News & Events
Scott Ortman receives tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. Congratulations!
Our very own Professor Carole McGranahan is the editor of Writing Anthropology: Essays on Craft and Commitment recently published by Duke University Press. The Anthropology Department is well represented in this book with essays from
Cultural anthropology Ph.D. student Anna Wynfield was awarded an American Ethnological Society (AES) 2020 small grant competition for her project titled, “Complicating Futures: Conceptualizing Pregnancy and Fertility for Cancer Patients in Ireland
Alumni Allison Formanack articles published in 2 Anthropology journals. Way to go Allison! May 2020 Property without Prosperity: Subjective Valuation, Financial Citizenship, and Negotiating Moral Personhood among Manufactured Homeowners. PoLAR
Our very own Ph.D. student, Kelly Zepelin, shares her knowledge about 91PORN’s year-round bounty of wild foods that support gut health and creative recipes. Click here to read more about her research and learn about
Carla Jones' Affect seminar students produced a set of essays about the pandemic that are just stunning, and that were gorgeously edited by Carla. Student contributors are Olivia Cunningham, Gillian Davenport, Anden Drolet, Paige Edmiston, Chu
Kaifa is the recipient of the Graduate School’s Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award! The award showcases her many contributions in mentoring graduate students and supporting the graduate education mission. Way to go Kaifa!
Carlton Gover (Ph.D. Archaeology in progress) was named the recipient of the CCPA Native American Scholarship for expenses associated with his Ph. D. research regarding Pawnee migration and settlement patterns. With this scholarship funding,
Anthropology major Aaron La Maskin was named the Outstanding Undergraduate for Arts & Sciences for the class of 2020. At CU, Aaron works with Professors. Alison Cool and Jen Shannon in the department. His research for the senior honors
Erin (MA Archaeology 2016) recently accepted a position as a Scientific Specialist with the Illinois State Archaeological Survey Prairie Research Institute, U I with Tim Pauketat. Ms. Hughes was previously employed with the Archaeology