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- Anthropology to me, it's
the study of mankind itself.
To not do anthropology is almost to say
to not study who we
are, where we came from.
- With anthropology, you're studying
humans in the past and present.
And so by learning about the past,
you can see how it impacts the present.
- Right now I have worked in two labs,
also as the Nearer Eastern Archeology Lab
with Dr. Jimmy Hardin assembling
and disassembling artifacts,
some pottery from like Middle Eastern,
Israel and Oman.
- The university has field schools
all around the country
and also around the world.
But it's really school
to get to go to one
within my own state.
The department is so small,
that you really get that one on one
interaction with your professors.
Not only do they know your name
but they know how you do in the class,
they know what field you're interested in
and they're always there,
to give you more opportunities
in not only research
but also in the field.
- Associating with faculty
here has been invaluable.
There's a really good
connection with the faculty
that makes it easy for
the graduate students
to get along really well and
easy for the graduate students
to get along with the faculty.
My personal connection
has been really positive
and has allowed for lots
of advances in research,
I've had a couple of
publications with a professor.
- We have a tremendously
involved and kinda very engaged
undergraduate population
at Mississippi State.
We encourage them to
participate in our research
and we invite them into our
labs on a really regular bases.
Anthropology at Mississippi
State is robust,
I'm in the process of developing
a field program in Croatia
that will involve both Osteology
and Bioarchaeological Excavation.
We have a lot of research
opportunities for undergraduates,
our archeologist regularly
take undergraduates
and graduate students out into the field.
It's a very engaged atmosphere
and you can do a lot
with anthropology at Mississippi State.
