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DDHR Graduate Certificate

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Aerial View of Manchester, Houston

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.

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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

Heath, Barbara J.

Barbara J. Heath

Professor & Department Head

Anthropological Archaeology

bheath2@utk.edu
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Kandace D. Hollenbach

Kandace D. Hollenbach

Associate Professor & Associate Head; Associate Curator of Paleoethnobotany, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture

Anthropological Archaeology

kdh@utk.edu
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Khan, Arsalan

Arsalan Khan

Associate Professor

Cultural Anthropology

akhan53@utk.edu
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Pendry, De Ann

De Ann Pendry

Teaching Professor

Cultural Anthropology

dpendry@utk.edu
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Swamy, Raja

Raja Swamy

Associate Professor

Cultural Anthropology

rswamy1@utk.edu
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Wolfe Steadman, Dawnie

Dawnie Wolfe Steadman

Professor

Biological Anthropology

osteo@utk.edu
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DDHR Projects

  • Ugandan people walking down a road
    The Agency of the Dead, Transitional Justice, and Forensic Science in Northern Uganda
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    Hurricane Harvey and Houston, a critical disaster studies project

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