Research and Fieldwork

Support Your Learning with Hands-On Research and Thesis Opportunities

Faculty and students in Monmouth’s graduate anthropology program have rich regional and international research opportunities, which have included subjects as diverse as tourism, resource extraction, global healthcare migration, and baseball and American culture. Monmouth’s archaeologists specialize in North America and the Caribbean.

Our anthropologists are have conducted fieldwork around the globe, including Ecuador, Russia, Jamaica, Costa Rica, and North America. You’ll have the opportunity to concentrate in cultural, archaeological, and biological anthropology as you benefit from the expertise of faculty. Recent opportunities have included:

• An archaeological survey of Sandy Hook Lighthouse at the Gateway National Recreation Area
• Studying the history and architecture of the Caribbean in Jamaica

Each opportunity in our Anthropology graduate program is designed to give you the immersive experience you need to learn about the region and its people.

Recent thesis projects have focused on topics like:

• Heritage and identity in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
• Dental pathologies in the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom populations
• Archaeological study of a Jamaican slave hospital in the era of amelioration
• Predictive modeling at the Turkey Swamp archaeological site
• Preparedness and outcome ethnographic case study of Belmar, NJ following Hurricane Sandy
• Documentary archaeology of Buttonwood Corners, a NJ African-American site
• Military archaeology in the Caribbean