Graduate Students

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 […]

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, […]

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.

Graduate Student Spotlight: Kevin Chesler

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! Kevin Chesler Program Entrance 2020 New England, 17th century, Colonialism, Information Management, and […]

Graduate Student Spotlight: Braeden Burke

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! Braeden M Burke Program Entrance 2024   Underwater Archaeology, Historical Archaeology of New […]

Graduate Student Spotlight: Abigail Beckham

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! Abigail Beckham Program Entrance 2023   Environmental anthropology and religion, the Caribbean, climate […]

Graduate Student Spotlight: Madeline Baird

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! Madeline Baird Medical anthropology, health inequity, human rights, healing, power, decolonizing methods, people-centered […]