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Anthropologists

SOC 19-3091.01

Research, evaluate, and establish public policy concerning the origins of humans; their physical, social, linguistic, and cultural development; and their behavior, as well as the cultures, organizations, and institutions they have created.

Zone 5 Life, Physical, and Social Science

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Reading Comprehension

4.2

Writing

4.2

Active Listening

4.0

Speaking

4.0

Science

4.0

Critical Thinking

4.0

Active Learning

4.0

Complex Problem Solving

3.9

Knowledge Areas 8

Sociology and Anthropology

5.0

English Language

4.5

History and Archeology

4.3

Education and Training

3.8

Foreign Language

3.5

Geography

3.5

Computers and Electronics

3.3

Biology

3.3

Key Tasks

1Collect information and make judgments through observation, interviews, and review of documents.

2Write about and present research findings for a variety of specialized and general audiences.

3Teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology.

4Plan and direct research to characterize and compare the economic, demographic, health care, social, political, linguistic, and religious institutions of distinct cultural groups, communities, and organizations.

5Gather and analyze artifacts and skeletal remains to increase knowledge of ancient cultures.

Also Known As

American Indian Policy Specialist Applied Anthropologist Applied Cultural Anthropologist Egyptologist Ethnologist Evaluation Specialist Forensic Anthropologist Medical Anthropology Director Physical Anthropologist Political Anthropologist