Sharon Abramowitz’s ongoing work with the AAA Emergency Ebola Anthropology Initiative

Sharon Abramowitz has been playing a lead coordination role in the American Anthropological Association/Emergency Ebola Anthropology Initiative. The Initiative was founded in 2014 with the overarching goal of bringing together interdisciplinary and international social science experts to inform the Ebola response. Presently, the network includes 150-200 experts in 11 countries, including U.S., U.K., Canada, France, […]

Florida Genetics Keynote Speech 2014

Florida Genetics 2014 Keynote Increasing the odds that science and technology will impact food and nutrition security Roger Beachy, Founding Director, World Food Center at UC Davis October 29 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Health Professions, Nursing & Pharmacy Auditorium No registration is required for the keynote address. Register to see other speakers here. View the […]

Colloquium Announcement: Kim Le and Bioarchaeology, Alissa Jordan and Folklore

The Florida Anthropological Student Associations hosts weekly colloquia to showcase our graduate students’ and faculty’s research interests, to give them valuable opportunities to practice or refine their presentation techniques, and to help connect UF anthropologists. Our third colloquium will be Friday, September 26 at 4pm in Turlington 1208: Kim Le “Using growth allometry of long […]

New Research Endowment for Mesoamerican Studies

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. […]

In Remembrance of George J Armelagos

The New York Times has just published an obituary for Dr. George J. Armelagos, who served at UF in the early 1990s as Department Chair. In honor of this talented physical anthropologist, we’d like to share the following from the article: Professor Armelagos (pronounced ar-MEL-ah-gos) was no osteomancer, as one who would divine the future […]

Graduate Student Placement Bulletin (Summer 2014)

This summer’s graduates are on to great things! Alison Montgomery has accepted a one-year Anthropology Faculty Fellow position at Marlboro College in Vermont, starting in September. Dr. Alan Schultz has accepted a tenure-track position with Baylor University.

Incoming Professor of Historical Archaeology

Our partner the Florida Museum of Natural History has welcomed Dr. Charles Cobb as the new Lockwood Chair in Historical Archeology. Learn more about the Museum’s programs and connections with UF Anthropology.

Graduating Students Spring 2014

Congratulations to our graduate students who graduated this term! Ph.D. Dr. Khadidja Arfi Dr. Ryan Morini Dr. Ryan Peseckas Dr. Traci Van Deest Masters Ball, Jacob Callicott, Christina Coxen, Kyle Dawayangzong, Fnu (Serena) Infante, Felipe Kennedy, Sarah Knolton, Jonathan Lad, Susan Le, Kim Ryley, Therese (Tess) Salazar, Carola

FLMNH Archaeologist Receives Recognition

Florida Museum of Natural History’s assistant Archaeology Curator and Anthropology affiliate professor Dr. Neill Wallis has received a UF Excellence Award for his work on Pre-Columbian North American social network and community studies. From the press release: Wallis’ research programs focus on the development and change of Native American social networks and communities between 3,000 […]

Incoming Professor of Social Anthropology

We’d like to welcome Dr. Jeff Johnson, who has accepted a position in Social Network Analysis, as part of the CLAS Preeminence Hire and in good demonstration of Anthropology’s interdisciplinary connections with the Bureau of Economic and Business Research. Jeff will be joining UF in August 2014.

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