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Dr. Stacey Camp edited a special edition of The SAA Archaeological Record featuring articles from current and graduated Ph.D. students
MSU Department of Anthropology Associate Professor and MSU Campus Archaeology Program Director, Dr. Stacey Camp edited a special edition of The Society of American Archaeology Archaeological Record that features many different US-based Campus Archaeology Programs, including the MSU Campus Archaeology Program. There are several articles in this volume that include our current and graduated Ph.D. students, and […]
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Dr. Mara Leichtman publishes in The Muslim World
MSU Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Dr. Mara Leichtman recently published an article in a special issue of The Muslim World, titled “Centering Muslims in Global Humanitarianism and Development”. Dr. Leichtman’s article, “Da‘wa as Development: Kuwaiti Islamic Charity in East and West Africa” examines the work of one transnational Islamic charity headquartered in Kuwait in two very […]
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Dr. Kurt Rademaker publishes in Ñawpa Pacha (Journal of the Institute of Andean Studies) on “Sayrosa, a Minor Obsidian Source in the Puna of Arequipa”
MSU Department of Anthropology Assistant Professor Dr. Kurt Rademaker and co-authors Dr. Richard Burger (Yale University), Eisei Tsurumi (University of Tokyo), Matthew Boulanger (Southern Methodist University), Véronique Bélisle (Millsaps College), and Michael D. Glascock (University of Missouri) report the discovery and geochemical characterization of a new source of obsidian in southern Peru. The team tracks […]
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Graduate Students in Anthropology organization (GSA) hosts 6th Annual GSA Symposium.
Each spring, the Graduate Students in Anthropology organization (GSA) hosts the GSA Annual Symposium. This year, the 6th installment of the GSA symposium was held as a virtual/in-person hybrid event on February 11, 2022. The GSA Annual Symposium is not only an exciting showcase of current research within the department, but also a chance for […]
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Meet Dr. Melissa Anderson-Chavarria, Medical Anthropology
Dr. Melissa Anderson-Chavarria is a dual degree DO and PhD student and finished her PhD in 2021 under the mentorship of Dr. Linda Hunt. Dr. Anderson-Chavarria’s dissertation, “Forgotten Families of the Sea and Sun: An Ethnography of Autism in Puerto Rico,” focuses on autism families in a setting whose history and socio-economic situation bears little […]
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MSU anthropologist member of $1.4 million NIH grant team to develop image library for facial features requiring surgery
The National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Joseph T. Hefner, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Kentucky a five-year, $1.4 grant to develop a standardized graphic library to assist clinicians and biomedical researchers to communicate anatomical concepts with their patients and their families. Hefner is […]
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MSU Department of Anthropology hosts the 2021 Midwest Archaeology Conference
The Michigan State University Department of Anthropology hosted the joint annual meeting of the Midwest Archaeological Conference and the Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference October 7–9, 2021, on MSU’s campus. Jodie O’Gorman, MSU associate professor and archaeologist, led the team responsible for organizing the conference. “Our membership gets together every year to share the research we’ve been doing. […]
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Dr. Najib Hourani Receives Dean’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Faculty Award
Dr. Najib Hourani, an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Global Urban Studies Program and core faculty in the Muslim Studies Program, is the winner of the inaugural 2021 College of Social Science Dean’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Excellence Faculty Award. The award recognizes social science faculty who have made comprehensive, impressive […]
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PhD Student Marwa Bakabas named diversity torch for MSU College of Social Science
Department of Anthropology doctoral student Marwa Bakabas was featured as the Diversity Torch in the College of Social Science “Diversity Matters” issue for Arab American Heritage Month. Arab American Heritage Month commemorates the contributions of Arab Americans to American life and their struggles to receive full protections as American citizens. The College of Social Science […]
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Dr. Heather Howard and doctoral student Livy Drexler awarded Spencer Foundation Grant
Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Heather Howard and doctoral student Livy Drexler have been awarded a grant from the Spencer Foundation to carry out research for the project, “Special Education in Indian Country: Challenges and Insights from Applying Indigenous Models of Disability in Schools.” Indigenous children are overrepresented in special education programs and are 15% […]