When alumni share their experiences during their time at UGA, current and prospective students gain valuable perspectives on what they can achieve after graduating. Current PhD student Dominique Valentine recently met with Dr. Emily Horton, a 2020 Anthropology and Integrative Conservation (ICON) PhD alumna who is now a Social Scientist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Combating Wildlife Trafficking Branch, International Affairs.

PhD student Seungyeon Hong recently shared an update on the Dating Iroquoia project, detailing the critical role of tree-ring analysis in radiocarbon dating. Hong explains how examining the structure of tree rings—particularly the outermost rings—can provide more accurate dating of past human activities.

The Department of Anthropology is pleased to invite all recent or pending graduates - Fall 2024, Spring 2025, or Summer 2025 - and their guests to join faculty and staff at the Anthropology Undergraduate Graduation Celebration! There is no limit to the number of guests you may invite or bring. Refreshments will be provided.

Chris Saunders will defend his master's thesis: Contextualizing Sensitive Imagery in Archaeological Publications and Their Corresponding Ethics in the American Southeast.

Christina Crespo will defend her dissertation: Enacting Change Through Everyday Practices: A Laboratory Ethnography of Science Otherwise at CLEAR.

Sophie Forbes will be defending her Marter's thesis: Examining 5,000 Years of Harvest Patterns of the Eastern Oyster via Sclerochronology on Ossabaw Island, Georgia.

A group of excited students recently visited the University of Georgia’s Anthropology Department for a special field trip, where they got a behind-the-scenes look at real and replica bones, asked questions, and discovered how archaeologists use bones to study the past.