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Research, evaluate, and establish public policy concerning the origins of humans their physical, social, linguistic, and cultural development and their behavior, as well as the cultures, organizations, and institutions they have created.

Currently Employed: 65

Yearly Projected Openings: 0

Typical Hourly Wage: $33.04 - $52.80

Typical Annual Salary: $68,700 - $109,800

• Conduct participatory action research in communities and organizations to assess how work is done and to design work systems, technologies, and environments.
• Study archival collections of primary historical sources to help explain the origins and development of cultural patterns.
• Participate in forensic activities, such as tooth and bone structure identification, in conjunction with police departments and pathologists.
• Formulate general rules that describe and predict the development and behavior of cultures and social institutions.
• Apply systematic sampling techniques to ensure the accuracy, completeness, precision, and representativeness of individuals selected for sample surveys.
• Advise government agencies, private organizations, and communities regarding proposed programs, plans, and policies and their potential impacts on cultural institutions, organizations, and communities.
• Teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology.
• Collaborate with economic development planners to decide on the implementation of proposed development policies, plans, and programs based on culturally institutionalized barriers and facilitating circumstances.
• Organize public exhibits and displays to promote public awareness of diverse and distinctive cultural traditions.
• Build geographic information systems (GIS) to record, analyze, and cartographically represent the distribution of languages, cultural and natural resources, land use, and settlement patterns of specific populations.

• Calipers
• Power saws
• Scanners
• Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
• X ray radiography examination equipment

• Analytical or scientific software
• Graphics or photo imaging software
• Map creation software
• Video creation and editing software
• Web page creation and editing software