Anthropology

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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. Read more ...

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 ...

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 Read more "UF-Anthro Researcher Featured on BBC Radio"

Congratulations to Allysha Winburn, who was chosen for a 2015 Graduate Student Teaching Award!  Allysha was selected for her excellence in teaching Human Osteology. Read more "Anthro Graduate Wins UF Student Teaching Award"

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

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. Read more "Graduate Student Placement Bulletin ...

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. Read more "Incoming Professor of Historical Archaeology"

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 Read more "Graduating Students Spring 2014"

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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Catherine Tucker will join the Anthropology faculty, in conjunction with Latin American Studies, starting in Fall 2015, as part of UF’s Preeminence initiative. Read more "Incoming Professor of Cultural Anthropology"