Field Schools
Mt. Trumbull Archaeology Field School
Every summer, archaeologist Dr. Sachiko Sakai offers a field school at a Virgin Branch Ancestral Pueblo at Mt. Trumbull in northwestern Arizona. For six weeks, students gain practical expertise and learn new archaeological methods such as mapping, excavation, artifact analyses, and field survey. Students leave this field school with extensive, applied archaeological knowledge, which can lead to exciting job opportunities, including in CRM. Information about applications is sent out every Spring. Please reach out to Dr. Sakai at Sachiko.Sakai@csulb.edu for any additional questions.
China Ethnographic Film Field School
Travel to China in this summer field school to learn ethnographic film production with Dr. Wilson and Dr. Rousso-Schindler. Students will assist museums preserve indigenous cultures through digital ethnographic media geared towards Chinese audiences. In addition, students will create visual ethnographies (short films, VR/360 cinema projects, and augmented reality projects) on indigenous cultures, Chinese cultural politics, or cultural geography of the area for Western audiences. For more information, contact Dr. Rousso-Schindler Steven.Rousso-Schindler@csulb.edu.
Learn more about the 2026 China Ethnographic Film Field School experience in CSULB News and CLA Study Abroad Roundup
Study Abroad in Deaf Ireland
Barbara LeMaster's Ireland study abroad program was held within the largest deaf community in Dublin, Ireland, with an overnight visit to the second-largest Irish deaf community in Cork. Students stayed in the Deaf Village Ireland (DVI) deaf student dorm rooms, taking Irish Sign Language (ISL) from Irish Deaf Society (IDS) teachers, with afternoon lectures from deaf community members held in the Irish Deaf Museum. All lectures were in ISL and were interpreted into ASL and Irish English. One lecture in British Sign Language (BSL) was interpreted into Irish English, ISL and ASL. Three recent graduates of the ASLD interpreter program worked with LeMaster as an interpreter team to provide ASL interpreting for the pop-up BSL lecture on language deprivation.
Learn more about the 2026 Study Abroad in Deaf Ireland Summer Field School experience in CLA Study Abroad Roundup
