News & Events
Alumni, Jeffrey Brzezinski (PhD, 2019) and Guy Hepp (PhD, 2015) have recently co-authored a new study in Latin American Antiquity. Their article, titled "Ritual Transformation, Deity Embodiment, and Nagualism in Formative Period Oaxaca, Mexico,"
Stephania Zneimer (Biological Anthropology, PhD Candidate) successfully defended her dissertation, "Drivers of Setaria tundra transmission in Finnish semi-domesticated reindeer: An Agent-Based Modeling Framework for a Subarctic Pastoral System:
Kelsey Hoppes (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) successfully defended Her PhD dissertation, "Tracing Origins Through Pottery: Attribute Analysis Within a Communities of Practice Framework at a Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Multicultural Settlement
Yuti Gao (Biological Anthropology, PhD Candidate) successfully defended her dissertation, "Metagenomic Analyses of Cercopithecid Oral Microbiomes: Associations with Host Phylogeny, Habitat and Diet." ÌýYuti's committee included Professors Steven
Sanggay Tashi (Cultural Anthropology, PhD in Progress) recently published an article in The Conversation titled "How the development of solar and wind farms on the Tibetan Plateau is affecting local communities." The piece is based on his PhD
Yuti Gao (Biological Anthropology, Candidate) will begin a postdoctoral research position in the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan Medical School starting in September.Congratulations, Yuti!
New research by Professor Will Taylor has debunked the long-held belief that Colorado’s moose are an "invasive" species introduced in the 1970s.By pairing Indigenous traditional knowledge and oral histories with historical records, Will and an
Sanggay Tashi (Cultural Anthropology, PhD in Progress) awarded the Cora Du Bois Fellowship at Harvard University.This fellowship will allow Sanggay to utilize Harvard's Tozzer Library collections in Anthropology, Indigenous Studies, and Tibetan
Cristian Figueroa (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) participated at the Society of American Archaeology (SAA) 91st Annual Meeting, where he co-authored a paper presentation titled “Archaeological Collections, Institutional Policies, and Community Self-
Lauren Hosek's co-authored article, "On Making Descendant Communities: Three Case Studies From Historical Bioarchaeology," Published in American Journal of Biological Anthropology. ÌýAbstractBioarchaeologists, museums and universities, journal