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News Around the Department
Congratulations to Marcella 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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Message from the Chair: Dr. Jodie O’Gorman
This past spring semester in the Department of Anthropology has been a tumultuous time. We’ve celebrated great achievements and made important plans for our future, and at the same time we have been, and continue to be, stunned and outraged by the Nassar scandal. All across campus and in our department, faculty struggled to cope […]
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Congratulations Graduates!
A heartfelt congratulations to all of our May graduates! You earned it. Advanced Degree Ceremony (Left to Right):Seven Mattes, Todd Fenton, Caitlin Vogelsberg, Joe Hefner, Mindy Morgan, Bill Lovis, Kate Frederick, Susan Kooiman, Lynne Goldstein, Nicole Geske, Deon Claiborne (front center) The College of Social Science also held its first annual […]
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Graduate Students Recognized by MSU Museum
MSU Museum highlighted two Department of Anthropology students this semester as their “Featured Students.” Both Blair Zaid and Grace Krause are PhD. candidates in archaeology. Blair Zaid, a Ph.D. Candidate in both African American and African Studies (AAAS) and Anthropology, received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Michigan State University. For the past two […]
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Outstanding Senior, Becca Albert
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce Rebecca K. Albert (aka Becca) as our Outstanding Senior in Anthropology for the class of 2018. Each department in the College of Social Science selects one graduating senior who is the first to walk across the stage at graduation and attend the Outstanding Senior Ball held in […]
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Anthropology Graduating Senior Breanna Escamilla delivers MSU College of Social Science Spring 2018 Student Commencement Speech
Ms. Breanna Escamilla was chosen as the MSU College of Social Science Spring 2018 Student Commencement Speaker. Breanna majored in anthropology with a focus on sociocultural studies as well as completing a double minor in Chicano/Latino Studies and African American/ African Studies. During her time at MSU, she has participated in various civic engagement activities […]
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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 […]