Hi All, It might seem like a slow week, but there was plenty of excitement in the department: Department of Anthropology Office to Change Name to Possum Lodge Earlier this week, the department, after years and years of searching for a totem animal, finally found success when a mischievous marsupial apparated into the chair’s office […]
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Some news, notes, and items from in and around the department: Student Awards Congratulations to three recipients of Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Awards! Netty Carey will be studying “Precarious Property on Ghana’s Eroding Coast” Megan Cogburn’s research is entitled “Pushing Institutional Deliveries: An Ethnography of Childbirth Care in Rural Tanzania” Cady Gonzalez will investigate “Hospitality […]
Hi All, It’s the Friday Scrapbook! Are are a few news, notes, and other items: Potlatch! It’s tomorrow. Be there or be square. Field School Opportunity
University of Florida Department of Anthropology, Assistant Professor of Latin American Archaeology The University of Florida (UF), Department of Anthropology invites applications for a full-time, tenuretrack position in Latin American Archaeology at the level of Assistant Professor, with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2019. We seek applicants strong in theory, method, and practical […]
Today, October 5, is National Get Funky Day! National Get Funky Day was started in St Augustine, following Hurricane Matthew in 2016, and it has been observed annually since October 5, 2017. How does one observe National Get Funky Day? “Get funky by wearing the brightest clothes, dance to happy music, smile, laugh, let […]
Hi All, Here are some things floating around the department this week: Anthropology Hiring Here’s an article in PLoS One out late last week that examines hiring trends in Anthropology. It’s well worth a read, especially since we’re hiring. Publications and Media! Kia Fuller, a graduate student working in Connie Mulligan’s lab, has a […]
Hi All, A few things going in and around the department this week: Potlatch News: Potlatch is coming on October 13. To get in the spirit, and to exercise your creative juices, submit a design to the Potlatch T-shirt Design Contest! The Potlatch FASA Committee is looking for submissions to the 2018 Potlatch T-shirt Design […]
Hi All, Because it is Friday, it is a day to link that lovable classic! (But remember, bagpipes make everything better). Seriously, though: some news and notes from around the department: What are the Faculty Up To? I sometimes wonder that myself, and when I do, I go to the Anthropology Department’s YouTube channel, where you see what we […]
Greetings all! It’s the end of another week! Here are some news and notes: Faculty News: I’m really enjoying making these kinds of announcements: Congratulations to Valerie De Leon, who was just awarded National Science Foundation Grant to study Cranial Base Development in Primates! SfAA News: Students: For those of you planning to […]
Greetings all, Some News and Notes in and around the Department this week: NSF Program Officer to Visit UF I am pleased to announce that Dr. Jeffrey Mantz, the Program Officer for Cultural Anthropology at the National Science Foundation, will be coming to UF on Thursday, September 20. This is a rare opportunity for […]