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Professor Will Taylor’s comments in The New York Times article "Archaeology Faces Deep Cuts in Federal Budget Proposal" highlight a critical issue for both science and cultural heritage. As an expert in archaeology and anthropology, Taylor

Zachachary Cooper (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) has successfully defended his dissertation, "Northern Rio Grande Resistance to the Chaco World." ÌýHis committee members were Scott Ortman (Chair), Cathy Cameron, Steve Lekson, Dimitri Nakassis (

Emily Opack (Biological Anthropology, PhD in Progress) has successfully passed her qualifying exam. Her committee consisted of Professors Matt Sponheimer, ÌýMichelle Sauther, and Fernando Villanea.

Drew Zackary (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) successfully defended his dissertation,"Pathways and Assemblages: Life and Movement in Kanchenjunga." ÌýHis committee members were professors Carole McGranahan (Chair), Alison Cool, Jerry Jacka

Urmi Bhattacheryya (Cultural Anthropology, PhD in progress) successfully defended her MA paper, "Where Law Does Not Reach: How Marital Rape Survivors Make Meaning in Cross-cultural India." ÌýHer committee members were Gerardo Gutierrez (Chair),

Olumide Ojediran (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) successfully defended his MA paper, "Understanding Human-Equid Relationships in the Old Oyo Empire, West Africa" ÌýHis committee were Professors William Taylor (chair), Scott Ortman, and Eric Jones

Lauren Barrett (Cultural Antthopology, PhD Candidate) successfully defended her dissertation, "Everyday Energy: An Ethnography of Justice and Electrification in Colorado’s Weatherization Assistance Program." Lauren’s committee includes Professors

Austin Sibley (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) successfully defended her dissertation, titled "Love and Worry: Parenting and the Temporality of Transgender Childhood in the US." Dr. Sibley's brilliant and timely dissertation analyzes the

Professor Lauren Hosek receives an 2025 CU Research & Innovation Seed Grant award. ÌýThis grant will help fund her project, Bioarchaeological Synthesis of Deviant Burials in Early Medieval Central Europe.Ìý

Cristian Figueroa (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) awarded a Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) 2025 Graduate Summer Fellowship. The CHA Summer Graduate Fellowship provides funds to support Cristian's summer research project.Ìý