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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.

Cognitive Science Colloquium – February

February 7, 2019

In this month’s Cognitive Science Colloquium, we are happy to host our very own Professor Richard Wilson.

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Congratulations to Katharine Morris

February 7, 2019

Katharine Morris, an undergraduate student in Cognitive Sciences & Anthropology, was recently inducted in this year’s BOLD cohort.

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2018 In Review

February 6, 2019

Another busy calendar year has come to an end for the UConn Anthropology Department. As the winter semester 2019 begins here at UConn, we take a brief look back at some of the highlights of 2018.

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Armenia Field School – Summer 2019

January 30, 2019

Not only do we have a field school right here in CT, but this year also one in Armenia! We had to skip the Armenian field school last year as we have opened up a new site.

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

Congratulations to Katharine Morris

2018 In Review

Armenia Field School – Summer 2019

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