The University of Tennessee’s Department of Anthropology is a community of scholars, students, and staff that:

Approaches anthropology from an integrative, contextual, and interdisciplinary perspective that considers all facets of human lives, experiences, and societies.

Nurtures an environment of empathy, compassion, and respect for multifaceted human experiences and relationships across space and time.

Creates an academic environment of intellectual and emotional growth, curiosity, and reflexive engagement.

Fosters an inclusive environment in which everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

We reach these goals through critical inquiry and rigorous investigation, engaged teaching and active mentorship, ethical research and professional practice, and accountability to the communities with whom we work, in Tennessee and beyond.

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Land Acknowledgment

The land upon which the University of Tennessee-Knoxville is built is part of the traditional territory of the Aniyunwiya peoples (now Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma), Tsoyahá peoples (Yuchi, Muscogee Nation), and Shawnee peoples (Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Shawnee Tribe).

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Departmental Bylaws & Handbook

Bylaws

Our Bylaws express the commitment of the UT Department of Anthropology to collaborative governance and to equitably sharing in the work of such governance. The Bylaws complement the College and the University’s prescriptions for department operations, which can be found in the University’s Faculty Handbook and the Bylaws of the College of Arts and Sciences. College and University writ prevail in cases of divergence.

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Handbook

The Handbook material that applies to all faculty and academic staff members in the Department of Anthropology at The University of Tennessee. As a governance document, the Handbook is intended to be a general summary of policies and guidelines referenced in the Department of Anthropology Bylaws. When official university policies and procedures are changed by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Provost, or the Board of Trustees or other duly constituted authority, such changes become effective on the date designated at the time of their adoption and supersede any conflicting or inconsistent provision in this Handbook.

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