About Us
Our faculty share an interest in the holistic study of humans and a curiosity about the varieties of human experience. We believe that such an understanding forms an integral part of an undergraduate liberal education, and that the application of insights gained from such an understanding will contribute critical elements to the solution of contemporary medical, social, economic, and political problems. Our Department works across several broad areas of concentration, including Cultural Anthropology; Experimental Anthropology; Human Rights; Medical Anthropology; New World Archaeology; and Old World Archaeology. Our area strengths include Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and Southwest Asia. Our faculty has also worked in Europe, South and Southeast Asia, and Oceania. We offer extensive expertise in many research methods in ethnology and archaeology. Our Department is part of The Higher Education Opportunities Act. If you would like to support the Anthropology Department, please visit College of Liberal arts and Sciences.
Departmental News
3 Anthropology Students Named 2019 University Scholars
The UConn Department of Anthropology would like to congratulate Luke Anderson, Daniel McCloskey, and Srishti Sadhir on being accepted to the 2019 University Scholars program for undergraduate students at the University of Connecticut. The University Scholar program is a competitive program that allows for undergraduate students to design and build an in-depth study surrounding projects […]
[Read More]Dr. Deborah Bolnick recognized by the Anthropology section of AAAS
The department of Anthropology at UConn would like to congratulate our very own Dr. Deborah Bolnick for being the 2020 recipient of the Robert W. Sussman Award for Scientific Contributions to the field of Anthropology. The Anthropology section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) established this award to recognize the accomplishments […]
[Read More]We Celebrate Three Successful PhD Defenses This Spring
UConn Anthropolgy would like to congratulate Dr. Zareen Thomas, Dr. Anne Kohler, and Dr. Joy Ciofi, for successfully defending their respective PhD dissertations this Spring.
[Read More]Spring 2019 Frontiers in Undergraduate Research
Several of our Anthropology majors and ANTH 3028W students were busy presenting their research at the Spring 2019 Frontiers in Undergraduate Research this weekend.
[Read More]Events Around Campus
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Alumni Spotlight
John Shaver is a lecturer in Religion, University of Otago
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Mandy Ranslow is a Federal Highway Administration Liaison at the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
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Marie Brault is an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute
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Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough Canada
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Austin Hill is a Research Associate at Dartmouth College, Department of Anthropology
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Madelynn von Baeyer is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University Herbaria.
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Nathan Wales is a lecturer with the Department of Archaeology, at the University of York (BioArCH)
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Jordan Kiper is a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA, working on the Geography of Philosophy Project.
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Shan-Estelle Brown is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Yale University School of Medicine
Gabriel Hrynick is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of New Brunswick
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Ann Cheney is Associate Professor in Residence at School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside
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Bayla Ostrach is an Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine Master's Program in Medical Anthropology & Cross-Cultural Practice
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Timothy Ives is the State Archaeologist of Rhode Island
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Sarah Sportman is a Senior Archaeologist and Faunal Analyst at the Archaeological and Historical Services, Inc.
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Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University Department of Anthropology, Post-doctoral Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute
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David Leslie is a Senior Archaeologist at the Archaeological and Historical Services Inc., and a Research Scientist at UCONN