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Rachel Coppock (BA Anthropology in Progress) was named one of College of Arts and Sciences 2024 Jacob Van Ek Scholars as she prepares to graduate next month as an anthropology major. The award recognizes exceptional undergraduates who excel in

Professor Michelle Sauther's co-authored article, "Environmental Effects on Nocturnal Encounters of Two Sympatric Bushbabies, Galago moholi and Otolemur crassicaudatus, in a High-Altitude South African Northern Mistbelt Montane Habitat by

Griëtte van der Heide (Biological Anthropology, Phd Candidate) publishes, "Flexibility in the Diet and Feeding Ecology of Nocturnal and Cathemeral Aotus." in Owl Monkeys. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Abstract

Urmi Bhattacheryya (PhD Cultural Anthropology in Progress), Adi Prakash (PhD Cultural Anthropology in Progress), and Anna Wynfield (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) awarded Center for Humanities and the Arts (CHA)

Andrea Steffes-Tuttle  (MA Cultural Anthropology in Progress) successfully defended her masters thesis "Meaning and Morality: How Tools of Business Ethics Shape Worker Subjectivities" on April 9th. Her committee members were

Seamus Klingsporn (BA Anthropology in Progress) was selected for an Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program grant to support his research for his honors anthropology seniorthesis, "Weightlifting and Masculinities: An Ethnographic Study of

Anna Wynfield (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) awarded Center for Humanities and the Arts (CHA) Summer Fellowship.  The fellowship will provide funding for Anna to continue her dissertation research this summer. Her research explores

Sarah Coronna and Rachel Coppock (BA Anthropology in Progress) receive the 2024 Jacob Van Ek Award.  The award recognizes exceptional undergraduates who excel in their academics and meaningfully contribute to the University of

Adi Prakash (PhD Cultural Anthropology in Progress) was invited by AES (American Ethnological Society) to present his pre-dissertation research at the 2024 AES/APLA spring conference.  His presentation, "Crossroads: A

Sasha Buckser (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) successfully defended her research prospectus entitled, “Liminal Elements: Exploring Converse Human-Coyote Perceptions Among Pre-columbian Indigenous North American Western Peoples and Colonial