Designed to train the next generation of practicing anthropologists who seek to employ the theories, methods, and analysis of cultural anthropology in service to local and Indigenous communities in Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and Asia. Our program is unique in its geographical and cultural focus, as well as in its commitment to Indigenous peoples. Applied anthropologists find employment with community initiatives, charitable trusts, private businesses, governmental institutions, and non-governmental organizations. Throughout Hawaiʻi, the Pacific, and Asia, applied anthropologists advocate for--and help uphold and promote--the cultural values, practices, resources, and interactions of people in close relationship with their environment. It is the need for community sustainability in the broadest sense that ha s led to the creation of these new engagement-based fields of employment.Conduct meaningful interviews with key members of a community, make interviews available for public dissemination, whether as transcriptions or archived digital resources.Develop appropriate verbal and written communication skills that can assist a community organization's goals.