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! Nicholas Gonzalez Program Entrance 2022 Where are you/will you be conducting your research/fieldwork? […]
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Graduate Student Spotlight: Sarah Giusti
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! Sarah Giusti Entry into program: 2024 What sparked your interest in Anthropology/Archaeology? I’ve […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Harshani Fernando
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! Harshani Fernando Entry into program: 2024 What sparked your interest in Anthropology? Growing […]
Spring 2025 Class: Race, Racialization & Health
Looking for an interesting, upper-level course to take this spring? Check out ANTH 5395: Race, Racialization, and Health taught by Dr. Sarah Williams. This seminar takes a transdisciplinary approach to understanding racialization as a process and tool that is inextricable from the formation and continuation of medicine and public health. Through a critical medical anthropology […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Sevgi Demiroglu
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! Sevgi Demiroglu Program Entrance 2022 Pain, Rituals of Death and Grief, Social Networks, […]
Day in the Life of a Field School Student: Hollister Site
Join the Summer 2024 field students for a day in the life at the Hollister Site! For more information on the department’s research and field training, check out our upcoming field schools.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Audra Darcy
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! Audra Darcy Program Entrance 2021 Paleoecology, stable isotopes, palynology, arctic and subarctic environments, […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Matthew Conrad
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! Matthew Conrad Program Entrance 2022 Complex Systems; Human Behavioral Ecology; Statistics; Modeling; Religion.
Day in the Life of a Field School Student: Mauritius
The UConn Summer Interdisciplinary Ethnography Field School in Mauritius is a faculty-led summer program for students looking for hands-on field experience and interested in interdisciplinary social scientific research. Students from the 2023 summer season compiled their experiences in “Day in the Life of a Field School Student” to give prospective students an idea of what […]
Flashback Friday! Beach Hall Construction (1929).
Flashback Friday! Check out these historic photos from Beach Hall’s construction, circa 1929. To find more great photos from UConn’s history, check out UConn Archives and Special Collections, located in the Dodd Center for Human Rights. Citation: Beach Hall (1929), Construction, Connecticut Agricultural College from the UConn Photograph Collection at Archives & Special […]