News & Events
- Professor Donna M. Goldstein's article, "Corned Beef Sandwich: Sexuality and Aging in Times of COVID-19," published in the upcoming volume Gender, Sexuality and Life Course: Research and Dialogues over Contemporary Social Transformations (Vernon
- Corruption and Illiberal Politics in the Trump Era (2022), edited by Professors Donna Goldstein and Kristin Drybread, has been selected as a 2025 Hot Topics Choice Picks book: "He's Back: Love him or hate him, 10 books on understanding Donald Trump
- Alumna, Dawa Lokyitsang (Cultural Anthropology, PhD 2023) awarded a year-long postdoctoral fellowship at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) at Leiden University in the Netherlands. This fellowship is designed for outstanding
- Jennifer Leichliter (PhD Anthropology, 2018), a post-doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, latest research, "Australopithecus at Sterkfontein did not consume substantial mammalian meat," was just published in Science!
- Professor Carole McGranahan's Article, "I Was Wrong About Theory,"published in American Ethnologist.AbstractTheory occupies a central, if curious place in contemporary anthropology. It is needed and valuable, enabling the articulation and use of
- Professor Matt Sponheimer reflects in A&S Magazine on the enduring significance of "Lucy," the 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis fossil discovered in Ethiopia. Half a century after her discovery, Lucy continues to be a pivotal
- Chilton Tippin (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) co-authored a report published on the on Hope Border Institute website about migrant deaths in the El Paso region of the U.S.-Mexico border. The report draws from his summer 2024 field research
- Professor Fernando Villanea featured in the Leakey Foundation podcast - Top Human Origins Discoveries of 2024. 2024 was another amazing year in human origins research. In this episode, three Leakey Foundation grantees (and one podcast host)
- Paige Edmiston (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) published a chapter based on her research in Advances in Diabetes Technology, a new book edited by Sarah Fishman aimed at practicing clinicians. The chapter, titled "A Historic FDA Clearance:
- Michelle Sauther and Jack Dalton (Biological Anthropology, PhD Candidate) are co-editors of a new Special Issue of the International Journal of Primatology: What They Do In the Shadows; New Perspectives on Africa's Nocturnal Bushbabies. The