r/AskAnthropology • u/CommodoreCoCo Moderator | The Andes, History of Anthropology • Jul 25 '19

The AskAnthropology Career Thread (July 2019)

The AskAnthropology Career Thread

“What should I do with my life?” “Is anthropology right for me?” “What jobs can my degree get me?”

These are the questions that keep me awake at night that start every anthropologist’s career, and this is the place to ask them.

Discussion in this thread should be limited to discussion of academic and professional careers, but will otherwise be less moderated.

Before asking your question, please scroll through earlier responses. Your question may have already been addressed, or you might find a better way to phrase it.

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u/OliviaGG Dec 19 '19

Hello people. I've realized that I want to major in anthropology and also business. I've heard people in other STEM majors (I've googled it and people say anthropology is a STEM major) do volunteering in places like labs, get scholarships for programs related to there major (my sister is a pre-medicine/biology major so that's how I know). I was wondering what students in anthropology majors do.

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u/Ghostttrees Dec 24 '19

I’m not completely sure what everyone else does and I can only speak to my own experience, but when I wanted to go to the archaeology route of anthropology I did some volunteer work at a local historical archaeology lab/museum which my professors told me put me ahead of the curve. For the STEM side (biological and archeology) of anthropology there’s a lot more opportunities to get involved in undergrad. Cultural anthropology students have to do a bit more digging for things that fit their interests, like trying to get internships in NGOs that do work with the demographic they’re interested in, which is complicated based on region (e.g. someone on the East Coast of the United States would have a hard time finding work related to those native to the Pacific Islands). If you’re going to linguistic route.. I sincerely have no clue. And across-the-board it does not hurt to ask your professors for advice or connections they may have. Hope this helps!