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
- Alabama Department of Transportation
- American Association of University Women, Starkville MS Branch
- American Museum of Natural History
- Anthropology Department, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Archaeological Resources Consulting, Inc., TX
- Arkansas Archaeological Survey, Plum Bayou Mounds (formerly: Toltec Mounds Research Station)
- Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office, San Antonio TX
- Bioarchaeology of Bronze Age Social Systems, NSF REU, University of South Alabama
- The Brush Arbor/ Starkville Colored Cemetery Community-Engaged Field Program, MSU
- Center for American Archaeology, Kampsville, IL
- Center for Archaeological Research, University of Mississippi
- Center for Archaeological Studies, University of South Alabama
- Coastal Environments, Inc, / MSU CRM office
- Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, WI
- Cobb Institute of Archaeology
- Cobb Institute, Lois Dowdle Cobb Museum
- Columbus Forensic Laboratory, Columbus, MS
- Cox McLain Environmental Consulting
- Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Rutledge, MO
- Department of Anthropology, SUNY, Brockport
- Department of Anthropology, Clemson University
- Department of Anthropology, Szeged University, Hungary
- Department of Archaeology & Heritage Studies, University of Tirana, Albania
- Department of the Army, Fort Drum, NY
- Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Dr. Heather Jordan
- Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), Offutt Laboratory, Offutt Air Force Base
- Dr. Jeff Matilsky, DMD PA, Gainesville FL
- EcoPlan Associates, Inc, UT
- El Pueblo, Forest & Biloxi, MS
- Environment for the Americas, Boulder, CO
- Field Museum, Chicago
- Forensic Anthropology Center, Texas State University
- Fullness Organic Farm, Baton Rouge, LA
- Gaining Ground Sustainability Institute of Mississippi
- Good Samaritan Health Services, Tupelo MS
- Grand Valley State University, Dr. Elizabeth Arnold
- Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex, West Virginia University
- Green Umbrella, Starkville MS
- House of Mercy, Mercy One Health, Des Moines, IA
- 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
- Kirtlandia Research Internship Program, Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- Laboratory for Bioarchaeological Sciences, University of Central Florida,
- Machaerus Project, Joint Mission of the Hungarian Academy of Arts and the Dept of Antiquities of Jordan
- Maroon Volunteer Center, MSU
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Bay St. Louis, MS
- Mississippi State Medical Examiner's Office
- Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network, Oxford, MS
- Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, WI
- 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
- Rutrum Archaeological Resource Management LLC, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Robert Hershler
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR)
- Tennessee Valley Archaeological Research
- Tetra Tech, Inc
- The Henry Ford Museum
- The Ottery Group, Inc. Kingston, MD
- Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism, Parion Ancient City, Sedat-Naciye Nurova Parion Excavation, Turkey
- UNITE for Hope, Brookwood AL
- University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI
- University of Wisconsin - CRM, Madison, WI
- URS Corporation, Burlington NJ
- 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