February 2022 – Department of Anthropology

Dr. Kurt Rademaker publishes in Ñawpa Pacha (Journal of the Institute of Andean Studies) on “Sayrosa, a Minor Obsidian Source in the Puna of Arequipa”

Posted onFebruary 24, 2022February 24, 2022AuthorKelsey Merreck Wagner

MSU Department of Anthropology Assistant Professor Dr. Kurt Rademaker and co-authors Dr. Richard Burger (Yale University), Eisei Tsurumi (University of Tokyo), Matthew Boulanger (Southern Methodist University), Véronique Bélisle (Millsaps College), and Michael D. Glascock (University of Missouri) report the discovery and geochemical characterization of a Read More

Graduate Students in Anthropology organization (GSA) hosts 6th Annual GSA Symposium.

Posted onFebruary 21, 2022AuthorKelsey Merreck Wagner

Each spring, the Graduate Students in Anthropology organization (GSA) hosts the GSA Annual Symposium. This year, the 6th installment of the GSA symposium was held as a virtual/in-person hybrid event on February 11, 2022. The GSA Annual Symposium is not only an exciting showcase of Read More

Meet Dr. Melissa Anderson-Chavarria, Medical Anthropology

Posted onFebruary 17, 2022Authorfreykath

Dr. Melissa Anderson-Chavarria is a dual degree DO and PhD student and finished her PhD in 2021 under the mentorship of Dr. Linda Hunt. Dr. Anderson-Chavarria’s dissertation, “Forgotten Families of the Sea and Sun: An Ethnography of Autism in Puerto Rico,” focuses on autism families Read More

Fall/Winter 2021/2022 Newsletter is now available

Posted onFebruary 4, 2022February 18, 2022Authorfreykath

Message from the Chair: Dr. Todd Fenton MSU Forensic Anthropology Lab participates in Operation United College of Social Science Diversity Champion: Dr. Heather Howard MSU Alumnus Don Weir – The artifacts of a career devoted to archaeology Announcing Three New Anthropology Scholarships PhD Student Juan Read More

MSU anthropologist member of $1.4 million NIH grant team to develop image library for facial features requiring surgery

Posted onFebruary 4, 2022Authorfreykath

The National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Joseph T. Hefner, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Kentucky a five-year, $1.4 grant to develop a standardized graphic library to assist clinicians and biomedical researchers to communicate Read More

MSU Department of Anthropology hosts the 2021 Midwest Archaeology Conference

Posted onFebruary 4, 2022Authorfreykath

The Michigan State University Department of Anthropology hosted the joint annual meeting of the Midwest Archaeological Conference and the Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference October 7–9, 2021, on MSU’s campus. Jodie O’Gorman, MSU associate professor and archaeologist, led the team responsible for organizing the conference. “Our membership gets Read More

Dr. Najib Hourani Receives Dean’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Faculty Award

Posted onFebruary 4, 2022Authorfreykath

Dr. Najib Hourani, an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Global Urban Studies Program and core faculty in the Muslim Studies Program, is the winner of the inaugural 2021 College of Social Science Dean’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Excellence Faculty Award. The Read More

PhD Student Marwa Bakabas named diversity torch for MSU College of Social Science

Posted onFebruary 4, 2022Authorfreykath

Department of Anthropology doctoral student Marwa Bakabas was featured as the Diversity Torch in the College of Social Science “Diversity Matters” issue for Arab American Heritage Month. Arab American Heritage Month commemorates the contributions of Arab Americans to American life and their struggles to receive Read More