PhD in Anthropology - Sociocultural Anthropology in La Jolla United States | University of California, San Diego

The sociocultural anthropology faculty and graduate students at UCSD are united by a fundamental interest in how human existence is formed and transformed. Our research explores both the systems that govern life and how communities uphold, adapt, or sometimes challenge these dominant geographical and historical patterns. Key themes in our academic work include: colonial and imperial dynamics, economic changes and governmental shifts, conflicts over concepts of advancement and growth, evolving standards in knowledge creation along with moral and artistic values, disputes about documenting contrasting narratives, recollections, and aspirations, and the unequal distribution of life experiences based on factors like age, ethnicity, nationality, gender, race, faith, and sexual identity.