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PhD Candidate Receives American Society of Primatologists' Primate Welfare Award

Rhiannon Schultz, PhD Candidate in Anthropology, recently presented some of her dissertation research at the annual meeting of the American Society of Primatologists.
Three people—an elderly man, a young boy, and another adult man—stand in conversation on a dry, open landscape scattered with low shrubs. They wear traditional light-colored clothing and hold wooden walking sticks. In the background, multiple large wind turbines rise across the horizon under a partly cloudy sky, suggesting a juxtaposition of local community life and renewable energy development. A few goats can be seen grazing in the distance.

PhD Candidate Receives National Science Foundation Grant for Research on Understanding the Interface of Diplomacy, Politics, and Conservation

Asif Ali Sandeelo, a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Integrative Conservation (ICON) and Anthropology program at UGA, has received a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project titled “A Politi

Figure 5. Map of Türkiye showing the predicted standard error in the 87Sr/86Sr isoscape model across the Anatolian landscape.

UGA researchers create new tool to track ancient human movement in Türkiye

UGA Anthropology professor Suzanne Pilaar Birch is the senior author of a new study that helps uncover how people moved across ancient Türkiye.

A person examines a decorated pottery sherd at an archaeological lab table. The table is covered with various pottery fragments, some labeled in plastic bags, a caliper for measuring, and other lab tools used for artifact analysis

Understanding people, and reaching them: UGA Anthropology tops public impact ranking

Anthropology has always been about understanding people, but how often does that understanding reach the public it seeks to serve?

Alt text: A group of University of Georgia Anthropology graduates pose together in their caps and gowns in front of a large screen that reads “Congratulations Graduates! Department of Anthropology.” The group includes about two dozen smiling students, some holding diploma covers and gift bags, standing and kneeling in rows in a classroom or lecture hall.

Congratulations Class of 2025!

The Department of Anthropology extends our warmest congratulations to this year’s graduating students! We are proud to call you alumni and look forward to seeing the impact you will make in the world!