College of Social Science
The Department of Anthropology is very pleased to announce that PhD Student Emily Riley has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad. Emily’s research, entitled “The Fight Against Wastefulness’: Legal and Political Engagement in Senegal,” will investigate the legal and political efforts for social change
The Department of Anthropology is happy to announce that it will be sponsoring Migration without Borders, an interdisciplinary graduate student conference on migration at Michigan State University on October 5th & 6th. This conference aims to facilitate and foster an interdisciplinary, trans-institutional cohort of scholars interested in
In order to document and communicate their ongoing research and outreach activities, the MSU Department of Anthropology Morton Village Archaeological Fieldschool in launching a blog this season. Located at mortonvillage.anthropology.msu.edu, the blog will feature regular posts and videos by fieldschool staff and students. Located in the
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 pleased to announce that the application deadline for the Morton Village Fieldschool (ANP464) has been extended to April 27th. May 21 – July 1, 2012; Anthropology 464: Field Methods in Archaeology As in any archaeological field school, students learn through hands-on application
Tazin Karim, doctoral candidate in medical anthropology, was recently awarded the Disciplinary Leadership Endowment Fellowship from the Council of Graduate Students and the Graduate School. This award recognizes her participation and demonstrated leadership in the field of anthropology including professional societies at the local, national