On July 1, George Spindler, Stanford professor emeritus of education and anthropology, died at the age of 94. Widely accepted as one of the founding fathers of the anthropology of education, Spindler ...

The combined BA in Anthropology and EdM in Social Studies Education is designed for students who want to teach adolescents while developing a deep understanding of people, cultures and societies. This ...

As the University of Iowa Anthropology Department prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, a series of guest speakers and faculty are reflecting on the program’s evolution and looking toward the ...

‘Alive to the World’ program, anchored in virtues, is making an impact on young people in 22 countries and home-schooling classes. Young students learn virtue-directed skills through the program.

If your goal is to teach social studies in grades 7-12, you can combine a major in anthropology with additional course work and professional teacher preparation with this dual major program. You’ll ...

Anthropology explores the incredible diversity of cultural and social experience and the complexity of human life, centering inquiries on the distinct perspectives and practices of individuals and ...

People are always making positive statements to children about race. Why not tell them the facts as far as science has discovered them? I start right in telling them that what looks like inferiority ...

Andrea Dyrness is an associate professor in Educational Foundations, Policy, and Practice, and a faculty affiliate in Anthropology and Ethnic Studies. She is an anthropologist of education whose areas ...

Educational studies offer students the opportunity to pursue a set of courses that are designed around students’ emerging interests in a major and their developing goals for future work and study in ...

After 25 years serving his tribal government in administrative jobs as a member of the Blackfeet Nation, Don Pepion was recruited to head New Mexico State University’s American Indian Program. Now ...

Margaret Eisenhart is University Distinguished Professor of Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice/ Research and Evaluation Methodology. Since 2004 she has held the Bob and Judy Charles Endowed ...