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Careers

USF Anthropology has more than 880 PhD and MA alumni, with graduates working across federal agencies, healthcare systems, nonprofit organizations, universities, and private industry. Alumni hold positions with the CDC, FEMA, NOAA, DEA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, demonstrating the value of their training for public service, research, and policy careers. In healthcare and biomedical research, graduates work at institutions including MD Anderson Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, UCSF, and Geisinger Health System. Others have moved into leadership, policy, and community-engagement roles with organizations such as the Smithsonian Institution, Florida House of Representatives, and New York City Department of Health, while alumni in industry and consulting work with organizations including Siemens, RTI International, Universal Orlando Resort, Stantec, and Anthrologica. This range of placements shows how directly training in applied anthropology shapes real-world decisions. Alumni have built careers in public policy and service, environmental preservation, biomedical and healthcare innovation, cultural resource management, museums and heritage work, forensic science, and private industry and consulting.
 
Alumni have also established notable academic careers, holding faculty positions at AAU institutions including Ohio State University, the University of Arizona, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of California Riverside, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, USF Morsani College of Medicine, the University of Miami, the University of Rochester, and Wayne State University, as well as international universities such as University College London, Kuwait University, and the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh. See below for a list of where our alumni teach and research!

Sample Positions Held by Master’s Graduates:

  • Historic Sites Specialist, State of Florida
  • Genetic Counselor, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Public Health Prevention Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • State Representative, Florida House of Representatives
  • Case Management Support Specialist, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
  • Arcaheologist, Florida Department of Transportation
  • Health Science Specialist, Tampa Veterans Affairs department
  • Research Coordinator, MyCode Biobank Genomics, Geisinger Health System
  • Deputy Chief Medicolegal Death Investigator, Dallas County Medical Examiner
  • Research Assistant, Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative, USF Chiles Center
  • Archaeologist, Environmental Corporation of America
  • Sr. Research Program Coordinator II, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
  • Manager, Downtown Bloomsburg, Inc.
  • Nutritionist, Northern Navajo Medical Center
  • Academic Advisor, University of South Florida
  • Conference Technician, Virginia Tech U
  • Archaeologist, Stantec Cultural & Social Science Consulting
  • Assistant, Save the Oceans, Feed the World
  • Environmental Scientist, State of California
  • HIV/AIDS surveillance, Pinellas County Health Department
  • Hillsborough School District Partnership Coordinator, Florida Hospital Tampa
  • Archaeologist, Brockington and Associates Cultural Resources Consulting
  • Museum Program Assistant, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
  • Healthcare Navigator, USF Health
  • Research Specialist, Boston University Medical School
  • Evaluation Researcher, University of Wisconsin–Madison Population Health Institute
  • Operational Planner, FEMA Response Division
  • Education Program Specialist, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health 
  • Archaeologist/Preservation Specialist, Osceola National Forest
  • Director of Special Projects, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • Health Communication Scientist, RTI International
  • Ecological Anthropologist, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
  • Museum Education and Public Programs Manager, Smithsonian Institution
  • Clinical/Translational Research Coordinator III, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Environmental Anthropologist, Los Alamos National Laboratories


Sample Non-Academic Positions Held by PhD Graduates:

  • Research Project Manager, Henry Ford Health 
  • Senior Consumer Insights Manager, Universal Orlando Resort
  • GS 13 Technical Lead Archeologist, US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Clinical Research Coordinator, University of California San Francisco
  • Social Science Project Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, CDC Division of Global Migration and Quarantine 
  • Archaeologist, Pōhakuloa Hawai'i Training Area US Military Training Base
  • Academic Computing Manager for the Social Sciences, Wesleyan University
  • Qualitative Researcher, American Board of Family Medicine
  • Director, Central Regional Center of the Florida Public Archeology Network
  • Cancer Prevention & Control Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Scientist, Southwest National Primate Research Center/Texas Biomed Research Inst
  • Senior Research Associate, Anthrologica
  • Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Agency 
  • Project Manager, James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital 
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, Houston TX
  • Research Social Scientist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • Senior Research Associate, University of Minnesota Medical School – Duluth
  • Research Program Coordinator, University of Pittsburgh, Division of Geriatric Medicine
  • Research and Evaluation Manager, Caminar Latino-Latinos United 
  • CX Research Lead, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Sample Academic (Professor) Positions Held by Our Graduates:

  • Ohio State University
  • University of Arizona
  • University of North Carolina - Chapel HIll
  • University College London
  • University of California, Riverside
  • San Jose State University
  • Kuwait University, Kuwait
  • University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • Morehouse School of Medicine
  • Southern Methodist University 
  • SUNY Old Westbury
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
  • University of North Florida 
  • Georgia State University
  • Howard University
  • Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
  • University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • City University of New York
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Univerity of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • Fayetteville State University
  • California State University Stanislaus
  • University of Montana
  • Clark University
  • University of Alabama
  • USF Morsani College of Medicine
  • University of Miami
  • Univeristy of Wisconsin Stevens Point
  • California State University Dominguez Hills
  • Central Connecticut State University
  • University of Rochester
  • University of North Texas 
  • Wayne State University
  • University of South Dakota
  • University of North Georgia
  • University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • Florida A&M University
  • University of Tampa