Career and Internship Opportunities in Anthropology

Sites listed below represent some of the many possibilities open to anthropology students. Check with Colby Career Services for more options.
 
 
Indigenous People
  • Center for World Indigenous Studies Internships. There is information about Internships and Fellowships that are available at CWIS offices in the United States of America.
  • Azafady Azafady’s aim is to help the poorest communities in Madagascar to empower themselves and develop in sustainable ways, increasing local access to health care and education. Azafady is looking for small teams of enthusiastic volunteers to take part in a dedicated lemur conservation program.
  • Survival International Internships. Survive is a human rights organization formed in 1969. This organization runs campaigns to defend tribal peoples' rights.
  • National Museum of the American Indian Internships. In this website there is information about  Internship Programs that will provide educational opportunities for students interested in the museum profession and related programming.
 
Acedemic Anthropology
  • NSF Undergraduate Fellowships in Biocultural Anthropology. Here's a summer program in biocultural anthropology (This internship comes with a stipend).
  • Humanity in Action sponsors six summer programs on minority and human rights issues in Europe and the United States. They will select a total of 60 enrolled sophomores, juniors, seniors, and recent graduates from U.S. colleges and universities to participate in the 2008 programs. They welcome applicants from all academic disciplines who are actively seeking new perspectives on minority issues. The 2008 summer programs will take place in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, New York, Paris, and Warsaw. HIA pays virtually all of the costs of participation. Humanity in Action (HIA) is a New York-based not-for-profit organization founded in 1998. HIA believes that an important test of a genuine democracy is how it treats its racial, ethnic, and religious minorities. It also believes that the commitment to democratic values and the protection of minorities cannot be taken for granted in the United States and Europe.
 
Enviromental
 
Archaeology
  • Ecomuseu Cap De Cavalleria  This is a page  about the Ecomuseum of the Cape of Cavalleriaís 2007 archaeological projects both on land and underwater on the island of Menorca, Spain.
  • Archaeological Institute of America Search fieldwork opportunities throughout the world available through Archaeological Institute of America.
 
Community Organizing
  • Midwest Academy offers internships in Chicago, NY (NYC and Nassau), California (SF and LA), & Portland.
  • Idealist.org is website to search for internships and jobs across the country.