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Meet our new Graduate Students!

The Department of Anthropology is pleased to welcome this year’s cohort of graduate students.

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Reef Doctor: Restoring marine life and livelihoods in Madagascar

Madagascar’s geographic isolation has resulted in one of the most unique and remarkable places on earth for its biodiversity, and the only place on the planet where most of its species exist.

Dr. Pilaar Birch standing at her field site in Jordan

Understanding past civilizations' responses to climate change

How have human civilizations responded to significant environmental changes in the past and how have these changes influenced agrarian societies' interactions with their ecological settings and their strategies for managing water, plants, and animals? Dr.
Schultz taking selfie with gorilla

How research is enhancing gorilla health in zoos

If you have visited a North American zoo in recent years, you may have stumbled upon someone intently observing the gorillas and carefully noting their behaviors. Who is that and what are they doing?

student in the forest waist-deep in water smiling at the camera

Mapping the future: How a PhD student is reshaping conservation in Indonesia