DDHR Graduate Certificate
Specialized Knowledge
The graduate certificate in Disasters, Displacement, and Human Rights (DDHR) is intended for currently admitted, degree-seeking graduate students wishing to develop specialized knowledge and research skills in the anthropological study of natural and unnatural disasters and humanitarian crises, forced migration, and human rights investigations, policies, practices, and norms.
Graduate Certificate Course Verification
Admissions Standards/Procedures
- Graduate students in other departments and Colleges are eligible for the certificate by application to, and approval by, the Anthropology faculty.
- Departmental prerequisites may be waived for accepted graduate students in other departments and Colleges.
Academic Standards
- A minimum 3.00 graduate GPA must be earned in all certificate courses.
- The certificate reflects specialized academic training only and does not authorize holders as practitioners in any field.
- The certificate will be issued upon university graduation following approval of the Graduate School.
DDHR Faculty
Associate Professor & Associate Head; Associate Curator of Paleoethnobotany, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture
Anthropological Archaeology
Distinguished Lecturer; Adjunct Assistant Professor
Cultural Anthropology
Professor; Director, Forensic Anthropology Center
Biological Anthropology
DDHR Projects
- The Agency of the Dead, Transitional Justice, and Forensic Science in Northern Uganda
- Voices Out Loud
- Houston after Harvey, a critical disaster studies project
