Photo Contest Gallery Show The Department of Anthropology is excited to host our Photo Contest Gallery Show!!! Stop by Friday, September 9th from 1-3 pm at the Anthropology Main Office (250 Baldwin Hall) to view our undergraduate and graduate galleries, vote for this year's winners, and enjoy sweet treats and refreshments! Voting starts Friday, September 9th @1pm and ends Friday, September 16th @5 pm Winners will be announced on Monday, September 19th!!!! Read more about Photo Contest Gallery Show
"Reconsidering the Depopulation of the St. Lawrence River Valley Using a Radiocarbon and Material-Based Perspective" - Dissertation Defense by Jon Micon Jon Micon will defend his Dissertation, "Reconsidering the Depopulation of the St. Lawrence River Valley Using a Radiocarbon and Material-Based Perspective", on Friday, November 11th at 2:00pm. Please join us in supporting his hard work and congratulate him on this accomplishment. Way to go Jon! Read more about "Reconsidering the Depopulation of the St. Lawrence River Valley Using a Radiocarbon and Material-Based Perspective" - Dissertation Defense by Jon Micon
Dr. Suzanne Pilaar Birch part of team awarded NSF Grant to Advance Ethical Open Science Dr. Suzanne Pilaar Birch is a co-Principal Investigator of “Disciplinary Improvements for Past Global Change Research: Connecting Data Systems and Practitioners” which has just been funded under the National Science Foundation’s Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable Open Science Research Coordination Networks (FAIROS RCN) program. Read more about Dr. Suzanne Pilaar Birch part of team awarded NSF Grant to Advance Ethical Open Science
This Week: Recent Anthropology PhD Graduates start as new Assistant Professors! Katharine Napora, PhD is an environmental archaeologist at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Napora specializes in coastal societies to better understand how people interacted with the Atlantic coastlines of North America and Europe. Her passions include developing collaborative, interdisciplinary projects, advancing heritage science methodologies, and using information about the ancient past to improve resilience, sustainability, and social justice. Read more about This Week: Recent Anthropology PhD Graduates start as new Assistant Professors!
Congratulations to Dr. Laura German, whose NSF Research Team seminar proposal, "Advancing the Anthropology of Contract," was selected for funding by the School for Advanced Research Congratulations to Dr. Laura German, whose NSF Research Team seminar proposal, Advancing the Anthropology of Contract was selected for funding by the School for Advanced Research (SAR). Read more about Congratulations to Dr. Laura German, whose NSF Research Team seminar proposal, "Advancing the Anthropology of Contract," was selected for funding by the School for Advanced Research
Alina Karapandzich Photo: First Name: Alina Last Name: Karapandzich Read more about Alina Karapandzich I graduated from the College of Wooster in 2018 with a BA in archaeology and classical studies (emphasis on classical languages). Since graduating, I have worked at a public library as a youth services associate (yes, this included organizing story times for young children) and then lived in Paraguay for two years with my partner who is Paraguayan.
New research on Gorilla vocalizations by Dr. Roberta Salmi featured in ScienceNews The ScienceNews story, "Zoo gorillas use a weird new call that sounds like a sneezy cough," features a published article by Dr. Roberta Salmi and colleagues. To read Dr. Salmi's full article, "A novel attention-getting vocalization in zoo-housed western gorillas," click here! Read more about New research on Gorilla vocalizations by Dr. Roberta Salmi featured in ScienceNews
Evan Desrosiers Crispell Photo: First Name: Evan Last Name: Desrosiers Crispell Read more about Evan Desrosiers Crispell I am a first-year PhD student in the Integrative Conservation and Anthropology program at UGA. I hold an MA in Visual Anthropology from the University of Manchester and for the past 4 years have worked as a freelance documentary filmmaker and videographer, telling the stories of mission-driven institutions and creatively communicating scholarly research. My research interests include multispecies relationality, multimodal ethnography, and the legacies of colonialism in agrarian contexts.