Join us for our inaugural meeting. We will discuss in further detail what to expect from this program, including our goals, topics of interest, and how you can contribute to our vision! No social media experience is needed; social media lovers, creative thinkers, and anyone who is just curious are invited! 

See the world through our anthropologists’ eyes! 

Stop by Baldwin Hall Room 250 on October 17 from 1:00–3:00 p.m. for the Fall 2025 Photo Contest Exhibition. Check out the photos, vote for your favorite, and grab some refreshments while you’re there!

Photo submissions will be accepted starting September 27th through the October 10th. No photography experience needed! Share moments from your fieldwork, lab, or anything that captures your anthropological journey—whether it's from across the globe or close to home.  

Submit Your Photos Here

Helena from Sarayaku

In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2025, the Department of Anthropology is hosting a public screening of the film Helena from Sarayaku, followed by a Q&A with the director Eriberto Gualinga, an internationally recognized Indigenous filmmaker from the Kichwa community of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon. 

  Watch the Film Trailer Here

In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2025, the Department of Anthropology is hosting an invited talk with Tulio Viteri, the Director of International Relations for the Indigenous Kichwa community of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Mr. Viteri will give a presentation on the Living Forest Proposal, a grassroots initiative for Indigenous-led conservation and climate change mitigation.

Dr. Don Nelson will be hosting a townhall for Anthropology International Students. Come prepared with questions and to discuss the issues important to you.

As an entering Ph.D. student in anthropology at UGA, I will be working under Dr. Danielle Riebe to broadly study past human-animal relationships in the Great Hungarian Plain. I received my B.A. at the University of Central Florida, where I studied in the Zavodny Isotope Geochemistry and ZooArchaeology Group Lab. My past research has utilized zooarchaeological methods throughout Cape Canaveral to analyze Native American inhabitation sites, along with identifying faunal bone and teeth from Croatia and processing faunal bones from Hungary for isotopic analysis.

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 Political Bird: Elite Falconry, Wildlife Laws and Marginalized Communities of Sindh, Pakistan”.