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Najib Hourani
As an Assistant Professor appointed in Anthropology and the graduate Global Urban Studies Program (GUSP), Najib Hourani’s research and teaching reflects the commitment of both the College of Social Science and the Department of Anthropology to furthering interdisciplinary research at MSU. Trained in Middle East Politics (PhD NYU, 2005), and having taught History at Fordham University and International Affairs at the New School, Dr. Hourani engages in historically-anchored research that addresses the larger questions anthropologists today ask concerning the formation and transformation of cities, states and economies in post-colonial settings. “I feel lucky to work and teach at MSU,” Hourani…
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Terry Brock Receives Dissertation Research Grant
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.
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MSU Scientists Identify Brucellosis in Ancient Skeletal Remains
For the first time, researchers have found brucellosis in ancient skeletal remains. In collaboration with Albanian archaeologists at the site of Butrint, MSU Anthropology’s Dr. Todd Fenton confirmed the presence of this infectious disease in medieval bones. Brucellosis, still a problem in modern Mediterranean countries, presents very similar skeletal pathology to tuberculosis, but DNA samples analyzed by Dr. David Foran of MSU Criminal Justice determined that the skeletal damage was instead caused by brucellosis. Their findings were published in the February 2012 volume of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.” MSU News Report: http://research.msu.edu/stories/msu-scientists-crack-medieval-bone-code
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Sean Dunham Recipient of 2012 SAA Student Paper Award
The Department of Anthropology is very pleased to announce that PhD Candidate Sean Dunham has been chosen as recipient for the Society for American Archaeology 2012 Student Paper Award for his paper entitled Late Woodland Landscapes in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ABSTRACT: This explores pre-European settlement ecosystems in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Pilot studies have shown that Late Woodland peoples utilized certain environments more extensively than others and also modified landscapes through their activities. Likewise, there is evidence that Native Americans used fire for landscape modification in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. While forest and understory clearing for horticulture has…
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University Relations Faculty Conversations: Andrea Louie
Dr. Andrea Louie, Director of the Asian Pacific American Studies program and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, talks with university about her research on the adoption of Chinese children by American parents. To read the story and watch Dr. Louie’s video interview, visit http://news.msu.edu/staff-faculty/story/10270 [photo copyright: MSU University Relations]