I often receive emails from the Anthropology faculty and
staff alerting me of opportunities to study abroad, participate in a field school,
or look into a particular graduate program. Sometimes they are sent to all
anthropology students, sometimes a selection of them, and in many cases they
are sent only to me. Most of the time, these advertisements – titled something
like, “FORWARD THIS TO YOUR STUDENTS!” – don’t apply to my interests, and they
go right into the Trash folder. This past December, however, I received one that
caught my eye and I had to give it a go.
