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American University · Anthropology

26.9% of American University's Anthropology course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Anthropology departments, it is 10.4%.

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American University: 26.9% Anthropology at all 100 schools: 10.4% each other school in the comparison

Where Anthropology courses fall

0%Far left92–100

40%Left75–91

45%Center-left59–74

0%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

15%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

20 plotted courses (the ones with a political subject). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right. Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes.

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Framing Subject

Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes. A course on slavery or the Holocaust lands far right and a course on Marx or the Soviet Union lands far left, whether the course praises, criticizes or simply describes it.

Furthest-left subjects

ANTH 210 · Race and Racism83

Anthropology

This course traces the development of the race concept, beginning with the emergence of “pre-racial” categories and continuing into the present period of “post-racialism.” It examines the invention and development of race as an idea over…

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ANTH 215 · Sex, Gender, and Culture83

Anthropology

This course explores the role of sex, gender, and sexuality in shaping our lives and our world. Sex, gender, and sexuality are critical components of every aspect of societies globally. Yet, there is nothing inevitable or “natural” about…

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ANTH 423 · Militarization and Health78

Anthropology

Explores intersections of militarization, technological innovation, civil unrest and health through a survey if international conflicts. Analyzes the ways that profit-based, technology-driven processes of militarization effect and shape…

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Furthest-right subjects

ANTH 422 · Neoliberal Globalization and Health25

Anthropology

Provides grounding to central theories of globalization as neoliberalism as they relate to health, focusing on their global, domestic, and historical dimensions. Contextualizes neoliberal globalization and its effects through an examination…

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ANTH 622 · Neoliberal Globalization and Health25

Anthropology

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ANTH 640 · Current Issues in Anthropology25

Anthropology

Topics vary by section. Rotating topics include issues such as social inequality, urban nature, militarism and state violence, reading/resisting neoliberalism, and Southwest archaeology. Usually Offered: fall and spring. Repeatable for…

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Why this number, in plain words

Share of courses described from the left. Percent of all courses in the group whose Framing reading is leftward: the description frames its subject one-sidedly to the left.

Counted: all courses in the group, including N and I. No interval is published for this number.

Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.

Details: exact rows, definitions and method

Name	Metric	Value	95% interval	n	scored
American University · Anthropology	bias_left_share	26.9	—	52	—
Anthropology	bias_left_share	10.4	9.8 – 11.1	9,234	—

Formula: 100 * count(bias_cat = 'L') / n
Interval: Wilson score 95% (wilson_interval)
Model / prompt / snapshot: gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
Metric caveats: Right-framed courses are almost absent (33 of 124,290); this run cannot tell catalog reality from model sensitivity. Compare schools with adjusted_ratio, not this raw share, because department mix differs.

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