Undergraduate students at the University of Florida can now earn a 12 credit certificate in Medical Anthropology. Details are available online. The certificate provides an intensive foundation in medical anthropology for undergraduate anthropology and non-anthropology majors.
A co-authored article for The Conversation authored this summer discusses the importance of multi-disciplinary inquiry in the current age of STEM-focused education. The full article is available here and was co-authored by Sophia Acord, Kevin Jones, Susan Gillespie. The research behind this article was also covered by Time magazine.
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Dr. Alyson Young’s unique One Health approach to studying health issues was discussed in a recent post by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab at Colorado State University. You can read the full article here, and learn more about Dr. Young’s research and teaching at her faculty page.
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Dr. Ieva Jusionyte was awarded the 2015 Junior Faculty Teaching Award by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP). You can read more about the award at the CLASP website. Visit Dr. Jusionyte’s faculty page to learn more about her research and teaching, including her Border Rescue Project.
Dr. Rick Stepp’s project in Yunnan, China was featured by Climate Central. The article discusses the impact climate change poses for the global tea industry. You can learn more about Dr. Stepp’s research and teaching at his faculty page.
Jamie Lee Marks has been awarded a Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship or her dissertation research on urban transit reform in Lima. Chris Clukay has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Reviewers were very impressed with his chemistry/humanities undergraduate background and the unique look at the effects of war he takes […]
Dr. James D. Pampush’s doctoral research on the evolution of the human chin was featured on BBC Radio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nk85f
Congratulations to Allysha Winburn, who was chosen for a 2015 Graduate Student Teaching Award! Allysha was selected for her excellence in teaching Human Osteology.
Dr. Thomas Huffman, Professor emeritus and former Chair of the Dept. of Archaeology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa will be giving the Center for African Studies Baraza lecture entitled Prehistoric Ethnicity in the Mapungubwe Landscape on Friday, April 10 at 3:30 pm in 404 Grinter Hall. For more than five decades Professor Huffman has been investigating […]
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Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology Mass Graves in Iraq: a Brief Overview with Case Studies David Hines, Ph.D. candidate Monday, February 23, 2015, FAB 105, 3-4 pm ABSTRACT: Decades of wars, repressions, and uprisings have left Iraq with a mass graves problem of considerable scope and diversity. The graves are found throughout the […]
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