Business Is Booming for Business Anthropology

Students who want to work in business are well served by taking anthropology courses and earning anthropology degrees. Their anthropological education can be applied in a broad array of businesses: marketing, advertising, marketing research, design, new product development, organizational culture and change, sustainability, risk management, and more. Anthropologists are on staff and consult with Google, Intel, American Eagle, Nissan, ADP, and IBM; anthropologists have conducted consumer, design, and organizational research for Procter & Gamble, Campbell's Soup, WD-40, General Motors, Revlon, IDEO, and MARS, among others; many anthropologists work in advertising agencies, design companies, and marketing research firms.