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New Course Announcement – Bioanthropological Perspectives on Health, Disease and Socio-ecological Changes in Developing Countries
ANP 491, 301 Special Topics: Bioanthropological Perspectives on Health, Disease and Socio-ecological Changes in Developing Countries (2 credits) March 16 – April 27, 2012 Fridays 9:10-1:00 INSTRUCTOR: Hilton Silva, MD, MPH, Ph.D, Professor of the Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Brazil COURSE DESCRIPTION: Globalization and socio-ecological changes worldwide create ideal conditions for the emergency of a large […]
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Masako Fujita
Dr. Masako Fujita has been a faculty member in MSU anthropology since Fall 2008. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Washington where she focused on biocultural anthropology. Her research focuses on nutrition and health of living people. In particular, Fujita studies micronutrient health, maternal & child nutrition, and the idea of parental investment […]
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New Fall 2011 Anthropology Course: ANP 362: The Archaeology of Foragers to Farmers
The transition from hunting and gathering to farming has been called on of the “most debated and least understood” topics in archaeology – this topic is also at the heart of Anthropology 362: The Archaeology of Foragers to Farmers. ANP 362 will tackle a selection of the theories, problems, and issues in the study of foraging […]
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ANP 2010 Photo Contest Results
The ANP Communications Committee is pleased to announce the results of our 2010 photo contest below. We will post winning entries on Facebook soon. Judges were one graduate student, Linda Jackson, and two faculty on the communications committee, Ethan Watrall, and myself. There were many high quality entries, so selecting winners and honorable mentions took […]
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Details about Cairo Genizah Nov 1 talk
The Cairo Genizah: Stories of the Past, Lessons for Tomorrow Rabbi Mark Glickman Congregation Kol Shalom on Bainbridge Island and Congregation Kol Ami in Woodinville, WA Monday, November 1 at 7 pm Room 118, Psychology Bldg Jews treat the written word with great respect, especially if the text invokes the name of God. Respect for […]
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In memory of Patricia Ruth (Jenks) Whittier
Born: March 15, 1944 Died: May 11, 2010 Patricia Ruth Whittier, 66, of East Lansing, Michigan, died on Monday, May 11, 2010. Pat was born March 15, 1944 to Milton Arnold Jenks and Ruth Preston Jenks in Providence Rhode Island and was valedictorian and graduate of Plant High School in Tampa, Florida where her parents […]
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New graduate course FA10 on using digital media to teach/communicate better about culture
This professional development course (ANP 892, section 5, Adan Quan) is about how to improve your ability to communicate about “culture” related topics to diverse publics (undergraduates, K-12, policymakers, business) and how digital media can facilitate this. It addresses two challenges many graduate students in anthropology and related disciplines will face in their careers: changes […]