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Practicing Anthropology

Below is a select list of alumni who have recently graduated from our program with a BA in Anthropology. They are immediately leveraging their anthropological training into positions that will set the pace for their longer career goals.
  • Amaris Charles (2025): Fulbright English Teaching Assistant to Thailand
  • Tori Aldrich (2025): Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey
  • Ciara Hendricks (2025): Museum Experience Associate at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
  • Nel Klimas (2025): Intern at Ray Roberts Lake State Park
  • Logan King (2025): Client Services Representative at Heritage Auctions
  • Ellen Christensen (2024): Employed with the American Anthropological Association as an administrative assistant where she focuses on advocacy and education.
  • Lucille Gradillas (2023): Employed in the non-profit and government sectors having worked with AmeriCorps VISTA where she created a teen volunteer program for the S’edav Va’aki Museum in Phonix, Arizona and served as Program Director for Teen Volunteers, facilitating Title 1 participation in cultural institutions by building the Cholla Buds: Pen Pal Program. They are currently starting a job with the State of Arizona’s Department of Child Safety.
  • Tam Do (2022): Employed as a Cultural Steward with Montana State Parks Americorps.
  • Mia Rogers (2022): Legal intern with the Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services Pro Bono Team in Washington, DC
  • Jordan Mitchell (2022): Peace Corps volunteer in North Macedonia
  • Ryan Lorber (2022): Career Coach, UNT Career Center

Click on the Padawan Society page to view a sample of the graduate programs where our undergraduate alumni have been offered acceptance.

The following include a selected list of veteran alumni that have graduated from our undergraduate program and are continuing to apply their anthropological training in established careers. Check back often as we will periodically change our featured profile.
Career Profile

Chris Ice

Chris Ice (1997): Community Engagement Coordinator for Denton ISD, G.O.A.L. Founder

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The department of anthropology recently sat down with Chris Ice, a UNT Anthropology alumnus, to talk about his time in the department and how he has used anthropology to shape his career. Chris graduated in 1997, spending a few years in the service industry before starting work with Dallas ISD at Esperanza Hope Medrano Elementary School. This school provided him with a place to “cut his teeth” and “exercise the cultural awareness” learned in his studies. Working with students who were 95% English second language learners and 100% on reduced-price lunch really made him aware of the specific needs of students. In 2007, Chris would move to begin working with Denton ISD as a teacher. The pedagogy and teaching methods he used caught the attention of the bilingual ESL department at Denton ISD, which offered him the ESL coordinator position for the entire district. While working at Denton ISD, Chris Ice established the GOAL program (Guys and Girls Operating as Leaders), an extracurricular program for students that merges soccer, leadership, and community service to help “students who may feel detached from the regular programming.” The GOAL program relies on a triangle philosophy emphasizing the importance and connectedness of school, family, and community. Escuela, familia y comunidad. Starting at one middle school in 2010, the GOAL program is now present at over 11 middle schools and 12 elementary schools in the Denton area, serving both the students and the community. Chris Ice is currently the Community Engagement Coordinator for the Denton Independent School District, where he helps serve the community from an administrative position. While he is not on the field directly coaching kids anymore, he is still using his anthropological knowledge and experience to have an impact on all of Denton ISD.