2000s Heather McIlvaine-Newsad (PhD ’00) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Western Illinois University. [posted 2004] Amanda Stronza (PhD ’00) is Assistant Professor with the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Science at Texas A&M University. [posted 2004] Tara Boonstra (JD ’01) is the Assistant General Counsel at St. John’s […]
1990s Kate Hoffman (PhD ’90) is Vice-President of Janus Research, Inc., a historic preservation and archaeology consulting firm based in St. Petersburg. [posted 2005] Elizabeth Higgs (PhD ’90) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, Georgia. [updated 2011] Jonathan Dain (MA ’91) is the Student Development Coordinator and Instructor with […]
1980s Nicholas Honerkamp (PhD ’80) is Chair of the Anthropology Department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. [posted 2005] Richard Pace (MA ’83, PhD ’87) is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at Middle Tennessee State University. [posted 2004] Charles Ewen (PhD ’87) was promoted to full professor in […]
1970s Dr. Barbara Purdy, UF Professor Emerita (PhD ’71), was profiled in the May 2005 issue of The SAA Archaeological Record . [posted 2005] Richard W. Sapp (PhD 1976) is a freelance writer & photographer in Gainesville. [posted 2006] Mercio Pereira Gomes (PhD ’77) is now President of FUNAI, the Brazilian Indian Protection Service. [posted […]
Dr. Kathy Deagan, Professor Emerita FLMNH, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. https://www.amacad.org/content/members/newFellows.aspx?s=a Connie Mulligan was elected as VP/President-elect of the American Association of Anthropological Genetics at the AAPA meetings Dr. Dave Daegling has been named one of 34 University of Florida Research Foundation Professors for 2016-2019. The recognition goes to […]
University Scholars 2014-2015 Anthony Boucher Research Project: “Power and Wealth: Axe-shaped Iron Ingots in Viking-age Europe” Mentor: Dr. Florin Curta Austin Jacobs Research Project: “Uncovering Remnants of Western Civilization through Mass Spectrometry” Mentor: Dr. John Krigbaum Rachel Kalisher Research Project: “Evaluating Cultural Identity within Middle Bronze Age Burials in the Levant” Mentor: Dr. Andrew Nichols […]
Undergraduate anthropology students may be selected to the University Scholars program, in which they work with a faculty mentor on a research project. Their work is then presented at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium through UF’s Center for Undergraduate Research. University Scholars 2015-2016 Jose Abastida Research Project: “Access to Emergency Care by Undocumented Immigrants” Mentor: […]
Funding Awards 2015-2016 Myrian Barboza was selected as the recipient of a Ruth McQuown Scholarship Supplementary Award for a graduate student at the University of Florida Michelle Eusebio and Alissa Jordan have been awarded CLAS Dissertation Fellowship Awards. Jeff Vadala has been awarded a Wenner-Gren Award for his dissertation research. Jeff is studying the caching events at the […]
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES – SPRING 2017 PhD: Carey, Mia Infante, Felipe Kolpan, Kate Macrae, Scott Salazar, Carola MA: Carey, Elizabeth (Netty) Gonzalez, Cady Hagos, Werede Masanga Maisha, Felicien McDaniel, Kevin Muzyczka, Kelly Striepe, Nicole Summer 2017 – UF Humanities Grant/Fellowship Proposal Review Opportunity Make this the summer that you plan ahead for your fall […]
Please join us in congratulating the 2017 Department Award Winners! John M. Goggin Award: Myrian Barboza, Elise Geissler, Jandy Gu, and Susan Lad William R. Maples Award: Michala Stock Amaya-Burns Award: Iliana Villegas James C. Waggoner Grant-in-Aid: Nicolas Delsol, Nathan Lawres, Megan LeBlanc, Taylor Polvadore and Sarah Zaleski We wish all of the winners […]