Anthropology Department

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.

Congratulations Dr. Siavash Samei!

December 15, 2018

Congratulations to Dr. Siavash Samei for successfully defending his doctoral dissertation “Herding in the Highlands: Pastoralism and the Making of the Kura-Araxes Cultural Tradition” on December 7th!

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Meet Our Faculty!

October 31, 2018

A lot of people wonder what anthropologists do. Here is a short video we put together, asking some of our faculty what their research interests are. Check it out!

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Archaeological and Forensic Science Lab Methods – Weekend Modules

October 19, 2018

Registration for up to three out of four one credit weekend modules in Archaeological and Forensic Science lab methods will be opening up shortly. Please see this flier for more information, or contact gideon.hartman@uconn.edu.

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Congratulations to UConn Anthropology Alumnus Nathan Wales

October 5, 2018

2012 UConn Anthropology alumnus, Dr. Nathan Wales, was recently announced as a new lecturer at the University of York Archeology Department. Nathan, who works with ancient DNA material, will be leading the ancient genetics group at BioArCH. Read more about Nathan here.

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Alumni Spotlight
David Leslie is a Senior Archaeologist at the Archaeological and Historical Services Inc., and a Research Scientist at UCONN
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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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Sarah Sportman is a Senior Archaeologist and Faunal Analyst at the Archaeological and Historical Services, Inc.
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Marie Brault is an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute
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Mandy Ranslow is a Federal Highway Administration Liaison at the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
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Austin Hill is a Research Associate at Dartmouth College, Department of Anthropology
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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
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Nathan Wales is a lecturer with the Department of Archaeology, at the University of York (BioArCH)
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Timothy Ives is the State Archaeologist of Rhode Island
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Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough Canada
Gabriel Hrynick is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of New Brunswick
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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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John Shaver is a lecturer in Religion, University of Otago
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Ann Cheney is Associate Professor in Residence at School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside
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Madelynn von Baeyer is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University Herbaria.