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SASW Research

The faculty of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work are actively engaged in a wide range of research projects in the United States and around the world. Many of these projects bring in valuable research dollars to Texas Tech, result in presentations and publications, and involve students.

More information about on-going projects is included for Anthropology and Sociology. Please contact the individual PIs if you have questions about one of the projects.

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Anthropology Research Projects

Sociology Research Projects

Numu Tekwapu: Revitalizing and Teaching the Comanche Language

Meyers Spring Archaeological Survey

Documenting and Describing the Jarai Language: an Endangered Language of Vietnam and North America

La Milpa Core Project, Belize

Casilina East Service Area Archaeological Project, Italy

The Body Art Team

US Skilled Immigrants: Education and the Life Course

American Refugees: An Ethnographic Study of the Street Homeless

Gülen Movement in Southeast Turkey

Urban Network: Global and Local