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Lisa Matthies-Barnes

Graduate Student Email: lisamatthiesb@ufl.edu CV Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress Historical Archaeology, University of West Florida, 2020 B.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, 2016 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. James Davidson Research Interests Black and African-diaspora archaeology; consumerist archaeology; generational trauma, materiality, critical and critical race theory; landscape […]

Lorena Romero Leal

  Graduate Student Email: k.romeroleal@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A. Latin American Studies, Leiden University, 2018 (Cum Laude) B.A. Anthropology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2016 B.A. Sociology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2014 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Latin American Studies Chair Dr. Catherine Tucker Research Interests Latin American Studies, Gender and Feminist studies, Amazon […]

Friday Bulletin June 5, 2020

Hi Everyone! Here’s a couple of items for the week: Requiring ANT 3451, Race and Racism As many of you know, a petition is circulating to replace the required What is the Good Life? course with ANT 3451, Race and Racism.  As of this morning, the petition had 23,000 signatures (you can find it here).  Dr. […]

Friday Bulletin May 22, 2020

Hi Everyone! It’s a bit slow, news-wise, around these parts.  But there are a few items: Publications and Awards Megan Cogburn just published an article in Social Science and Medicine, “Homebirth fines and health cards in rural Tanzania: On the push for numbers in maternal health.” You can find the article here.  Congratulations, Megan! Corinne Futch recently […]

Friday Bulletin May 8, 2020

I hope everyone is enjoying the end of the semester.  As we disperse to a different part of the our house or apartment for the summer, here are few items:   Chris LeClere’s research on coffee houses has been featured in the latest issue of the UF Explore magazine.  Find the article here.   Molly Selba’s […]

Monday Bulletin April 13, 2020

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 […]

Friday Bulletin April 3, 2020

Megan Hanna Fry Receives an NSF GRF Our own Megan Hanna Fry recently was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for her project, “Comparative Methods on Social Differentiation and Identity in Anglo-Saxon England.” The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master’s […]