The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce that Dr. Chris McCarty will be serving as the next chair of our department beginning August 16th, 2016, with a term extending three years until August 2019. Dr. McCarty has an extensive background in cultural anthropology, collaborative research, and administrative processes through his various appointments on and […]
From Phil Williams, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies: I’m pleased to announce the establishment of the Hugh Popenoe Mesoamerican Research Endowment. The endowment is named after the late Hugh Popenoe, Professor Emeritus of Soils and Water Management at the University of Florida, and was made possible by a gift from Hugh’s estate. […]
Native American and Indigenous Studies Program (NAIS) Dr. Robin Wright is now the CLAS faculty advisor of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program (NAIS), meaning that the existing Minor in American Indian and Indigenous Studies, formerly housed in the Anthropology Department, is now based in Religion. A core group of Faculty and graduate students […]
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We have raised enough funds for a new anthropology van! We got help for Geography, the Center for African Studies, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. We are ordering a model with a mounted fire extinguisher.