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News Around the Department
Congratulations to Marcella Omans for her NSF Graduate Research Fellowship she received for her project entitled “La Mesa Barrio Chino, Tijuana, Mexico: China’s Gateway to Latin America.” Her work focuses on providing insight into how newly arrived Chinese immigrants and business people leverage preexisting Chinese networks to gain economic footholds in Latin America; and on revealing how perceived Chinese identity in Latin America and the mediation of the expectations associated with this have shaped the Sino-Latin American narrative. Through her NSF funding, she plans to conduct multilingual (Spanish and Mandarin Chinese) ethnographic fieldwork in La Mesa Barrio Chino, Tijuana, Mexico…
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Message from the Chair: Dr. Jodie O’Gorman
This past spring semester in the Department of Anthropology has been a tumultuous time. We’ve celebrated great achievements and made important plans for our future, and at the same time we have been, and continue to be, stunned and outraged by the Nassar scandal. All across campus and in our department, faculty struggled to cope with the knowledge that the sexual predation that occurred was possible at MSU. Our hearts go out to the young women and their families who came forward and to those who have not yet found their voice. The well-being of our undergraduate and graduate students…
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Congratulations Graduates!
A heartfelt congratulations to all of our May graduates! You earned it. Advanced Degree Ceremony (Left to Right):Seven Mattes, Todd Fenton, Caitlin Vogelsberg, Joe Hefner, Mindy Morgan, Bill Lovis, Kate Frederick, Susan Kooiman, Lynne Goldstein, Nicole Geske, Deon Claiborne (front center) The College of Social Science also held its first annual PhD Recognition Ceremony for doctoral graduates. In attendance were Nicole Geske, Dr. Lynne Goldstein, Deon Claiborne, Dr. Todd Fenton, and Seven Mattes (not pictured). Click here to read the full newsletter.
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Graduate Students Recognized by MSU Museum
MSU Museum highlighted two Department of Anthropology students this semester as their “Featured Students.” Both Blair Zaid and Grace Krause are PhD. candidates in archaeology. Blair Zaid, a Ph.D. Candidate in both African American and African Studies (AAAS) and Anthropology, received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Michigan State University. For the past two years Ms. Zaid managed the volunteers and curation projects for the anthropology and archaeology collections at the MSU Museum under the supervision of Dr. William Lovis. Work with archaeological collections inspires her because it offers an opportunity to learn about a wide breath of Michigan…
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Outstanding Senior, Becca Albert
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce Rebecca K. Albert (aka Becca) as our Outstanding Senior in Anthropology for the class of 2018. Each department in the College of Social Science selects one graduating senior who is the first to walk across the stage at graduation and attend the Outstanding Senior Ball held in their honor. Becca was selected based on her GPA, her inclusion in the Honors College, her standing as current President of the Anthropology Club, and her extensive independent research resulting in a number professional conference and on-campus presentations, as well as first authorship on a…
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Anthropology Graduating Senior Breanna Escamilla delivers MSU College of Social Science Spring 2018 Student Commencement Speech
Ms. Breanna Escamilla was chosen as the MSU College of Social Science Spring 2018 Student Commencement Speaker. Breanna majored in anthropology with a focus on sociocultural studies as well as completing a double minor in Chicano/Latino Studies and African American/ African Studies. During her time at MSU, she has participated in various civic engagement activities including volunteering at Detroit Public Schools. Ms. Escamilla is a sister in the first Latina based sorority in the country, Lambda Theta Alpha and holds two jobs on campus. Working with people and woman of color such as herself inspires her to tell her own…
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Guide to Giving in Anthropology
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 Expendable Fund in Archaeology – This fund supports a competitive archaeology student research enhancement award and visiting archaeology scholars that provide public lectures, visit classes, and provide student workshops. Forensic Anthropology Lab Fund – Special equipment needed for the lab as well as forensic student research and learning support is provided with this fund. Department…
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Publications & Book Releases
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 scale: Building tools for authoring mobile digital heritage and archaeology experiences” in Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage by faculty, Ethan Watrall “’Fiery Technology’ and Transformative Placemaking: A Contextual Examination of a ‘Crematory’ at the Aztalan Site in Wisconsin,” in Cremation and the Archaeology of Death (J. Cerezo-Roman, H. Williams, and A. Wessman, eds.). Oxford University Press. Chapter…