Dr. Tucker Do you start your day with coffee? This course explores the diverse expressions and ramifications of “coffee culture,” from farmers who see it as their livelihood, to traders and baristas who know it as a living, to consumers who can’t imagine life without it. We will explore the histories of coffee, including its […]
Dr. Daegling The lifeways of our ancestors are inferred from multiple ecological and behavioral perspectives, but ultimately the test of these inferences focuses on fossils and their geological context. This course critically examines the methods used in human paleontology to reconstruct the major events and behavioral innovations that define hominin emergence and diversification. Issues […]
Dr. DeLeon A practical survey of the human skeleton for aspiring bioarchaeologists, forensic anthropologists and paleoanthropologists. Emphasis is on developing techniques for the identification of fragmentary human remains, including methods for establishing a biological profile from skeletal remains. This challenging course provides hands-on experience with human remains, and includes a basic introduction to skeletal biology […]
Dr. Schwartz Go the game, write fieldnotes, repeat! In this very special edition of ANT 4495 Ethnographic Methods, up to 25 students will receive a hands-on apprenticeship in ethnography by participating in “Into the Jaws of Gator Nation,” a student-driven, instructor-coordinated research project. Students will do real fieldwork on what makes Gator fans tick using […]
ANT 3620 Language and Culture Dr. Schwartz Humans use language to accomplish many of their communicative goals, but the forms and functions of language use vary across cultures. After a crash course in linguistic approaches to phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics, students consider anthropological approaches to language in its diverse social and cultural contexts. […]
ANT 2301 Human Sexuality and Culture (GenEd S and D) (WR 6000 words) Stephanie Bogart, Ph.D. Focus on human sexuality in an anthropological context – examining culture, biology, and archaeology through time and space – enriches our understanding because it encourages us to examine a wide range of human sexual experiences within and across […]
ANT 2301 Human Sexuality and Culture (GenEd S and D) (Non-writing eligible) Stephanie Bogart, Ph.D. Focus on human sexuality in an anthropological context – examining culture, biology, and archaeology through time and space – enriches our understanding because it encourages us to examine a wide range of human sexual experiences within and across cultures. The […]
It’s nothing but good news in the Monday Bulletin: On the Awards front: Ph.D. Candidates Amanda Brock and Hannah Toombs were selected as recipients of a $3500 Ruth McQuown Scholarship for graduate students at UF. Congratulations to both! Arianne Boileau was selected as one of the recipients of the 2020 Graduate School Mentoring Award. Congrats, Arianne! The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians received […]
Graduate student Megan Hanna Fry receives the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) grant in Spring 2020. She shares a few of her thoughts below: “I joined the department in the fall of 2018, working with Dr. John Krigbaum and Dr. James Davidson focusing in bioarchaeology. I received my B.A. from the University of Cincinnati, and […]
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