Faculty Research

Sugandh Gupta, Ph.D.

Friday April 24, 2026

Dr. Aaron Broadwell: Bloomfield Award Finalist

Wednesday November 12, 2025

Dr. Aaron Broadwell’s new book, The Timucua Language: A Text-Based Reference Grammar (University of Nebraska Press, 2024), has been designated as a Finalist for the Linguistic Society of America’s 2026 Leonard Bloomfield Book Award!

New Degree Fall 2026: Master of Science in Archaeology

Friday September 26, 2025

Beginning fall 2026 the Department of Anthropology will offer a Terminal MS degree in Archaeology.

Dr. Adrienne Strong’s workshop on pain and palliative care with the African Center for Research on End-of-Life Care (ACREOL)

Tuesday May 13, 2025

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!

Friday March 7, 2025

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.

Gator Giving Day 2025

Monday February 17, 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

Friday January 24, 2025

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!

New Speaker Series Wednesday November 13th!

Tuesday November 5, 2024

The UF Anthropology Department and Cypress & Grove Brewing Co. present the inaugural Stories From the Field event!

Spring 2024 Undergraduate Awards

Sunday May 12, 2024

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.

Thursday February 15, 2024

UF archaeologists study how “In eighteenth-century Spanish Florida, a militia composed of formerly enslaved Africans fought for their liberty”.

Belay Alem Investigates Heirs’ Property

Friday September 15, 2023

Whittaker Schroder, Ph.D.

Thursday September 14, 2023

Aaron Broadwell’s research featured in Smithsonian Magazine

Thursday May 18, 2023

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2023

Wednesday May 10, 2023

Honors Thesis Slam 2023

Thursday April 20, 2023

Congratulations to 12 outstanding undergraduate majors who conducted research under the mentorship of Anthropology faculty and presented the results of their efforts at the annual Honors Thesis Slam

Anthropology Undergraduates Awarded Research Funding

Thursday March 23, 2023

With the support of faculty mentors, nine Anthropology undergraduate majors garner funding for research projects spanning the breadth of the discipline.

BOOK LAUNCH: Crossing the Current: Aftermaths of War along the Huallaga River

Monday February 27, 2023

In his latest book, Crossing the Current, Professor Richard Kernaghan asks what happens to the lay of landscapes in the Upper Huallaga Valley of Peru once a prolonged period of political and social turbulence has ostensibly passed.

PhD Candidate Rocío M. López Cabral Awarded NSF DDRIG

Friday December 9, 2022

PhD Candidate Emily Bartz Awarded NSF DDRIG

Thursday December 8, 2022

Dr. George Aaron Broadwell wins 2022 Victor Golla Prize

Tuesday December 6, 2022