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Anna Wynfield (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) has been awarded a Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) Dissertation Fellowship for the 2026–2027 academic year. The yearlong fellowship from the University of Colorado Boulder will support
Olumide Ojediran (Archaeology PhD in Progress) recently delivered an invited virtual presentation at the University of Minnesota. He shared his research as part of the Department of Anthropology’s Brown Bag series.
Professor Kaifa Roland, former CU faculty member now at Clemson University, has published a new article, "Another Four Women: AfroCubana Entrepreneurs as Womanist Praxis in The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology.Ìý
Sanggay Tashi (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) recently presented at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.Sanggay's presentation, titled "From Grassland to Grassland: Transformation of
Chilton Tippin successfully defended his PhD dissertation, "Blood of the Desert: Riverine Lifeworlds and the Politics of Water Along the Rio Grande." ÌýJack's committee included Professor Jerry Jacka as advisor, along with Professors Scott
Jack Dalton successfully defended his PhD dissertation, "Behavioral Ecology of South African Thick-Tailed Bushbabies (OtolemurÌýcrassicaudatus) and Implications on Primate Social and Cognitive Evolution." ÌýJack's committee included
Postdoctoral Fellow Amanda Rowe recently completed six weeks of fieldwork in Madagascar and led programming at the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) 2026 annual meeting. Fieldwork: In Madagascar, Rowe
Professor Carole McGranahan has published a new peer-reviewed article in History and Anthropology Journal. Co-authored with Deborah A. Thomas, the piece is titled "Disconnected Histories: Cold War Empires in the 21st Century." The
Professor Donna M. Goldstein and Anthropology Alumna Magda Stawkowski (now tenured faculty at the University of South Carolina) have published a new article in the Journal of the History of Biology. The piece, "Of Epistemes and Insects
Professor Kate Goldfarb awarded a Center for Humanities and the Arts (CHA) Small Grant. The grant will provide critical funding for the project, "Launching the Marshall Fire Story Project Archive: A Collaboration with the Louisville Historical