Danica Cooper will graduate with honors this spring from the anthropology department with a concentration in physical anthropology, a certificate in African studies, and a minor in museum studies. She came to Pitt with experience in student teaching and has continued to do so in Swahili language classes. She has always been interested in music, and is the Equipment and Facilities Operations Manager and Transcription Specialist for Pitt’s first show choir. She became interested in African music and is now the President of the African Music and Dance Club. She has obtained internships both at the University Art Gallery and a locally-owned art gallery. She is also a member of the Outside the Classroom Curriculum Honorary Society. After graduation, she is accepting a part-time position with an African music and dance company and plans to pursue a position with a museum of natural history.