Sociology/Anthropology
Earlham’s sociology/anthropology (SoAn) program provides you with a broad and deep understanding of how humans interact with and are shaped by society and culture.
As a sociology/anthropology student, you can engage in your own independent projects. Earlham students have studied a broad range of topics including the campus response to a pandemic, life histories of immigrant women and the history of race in Argentina.
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“I knew I wanted to work with animals combining biology and psychology and my advisor has been incredibly helpful and supportive. She helped me create my own major, Anthrozoology, which is the study of human and non-human animal interactions”
Eloise Richardson ’25
Anthrozoology Major
“I want to work in a hands-on environment to ensure that people are in the best possible health. I think SoAn will give me the skills necessary to pursue a career focused on ways to make peoples’ lives and communities better.”
Kamau “TiQi” Brown ’16
Sociology / Anthropology student
Critical perspectives and skills for understanding contemporary life
The sociology/anthropology program at Earlham is continually exploring new topics and current issues, both in the classroom and through collaborative faculty-student research projects.
Ethnography lab
In the Ethnography Lab you will find our SoAn student workers analyzing data for collaborative research projects with faculty, creating visualizations and chatting about Marx and Weber. You can also come here for tips on your own sociological and anthropological work.
Our faculty
We are sociologists and anthropologists who are deeply engaged in teaching and research on a wide range of topics from hunting dogs in Tennessee, acupuncture and the Black Panthers to racial segregation, homeownership and the American Dream.