On Thursday, April 3rd at 1:30pm EST, (11:30am MST, 10:30am PST,) PhD student Megan Alexander will be defending her dissertation- “Care at the Threshold: Exploring Death Doula Practices in the Contemporary United States.” For access to the Webex link, contact the Department of Anthropology via email: deborah.bolnick@uconn.edu. Good luck Megan!
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Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Roxanne Lebenzon
On Friday, April 11th, PhD student Roxanne Lebenzon will be defending her dissertation- Ungulate body size and shape variability in Southwest Asia during the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition. Join us in the Class of 1947 Conference Room in the Homer Babbidge Library, or online via Webex. For Webex details, contact the Department of Anthropology at deborah.bolnick@uconn.edu. Hope to see you […]
Picturing the Pandemic- Library Exhibit Featured on UConn Today
On March 14th, Picturing the Pandemic, an exhibit co-curated by Dr. Sarah Willen was featured on UConn Today! This was created by the Pandemic Journaling Project, of which Willen is a co-founder, and Seeing Truth: Art, Science, Museums, and Making Knowledge. Visit the exhibit today at the Homer Babbidge Library in Storrs, or read about it […]
Sarah Willen Featured in “How We Remember the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
Check out Connecticut Public Radio’s How We Remember the COVID-19 Pandemic, which features UConn’s Dr. Sarah Willen, the co-founder of the Pandemic Journaling Project.
Upcoming: Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Ash McLeod
On April 7th at 12pm, EST, Ash McLeod will be defending her dissertation: “Toward a Decolonial Cuisine: The Entangled Politics of Food Revitalization in Native-led Culinary Organizations.” For information on attending, please contact the Department of Anthropology via email: deborah.bolnick@uconn.edu. Below is Ash’s overview of the dissertation. “Over the last decade, Native American chefs […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Megan Willison
The UConn Department of Anthropology is home to a diverse community of graduate students studying a variety of subfields. Continue reading to learn more about their favorite parts of their research, why they became interested in anthropology, and fun facts about them! Megan Willison Advisor: Kevin McBride Cultural Entanglements: Analysis of Trade Goods From Pequot […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Fatemeh Saki
The UConn Department of Anthropology is home to a diverse community of graduate students studying a variety of subfields. Continue reading to learn more about their favorite parts of their research, why they became interested in anthropology, and fun facts about them! Fatemeh Saki Program Entrance: 2023 Advisor: Richard Sosis My research focuses on shamanistic […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Sophia de Schiffart
The UConn Department of Anthropology is home to a diverse community of graduate students studying a variety of subfields. Continue reading to learn more about their favorite parts of their research, why they became interested in anthropology, and fun facts about them! Sophia de Schiffart Program Entrance: 2024 Advisor: Natalie Munro My research focuses on […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Chen Zeigen
The UConn Department of Anthropology is home to a diverse community of graduate students studying a variety of subfields. Continue reading to learn more about their favorite parts of their research, why they became interested in anthropology, and fun facts about them! Chen Zeigen Program Entrance: 2020 Paleoenvironment; Stable isotope analysis; Prehistoric Archaeology; Levantine Paleolithic; […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Katharine Reinhart
The UConn Department of Anthropology is home to a diverse community of graduate students studying a variety of subfields. Continue reading to learn more about their favorite parts of their research, why they became interested in anthropology, and fun facts about them! Katharine Reinhart Program Entrance: 2024 Advisor: Alexia Smith Archaeobotany/Paleoethnobotany, Macrobotanical Analysis, Anthracology, Colonial […]