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Dr. Meri Gonashvili of the Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia, was awarded $20,000 by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Humanitarian and Human Rights Resource Center (HHRC) to support the project Anthropological Analysis of Victims of the Soviet-Era Terror in Georgia. Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PIs) on the
Department of Anthropology Assistant Professor Kurt Rademaker recently co-authored an article in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology with members of his research team, including first author Dr. Fotios Alexandros Karakostis and Dr. Katerina Harvati of the University of Tübingen. The article is titled “Biocultural
Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Stacey Camp recently published an article in the International Journal of Historical Archaeology titled, “The Future of Japanese Diaspora Archaeology in the United States.” In the article, Dr. Camp discusses the need for collaborative work and a shared research agenda
The Society for Medical Anthropological’s Responses to Health Emergencies Special Interest Group was one of this year’s recipients of the American Anthropological Association Presidents’ Award for the group’s extraordinary service. Dr. Deon Claiborne, Undergraduate Academic Advisor for the Department of Anthropology, is the co-chair of
Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Heather Howard recently published an article in American Anthropologist Vital Topics Forum titled “History, Truth, and Reconciliation in Settler Health Care.” The article critiques approaches used within biomedicine to Indigenous people’s health and advocates Indigenous-led health-care initiatives. Read the full
Department of Anthropology Assistant Professor Kurt Rademaker was recently featured in an article by The Scientist titled “The Peopling of South America.” The article describes new findings regarding South America’s earliest human inhabitants and highlights Dr. Rademaker’s research on the archaeological site of Cuncaicha, which
Our Spring 2020 Newsletter is now available! Check out the featured stories by clicking on the links below. Message from the Chair: Dr. Todd Fenton Dr. Linda Hunt Retires from the Department Dr. Andrea Louie Wins National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Dr. Stacey Camp
This summer, Dr. Stacey Camp is participating in Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage, which is a virtual pilgrimage to commemorate and remember Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the annual pilgrimages to WWII sites of Japanese American incarceration
Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Dr. Gabriel Wrobel recently co-authored an article in The Conversation with colleagues Dr. Charlotte Roberts (Durham University) and Dr. Michael Westaway (The University of Queensland) titled, “What the archaeological record reveals about epidemics throughout history—and the human response to them.”
Department of Anthropology Associate Professor Dr. Ethan Watrall recently co-authored an article in Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web with several colleagues, including first author Cogan Shimizu (Kansas State University), corresponding author Dr. Pascal Hitzler (Kansas State University), and fellow