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Understand the cultural, social and linguistic dimensions of education
We spend time learning from people around the world. Our program offers insight to better understand inequalities, cultural differences, linguistic diversity, and the wealth of human life for educational purposes. Our students become productive scholars, practitioners, and activists.
Celebrating Prof. Lambros Comitas at TC
On June 2, 2023, the Comitas Institute and Programs in Anthropology will hold an event in honor of Prof. Lambros Comitas at Teachers College. To RSVP, please email comitas.celebration@cifas.us. For further event details, please click here. We hope you will join us for this special day.
Fourth Conference on Anthropology and Education
We are excited to announce our fourth conference on Anthropology and Education, Anthropology for Education. Presentations will explore the value of anthropology and ethnography for educators and policy makers. Click here for further details and registration!
Ximena Bunster: The First Anthropology Program Alum
Bunster graduated with a Ph.D. in Anthropology from TC in 1968. She became the youngest university professor in Chile at age 23, and was the first Latin American woman to win a Fulbright scholarship. Read more about Bunster's legacy and the recent discovery of her personal library here.
Welcome to the Anthropology program
Anthropology is positioned to answer some of the toughest questions of education and policy-making because of its emphasis on spending time with and learning from people. Our program highlights participatory ethnography: engaging in and observing human activities and conversing with people as a means of improving education and collaborating with local groups and organizations. We offer one of the only master's programs in Anthropology and Education in the world and we offer a unique outlook on how to understand and support diverse approaches to education in and outside the classroom.
Our two doctoral programs help student develop the complex theoretical and methodological issues involved in the application of anthropological knowledge and approaches to matters of policy concern in medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, economic and community development, education, businesses and corporations, institutional programs, and ecological and environmental change.
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Call for Papers: Education for Anthropology
Proposals are due Friday, May 19th at 11:59 PM EST After a hiatus, the Programs in Anthropology at Teachers College, Columbia University are excited to host the 4th Conference on Anthropology & Education with the theme, Anthropology For Education. The conference will highlight ethnography and its value for educators and policy makers. We are pleased […]
Return to the Field and Back to the Classroom
By Lottie Boumeester, MA in Anthropology and Education ’22 It’s another Sunday evening before school – a time that some teachers (and many others so gainfully employed) have often marked out for the Monday Blues. Yet I do not feel a sense of dread for the week ahead and I haven’t for many years. Since […]
TA’ing as a TC Anthro Student
Teaching is often a quintessential part of the graduate student experience. At TC, finding a teaching assistant position can be intimidating and challenging because we usually have to go ‘across the street’ to find opportunities in departments that sometimes seem opaque and mysterious. Nevertheless, every semester, TC students in the TC anthro program take on […]
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- Master of Arts
- Master of Education
- Doctor of Education
- Doctor of Philosophy