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 Students
Graduate Student Spotlight: Mary Bugbee
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! Mary Bugbee What sparked your interest in Anthropology? When I took my […]
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 […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Peter Atitson
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! Peter Atitson Entry into program: 2023 What sparked your interest in Anthropology? Anthropology […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta
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! Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta belongs to the Mapuche people of Chile. She […]
Graduate Student Spotlight: Johan Jarl
Research Interests: Archaebotany, phytoliths, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic, Neolithic, transitions.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Tanner Kovach
Research Interests: Human evolution, the Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic, Neanderthal evolution and extinction, modern human dispersals, lithics
Graduate Student Spotlight: Corrin Laposki
Pyrotechnology, Air Pollution, Immunology, Host-Associated Microbiomes, Stable Isotopes, Ancient DNA, Health Disparities in Gender, Climate Change, Early Urbanization, Hominin Diet Changes Through Time.
Graduate Student Spotlight: Danielle Nadeau
Research Interests: Anthropology of science and technology, legal anthropology, human rights, human interaction with algorithms and artificial intelligence.