New Degree Fall 2026: Master of Science in Archaeology
Beginning fall 2026 the Department of Anthropology will offer a Terminal MS degree in Archaeology.
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Dr. Adrienne Strong’s workshop on pain and palliative care with the African Center for Research on End-of-Life Care (ACREOL)
Dr. Adrienne Strong’s joint workshop with collaborators from Tanzania and the African Center for Research on End-of-Life Care (ACREOL), based in Kigali, Rwanda.
Karen Jones received a Superior Accomplishment Award!
Karen Jones’ service to the University of Florida’s Anthropology Department has been immeasurable. Her well-deserved award demonstrates how critical she is and has been to the department and the larger university as a whole. We could not be more excited and happy for her.
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Gator Giving Day 2025
Friends of Florida Anthropology Fund
The Anthropology department depends on donations to support its mission to provide undergraduate and graduate learning, scholarships, and experiential opportunities. Our general fund provides for a wide variety of department initiatives, including student recruitment and program building. Thanks for your support!
Spring 2025 Honors Slam
As one of the top research institutions in the country, UF prides itself in supporting the efforts of undergraduate research initiatives. You should too by attending the Anthropology Honors Thesis Slam!
Spring 2024 Undergraduate Awards
We are proud to celebrate our hard working anthropology undergraduates . The following students have had their ingenuity, service, research, and ambition recognized with awards from throughout the university:
Fort Mose: Black militia, forced migrations and resistance.
UF archaeologists study how “In eighteenth-century Spanish Florida, a militia composed of formerly enslaved Africans fought for their liberty”.
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Belay Alem Investigates Heirs’ Property
This summer, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Jacksonville had the opportunity to provide an internship experience to Ph.D. candidate Belay Alem in support of the organization’s work in the area of heirs’ property. Read the full feature here.
Aaron Broadwell’s research featured in Smithsonian Magazine
Elling Eide Professor Aaron Broadwell and Historian Alejandra Dubcovsky share with readers of Smithsonian Magazine how Indigenous speakers of Timucua in Spanish colonial Florida were actively writing translations of their language in the Roman alphabet taught to them by Spanish missionaries. Read the full story here.
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Undergraduate Research Symposium 2023
Thrilled to see our undergraduates presenting their research on April 4th at the 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium hosted by the Center for Undergraduate Research in the O’Connell Center. This event provides a public platform for undergraduate students to present the findings of their research and importantly includes students from across campus. It was great to […]