Anthropology Department

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Humans, Environment & Resilience

Overview

Environmental anthropology focuses on human-environment relationships in contexts of power and environmental change, including Indigenous, local and other ways of knowing that complement and expand western scientific knowledge.

Career Pathways

  • Governmental agencies, community-based organizations, NGOs and international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), and Native American Nations
  • Cultural Resources Management (CRM) archaeologist
  • Disaster preparedness and response
  • Global development
  • Environmental and social justice activist and advocate
  • K-12 STEM educator
  • Ph.D. preparation

Recommended Pathway Courses

Core Requirements

B.A. majors must also complete two years of a foreign language or demonstrate equivalent proficiency.

Recommended Anthropology Electives

Recommended Non-Anthropology Electives

Internship Opportunities

Organization Name Paid or Unpaid Location Application Due Date
Bonneville Power Administration Paid Pacific Northwest Varies
Green Empowerment Unspecified Portland, Oregon Check website for openings
Mercy Corps Paid Portland, Oregon; Washington, D.C.; Virtual Check website for openings
Minka Project Paid Peru Unspecified
Monteverde Institute Unpaid Virtual; Costa Rica; Hybrid Unspecified
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Varies Throughout the U.S. Check website for openings
Oregon Zoo Mostly unpaid positions Portland, Oregon Check website for openings
Roots & Routes Intercultural Collaborations Unpaid Throughout the world Unspecified
SWCA Paid Arizona; California; Colorado; Louisiana; Massachusetts; Texas; Utah Varies
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Paid Throughout the U.S. Fall 2023
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Varies Throughout the U.S. Varies
U.S. Forest Service Paid Throughout the U.S. Jan. 11, 2023

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS)

(Make sure to check both the internships offered by FWS and their partner organizations)

 Varies Throughout the U.S. Varies
U.S. National Park Service Paid Throughout the U.S. Varies
Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Paid Washington Varies

Field Schools

Field School Application Due Date
Ecuador Virtual Ethnographic Field School Unspecified
Ethnographic Field School in Tonga Jan. 31, 2023
Fort Lewis College Ethnographic Field School Varies
Institute for Field Research Varies
Isla Mujeres Ethnographic Field School May 3, 2023
Maderas Rainforest Conservancy Varies
NAPA-OT Field School Feb. 1, 2023
North Shore Field School Unspecified
Off the Beaten Track Rolling acceptance
Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology Varies
Overseas Research Center Ethnographic Field School Unspecified