysis of social and natural science data
• Summer Workshops and Field Schools: including survey archaeology in eastern Washington, primate and biodiversity studies in China, and workshops in forensic anthropology
• Study Abroad Opportunities: coordinated through the CWU Office of International Study and Programs
• Departmental Honors Program: encourages individualized research and study in a sub-area of anthropology. It is open to junior and senior students with an anthropology major GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Anthropology Student Association: an active student group which sponsors academic and social events related to the discipline.

Subfield identification key:
A=Archaeology
B=Biological Anthropology
C=Cultural Anthropology
L=Linguistics
S=Seminars

Course Offerings
Frequency of course offering information can be found at the department website: https://www.cwu.edu/academics/anthropology/index.php or by contacting the department directly.

Programs

• Anthropology Major, BA (45 Credits)
• Anthropology Major, BA (62 Credits)

• Anthropology Major, BS

• Forensics Certificate

• Applied Cultural Competencies Certificate

• Anthropology Minor
• Museum Studies Minor
• Non-profit Organization Management Minor (ANTH)

Courses

• ANTH 107 - Being Human: Past and Present
• ANTH 110 - Bones, Apes, and Genes: Exploring Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 120 - Archaeology: Science of the Past
• ANTH 130 - Cultural Worlds
• ANTH 137 - Race, Power and the American Dream
• ANTH 180 - Language and Culture
• ANTH 201 - Grade 1 Animal Technician
• ANTH 296 - Individual Study
• ANTH 298 - Special Topics
• ANTH 299 - Seminar
• ANTH 301 - Anthropology: Principles and Assessment
• ANTH 310 - Research/Laboratory in Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 312 - Human Origins: The Fossil Evidence
• ANTH 313 - Primate Social Behavior
• ANTH 314 - Human Variation
• ANTH 315 - Human Skeletal Analysis
• ANTH 318 - Introduction to Forensics
• ANTH 321 - Archaeological Methods
• ANTH 321LAB - Archaeological Methods Laboratory
• ANTH 322 - World Prehistory
• ANTH 323 - Field Archaeology
• ANTH 324 - North American Archaeology
• ANTH 325 - Prehistory of the Pacific Northwest
• ANTH 333 - Culture and Marriage
• ANTH 341 - Native American Cultures of the Pacific Northwest
• ANTH 344 - Cultures of Asia
• ANTH 345 - Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania
• ANTH 346 - Cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean
• ANTH 347 - Native American Cultures of North America
• ANTH 348 - Contemporary China
• ANTH 351 - Visual Anthropology
• ANTH 352 - Anthropology of Environmental Issues
• ANTH 353 - Childhood and Culture
• ANTH 354 - Anthropology of Religion
• ANTH 356 - Gender Roles in Cross-cultural Perspective
• ANTH 357 - Medical Anthropology: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Health and Healing
• ANTH 359 - Survey of Music in Cross-cultural Perspectives
• ANTH 360 - Introduction to Museum Studies
• ANTH 361 - Museum Exhibit Design
• ANTH 362 - Museum Curation and Management
• ANTH 363 - Culture and Economy
• ANTH 380 - Non-Verbal Communication
• ANTH 382 - Descriptive Linguistics
• ANTH 384 - Language and Gender
• ANTH 396 - Individual Study
• ANTH 397 - Honors
• ANTH 398 - Special Topics
• ANTH 399 - Seminar
• ANTH 408 - Bioarchaeology
• ANTH 409 - Forensics Capstone
• ANTH 410 - Biological Anthropology: Theoretical and Research Issues
• ANTH 411 - Primate Conservation
• ANTH 412 - Monkeys of the Neotropics
• ANTH 413 - Research Methods in Primatology
• ANTH 414 - Osteobiographical Analysis
• ANTH 415 - Forensic Anthropology: Theoretical and Applied Issues
• ANTH 416 - Apes
• ANTH 418 - Monkeys of Asia and Africa
• ANTH 419 - Lemurs and Lorises
• ANTH 421 - Archaeological Theory
• ANTH 425 - Zooarchaeology
• ANTH 426 - Stone Tool Analysis
• ANTH 427 - Environmental Archaeology
• ANTH 440 - Ecology and Culture
• ANTH 442 - Applied Cultural Competencies
• ANTH 443 - Methods in Sociocultural Research
• ANTH 444 - Ethnographic Field Methods
• ANTH 446 - Anthropology of Globalization
• ANTH 449 - Contemporary Native American Cultures and Issues
• ANTH 451 - History and Theory of Anthropology
• ANTH 458 - Anthropology Senior Comprehensive Survey
• ANTH 460 - Meaning in a Material World
• ANTH 463 - Learning in Museums
• ANTH 483 - Sociolinguistics
• ANTH 485 - Method and Theory in Biological Anthropology
• ANTH 486 - Advanced Methods in Archaeology
• ANTH 487 - Field Linguistics
• ANTH 488 - Advanced Research in Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 490 - Cooperative Education
• ANTH 491 - Workshop
• ANTH 492 - Anthropological Teaching Experience
• ANTH 493 - Anthropological Field Experience
• ANTH 494 - Applied GIS Project
• ANTH 496 - Individual Study
• ANTH 498 - Special Topics
• ANTH 499 - Seminar

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