Anthropology Major Jobs and Graduate School Acceptances 2026
Students in the Keck Anthropology Lab, Denny Hall
Emma Ruggiero
What elements from your Dickinson experience had the biggest impact on your time in college?
Being part of DTG, the dance department and Delta Nu were the most rewarding communities. The friends I made will last a lifetime. The faculty in the dance department who supported me pushed me to grow as a person and as a learner, and I will forever be indebted to them.
Internship experience:
- Assistant Professor of Anthropology Amalia Pesantes Villa's COHESION-I Project - research assistant
- Cronicas, Peru - intern
Helen Van
What elements from your Dickinson experience had the biggest impact on your time in college?
Access to undergraduate research and discussion-based class structure.
Internship experience:
- East Asian Studies Department - research assistant
Naomi Mathewson
What elements from your Dickinson experience had the biggest impact on your time in college?
The study abroad programs at Dickinson are extremely impactful and have shaped my experience at Dickinson, as well as everything I plan to do after. Studying abroad changed the way I looked at both of my majors and transformed my social life and the people I'm close with now.
Internship experience:
- Associate Professor of Anthropology James Ellison - Dana research assistant
- Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples - student advisory board fellow
- Green Ellsworth, Ellsworth, Maine - intern
- Healthy Island Project, Stonington, Maine - intern
Sofia Porco
What elements from your Dickinson experience had the biggest impact on your time in college?
Employment at the Multilingual Writing Center.
Internship exprience:
- Network for Solidarity Empowerment and Transformatiom for All - senior honors thesis
Bella Lapp
What elements from your Dickinson experience had the biggest impact on your time in college?
Studying abroad in New Zealand and doing the research Mosaic in Italy were the two elements of my time here that made the biggest impact on me. These experiences taught me how to be independent and navigate new environments with grace!
Internship experience:
- Fashioning the Body, Shaping the Nation Mosaic in multiple cities of Northern Italy - research assistant
Rowen Grison Sullivan
What elements from your Dickinson experience had the biggest impact on your time in college?
The staff that I met here had the biggest impact on me in pushing me to think about unusual topics.
Internship experience:
- Cumberland County Historical Society - intern
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Published May 19, 2026