Will AI replace Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
39/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 63% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 36% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 61% of the work
What the job involves
Teach courses in anthropology or archeology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(11)
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, career issues, and laboratory and field research.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as research methods, urban anthropology, and language and culture.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences.
and 6 more
Within reach(8)
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Write grant proposals to procure external research funding and review others' grant proposals.
- Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
and 3 more
Out of reach(7)
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Supervise students' laboratory or field work.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Conduct ethnographic field research.
- Participate in campus and community events.
and 2 more
Also called
Anthropology Instructor · Anthropology Lecturer · Cultural Anthropology Professor · Adjunct Instructor · College Professor · Paleology Teacher · Anthropology Department Chair · Anthropology Professor
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics