Professor Richard H. Meadow ’68, the head tutor for archeology, advises all of its roughly 30 non-honors and honors concentrators on general topics such as course selection and grant applications.

In monthly group meetings with honors seniors, he says, he aims to “build a community among the students.”

As a smaller department, anthropology advisers can broaden their efforts beyond simply giving advice to its undergraduates. Many of the advising staff also work on increasing the department’s exposure around campus and attracting freshmen. In particular, Caton says the department tries to “put the name of anthropology out at main events,” citing Advising Fortnight and the Professors and Pasties discussion series as examples.

“This has helped to make undergraduates more aware of unconventional concentrations like anthropology,” Caton says.

—Staff writer Nikita Kansra can be reached at nkansra01@college.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Sabrina A. Mohamed can be reached at smohamed@college.harvard.edu.