Our graduate faculty mentor students across the M.A. in Anthropology and the Integrative Anthropological Sciences Ph.D. programs. Explore their research areas and learn more about potential faculty advisors below.
Archaeology
Archaeology is the branch of anthropology that relates the past to the present, giving insight to the complicated, multidimensional problems of the 21st century. Our faculty works throughout the world and here in Central Florida, analyzing material culture, reconstructing ancient environments, and studying cultural relationships between and within cities, rural settlements, and coastlands. Our methodological expertise includes GIS, paleoethnobotany, isotopic analysis, PXRF, zooarchaeology, ceramic analysis, lithic analysis, landscape archaeology, excavation, and survey. Cultural heritage is increasingly recognized as a unique aspect of policy debates, and UCF teachers and researchers train graduate students to take their places alongside other stakeholders in the public arena, and not just as experts in reconstructing past lifeways.
Archaeology Faculty:
Biological Anthropology
Biological anthropology is an interdisciplinary science that explores the adaptations, variability and evolution of humans, primates and our fossil lineages. Biological anthropologists integrate methodological and theoretical approaches from numerous disciplines to better understand the human condition and our place in the world around us. Our combined teaching and research foci engages students in developing skills in human osteology, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, biogeochemical analyses, quantitative methods, geospatial analysis, geometric morphometrics, and field methods. This integration of problem-oriented knowledge and applied skills provides graduates with a wide range of opportunities to be successful in academic and non-academic professional careers in numerous private-sector industries, research programs and government agencies.
Biological Anthropology Faculty:
CULTURAL Anthropology
Growing global and community challenges require anthropologists who can address complex issues through interdisciplinary research and applied practice. Our cultural and medical anthropology faculty examine topics including social justice, public health, globalization, migration, food systems, education, gender and sexuality, science and technology, and health disparities. Through close collaboration with faculty mentors, graduate students develop theoretical, methodological, and community-engaged research skills that prepare them for careers in academia, public health, government, nonprofit organizations, and other professional settings where anthropological perspectives contribute to meaningful social change.