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Dr. Joseph T. Hefner Receives Major Grant
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Hefner has received a grant in the amount of $423,959 from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to fund the project A Macromorphoscopic Databank: Establishing the Statistical Analysis of Macromorphoscopic Data in Forensic Anthropology. The two-year research project will address a methodological gap in forensic anthropology by providing […]
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New Book by Mara Leichtman: Shi’i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa: Lebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal
Dr. Mara Leichtman announces the publication of her new book Shi’i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa: Lebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal. The book is available from Indiana University Press starting September 27, 2015. From the publisher’s website: Mara A. Leichtman offers an in-depth study of Shi‘i Islam in two very different communities in Senegal: the well-established Lebanese diaspora and […]
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The Lab for the Education and Advancement in Digital Research (LEADR) Completes a Successful First Year
This fall marks the one-year anniversary of LEADR (the Lab for the Education and Advancement in Digital Research), a new joint initiative among Anthropology, History, and MATRIX Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences. LEADR functions an interdisciplinary classroom, digital resource library, and a pedagogical and methodological support center located in 112 Old Horticulture. […]
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New Book by Chantal Tetreault: Transcultural Teens: Performing Youth Identities in French Cités
Dr. Chantal Tetreault announces the publication of her new book Transcultural Teens: Performing Youth Identities in French Cités, available from Wiley-Blackwell starting May of 2015. From the publisher’s website: Transcultural Teens provides readers with a window onto the cultural and linguistic creativity of the housing projects, or cités, that ring Paris, showing how young people of Algerian Arab origins […]
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New Book by Andrea Louie: How Chinese Are You? Adopted Chinese Youth and their Families Negotiate Identity and Culture
Dr. Andrea Louie’s new book How Chinese Are You? Adopted Chinese Youth and their Families Negotiate Identity and Culture was released in August of 2015. In it, Dr. Louie examines the challenges Chinese adoption presents to families trying to honor their children’s “birth culture.” This ethnographic study analyzes how both white and Asian American adoptive parents […]
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Sabrina Perlman and Julie Fleischman Awarded Fulbright IIE Grants
The Department of Anthropology is very happy to announce that Sabrina Perlman (left) and Julie Fleischman (right) have been awarded Fulbright IIE Grants. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential. Julie will conduct her dissertation research on Khmer Rouge regime violence by […]
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Julie Fleischman and Sabrina Perlman Awarded Fulbright IIE Grants
Julie Fleischman and Sabrina Perlman have been awarded Fulbright IIE U.S. Student Program research grants. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential. Julie will conduct her dissertation research on Khmer Rouge regime violence by analyzing skeletal trauma and memorialization in Cambodia. Sabrina will […]
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Dr. Fenton and Dr. Hefner Selected for National Standards Committee
The Department of Anthropology is honored to announce that Dr. Todd Fenton and Dr. Joseph Hefner have been selected as inaugural members of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) Subcommittee on Anthropology. This is part of the larger organization, National Institute of Justice and National Institute on Standards and Technology, made up of more […]
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TLE Award Allows Purchase of XRF Instrument
With increasing archaeological applications of natural and physical scientific technology, there is an increased need to train students in their principles, application, interpretation and reporting. By doing this, students are able to compete successfully in a changing employment landscape. Working in tandem with Prof Tyrone Rooney (Geological Sciences), William Lovis and Rooney were awarded a […]
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Spring 2015 Newsletter
The Department of Anthropology is proud to present the newest edition of the biannual newsletter. Our Spring 2015 issue features these articles: Spring 2015 Message from the Acting Chair: Dr. Laurie Medina Dr. Fenton and Dr. Hefner Selected for National Standards Committee TLE Award Allows Purchase of XRF Instrument Featured Faculty Member: Dr. Andrea Louie […]