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2016 Winners of the Annual Fieldwork Photography Contest
First place: “Layene religious ceremony” by Emily Riley. Yoff-Layene, Senegal. 2014 Second place: “Vietnamese Boats” by Edward Glayzer. Hue, Vietnam. 2012 Third place: “Peruvian Dyes” by Nicole Williams. Chinchero, Peru. Honorable Mention: “The Duck Delivery” by Edward Glayzer. Hue, Vietnam. 2012 Honorable Mention: “Wedding Blessing” by Emily Riley. Bambey, Senegal. 2014 […]
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Dr. Najib Hourani Speaks at the Harvard Arab Weekend
This past November, Dr. Najib Hourani was invited to participate in the Harvard Arab Weekend on a panel sponsored by the Graduate School of Design. The annual event brings together notable academics, political figures, business leaders and diplomats to discuss the pressing issues facing the Arab world. The panel on which Hourani spoke, entitled Reconstruction […]
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Lisa Bright Wins SCA Outstanding Student Paper Competition
Graduate student Lisa Bright was awarded the Society for California Archaeology Student Paper Competition in March (2016) for her paper titled “Differentiating Hospital Interred Individuals from the Larger Cemetery Population: The Curious Case of SCVMC’s Buttons.” She drew on data from 2012-2014 excavations of the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Historic cemetery (circa 1875-1935), which included 1,004 […]
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Open Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Archaeology
The Department of Anthropology at Michigan State University invites applications for a one- year position in historical archaeology, with the potential for a one-year renewal. Areas of specialization are open, although we are particularly interested in candidates with an active research program focused on the Early Historical Period of mid-continental North America. The successful candidate […]
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GSA organizes water drive for Flint residents
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GSA: We have all heard about the water crisis happening in Flint. Please consider donating bottled water in any size or quantity. The state says groups are accepting full cases of commercially packaged water (no loose bottles) and commercially sealed gallon containers of water. Not accepted are canned water, carbonated water, flavored water. Your donations […]
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Julie Fleischman Receives Grant for Humanitarian Forensics Project
Julie Fleischman, PhD Candidate, has received funding from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences’ Humanitarian and Human Rights Resource Center to oversee a new osteological project at Krang Ta Chan (a former Khmer Rouge security center and mass gravesite in Takeo Province). The funded research will be conducted by Mr. Veon Vuthy, Director of the […]
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Recent Graduate Students Awards
Julie Fleischman was awarded a Fulbright IIE to conduct her dissertation research on Khmer Rouge regime violence by analyzing skeletal trauma and memorialization in Cambodia. Mari Isa was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to investigate the relationship between developmental changes in bone structure and the expression of long bone fracture. Sabrina Perlman […]
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Alumni News
James Bielo (2007) was promoted from Lecturer to Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Miami University. He has recently published an introductory text for anthropology of religion courses (Anthropology of Religion: The Basics) and launched an interactive online curation of biblical entertainment sites, the first of its kind: http://www.materializingthebible.com Linda Dwyer (1999) spent the last six […]
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Undergraduate Jonah Stone Receives PURI with Fujita
The Provost Undergraduate Research Initiative (PURI) provides funding for undergraduates to work closely with a faculty member on a major research project that forms part of the faculty member’s own initiatives. The Department of Anthropology usually receives several PURI grants each year. Jonah Stone and Dr. Masako Fujita were awarded one of Anthropology’s PURIs for […]
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Featured Alumna: Dr. Isabel Montemayor
Dr. Isabel Montemayor (Ph.D. 2014) began her first semester as Assistant Professor of Anthropology this fall at University of Texas, Arlington. Her appointment is in the joint department of Anthropology and Sociology, but also includes appointment as Faculty Research Associate with the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS). Her teaching responsibility includes classes on Medical […]