Hi All, News and Notes: Publications The book DE ARQUEOLOGÍA HABLAMOS LAS MUJERES. PERSPECTIVAS SOBRE EL PASADO ECUATORIANO [Women Speak About Archaeology. Perspectives on Ecuador’s Past] was just published, with Ph.D. Candidate Josefina Vásquez a leader on this project and author of one of the chapters. You can find more details here, including a link to a .pdf of […]
Some news and notes from around the department: Publications Dr Maxine Margolis, Professor Emerita in our very own Department of Anthropology, has a new book, hot off the Rodman and Littlefield press: Women in Fundamentalism: Modesty, Marriage, and Motherhood. Get your copy here. Career Planning at the AAA in Vancouver The Archaeology Division is organizing a […]
Hi All, The Friday Scrapbook is back after a two-week hiatus, so it is only fitting it comes out on a Thursday! Some Items from around the Department: Coffee Symposium Starts Today! The University of Florida Coffee Research Symposium will be held October 17-19. Organized by our very own Chris LeClere, the deadline to submit a presentation […]
Hi All, It’s the Friday the 13th/Full Moon Edition of the Scrapbook. This spooky combo only happens every 20-30 years, so be sure to save your copy: this rare issue might be worth money someday on Ebay! Some Items from around the Department: Upcoming Events Potlatch this year is October 12 — less than a month […]
Awards Section MD-PhD trainee and anthropology student Chu Hsiao was awarded a 5-year $219,000 NIH F30 NRSA award, “Biocultural investigation of maternal adversity on gene expression and RNA methylation in the placenta” under the mentorship of Drs. Connie Mulligan and Maureen Keller-Wood. The F30/31 NRSA is one of the most prestigious fellowships an MD-PhD trainee can possibly obtain. She is the first student in […]
Graduate Student Email: matthewalbrecht@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, 2023 M.D. P. Master’s in Development Practice (School of Geography), University of Arizona, 2015 B.A. Political Science, Montana State University, 2011 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Chris McCarty Dr. Jeffrey C. Johnson Research Interests My research focuses on the impacts of climate change on human health, […]
Graduate Student Email: gbaylis@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, In Progress M.A. Anthropology, 2020 B.A. Anthropology, Centre College, 2015 B.A. International Studies, Centre College, 2015 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Pete Collings Research Interests Cultural anthropology; Community-led conservation movements; Human ecology; Resilience and adaptability strategies; Climate change and perceptions of vulnerability; Social-ecological systems Selected Publications Grants, Fellowships, […]
Graduate Student Email: s.bhushan@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A. Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi B.A. Sociology, University of Delhi Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Abdoulaye Kane Research Interests Contemporary movement of African nationals to South Asia is substantial due to constrained migration policies in Western Europe and USA. Studies […]
Graduate Student Email: ssummers11@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A.A. Applied Anthropology, University of Maryland College Park, 2018 B.A. Anthropology, Dickinson College, 2015 A.A. General Studies (Concentration: Sociocultural Anthropology), Montgomery College, 2013 Subfield Biological Anthropology Chair Dr. Valerie Burke DeLeon Research Interests Forensic anthropology, postcranial skeletal morphology, ankle morphology focusing on the talus, […]
Graduate Student Email: facostamunoz@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A. Cultural Anthropology, North Carolina State University, 2019 B.A. Anthropology and Linguistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017 Subfield Linguistic Anthropology Chair Dr. Aaron Broadwell Research Interests Language revitalization, indigenous languages of Latin America, language ideology, language endangerment, bilingualism/ multi-lingualism, sociolinguistics, […]