On March 18th-21st, 2026, the American Association of Biological Anthropologists held their 95th annual meeting in Denver, Colorado. Anthropology undergraduate student Payton Gray, graduate student Tabitha Dentice, and professor Dr. Laurie Reitsema attended this conference to share their research, learned about emerging topics and trends in biological anthropology, and fostered their network! From left to right: Payton Gray, Tabitha…

Tuğçe Yalçın was selected for PhD Fellowship at ANAMED (Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations) to pursue her dissertation project. It is a 9-month fellowship that will run from September 2026 until June 2027. This fellowship will support her research by enabling her to reside in Istanbul, providing access to Koç University’s laboratories, and offering financial support for research-related expenses.  This photo was taken in 2019,…

Jacob “Jake” Holland-Lulewicz, an anthropology Ph.D. alumnus from the University of Georgia (UGA), shares insights into his graduate career and how it helped craft a path to achieving his dream role in academia!   During his time at UGA, Jake reflects on the faculty holding the biggest influence on where he is today. Jake emphasizes that it is hard for him to envision a path to where he is today without UGA and the Anthropology…

On January 23, 2026, political scientist Dr. Nathan Cook delivered a seminar and a workshop for graduate students and faculty of the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Integrative Conservation Research at the University of Georgia. Dr. Nathan Cook is an assistant professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, working on the intersections of public policy analysis, environmental policy, and…

University of Georgia (UGA) alumnus Jacob Estes reflects on both his undergraduate and graduate journeys and how his interdisciplinary path helped shape a dynamic career, leading him to where he is now! Originally from East Atlanta, Jacob began his college career playing basketball at a small school where he was awarded a full athletic scholarship to support his higher education. While he excelled academically, he was also recognized as…

PhD Student, Sarieh Amiribeirami, co-authored a paper published in the scientific journal, Nature. Read below for a brief description of the work and if you'd like to access the full paper follow this link. Dogs have been companions for humans for millennia. They were the first animal to be domesticated, and remains with possible dog morphology have been dated to at least 14,000 years ago. But the exact origins and nature of early dog remains a…

Dr. Don Nelson is a part of a team of investigators on the "Resilient Agricultural Landscapes Initiative". This cohort is comprised of many investigators both internally and externally including Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Anthropology, College of Engineering, Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture, Archway Partnership, College of Agriculture and Environmental…

Dr. Isabelle Holland-Lulewicz graduated from the University of Georgia with a BA in Anthropology and BS in Geology in 2015 and again with her PhD in Anthropology in 2020. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Faculty in Ecology at Pennsylvania State University where she is the director of the Socio-ecological Histories of Estuarine Landscapes (SHEL) Lab at Penn State. Her primary research program focuses on the…

Join us in congratulating the following students on receiving departmental award funding this year and read more to learn about their plans. Seungyeon Hong  Recipient of the Janis Faith Steingruber Student Travel Award  With the grant, I will go back to South Korea this summer to collect legacy wood materials from Korean museums for radiocarbon dating. This will help reconstruct regional chronologies during the period of state…

Rui Bai, a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology, recently published two articles examining how prehistoric communities in China organized themselves thousands of years ago. The first, published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, analyzes burial practices at the Shixia site in southern China (ca. 5,000–4,000 years ago) and finds that this society maintained significant social differences through flexible, competitive…