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Congratulations to the Class of 2021!

From all of us at UGA Anthropology, congratulations to the class of 2021! We are so proud of you and all of your hard work. Throughout the challenges and changes of the past year, you did it! We look forward to seeing what you accomplish next. This year, we had three graduate students earn their PhD in Anthropology. Congratulations to Dr. Isabelle Holland Lulewicz, Dr. April Smith, and Dr. Katharine Napora! Isabelle Holland…

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Dr. Jacob Holland-Lulewicz's discovery featured in Archaeology Magazine

Research conducted by UGA Department of Anthropology alumnus, Dr. Jacob Holland-Lulewicz (PhD '18), is featured in Archaeology Magazine's "Top 10 Discoveries of 2020." Dr. Holland-Lulewicz is currently a lecturer in archaeology within the Department of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Holland-Lulewicz on the research feature! Holland-Lulewicz discovery named Top 10 in 2020 | The Source |…

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Congratulations to Justin Cramb and Emily Horton!

With Fall semester right around the corner, we would like to extend a special congratulations to our Spring and Summer 2020 PhD graduates! Dr. Justin Cramb successfully defended his dissertation,“Manihiki and Rakahanga: The Historical Ecology of a Dual-Atoll Cluster” this past spring. He is currently working with UGA's Center for Applied Isotope Studies, providing primary logistical design support, web design/management, outreach, and data…

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Two UGA PhD alumna win NSF for creating safer field schools

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Southern Illinois University Edwardsville $300,000 in support of research aimed at preventing sexual harassment from occurring during undergraduate field-based courses. Emily Beahm (PhD, The University of Georgia, 2013) and Carol Colannino (PhD, The University of Georgia, 2010) along with two other researchers within the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) are principal…

Ben Steer with his book, "The Archaeology of Houses and Households in the Native Southeast"
Alumnus publishes critically lauded book

Ben Steere, Director of Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University (Ph.D. '11), has published a book exploring the evolution of houses and households in the Southeast from the Woodland to the Historic Indian period (200 B.C. to 1800 A.D.). A reviewer states that “The Archaeology of Houses and Households in the Native Southeast” is certain to become an essential reference for anyone doing native archaeology in the Southeast. Another calls…

Photo of Faren Rachels from Rolling Stone magazine
Graduate realizes her country music dreams

2009 graduate Faren Rachels’ tattoo says it all: “[H]ad this dream from a tender age.” Faren, who played and sang in Athens bars before her talent took her around the country and the rooms got bigger, releases her first EP next month and Rolling Stone magazine takes notice. The magazine slots her at number one in a piece called “10 New Country Artists You Need to Know.” Faren was our student worker for two years and anytime you walked…

Asher Rosinger on riverbank
Several UGA anthropologists featured in Georgia magazine

Several faculty members and an alumnus were featured in UGA's fall issue of Georgia Magazine. Asher Rosinger, anthropology Ph.D.’15, MPH ’12 has put his Amazonian research on hold as he serves a two-year stint with the Center for Disease Control as one of only two medical anthropologists known as “disease detectives.” His most recent assignment was studying Zika in Puerto Rico. Rosinger will join Pennsylvania State University as…

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Steere gets award for archaeological excellence from Eastern Band of Cherokee

Ben Steere, alum of this department, now a faculty member at Western Carolina University, has won this recent award given by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.   Click here to read more about Steere's award.
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