Our Mission

As the University of Michigan’s Undergraduate Journal of Anthropology, Crossroads is committed to showcasing the voices, research, opinions, and perspectives of undergraduate students and the broader anthropology community. Our mission is to elevate student scholarship and expand the visibility of anthropology on campus. As a multifaceted publication, we embrace work across all subfields of anthropology and strive to push the boundaries of conventional thought within the discipline. For the 2025–2026 academic year, we also aim to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships with other student organizations, promoting mutual learning, shared knowledge, and collective uplift.

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Our Story

Since 2016, Crossroads has been dedicated to publishing undergraduate work and thoughts of the department and student body related to the discipline of anthropology. It is our goal to increase the visibility of undergraduate student work and the field of anthropology at the University of Michigan.

Anthropology is an inherently expansive discipline, with four dominant subfields: archaeological, biological, sociocultural, and linguistic anthropology. We believe that anthropological study is unique in that it occurs at the crossroads of natural and social sciences. As such, the editorial board at Crossroads encourages submissions not only from courses in anthropology but also from related disciplines, such as Classics, Sociology, History, Area Studies, Environment, Museum Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Linguistics. The only criterion is that submissions possess a cultural and/or evolutionary theme.

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