 Hi, I'm Dr. Irma McLaurin and I began Why Anthropology as a way to answer the question that was often asked of me. Given its colonial history, why do you study anthropology? And for the last decade, I've spent time asking that question of black anthropologist who represent the forefield in American anthropology of cultural, linguistic, biological and archeological anthropology. And so I hope you'll enjoy this series. It's been fun doing it and I hope it will encourage students of all persuasions to consider anthropology as not only an academic field of inquiry, but also as a discipline that can provide you with tools that are transferable to other parts of your life, in your personal life, in your professional life. Not all anthropologists are teaching in colleges and universities. Some of us are working as consultants. People work with nonprofits. They're anthropologists who work with the financial sector. There are others who do corporate anthropology. So the possibilities are endless. And so why anthropology? Why not?