Friends of Anthropology is a support group dedicated to sponsoring graduate student research and education within UC Santa Barbara's Department of Anthrophony. Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara is one of the top programs in the country, with some of the most exceptional graduate students in the field. Students and faculty work throughout Latin America, Egypt and the Sudan, South Asia, and the United States. Gifts to the Friends of Anthropology fund sponsor graduate student research and education, supporting the next generation of outstanding anthropological research.