Anthropology at UGA's CURO Symposium

Anthropology students at the University of Georgia recently presented their research at the annual CURO Symposium, organized by the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. Given the opportunity to communicate their own research to our broader community, students presented findings that highlighted diverse aspects of human culture and history. 

 

Bill Evans

Department of Anthropology, Mentors: Dr. Attila Gyucha and Dr. Danielle Riebe

Figurative and Literal Church Foundations: A Multi-Method Investigation of Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, Georgia

Bill Evans

 

Sophie Forbes

Department of Anthropology, Mentors: Dr. Carey Garland and Dr. Victor Thompson

Using Sclerochronology to Examine Indigenous and Post-Contact Harvest Patterns of the Eastern Oyster on Ossabaw Island, Georgia, U.S.A.

Sophie Forbes

 

Tillman Norsworthy

Department of Anthropology, Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Birch

Hurricane Sound: Collective Memory Through Pop Music in the Caribbean

Tillman Norsworthy

 

Alexandria Solomon

Department of Anthropology, Mentor: Dr. Bram Tucker

Comparative Analysis of Socioeconomic Contexts of Farming Versus Foraging In Southwestern Madagascar

Alexandria Solomon

 

Max Davis

Department of Geography, Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Pilaar Birch, Department of Anthropology and Department of Geography

Prehistoric Odysseys: Inferring Ancient Migration, Climate, and Diet Using Supervised Machine Learning Processes

 

Max Davis

Savannah Chruszcz

Department of History and Department of Geology, Mentor: Dr. Suzanne Pilaar Birch, Department of Anthropology and Department of Geography

The Evolution of the Georgia Museum of Natural History Collections in the Twentieth Century 

Savannah Chruszcz