Latest Issue of the Department of Anthropology Newsletter – Spring, 2013
Our latest issue of the Department of Anthropology Newsletter (Spring, 2013) is out! Be sure to check out the latest news!
College of Social Science
Sylvia Deskaj (M.A.) is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Anthropology. Her dissertation research aims to better understand the nature of prehistoric social interaction between foreign and indigenous human populations in the Balkans. She is beginning a dissertation on human mobility during the Bronze Age in the Shkoder region of northern Albania, where she has been working since 2010 as a member of the PASH project, and is particularly interested in the social aspects of death and tumulus burial. In 2012, Sylvia began work on the DIROS project in Greece, focusing on the massive Neolithic cave complex called Alepotrypa (Fox Hole), where she is studying the distribution of 100s of pieces of scattered human bone.
Doctoral Committee:
Dr. Lynne Goldstein (Chair)
Dr. William A. Lovis
Dr. Helen Pollard
Dr. Jon Frey
Dr. William A. ParkinsonOur latest issue of the Department of Anthropology Newsletter (Spring, 2013) is out! Be sure to check out the latest news!
Sabrina Perlman, ANP graduate student, has won the Rita S. Gallin award for Best Graduate Student Paper from the Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen). Her award-winning paper is entitled “Native American Women and Diabetes: Voices in Suffering and Solutions.”
Great news – The Fall 2012 issue of the Department of Anthropology’s newsletter is out!
72nd Annual Meeting of The Society for Applied Anthropology (SFAA) -Baltimore, MD; March 27 – 31, 2012 Emily Altimare, graduate student, gave the following paper presentation: “Living and Learning: Exploring Education in a Residential College Setting.” Dr. Keri Brondo (ANP alum) gave the following
Michigan State University’s department of anthropology was very well represented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The meeting was held April 18-22, 2012, in Memphis, TN. Jennifer Bengtson presented a paper co-authored by Dr. Jodie O’Gorman and Ryan
Congratulations to Terry Brock on being awarded an SRI Foundation Dissertation Research Grant for his research entitled: “We All Walked Together”: The Transition From Slavery to Freedom on a 19th century Maryland Plantation.
Dr. Lynne Goldstein and Terry Brock (PhD Candidate) received an honorable mention for the 2012 AT&T Faculty – Staff Award Competition in Instructional Technology. They received this honorable mention for their development of ANP 464: Archaeology Field School, which aims to engage the public with
Sean Dunham (PhD Candidate) is the recipient of the Society for American Archaeology Student Paper Award for the paper titled “Late Woodland Landscapes in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan.” Sean was presented with this award at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
On Friday, April 13th, 2012, eight undergraduate students presented their research at the annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) at MSU. James Schwaderer: “Project Point Color at Morton Village” (Winning Poster) – Advisor: Dr. Jodie O’Gorman Janine Baranski: “A Study of the Associations
The Department of Anthropology is very pleased to announce that Adrianne Daggett (PhD Candidate) has just been awarded an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant for her project titled “Early Iron Age Social and Economic Organization in Sowa Pan, Botswana.” Adrianne will conduct archaeological survey and excavation