Anthropology
Pu blic Sector
careers
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B y A n net t e Es q uib el - M a s ter's Student
On March 10th, the Department of Anthropology and the Graduate Student Organization hosted a panel on anthropology careers in the public sector featuring three department alumni. The panel included Susan Charnley, 1994 Anthropology PhD, who is currently working as a research social scientist with the USDA Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest. Liz Clevenger, 2003 Archeology BA and 2004 Social Anthropology MA, who serves as the curator for the Presidio Trust in San Francisco also presented. As did Brodie Ferguson, 2010 Anthropology PhD, the founder and CEO of Anthrotect, LLC, a social enterprise company dedicated to making conservation a viable economic alternative for forest-dependent communities. The panelists discussed careers both within and outside the government sector.
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