Anthropology

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"

Congratulations to Michala Stock who won the 2017 J. Lawrence Angel Award, a Forensic Anthropology Student Paper Award, for her paper titled Growth and Development of Secondary Sex Characteristics in the Human Skull. Michala was presented with the award last week at the AAFS ...

Dr. Ruth Thompson-Miller has had a productive career in academia, winning many awards and honors, while publishing and presenting her work in many forums. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida in 2004, as a McNair Scholar and University ...

2010s Ashley Sharpe (PhD ’16) has accepted a position at STRI, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Ellen Lofaro (PhD ’16) has accepted a position at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville as Curator of Collections Jessica-Jean Casler (PhD ’16) has ...

2000s Heather McIlvaine-Newsad (PhD ’00) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Western Illinois University. Amanda Stronza (PhD ’00) is Assistant Professor with the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Science at Texas A&M University. [posted ...

1990s Kate Hoffman (PhD ’90) is Vice-President of Janus Research, Inc., a historic preservation and archaeology consulting firm based in St. Petersburg. Elizabeth Higgs (PhD ’90) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, Georgia. [updated ...

1980s Nicholas Honerkamp (PhD ’80) is Chair of the Anthropology Department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Richard Pace (MA ’83, PhD ’87) is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at Middle Tennessee State ...

1970s Dr. Barbara Purdy, UF Professor Emerita (PhD ’71), was profiled in the May 2005 issue of The SAA Archaeological Record . Richard W. Sapp (PhD 1976) is a freelance writer & photographer in Gainesville. Mercio Pereira Gomes (PhD ...

  Dr. Kathy Deagan, Professor Emerita FLMNH, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. https://www.amacad.org/content/members/newFellows.aspx?s=a Connie Mulligan was elected as VP/President-elect of the American Association of Anthropological Genetics at the AAPA meetings Dr. Dave Daegling has been named one of 34 ...

University Scholars 2014-2015 Anthony Boucher Research Project: “Power and Wealth: Axe-shaped Iron Ingots in Viking-age Europe” Mentor: Dr. Florin Curta Austin Jacobs Research Project: “Uncovering Remnants of Western Civilization through Mass Spectrometry” Mentor: Dr. John Krigbaum Rachel Kalisher Research Project: “Evaluating Cultural Identity within Middle Bronze Age Burials ...

Undergraduate anthropology students may be selected to the University Scholars program, in which they work with a faculty mentor on a research project. Their work is then presented at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium through UF’s Center for Undergraduate Research. University ...

Funding Awards 2015-2016 Myrian Barboza was selected as the recipient of a Ruth McQuown Scholarship Supplementary Award for a graduate student at the University of Florida Michelle Eusebio and Alissa Jordan have been awarded CLAS Dissertation Fellowship Awards. Jeff Vadala has been awarded a Wenner-Gren Award ...

Please join us in congratulating the 2017 Department Award Winners! John M. Goggin Award: Myrian Barboza, Elise Geissler, Jandy Gu, and Susan Lad William R. Maples Award: Michala Stock Amaya-Burns Award: Iliana Villegas James C. Waggoner Grant-in-Aid: Nicolas Delsol, Nathan Lawres, Megan LeBlanc, Taylor Polvadore and Sarah Zaleski   We ...

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Randee Fladeboe is featured in Scientific American for her PhD research on macaws. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/prehistoric-americans-may-have-farmed-macaws-in-feather-factories/?wt.mc=SA_Facebook-Share Read more "Graduate Student Research Featured in Scientific American"

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/21/506153131/knowing-someone-who-faced-discrimination-may-affect-blood-pressure Read more "Dr. Mulligan’s Research Featured by NPR"

UF Alumni Ed Gonzalez-Tennant’s work in Rosewood, FL was recently featured by WFSU. See the link below to read the article: http://news.wfsu.org/post/decades-after-white-mob-destroyed-rosewood-town-rebuilt-online Read more "UF Alumni Featured for Archaeological Work"

Doctoral student Ashley Sharpe featured in UF News for her research. http://news.ufl.edu/articles/2016/11/old-teeth-new-stories.php Read more "Anthropology Grad Featured in UF News"

SEAC Lifetime Achievement Awards William Harrison Marquardt: Bill received his PhD in 1974 from Washington University in St. Louis. He has spent much of his career in Southeastern archaeology with forays into the US Southwest and in France. He is currently ...

Connie Mulligan was elected as VP/President-elect of the American Association of Anthropological Genetics at the AAPA meetings Myrian Barboza was selected as the recipient of a Ruth McQuown Scholarship Supplementary Award for a graduate student at the University of Florida Read more ...