{"id":3798,"date":"2025-01-24T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/?p=3798"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:45:46","slug":"audrey-joachim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/2025\/01\/24\/audrey-joachim\/","title":{"rendered":"Audrey Joachim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h4><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Audrey Joachim<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3800 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-4.19.20\u202fPM-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-4.19.20\u202fPM-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-4.19.20\u202fPM-991x1024.jpg 991w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-4.19.20\u202fPM-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2024-12-06-at-4.19.20\u202fPM.jpg 1330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Majors:<\/strong> Anthropology &amp; Linguistics, USC Class of 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask Me About: <\/strong>Ask me about double-majoring (I\u2019m also studying linguistics); applying to graduate school; prospective career paths and applications of anthropology outside of academia; the American Anthropological Association (volunteering, conference attendance, resources, networking, journals); presenting at conferences; conducting independent ethnographic research; designing a curriculum for ANTH 490; book recommendations; getting involved with on-campus labs; navigating classes; connecting with professors both inside and outside of the department<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice:<\/strong> Anthropology is an experience of learning as much as it is one of unlearning. As a student of anthropology, you will question and deconstruct the most familiar aspects of everyday life. This requires reflexivity and introspection, which will come naturally as you take classes that address niches of humanity and culture in-depth that you may have never given a second thought to. In my first anthropology class at USC, Dr. Thomas Ward began by saying, \u201cdon\u2019t believe anything I tell you.\u201d This sentiment was counterintuitive at first, but now, as a senior, it is a clear guide to the discipline of anthropology: question what you think you know\u2013and why you came to know it\u2013about the ways of the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/anth-student-ambassadors\/\"><strong>Back to Anthropology Student Ambassadors Page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":681,"featured_media":3800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ambassador","category-student-profile"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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