Department of Anthropology

Penn State University

Department News...

Welcome from Department Head George R. Milner

Anthropology is the study of humans and their evolution. It is an inherently multidisciplinary subject, which draws upon information from diverse fields including genetics, geology, psychology, and ecology to shed light on the human condition through time and space.

Are you an undergraduate and wonder what anthropology is all about, and what you can do with it? Look here: http://www.anthro.psu.edu/Student/undergraduate/undergraduate.shtml

Anthropologists at Penn State conduct research and train graduate students in four broad areas:

Click here for the faculty research matrix.

Considering graduate school in anthropology? Look at what Penn State offers: http://www.anthro.psu.edu/student/prospective/recruitment.shtml