Graduate Student Email: akurewa@ufl.edu Education PhD., Anthropology, University of Florida, in progress MA., Funerary Archaeology, University of York, 2019 BA., Social Sciences, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, 2010 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. Katherine Grillo Research Interests East Africa, Materiality, Mobility, Identities, nomadic pastoralist societies, community archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology […]
Graduate Student Email: carmenjones@ufl.edu Education M.A., Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress B.A., Anthropology, University of Florida, 2023 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. Kenneth Sassaman Research Interests Public archaeology, zooarchaeology, Eastern US, human osteology, human-animal relationships Selected Publications Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
Graduate Student Email: belayalem@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress L.L.M. Business and Corporate Law, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, 2014 L.L.B. Law, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, 2012 B.A. Management, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, 2014 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Brenda Chalfin Research Interests My project aims to understand the interface between social and legal regimes of […]
Graduate Student Email: brennafennessey@ufl.edu Education M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress B.S. Anthropological Science, The Penn State University, 2022 B.A. Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies , The Penn State University, 2022 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. Kate Grillo Research Interests Southern and eastern African archaeology, archaeobotany, human-environment interactions, food insecurity, mobility Selected Publications and Presentations […]
We are pleased to recognize an outstanding group of students, all of whom had degrees conferred on December 16th, 2022: Terry Barbour’s dissertation is titled “The View Source Side Shell Bead Production along Florida’s Gulf Coast.” Randee Fladeboe was awarded the doctorate for her dissertation, “Reconstructing the Lives of Macaws in the Prehistoric Southwestern United […]
Ph.D. Candidate Rocío M. López Cabral was awarded the National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for her project “A Geoarchaeological Approach to the Materiality and Historical Ecology of Earth Mounds: The Colina da Monte Site (India Muerta Wetlands, Uruguary).” Rocío’s research examines how and why mid-to late-Holocene societies in southeast Uruguay carried out […]
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Ph.D. Candidate Emily Bartz was awarded the National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for her project “Hunter-Gatherer Foodways in the American Southeast: Organic Residue Analysis of Stalling Period Pottery of the Middle Savannah River Valley.” Emily’s research employs organic residue analysis (ORA) to chemically analyze the resources processed within North America’s earliest pottery […]
Graduate Student Email: cwarpinski@ufl.edu Education M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress B.A. Global Health, Arizona State University, 2013 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Adrienne Strong Research Interests Health, Environment, Stigma Selected Publications and Presentations Nguyen OT, Watson AK, Motwani K, Warpinski C, McDilda K, Leon C, Khanna N, Nall RW, Turner K. Patient-Level Factors […]
Graduate Student Email: madisonehyman@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A. Anthropology, Brandeis University, 2018 B.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, 2015 B.A. English, University of Florida, 2015 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Jack Kugelmass Research Interests Holocaust Studies, Personhood, Maternal Health, Jewish Ethnography, Death Ritual Selected Publications and Presentations Grants, Fellowships, and […]
Graduate Student Email: yuqi.zhuang@ufl.edu Education Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A. – , Australian National University, 2021 B.A. – , China Women’s University, 2018 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Research Interests Critical medical anthropology; global health; reproductive health Selected Publications and Presentations Grants, Fellowships, and Awards