Prospective graduate students have been writing me for advice about doctoral and masters programs in visual anthropology. Since my previous entry on this topic is outdated, I've decided to update it to the best of my current knowledge.
M.A. Programs
- USA: San Francisco State University, MA in Visual Anthropology
- USA: University of Southern California - Masters in Visual Anthropology
Ph.D. Granting Institutions with Visual Anthropology Programs/Faculty
- USA: Harvard University - Sensory Ethnography Lab and Secondary PhD in Film and Visual Studies
- USA: New York University - Profs. Faye Ginsburg, Tejaswini Ganti, Haidy Geismar, Noelle Stout. Also see Center for Media, Culture, and History
- USA: Temple University - faculty
- USA: U. of South Carolina - Ph.D. with research foci in visual anthropology
- USA: Yale University - Karen Nakamura*
* Italics = denotes junior faculty member who may or may not be taking on graduate students.
Note that the wikipedia entry on Visual Anthropology also has a very useful list of visual anthropology programs.
I'll keep updating this list, if you have any suggestions, additions, corrections, feel free to e-mail me or drop a comment below. Last updated: 2009/10/23
Note that I have separate entries for graduate programs in Japan Anthropology and Disability Studies.
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I have studied anthropology as a general education module at the university!It really fascinates me!It is not a boring subject!Visual anthropology seems to be much interesting!Thanks for the info.