"Higher Ed Studies" Phd Programs?

[mfafiction2019]

Like I've said before in another thread, I won't be applying for PhD programs for at least another year (Fall 2017 would be the absolute earliest, though it's probably more likely that I'd be applying in Fall 2018), but I'm just trying to figure out where I should go/what I should do after I finish up the masters degree I'm working on. Like I said in that other thread, I'm currently working on a MA in Social Anthropology at a university abroad (though I have a very good reason for it, as in, my program is located in my geographic area of interest and it's much, much easier for me to do fieldwork there while living/studying there than it would be to just go during the summers like I would if I was studying in the US - my fieldwork is located mostly in universities that would either be in the middle of exams or on vacation during that time), but my research deals mostly with issues surrounding higher education (right now I'm researching student political activism in higher education in the country where I'm studying, but I'm interested in basically all aspects of higher ed, both in this country and in the US, but examined through an anthropological lens).

I was trying to search for sociocultural anthropology PhD programs in the US, but I didn't find too many people interested in education or higher education, so I expanded my search for PhD programs in various graduate schools of education (the UCLA HEOC program looks amazing and there's a professor/potential POI (?) there who has written an article on something very similar to what I'm currently researching). I also have checked out the Columbia Teacher's College program in Anthropology and Education, which also looks excellent. I was just wondering, I guess, if there were more of those types of programs out there, or even anthropology departments with people who research higher ed.

Thanks!!

ETA: I'd also be interested in any similar programs in Canada (I'm not strictly limited to the US)

Edited January 12, 2016 by nywnorb120191

[cursoryevent]

Sounds like you have time, but what I would do is make contact with one or two POI's who match your interests and ask them to connect you with their colleagues or their professional associations.  Since you are entering the Education field as sort of an outsider (I am in the same boat), they will probably be more understanding if you don't know a lot of people. 

I had a very specific research interest of my own and I was surprised how many institutions I was able to find on my own after a year of searching.  In hind-sight, after a few interviews, I realized these people all know each other.  So...  make one connection and keep asking for more until you start to experience diminishing returns. 

What I do know is that some education departments do offer minors/emphases in applied anthropology and things of that nature.