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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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! Karoline Bernardo Program Entrance: 2023 I am interested in how human biodiversity is […]

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 […]

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; […]

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! Emma Wink Program Entrance: 2022 Where are you/will you be conducting your research/fieldwork? […]