Team up with faculty on groundbreaking anthropological research.
The Department of Anthropology was founded in 1935 as part of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alaska. The first undergraduate degrees in Anthropology were given in 1959, the first MA degrees in 1968 and the first PhD degrees in 1988. We are the only anthropology program in the United States that maintains a holistic approach to circumpolar studies, providing instruction and research in all aspects of anthropology.

NSF grant awarded to UAF archaeologists.


UAF archaeologists, led by Dr. Ben Potter, publish a new paper in Science Advances!
Department of Anthropology Contact Information
Email: uaf-anthropology@alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-7009
Physical address:
1790 Tanana Loop
Bunnell Building, Room 405A
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Mailing address:
UAF Department of Anthropology
PO Box 757720
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Robin Shoaps, PhD
Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics & Anthropology
Office: Bunnell Building, Room 312
Phone: 907-474-6884
Email: rashoaps@alaska.edu
Patrick Plattet, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Office: Bunnell Building, Room 307D
Phone: 907-474-6608
Email: pplattet@alaska.edu
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College of Liberal Arts
Gruening Building, Room 503 G
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College of Liberal Arts
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