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Sarah Simeonoff (Archaeology, PhD in progress) successfully defended her PhD qualifying exam. Her reserach is focuses on the culture history of the Kodiak Archipelago, the use of Indigenous ontologies, and archaeological risk
Secrets from the Grave By Lisa Marshall • Published: March 4, 2024 Centuries from now, if an archaeologist were to dig up Professor Sharon DeWitte’s bleached and weathered bones, they’d find a 7-inch stainless steel rod and nine
Graduate student Patrick McKenzie (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) awarded a Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant. This funding will support Patrick's preliminary fieldwork in Bulgaria this summer. His research
Clara Hwayeon Lee (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) receives the Center for Humanities & the Arts JEDI Completion Fellowship. The fellowship will support the final year of her graduate studies and her dissertation titled, "
Graduate student Nicholas Puente (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) awarded a Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant. This funding will support his dissertation project which explores how ancient Maya peoples engaged with
Kelsey Hoppes (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) was awarded the Donna C. Roper Research Fund to support her dissertation research on the coalescing of past diverse groups in northeastern Nebraska at 25BD1. This fund will support her in sending over 350
Our Graduate Student Symposium was an absolute triumph! From thought-provoking discussions to groundbreaking research presentations, our symposium showcased the brilliant minds shaping the future of anthropology. A massive thank you to everyone who
Professor Chris Hammons has received not one, but two awards for his work: (1) a Kayden Research Award for American Refuge, a documentary feature about trauma and time in the upland forests of the American West. The award covers the
Professor Will Taylor and Lakota elders receive the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize for their research article, "Early Dispersal of Domestic Horses into the Great Plains and Northern Rockies." The prize is awarded to the author or authors of an
Professor Warren Thompson publishes, “Being Seen is Believing: Evidence and Authority in the Ache Mission Encounter," in the Journal of Anthropological Research. Abstract Like many other lowland South American groups described in the