<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Good Morning!</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black">I am writing on behalf of the Anthropology Department at UNC Charlotte. We are asking our friends and colleagues to assist us in sharing our master’s degree graduate program in Anthropology and Applied Anthropology with undergraduate students in your programs and colleges. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Our MA program is a two-year program that prepares students for<b>:</b></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black">•<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Applied work with in the public and private sectors, with NGOs, non-profits, cultural resource management firms, and a variety of other private companies. Our MA program works to place students with projects and organizations that will provide them both a valuable research opportunity and a chance to build professional networks. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black">•<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Teaching in Anthropology. Students have the opportunity to work with faculty on courses, and many of our MA students have taught their own courses at UNCC.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black">•<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">        </span></span><font size="2" color="#000000" face="Times">Ph.D. programs in Anthropology and related fields (Geography, History, Religious Studies, Area Studies). Our faculty have worked with a variety of students who are now pursuing a PhD in Anthropology or related fields, and these students were able to use their MA experiences to develop a stronger application for further graduate work.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black">The application deadline for admission and consideration for competitive funding opportunities </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:13.3333px">is <span class="gmail-m_6951414198217843883gmail-aBn"><span class="gmail-m_6951414198217843883gmail-aQJ"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">March 1</span></span></span></span> - we usually have several teaching or research assistantships available, and students can receive tuition remission if awarded one of these</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black">. Please share the attached information with your students and colleagues. If you or your students have any questions please contact our Graduate Director Nicole Peterson at </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:anth-grad@uncc.edu" target="_blank">anth-grad@uncc.edu</a></span><span style="color:black"> or visit our website at <a href="http://anthropology.uncc.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://anthropology.uncc.edu/</span></a>. Thank you in advance for your assistance.</span></span></p><span class="gmail-m_6951414198217843883gmail-im" style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:36pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Times;color:black">*Anthropology MA Program*</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center;line-height:21pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">The Anthropology Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte offers a two year program of study leading to a Master of Arts degree in either general or applied Anthropology. Our program is dedicated to a four-field approach to Anthropology. Students take a challenging core program before embarking on their MA research, often in collaboration with our faculty members.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><span class="gmail-m_6951414198217843883gmail-im" style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:21pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Areas of specialization may include:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Applied Anthropology</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Anthropological Theory & Methods</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Archaeology of Complex Societies</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:rgb(13,95,46)">
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Gender & Culture</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:rgb(13,95,46)">
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Politics of Language & Exchange</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:rgb(13,95,46)">
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Medical Anthropology</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:rgb(13,95,46)">
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Global Public Health, Development & Human Rights</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Evolution & Genetics</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:rgb(13,95,46)">
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Ritual & Religion</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:rgb(13,95,46)">
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Environmental & Urban Anthropology</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:rgb(13,95,46)">
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">The Anthropology of Food</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:rgb(13,95,46)">
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Primatology</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">Education, Culture, and Society</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(13,95,46)">The Culture Nature of Human Development</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center;line-height:16pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center;line-height:21pt"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black">For more information, please contact Dr. Nicole Peterson at </span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:rgb(11,76,180)"><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:anth-grad@uncc.edu" target="_blank">anth-grad@uncc.edu</a></span> or see our website at <a href="http://anthropology.uncc.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">anthropology.uncc.edu</span></a></span></p><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">--<div>Elise Berman</div><div>Assistant Professor</div><div>Department of Anthropology</div><div>UNC Charlotte</div><div><a href="https://clas-pages.uncc.edu/elise-berman/" target="_blank">https://clas-pages.uncc.edu/elise-berman/</a><br></div></div></div></div>
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