Dr. Jusionyte Wins CLASP Teaching Award
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.
Graduate Students Receive SSRC and NSF Funding
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 […]
Anthro Graduate Wins UF Student Teaching Award
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. Peter Schmidt Honorary Fellow of PGIAR
Dr. Peter Schmidt has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology (PGIAR) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by the PGIAR Board of Managers at their 243rd meeting. This is a lifetime appointment. Congratulations to Dr. Schmidt!
Anthropology Professor Moseley Elected to AAAS
Michael Edward Moseley, distinguished professor of anthropology, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: One of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, the Academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to Academy publications and studies of science and technology policy, energy and global security, social policy and […]
Anthropology Professor Gillespie Named Dunlevie Honors Professor
Dr. Susan Gillespie has been appointed as an Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Honors Term Professor for a new course, Consumer Culture. The professorships are made possible by a generous endowment gift from Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie, a UF graduate. The goal of the program is to encourage the most esteemed faculty at UF to participate in the […]
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UF Anthropology Home to Two Malinowski Award Recipients
Dr. Anthony Oliver-Smith became the second UF-Anthro faculty member to receive the prestigious Malinowski Award from the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA). The award was presented to Oliver-Smith at the annual SfAA meetings held in Denver between March 19 and 23, 2013. He followed in the footsteps of one of his own mentors, Dr. Paul […]
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