Alumni Stories

Maddie Adee is a Ph.D. student in health policy at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, focusing on improving public health interventions and healthcare for people involved in the criminal justice system.

"Anthropology has really helped shape how I have done a lot of this work."

Kate Barcalow is an applied environmental anthropologist with a focus on including Indigenous perspectives for environmental restoration and management practices. In a past life, she was a lawyer.

"Being an anthropologist allows me to approach similar issues in a more collaborative way."

Bonnie Harvey works as a program evaluation and public health consultant for consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. 

"How I apply anthropology in that space is by creating surveys, interviews, primary data collection and focus groups that are rooted in good social science research."

Chelsea Hunter is a Ph.D. student in anthropology at The Ohio State University.

"What I really find exciting about working in anthropology is my ability to pursue questions that are of interest to me and that I’m passionate about, which also have the potential to make a difference in the world."

Rachel Lahoff is a research associate at Colorado State University's Institute for Research in the Social Sciences.

"I integrate my anthropological background into all aspects of my work, from how I think about research design to ensuring data collection methods are culturally appropriate and responsive."

Tia Cody is a federal archaeologist at Bonneville Power Administration.

"I love that my master's from PSU allowed me to take this step into the federal realm and to be able to choose my projects and choose where I go on field projects."