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The anthropology faculty numbers 11 full-time scholars, three part-time scholars, five emeritus professors, and a museum director.

The undergraduate anthropology program at NIU has approximately 80 anthropology majors working on either a B.A. or B.S. degree. 

The graduate program enrolls between 25 and 35 students working toward the M.A. degree. In the past five years, our graduates have been accepted at the Universities of Michigan, Illinois, Georgia, Wisconsin, Washington, Indiana, Colorado, and New Mexico, as well as Harvard, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, SMU, Washington University, City University of New York, Johns Hopkins, State University of New York at Binghamton, and Yale. During this period, our M.A.s have been hired in several community colleges (Kishwaukee, Waubonsee, College of DuPage) and at the Field Museum and American Museum of Natural History.

 

 
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Department of Anthropology
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Phone: (815) 753-0246
Fax: (815) 753-7027

Departmental Chair: Dr. Judy Ledgerwood (jledgerw@niu.edu)
Departmental Secretary: Ms. Kathy Truman (ktruman@niu.edu)
Webmaster: Dr. Michael Kolb (aloha@niu.edu)