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
UConn Anthropology Statement on the MOVE Bombing Case
In response to the realization that remains of victims from the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia were kept and used by anthropologists for a prolonged amount of time without consent from the victims’ family, the Department of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut supports the collective statement released by the Association of Black Anthropologists (ABA), […]
[Read More]Statement on recent acts of hatred
We are deeply disturbed that the individual arrested on April 29, 2021 for spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti on a building at the University of Connecticut was a major in the department of Anthropology. We condemn this individual’s act in the strongest terms. Such acts go against the core values of our department and our anthropological community […]
[Read More]Richard A. Wilson named Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Dr. Richard Ashby Wilson has been selected as one of 5 faculty members to be honored as Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor. In addition to being a professor with the Department of Anthropology, Wilson serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Intellectual Life in the School of Law, a Professor of Law, and is the […]
[Read More]Interdisciplinary Conference co-organized by Françoise Dussart
The Design and Research for Healthy Communities and Healthcare Facilities conference, organized by UConn Anthropology professor Françoise Dussart and Sohyun Park from the Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture at UConn will be held on May 17, 2021 from 9:00am to 4:15pm. This Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference draws attention to the historical and contemporary contexts within […]
[Read More]Events Around Campus
- This calendar has no events scheduled at this time.
Alumni Spotlight
Nathan Wales is a lecturer with the Department of Archaeology, at the University of York (BioArCH)
Alumni Spotlight
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Anthropology, Trent University, Peterborough Canada
Alumni Spotlight
Sarah Sportman is currently serving as the Connecticut State Archaeologist.
Alumni Spotlight
Jordan Kiper is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama, Birmingham
Alumni Spotlight
Shan-Estelle Brown is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Yale University School of Medicine
Alumni Spotlight
Austin Hill is a Research Associate at Dartmouth College, Department of Anthropology
Alumni Spotlight
Ann Cheney is Associate Professor in Residence at School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside
Alumni Spotlight
Mandy Ranslow is a Federal Highway Administration Liaison at the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Alumni Spotlight
David Leslie is a Senior Archaeologist at the Archaeological and Historical Services Inc., and a Research Scientist at UCONN
Alumni Spotlight
Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University Department of Anthropology, Post-doctoral Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute
Alumni Spotlight
Bayla Ostrach is an Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine Master's Program in Medical Anthropology & Cross-Cultural Practice
Gabriel Hrynick is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of New Brunswick
Alumni Spotlight
Alumni Spotlight
John Shaver is an Associate Professor at the University of Otago
Alumni Spotlight
Madelynn von Baeyer is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University Herbaria.
Alumni Spotlight
Timothy Ives is the State Archaeologist of Rhode Island
Alumni Spotlight
Marie Brault is an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute