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Marcela Omans Awarded NSF
Congratulations to Marcela Omans for her NSF Graduate Research Fellowship she received for her project entitled “La Mesa Barrio Chino, Tijuana, Mexico: China’s Gateway to Latin America.” Her work focuses on providing insight into how newly arrived Chinese immigrants and business people leverage preexisting Chinese networks to gain economic footholds in Latin America; and on […]
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Fieldwork Photography Contest Winners 2018
We would like to thank everyone who entered. The photos were amazing as always. 1st Place Fishing Inle Lake; Myanmar, 2017 Edward Glayzer; Graduate Student 2nd Place A Parade in Began; Myanmar, 2017 Edward Glayzer; Graduate Student 3rd Place Reading Aloud in Fon; Benin, 2018 Marcy O’Neil; Faculty Congratulations to all of […]
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Undergraduate Becca Albert publishes prestigious article
The Department of Anthropology would like to congratulate undergraduate Becca Albert on her outstanding research. She is the Anthropology Senior of the Year, an award given yearly by our department to a graduating senior. Last week she won first place in her section at the Michigan State University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum, and she […]
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Full-time, non-tenure track Assistant Professor Job Posting
The Department of Anthropology at Michigan State University invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track Assistant Professor position. The appointment will begin August 16, 2018 and be renewable annually. Our faculty envision this as a teaching professor position focused on excellence in the anthropology classroom. This individual will play a key role in the advancement of undergraduate […]
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Dr. Rowenn Kalman receives Gill-Chin Lim Award
Our own recent graduate and adjunct faculty, Dr. Rowenn Kalman has been awarded the Gill-Chin Lim Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Global Studies from the MSU International Studies and Programs. This award, given every academic year, acknowledges a graduate student for their outstanding doctoral dissertation. The dissertation submitted had to be completed the preceding […]
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Alumnae Dr. Mary Ann Ladia to visit March 28 and 29
Mary Ann J. Ladia, PhD currently serves as University Researcher III of the Institute of Clinical Epidemiology at the National Institutes of Health and Faculty of the Department of Clinical Epidemiology of the College of Medicine at the University of the Philippines Manila. Dr. Ladia received her PhD from the Department of Anthropology in 2008 […]
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Dr. Stacey Camp receives S3 Grant
Dr. Stacey Camp, Dr. Lynne Goldstein (Anthropology), and Dr. Leigh Graves Wolf (College of Education) with the Archaeology STEM Camp Pilot Project will use a grant from Science and Society at State (S3) to run a two-day archaeology camp this June for 15 International Baccalaureate (IB) high school students on Michigan State University’s campus. Founded in 1968, […]
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Guide to Giving in Anthropology
Your gifts can be directed to (https://www.givingto.msu.edu/gift/index.cfm?sid=701): Department of Anthropology – This is a general fund used to support undergraduate and graduate student travel and research, bring in visiting scholars for lectures and workshops, and support other learning events across the sub-disciplines. Alumni and Friends Expendable Fund in Archaeology – This fund supports a competitive […]
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Publications & Book Releases
Invisible in Plain Sight: Self-Determination Strategies of Free Blacks in the Old Northwest by alumna, Dr. Jill Rowe African Medical Pluralism by alumni Dr. William Olsen and alumna Dr. Carolyn Sargent Evil in Africa by alumni Dr. William Olsen and Walter Van Beek “Public heritage at scale: Building tools for authoring mobile digital heritage and archaeology […]
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Alumni & Friends of Archaeology Fund Update
The Alumni and Friends of Archaeology Expendable Fund, established to enhance research and learning of undergraduate and graduate students in the archaeology program through the MSU Department of Anthropology, provided two student awards Spring 2017. This was the inaugural year for the Alumni and Friends of Archaeology Research Enhancement Award. The Enhancement Award was granted […]