Anthropology at the University of Georgia reflects the 21st century landscape of this most human of disciplines.

Based on the premise that anthropology should play leading research and advocacy roles in the human dimension of global change, the University of Georgia has designed an innovative program specializing in ecological and environmental anthropology. Ecology and the environment provide the unique basis for the four major anthropological fields of study at UGA: archaeology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology, Other environmental and ecological sciences are simply not theoretically or methodologically equipped to understand the culture-bearing human species with its complex behavioral patterning.

Beginning in 1988, the Department of Anthropology set out to build a first-class ecological-environmental program; we added new faculty, new physical resources, and aquired more funding. This growth continues, and the faculty is committed to continually improving the quality of the program. Since 1988 we have seen our students graduate in good time (usually 5-6 years for the Ph.D.), and then move into very competitive academic and professional positions in anthropology and related environmental fields.

Our mission is to pursue and disseminate anthropological knowledge of human cultural behavior and human-environment interaction.