The UGA Today article, "How do people solve global problems?" quotes both Dr. Birch and Dr. Kowalewski as they discuss collaborative problem-solving methods and the archaeological evidence behind them. The article also notes the new book, “The Evolution of Social Institutions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.”

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.

"When disinformation makes sense: Contextualizing the war on coal in Appalachian Kentucky" by PhD candidate, Shelly Biesel, is now available for early view in Economic Anthropology. This manuscript utilizes "qualitative interviews, participant observation, and discourse analysis" in order to "explore how war‐on‐coal disinformation becomes a commonsense explanation for many dealing with coal industry recession."

Professor and Ethnoecology and Biodiversity Lab Director, Dr. Virginia Nazarea, along with University of Georgia alumna (B.A. '13) and Syracuse University PhD candidate, Terese Gagnon, recently edited Moveable Gardens: Itineraries and Sanctuaries of Memory to be released in 2021. This book also features UGA Department of Anthropology contributors, including PhD candidates, Melanie Narciso and Emily Ramsey, as well as alumnus, Dr. James R.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the University of Georgia (UGA) recently announced a partnership that connects the interdisciplinary expertise of UGA’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS), with the vast on-the-ground experience of USACE’s Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) Initiative to form the Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN).

We are excited to announce a new Double Dawgs program launching Fall 2020: the Anthropology AB/Historic Preservation MHP. This new program gives students the opportunity to earn both their Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Master of Historic Preservation in five years. Learn more about the program and view a sample 5 year plan of study here. If you are interested in the program or have further questions, please contact Dr. Jennifer Birch at jabirch@uga.edu

The Department of Anthropology and the Laboratory of Archaeology's Dr. Stephen Kowalewski served as an editor on the newly published, The Evolution of Social Institutions-Interdisciplinary Perspectives. This book presents a novel and innovative approach to the study of social evolution through articles written by scholars from multiple disciplines including, Dr. Kowalewski and Dr. Jennifer Birch.

The SAA Archaeological Record featured the Dating Iroquoia project in their September issue. The issue features multiple articles by members of the Dating Iroquoia team, including Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Jennifer Birch, and PhD candidates, Megan Conger and Jonathan Micon, who are both Research Assistants on the project. The SAA Archaeological Record is the magazine of the Society for American Archaeology.

Dr. Victor Thompson, Dr. Brandon Ritchison (PhD '19), and PhD candidate, Isabelle Holland Lulewicz, along with Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Bryan Tucker and US National Park Service's John A Turck recently had their article, "Climate change, resilience, and the Native American Fisher-hunter-gatherers of the late holocene on the Georgia coast, USA" published. 

PhD student, Louisiana Lightsey was recently featured in Flagpole magazine for her Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Shelter Project.