Department of Anthropology

Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Mentoring Program

Are you an undergraduate anthropology student and could use the advice of a graduate student mentor on topics such as searching for graduate programs, applying to graduate school, studying for the GRE, presenting a poster or paper at a meeting, etc.?  Are you searching for an honors thesis or independent research project?  Would you like to volunteer for a graduate student and get some hands-on experience in methods and research?  More information (doc)

Undergraduate Research News 


Anthro Sciences major Amy Eakins studies primate Behavior in Panama



Undergraduate Research Scholarships

As a special service to student researchers, staff from the Office of Responsible Research Practices offers special office hours this winter to help both graduate and undergraduate student researchers who are preparing Behavioral and Social Sciences Institutional Review Board submissions and exemption requests. ORRP staff will help students and their advisors navigate IRB forms, policies, and review procedures. Office hours will be held in 150L Page Hall, in space provided by the Undergraduate Research Office. No appointment is necessary. Dates and times are available online at http://orrp.osu.edu/irb/workshops/studentassist.cfm. Contact: 292-2454 or pettey.6@osu.edu
 

For more on research and funding opportunities, visit the OSU Undergraduate Research Office website.

 

Fieldwork Locations

K.R.A.P.
The Körös Regional Archaeological Project, Vésztő, Hungary.

Research is on an Early Copper Age site near the present day town Vésztő, Hungary. Investigations focus on the social and economic changes that occurred as farming, herding, and metal working developed in this area.

Field school opportunities may be available. Contact Dr. Richard Yerkes.

The Roots of Agriculture in Southern Arabia Research Project

A multidisciplinary archaeological, paleoecological and geological research project reconstructing Neolithic human occupation and the origins of food production in Yemen's Hadramawt province. Contact Dr. Joy McCorriston.

Catalhoyuk

Multidisciplinary project focusing on the rise of urbanism and shift from foraging to farming in central Turkey.