There are many opportunities for students to work with faculty members on research projects and through internships. Here are a few areas in which students may want to pursue these opportunities:
- Summer Archaeological Field School in western North Carolina or elsewhere in the Eastern United States
- Summer Ethnographic Field School in New York City, NY
- Summer Ethnographic Field School in the Ecuadorian Amazon (past program)
- Summer Ethnographic Field School in Mexico (exchange agreement)
- Summer Biological Anthropology Field School in Costa Rica (referral program)
- Summer Ethnographic Field School in Appalachia (past program)
- Summer Appalachian Studies and Anthropology Program in Wales (past program)
- Internships with a variety of service agencies and archeological projects, e.g. Appalachian Voices (environment); High Country Amigos (hispanics); Laboratories of Archeological Science; Sustainable Communities Coordinator; Legal Services of the Blue Ridge; Watauga Medical Center Forensic Pathology Lab; Hunger Coalition; Appalachian Cultural Museum; Student Action with Farmworkers, English as a Second Language, etc.
