Anthropology Department

Greetings!

The Cultural and Environmental Resource Management Graduate Program (CERM) invites students to apply to our interdisciplinary MS program to work with faculty in the Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. The two-year program integrates faculty and course work from Anthropology, Economics and Geography to develop research on issues related to cultural and natural resource management, environmental change, and policy.  

The initial deadline for Fall 2021 applications and funding is February 1^st, 2021; however, applications are reviewed after this date as well and into the summer months. Graduate assistantship funding is available on a competitive basis. Students applying from the 16 states within the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) are eligible for in-state tuition. GRE scores are not required for our program. For more information, please the CWU Graduate Studies page.

Anthropology faculty conduct ongoing research in archaeology, ethnographic studies, environmental anthropology, NAGPRA, Museum Studies, and many more areas of cultural resource management (please see attached flier). Faculty work closely with and mentor students to complete original thesis research with a strong emphasis on fieldwork and/or collaboration with cultural and natural resource agencies or Native American communities. 

Research specializations and faculty can be found at: https://www.cwu.edu/anthropology/faculty

Please forward this to individuals that may be interested in our program and encourage anyone with questions to contact me at Patrick.McCutcheon@cwu.edu. 

Thank you very much!

Patrick T. McCutcheon, PhD

Professor, Department of Anthropology and Museum Studies
Co-Director, Cultural and Environmental Resource Management Program 

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA 98926
509-963-2075

Best way to contact me is email: Patrick.McCutcheon@cwu.edu