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Associate Professors Stacey Camp and Ethan Watrall Awarded National Park Service Grant to build a digital archive of WWII Japanese internment and incarceration
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce that Associate Professors Stacey Camp and Ethan Watrall have been awarded a 3 year National Park Service Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) grant for $379,017 to develop The Internment Archaeology Digital Archive (IADA), an open digital archive that will host, preserve, and provide broad public access to […]
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Associate Professor Jodie O’Gorman publishes in World Archaeology on necrogeography and migration in the North American midcontinent
Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Dr. Jodie O’Gorman and PhD alumni Dr. Jennifer Bengtson and Dr. Amy Michael recently published an article in World Archaeology entitled, “Ancient history and new beginnings: necrogeography and migration in the North American midcontinent.” The article discusses how the use of mortuary space and practices contributed to place-making within the […]
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Associate Professor Elizabeth Drexler publishes in Anthropology Today on post-truth era and justice
Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Dr. Elizabeth Drexler recently published an article in Anthropology Today entitled, “Speaking truth to power in a post-truth era: Multidimensional and intersectional justice.” In the article, Dr. Drexler discusses youth perceptions of the current post-truth era and advocates a comprehensive frame of analysis for justice. Read the full article at: […]
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Professor Emeritus William Lovis and Adjunct Associate Professor Randolph Donahue publish on a bioturbated site in North Yorkshire
Department of Anthropology Professor Emeritus Dr. William Lovis and Adjunct Associate Professor Dr. Randolph Donahue recently published an article in the online journal Mesolithic Miscellany entitled, “Teasing spatial structure from Malham Tarn Site A: preliminary analysis of a bioturbated Mesolithic site in North Yorkshire, England.” The article examines the impact of post-depositional processes over multiple […]
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Dr. Chantal Tetreault Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award
The Department of Anthropology congratulates Dr. Chantal Tetreault on winning a coveted Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award. Dr. Tetreault is an Associate Professor of Anthropology specializing in linguistic and cultural anthropology. Her recent work has primarily focused on issues of migration and social change in France. More generally, her research illuminates how cultural processes of […]
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Dr. Mara Leichtman Awarded Fellowship of the Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce that Dr. Mara Leichtman has been awarded a prestigious fellowship of the Luce/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs. Dr. Leichtman is an Associate Professor of Anthropology affiliated with the Muslim Studies Program, African Studies Center, and Asian Studies Center. Her […]
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Dr. Heather Howard Receives Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce that Dr. Heather Howard has been awarded a distinguished 2020–2021 Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship. Dr. Howard (left) is an Associate Professor of Anthropology. Her work focuses on collaborative, community-based, and participatory approaches to research which promote the value of Indigenous knowledge frameworks to scholarship. The Whiting Public […]
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New article in WIREs Forensic Science by members of MSU Forensic Anthropology Lab on ancestry estimation
Department of Anthropology PhD students Rhian Dunn, Micayla Spiros, Kelly Kamnikar, and Amber Plemons and Assistant Professor Dr. Joseph Hefner recently published an article in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs): Forensic Science, titled “Ancestry estimation in forensic anthropology: A review”. The article discusses the methods and future of ancestry estimation in forensic anthropology. Read the full […]
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Research Associate Gabriel Sanchez publishes in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports on reconstructing ancient Pacific herring size
Department of Anthropology Dean’s Research Associate Dr. Gabriel Sanchez recently published an article in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, entitled “Indigenous stewardship of marine and estuarine fisheries?: Reconstructing the ancient size of Pacific herring through linear regression models”. The article discusses reconstructing the size of Pacific herring from archaeological sites in Point Reyes National […]
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Professor Emeritus William Lovis publishes on effects of climate change on coastal sites at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park
Department of Anthropology Professor Emeritus Dr. William Lovis and colleagues Dr. G. William Monaghan and Dr. Alan Arbogast recently published an article in The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology entitled, “Reconstructing the precontact Late Woodland archaeology of site 20LU115 and the landscape history of Sleeping Bear Point, Great Lakes, USA.” The article discusses the […]