Congratulations to PhD student Samantha Archer for winning the University Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award through the UConn Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning! Through this award, Samantha will be “joining a group of distinguished educators who are recognized and respected for teaching excellence.” Amazing job, and congratulations again to Samantha Archer for this amazing […]
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Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Corrin Laposki
On April 8th, at 10:00 AM, PhD student Corrin Laposki will be defending her dissertation, “A State of Unrest: Tracing Metabolic Instability Through Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Carbon Isotopes.” This defense will take place in the Class of 1947 Conference Room in the Homer Babbidge Library and can be streamed via WebEx. If interested, a WebEx […]
Emeritus Professor Merrill Singer Featured on UConn Today
Emeritus UConn Anthropology professor Merrill Singer’s research was recently highlighted in a UConn Today article titled UConn Professor Examines the Health Risks of Life on the Road. Be sure to check out Merrill’s new research on the health risks associated with long haul truck drivers.
Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Megan Alexander
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!
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 […]
Film Screening and Discussion: Patrol April 3, 2025 SU Theatre
Patrol (2023) is a community-collaborative documentary that follows Indigenous Rama and Black Kriol communities in Nicaragua as they fight to protect their territory from illegal cattle ranchers and other settlers from colonizing their territory. Filmmakers Camilo de Castro and Brad Allgood accompanied Rama and Kriol forest rangers, Nicaraguan journalists, and a U.S. conservation biologist over […]
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 […]
Guest Lecture: Human Origins and Dispersals
Join Dr. Katerina Harvati on Monday, March 3rd for her lecture: “Human Origins and Dispersals: The View from South-East Europe.” This event is presented by the Departments of Anthropology, Earth Sciences, and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and will take place from 4-5pm on March 3rd, in room 4118 of the Homer Babbidge Library. Light refreshments […]
Student Instagram Exhibit: “In-Tension”
In Dr. Françoise Dussart’s course Anthropological Perspectives on Art, students became curators of their own digital exhibit, “In-Tension.” This online exhibition delves into the complex relationship between tension and intention in the creation, presentation, and interpretation of artworks through an anthropological lens. The 60 second reels created by 19 students-curators explore the contradictions and reflects […]