From observing and analyzing Chimpanzee behavior to exploring ways of life around the world to studying the material cultures of aboriginal peoples of America, our students enjoy an exciting and challenging curriculum. Outside the classroom, they continue their conversations through the Primatology Club, Society for the Enhancement of Anthropology at Miami (SEAM), and Students for a Free Tibet. Beyond Miami’s campus our students engage in excavations in the Caribbean, work with ecological activists in Brazil, and study with Tibetan refugees in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Join our students in Dharamsala!
The fourteen students attending Miami's Tibetan Studies Abroad Program this semester with anthropologists Deborah Akers and Humayun Sidky are blogging about their lives and experiences. You can read about their adventures in learning and post your own coments here.

Studying Squirrel Monkeys in Ecuador
Maura Reilly (2009) studied primate biology and behavior at a field school in Costa Rica with Dr. Scott Suarez and researched ape play at the Toledo Zoo under Linda Marchant. A past president of Miami's Primatology Club, she spent her summer conducting research on squirrel monkeys in Ecuador as part of her Undergraduate Summer Scholars award (2009). Read about her experiences here.

Studying Rabies in India
Nathan Devore (Class of 2011) is conducting multifaceted research in India entitled "Public Discourses on Rabies in India.". He began the summer with Hindi language intensive study. Then he settled into research in New Delhi on cultural knowledge about rabies funded by a 2009 Undergraduate Summer Scholar grant from Miami, and a Research Experience for Undergraduates supplement to Dr. Mark Allen Peterson's National Science Foundation Grant. Then he went on to study in Miami's Tibetan Studies program in Dharamsala. You can read what Nathan has to say about his study abroad experiences here.