Western Illinois University: Macomb Campus

Careers in Anthropology

Anthropologists are employed in a wide variety of fields. Please note that employment in some of these areas requires additional education.

Anthropology

• Advocate
• Anthropologist
• Archeologist
• Archeology fieldworker
• Archivist
• Community or urban planner
• Congressional committee staff member
• Conservation expert
• Counselor
• Cultural artifical specialist
• Employee relations specialist
• Ethnographic researcher
• Ethnologist
• Forensic expert
• Geneologist
• Health care service specialist
• Linguist
• Multicultural education specialist
• Museum technician
• Museum curator
• Palentologist
• Preservationist
• Research assistant
• Social worker
• Teacher
• Technical writer
• Travel consultant
• Zoological consultant

More information on Careers in Anthropology from American Anthropological Association http://www.aaanet.org/profdev/careers/index.cfm