

Anthropology is the study of humanity from a holistic and comparative perspective incorporating research on all aspects of human existence across time and space, including human evolution and biological diversity, human society and social issues, culture, language, art and expression, economy, politics and power, identity-making, religion and philosophy, economy, and relations with the natural world.
The Cal State LA Department of Anthropology offers courses in the discipline's five main subfields:
The study of culture in all its manifestations, social organization, and social issues.
The study of human evolution and biological variation and their relation to behavior.
The study of society through the collection and analysis of the remains of human activity past and present.
The study of language and the connections between language and culture.
The application of anthropological knowledge to resolving social conflicts and meeting human needs.
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Amira Ainis is an archaeologist interested in better understanding how people in the past lived in and interacted with coastal and island environments in Alta and Baja California.
The Cal State LA Anthropology Club for Academic Success hosted its First Annual Student Conference on April 30, 2022. The theme of this year's conference was The Many Facets of Anthropology. Fifteen undergraduate and graduate students from across the CSU system participated. René L. Vellanoweth (dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences at Cal State LA) presented a paper entitled "Cultivating Journeys in Anthropology: My Life as an Archaeologist."
The conference included the following student presenters and papers:
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