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Alumna Dr. Julie Pelletier: Working with Indigenous Communities
Dr. Julie Pelletier’s planned to specialize in medical anthropology when she arrived at MSU. However, her academic career took a different direction when she was awarded doctoral research funding by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians to conduct a project on indigenous identity. She completed the PhD program in 2002, after being hired
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Featured Retired Faculty: Dr. Ken David
Dr. Ken David decided on Anthropology during his senior year at Wesleyan University of Connecticut. His major was the College of Letters (CoL). The CoL taught you to be a critic of literature, of historical accounts, and of philosophical works; this experience incited Dr. David to work quite directly with peoples’ thoughts and activities. He
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Graduate Student Awards, Grants and Fellowships
Lisa Bright received a Cultural Heritage Informatics and a Campus Archaeology Program Fellowship Sylvia Deskaj was awarded a NSF subsidized grant to analyze a portion of her dissertation material using the Elemental Analysis Facility at the Field Museum of Natural History, graduate student travel grant from Archaeological Institute of America, Alliances for Graduate Education and
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Alumna Dr. Marita Eibl: Explores Government Opportunities
Dr. Marita Eibl first became enamoured by the discipline when she did a sixth grade report on East African Anthropology. As an undergraduate at University of Notre Dame, she was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to learn about all four fields of Anthropology. During this time, she was able to conduct research in East
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MSU Anthropology Undergraduates at UURAF
The annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) took place Friday, April 10, 2015 in the MSU Union. The Department of Anthropology was represented by five undergraduate students who presented their original research to the broader MSU community. All the undergraduates did an excellent job presenting their work. Presentations included: Rebecca Albert: “Burnt to
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Returning to Aztalan
Dr. Lynne Goldstein has worked in and around Aztalan since 1976. Aztalan is a large Middle Mississippian site (ca. AD 1000-1200) located between the modern cities of Milwaukee and Madison, and is the most famous archaeological site in Wisconsin. During this past summer, Dr. Goldstein led an excavation of the site to address questions about
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New Publications
The Tie That Binds; Essays in Honor of Margaret B. Holman Margaret B. “Peg” Holman was for many years an Adjunct in the MSU Department of Anthropology, a Research Associate at the MSU Museum and former editor of The Michigan Archaeologist. The special tribute volume (Michigan Archaeologist Vol. 54) was co-edited by Dr. Janet G. Brashler
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New Course: Exploring Equality and Diversity in the United States
This summer, the Department of Anthropology will be offering a new online Integrative Studies in Social Science course created by Dr. Adan Quan. The course explores social diversity and equality in the United States from the perspective of an international student. The goal is to introduce international and domestic students to the issues and debates
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Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys
Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys has been a two year effort at MSU and in our community, funded by two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2013, Muslim Journeys Book-shelf brought a collection of 25 books and 3 DVDs on Muslim experiences and cultures to the MSU Libraries, the East Lansing Public Library,
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Undergraduate Anthropology Club Update
This semester, the Undergraduate Anthropology Club is continuing its mission to provide students interested in anthropology with a constructive environment to further their professional and academic goals. By the end of this semester, they will have presentations by four professors about their research, had a presentation from the Campus Archaeology Program, and a tour of