Anthropology

It’s nothing but good news in the Monday Bulletin: On the Awards front: Ph.D. Candidates Amanda Brock and Hannah Toombs were selected as recipients of a $3500 Ruth McQuown Scholarship for graduate students at UF.  Congratulations to both! Arianne Boileau was selected as one of the recipients of the 2020 Graduate ...

Graduate student Megan Hanna Fry receives the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) grant in Spring 2020. She shares a few of her thoughts below: “I joined the department in the fall of 2018, working with Dr. John Krigbaum and Dr. James ...

Megan Hanna Fry Receives an NSF GRF Our own Megan Hanna Fry recently was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for her project, “Comparative Methods on Social Differentiation and Identity in Anglo-Saxon England.” The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students ...

Good News Division Ph.D. Candidate Arianne Boileau has just published a chapter with Norbert Stanchly (“Middle Preclassic Faunal Utilisation at Pacbitun, Belize: Evidence for Social Differentiation, Exchange, and Craft Specialisation”) in An Archaeological Reconstruction of Ancient Maya Life at Pacbitun, Belize, edited by Terry G. Powis, Sheldon ...

Dr. Gabriel Prieto’s research has been featured in the March/April issue of Archaeology Magazine. See the full issue here. (All images from Archaeology Magazine) Read more "Dr. Prieto’s Research Featured in Archaeology Magazine"

Anthropology Office The office remains open for business.  After a conversation with the staff, we’ve decided to continue business in our normal place.  We have plenty of Lysol wipes!  However, we’d encourage folks to avoid coming in unless it is absolutely ...

Postponements Given the current pandemic, we have postponed the Armadillo Roast indefinitely.  However, we have not abandoned the spirit of the event. We will still run some of the fundraising events thanks to the Department of Anthropology front office. You can support the Charles ...

Dillo Roast! Our annual upcoming Armadillo Roast, which will be held on March 14 — Just 8 days away!  In addition to our horseshoes tournament and the mystery meat and pie competitions,  our roast hosts have devised some new attractions, including a Hot ...

Graduate Recruitment Weekend Thanks to everyone who came out to meet with our newly admitted graduate students, and especially to those hosted students or who helped setup and take down at our Saturday picnic (or, in some cases, both!).  I’d like ...

Graduate Student Recruitment Weekend  This year we welcome prospective new students to Gainesville and UF February 14 & 15.  Stay tuned for our planned events, which include an afternoon picnic meet and greet for current students and faculty.  We are very much ...

Awards Arianne Boileau has just been awarded NSF funding for her dissertation research, “Identifying Household-level PoliticalEconomy on the Maya/Spanish Frontier through Zooarchaeology.” Congratulations, Arianne! FASA Colloquium This afternoon we have two talks, sponsored by FASA.  Dr. Kelly Sams will present her talk “Disease X: An ...

Upcoming Lectures and Talks We have two upcoming FASA lectures: Today, we have a lecture from Douglas Trent, titled ““Jaguars and Professional Opportunities.”  Trent is an ecologist by training and the executive director of the Instituto Sustentar (https://institutosustentar.net/) and the Research Director ...

Awards Section Please join me in congratulating Brittany Mistretta, who has been awarded a UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute (TESI) Lifelong Learner’s Grant for her proposal titled “Florida Archaeology and Arts in Medicine: Exploring the Art and Environment of Early Native Florida in ...

Workshops at the Center for Teaching Excellence The Center for Teaching Excellence is dedicated to keeping faculty, staff, and teaching assistants connected and informed. Our goal is to help build a community of faculty members from all fields working together to share ideas ...

Dr. Prieto was recently awarded the “2019 SAF Field Discovery Award” by the Shanghai Archaeology Forum for “Recognizing Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of our knowledge of the Human Past.” The Shanghai Archaeology Forum is one of the most prestigious awards in the ...

Read the review here. Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting: Stigma and the Undoing of Global Health Alexandra Brewis & Amber Wutich Johns Hopkins University Press (2019) Read more "New Book Co-Authored By Alumni Amber Wutich Reviewed in Nature"

Awards Section Congratulations to Laura Van Voorhis and Kelly Muzycka, who both received Elizabeth Eddy Doctoral Dissertation Write-Up Fellowships.  Laura will be finishing her thesis, “Osteoarchaeological Evaluation of the Prehistoric Denizens of Fort Center, Florida” in Spring, 2020.  Kelly will be writing ...

Anthropology undergraduates Jana Ambre and Gabriella Garcia were recently elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Congratulations to both! Read more "Congrats to Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society Anthropology Students"

UF Meet-up at the AAAs The UF Department of Anthropology is hosting a social mixer during the AAA / CASCA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, on Friday, November 22 beginning at 8:00pm and continuing until close.  Location: St. Regis Bar and Grill, 608 Dunsmuir Street. ...

News and Notes from around the department, on what also happens to be National Cappuccino Day: Publications and Press UF Anthropology Ph.D. Justin Dunnavant is featured in the latest issue of Science, highlighting his research at Estate Little Princess in St. Croix. ...