Welcome

The Department of Anthropology at Tufts University provides students not only with a strong background in critical thinking, analysis, and writing, but also with first-hand experience through original field research.
Learn more >

Find Us

Tufts University
Anthropology Department
302 Eaton Hall
5 The Green
Medford, MA 02155
Email Administrator

Office: 617.627.6528
Fax: 617.627.6615

Map and directions >

News

Alex Blanchette, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, was the recipient of the 2020 Steven Polgar Prize for the best article published in the Society for Medical Anthropology's flagship journal, Medical Anthropology Quarterly. The prize was granted for Blanchette's essay on antibiotic resistance and pork production, "Living Waste and the Labor of Toxic Health on American Factory Farms"

No Grumpy Old Men in the Chimp World
James Gorman
The New York Times | October 22, 2020

Sarah Luna's book 'Love in the Drug War: Selling Sex & Finding Jesus on the Mexico-US Border' was awarded the Ruth Benedict Book Prize for Outstanding Single Authored Monograph
The Association for Queer Anthropology
American Anthropological Association | September 18, 2020
WATCH VIDEO: Sarah Luna on Her Research for the Award-Winning Book 'Love in the Drug War'

Read more news >

Summer Session I & II now open for registration

Choose from 200+ virtual and on-campus options. Don't miss your chance, register today!

Course Listings

– Summer Session 2021 courses
– Fall 2021

Announcements

Department of Anthropology Statement of Solidarity

Events

Please check back soon for upcoming events.

All event info >