Apply to the Ethnographic Field School Deadline March 1, 2016

Now in its fourth year, the Ethnographic Field School (EFS) is a five-week (July 1- August 6) course for graduate students in cultural anthropology. The focus of the EFS is qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection in the context of participatory action research. Held in Tallahassee, Florida. Director: Clarence Gravlee APPLY TO THE ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD SCHOOL HERE. […]

UF Ph.D., Dr. James (JD) Pampush, had his research on the function of the chin featured on BBC news

See the story here

Mia Carey’s research on the life of Yarrow Mamout featured on the Creative Exchange website

More information: http://www.springboardexchange.org/people/miacarey.aspx

Check out the 2016 Winter Newsletter

Take a look at it here or look at our archived newletters to see what the department has been doing in past years.

The Miami Herald article mentions doctoral student Carrie Brown and her work the identification of military dead from Pearl Harbor

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article48362490.html

Graduate student Mia Carey and UF Alum Ruth Trocoli were on the news in January 2016 for their work on the Yarrow Mamout Project, the archaeology of a late 18th and early 19th century free-black Muslim who lived in Georgetown, DC.

http://www.fox5dc.com/good-day/67933148-story

Barbara Purdy, Professor Emerita, and Bob Austin, UF Alum, have published How to Do Archaeology the Right Way, 2016, University of Florida Press.

Dr. George Aaron Broadwell Quoted by BBC News

Dr. Broadwell was quoted last week by BBC News journalist Vanessa Barford in an article titled, “Is the word ‘ghetto’ racist?” The article looks into the meaning of ‘ghetto’ following film director Quentin Tarantino’s use of the word at the Golden Globes. The story is at http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35296993.

FASA Weekly Colloquium

January 15, 2016 at 4pm in Turlington Hall Room 1208 Presentation by Jessica-Jean Casler, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida Short-term Medical Missions (STMMs) occupy increasingly prominent and complex spaces within the health landscapes of the global south. In light of the increasing role STMMs play in healthcare systems, there has been increased academic attention […]

Upcoming Team Based Learning (TBL) Workshop

Do you want to incorporate more interactive learning in your teaching? Are you looking for a way to “flip” your classroom? Dr. Marit Ostebo (Department of Anthropology) will conduct a Team-Based-Learning (TBL) workshop for faculty members interested in increasing student participation in the classroom. TBL provides educators with a comprehensive framework to facilitate participatory learning […]

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