▁and ▁public ▁education ▁activities ▁purs ued ▁by ▁Bo as , ▁his ▁former ▁students , ▁and ▁their ▁associ ates — event ually ▁including ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁anth rop ology ▁as ▁pract iced ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States — en comp ass ed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁discrete ▁areas ▁of ▁inqu iry ▁and ▁activity . ▁These ▁include ▁many ▁anth rop ological ▁special izations ▁and ▁neighbor ing ▁inter - dis cipl ines , ▁such ▁as ▁those ▁known ▁today ▁as ▁museum ▁anth rop ology , ▁folk lor istics , ▁lingu istic ▁anth rop ology , ▁Native ▁American ▁studies , ▁and ▁eth n oh istory . ▁ ▁Bo as ian ▁anth rop olog ists ▁Bo as ▁had ▁a ▁large ▁group ▁of ▁students ▁who ▁domin ated ▁the ▁first ▁generation ▁of ▁professional ▁anth rop olog ists ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁found ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁anth rop ology ▁depart ments ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁Among ▁the ▁prominent ▁students ▁of ▁Bo as ▁who ▁became ▁ex ponents ▁of ▁Bo as ian ▁anth rop ology ▁were : ▁Ruth ▁Bened ict ▁Edward ▁S ap ir ▁Margaret ▁M ead ▁Alfred ▁K roe ber ▁Glad ys ▁Reich ard ▁Roland ▁Bur rage ▁D ixon ▁Alexander ▁Golden we iser ▁Robert ▁L owie ▁John ▁R . ▁Sw anton ▁Paul ▁Rad in ▁Mel ville ▁H ers kov its ▁Gene ▁Welt fish ▁Mel ville ▁Jacob s ▁Ruth ▁Under hill ▁Alexander ▁L esser ▁Les lie ▁Sp ier ▁Els ie ▁Cle ws ▁Par s ons ▁Ruth ▁Bun zel ▁Z ora ▁Ne ale ▁Hur ston ▁Frank ▁Spe ck ▁