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Department of Anthropology Undergraduate Student Joshua Schnell Wins Prestigious Beinecke Scholarship
The Department of Anthropology is very proud to announce that Joshua Schnell has been awarded the highly prestigious and competitive Beinecke Scholarship. Founded in 1971, the Beinecke Scholarship supports students pursuing graduate studies in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Joshua Schnell, a junior, is an Honors College member studying Anthropology and Religious Studies. He has […]
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Professor Hefner Appointed to the American Board of Forensic Anthropology Board of Directors
The American Board of Forensic Anthropology announced last week that it has appointed Dr. Joseph T. Hefner to its Board of Directors, effective July 1st. His term will last through July 2018. The American Board of Forensic Anthropology was incorporated in 1977 to function in much the same way as certifying boards in various medical […]
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Kathryn Frederick- Honorable Mention 2015 Society for American Archaeology Student Paper Competition
Kathryn Frederick is the recipient of an Honorable Mention in the 2015 Society for American Archaeology Student Paper competition for her presentation “Holes: The Beginners Guide to Food Caching”. Kate was/will be honored at the Annual Awards Ceremony in San Francisco. This is only the second Honorable Mention since the inception of the Student Paper competition, attesting to the […]
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MSU Anthropology Undergraduates at UURAF
The annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) took place Friday, April 10, 2015 in the MSU Union. The Department of Anthropology was represented by five undergraduate students who presented their original research to the broader MSU community. All the undergraduates did an excellent job presenting their work. Presentations included: Rebecca Albert: “Burnt to […]
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Lisa Bright awarded the College of Social Science Research Scholars Fellowship
We are happy to announce that PhD student Lisa Bright has been awarded the College of Social Science Research Scholars Fellowship for Summer 2015. This award, open only to students completing their first year of doctoral study, is awarded to students who demonstrate strong preparation and aspiration towards a career in social science research. Lisa will […]
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2015 Anthropology Photo Contest Winners
First Place: Sabrina Perlman, “Football in a Fishing Village”, Ghana 2014 Second Place: Edward Glazer, “All Weather Billiards in China”, Qinghai Province, China, 2011 Third Place: Sylvia Deskaj, “Mountains”, Albania, 2014 Honorable Mentions go to: Ann Martinez, “Dia de Santiago”, Antigua, Guatemala, 2014 Katy Meyers Emery, “Mayan Flying Dancers”, Mexico, 2015 Thanks […]
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MSU Anthropology Graduate Panel Podcast at SfAA and Kehli Henry wins Bea Medicine Scholarship
Congratulations to Kehli Henry on winning one of the two very competitive Bea Medicine Awards from the Society for Applied Anthropology. “The scholarship celebrates the life and legacy of Beatrice Medicine, an internationally prominent anthropologist who passed away in December 2005. Dr. Medicine was a descendant on both sides of her family from the Lakota, […]
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Meenakshi Narayan receives College of Social Science Research Scholars Fellowship
The Department of Anthropology is very pleased to inform that Meenakshi Narayan, a third-year graduate student of the Department is a three-year College of Social Science Research Scholars Fellowship awardee (2013 – 2015). Through receiving this award, Meenakshi has successfully carried out two years of summer research in India, including her pre-dissertation research (2014) to […]
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Dr. Todd Fenton and Dr. Joseph Hefner Selected as Inaugural Members of a National Forensics Science Subcommittee
The first meeting of the OSAC Subcommittee on Anthropology took place in January 2015. Dr. Todd Fenton and Dr. Joseph Hefner were announced in October 2014 as two initial members of the National Institute of Justice and National Institute on Standards and Technology’s subcommittee on Anthropology. The Subcommittee on Anthropology is a subsection of Crime Scene/ Death Investigation and […]
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Watrall & Goldstein Receive Grant to Organize Institute on Digital Archaeology Method & Practice
The Department of Anthropology is very pleased to announce that, in collaboration with MATRIX: The Center for Digital Humanities & Social Sciences, Professors Watrall and Goldstein have received a $249,708 Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to organize the Institute on Digital Archaeology Method & Practice Hosted […]