Anthropologists

Tasks Include:

• Conduct participatory action research in communities and organizations to assess how work is done and to design work systems, technologies, and environments.
• Study archival collections of primary historical sources to help explain the origins and development of cultural patterns.
• Participate in forensic activities, such as tooth and bone structure identification, in conjunction with police departments and pathologists.
• Formulate general rules that describe and predict the development and behavior of cultures and social institutions.
• Apply systematic sampling techniques to ensure the accuracy, completeness, precision, and representativeness of individuals selected for sample surveys.
• Advise government agencies, private organizations, and communities regarding proposed programs, plans, and policies and their potential impacts on cultural institutions, organizations, and communities.
• Teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology.

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