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Dr. Stacey Camp, Dr. Lynne Goldstein (Anthropology), and Dr. Leigh Graves Wolf (College of Education) with the Archaeology STEM Camp Pilot Project will use a grant from Science and Society at State (S3) to run a two-day archaeology camp this June for 15 International Baccalaureate (IB) high
Here you can find links to each article in the Fall 2017 newsletter as well as interactive content unavailable in our print format. MSU Forensic Anthropology Lab Message from the Chair: Dr. Jodie O’Gorman Congratulations Graduates! PhD Student Andy Upton receives Wenner-Gren Featured Faculty: Dr.
Your gifts can be directed to (https://www.givingto.msu.edu/gift/index.cfm?sid=701): Department of Anthropology – This is a general fund used to support undergraduate and graduate student travel and research, bring in visiting scholars for lectures and workshops, and support other learning events across the sub-disciplines. Alumni and Friends
Invisible in Plain Sight: Self-Determination Strategies of Free Blacks in the Old Northwest by alumna, Dr. Jill Rowe African Medical Pluralism by alumni Dr. William Olsen and alumna Dr. Carolyn Sargent Evil in Africa by alumni Dr. William Olsen and Walter Van Beek “Public heritage at
The Alumni and Friends of Archaeology Expendable Fund, established to enhance research and learning of undergraduate and graduate students in the archaeology program through the MSU Department of Anthropology, provided two student awards Spring 2017. This was the inaugural year for the Alumni and Friends
Graduate student and PhD. Candidate Susan Kooiman received the 2016-2017 Moreau Maxwell Scholar Award. This award is given to an Anthropology graduate student for an outstanding research contribution in Anthropology. The award is named in honor of the late Professor Moreau Maxwell, who is internationally
Our Graduate Student Association has been busy this fall. The first order of business was elect new officers. Congratulations to President Caitlin Vogelsberg, Vice President Jack Biggs, Information Officer Amber Plemons and Treasurer Kelly Kamnikar. So far this semester, the GSA has awarded two scholarships,
Dr. Erica Dziedzic is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, who has taught for the department several times. At the young of 8, Erica decided she wanted to become an archaeologist and made it a reality in August of 2016 when she
We are very proud to announce that our recent alumna, Dr. Jane Wankmiller, is the new Director of the Forensic Research Outdoor Station (FROST), and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Northern Michigan University (NMU). FROST, is currently under construction, and will function as an outdoor
Since the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Muslim Americans have been the focus of increased scrutiny and surveillance. More recently, however, the period since and leading up to the American presidential election shows that: 1) anti-Muslim hate crimes are on the rise, according to FBI data