Each graduate student in the Applied Anthropology M.A. program at MSU is required to participate in an internship for five (5) credit hours, unless the requirement is waived due to appropriate prior experience (see Section C in the Graduate Handbook. The aim is to provide students with practical experience in an applied setting appropriate to the area (archaeology/bioarchaeology or cultural anthropology) in which their studies are concentrated. Internships are meant to introduce students to a variety of aspects of applied work, which may include applied fieldwork methods, data gathering and analysis, public outreach and education,and ethical considerations. It is expected that interns will have opportunities to interact with agency personnel, community members, and researchers in other disciplines.
Our students have completed internships with the following organizations:
- Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
- American Association of University Women, Starkville MS Branch
- American Museum of Natural History
- Anthropology Department, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office, San Antonio TX
- Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Dr. Heather Jordan
- Center for Archaeological Research, University of Mississippi
- Coastal Environments, Inc, / MSU CRM office
- Cobb Institute of Archaeology
- Cobb Institute, Lois Dowdle Cobb Museum
- Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Rutledge, MO
- Department of Anthropology, SUNY, Brockport
- DPAA Offutt Laboratory, Offutt Air Force Base
- Dr. Jeff Matilsky, DMD PA, Gainesville FL
- Field Museum, Chicago
- Forensic Anthropology Center, Texas State University
- Fullness Organic Farm in Baton Rouge, LA
- Gaining Ground Sustainability Institute of Mississippi
- Good Samaritan Health Services, Tupelo MS
- Grand Valley State University, Dr. Elizabeth Arnold
- Green Umbrella, Starkville MS
- Institut National des Sciences de l' Archeologie et du Patrimoine, Morocco
- Institute for Palestine Studies, Palestine
- Integrated Tribal Development Agency (PTG-Chenchu), India
- John Ball Zoo, Guest Experience Team Member
- Machaerus Project, Joint Mission of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and the Dept of Antiquities of Jordan
- Maroon Volunteer Center, Mississippi State University
- Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office
- Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network, Oxford MS
- Museum of the Mississippi Delta
- My.Kali Magazine, Amman, Jordan
- National Center for Preservation Technology & Training
- National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE), Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Museum
- National Museum of Health and Medicine
- Nutrition and Reproduction Laboratory, UNLV
- Office of Archaeological Research at the University of Alabama, Moundville
- Office of the Associate Chief Medical Examiner, Tennessee
- Poplar Springs CME Church
- Poverty Point Archaeology Program
- RESOLV, Washington DC
- Smithsonian Institute, Dr. Robert Hershler
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR)
- Tennessee Valley Archaeological Research
- The Henry Ford Museum
- The Ottery Group, Inc. Kingston, MD
- Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism, Parion Ancient City, Sedat-Naciye Nurova Parion Excavation, Turkey
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Southeast Region. Savannah Coastal Refuges
- U.S. Forest Service, Manti La Sal National Forest
- U.S. Forest Service, Nantahala National Forest, Tusquitee Ranger District
- U.S. Forest Service, Tombigbee Ranger District
- UNITE for Hope, Brookwood AL
- University of Tirana, Dept. of Archaeology & Heritage Studies, Albania
- URS Corporation, Burlington NJ