News & Events
- Kate Goldfarb's Book, "Fragile Kinships" published by Cornell University Press. This book is based on ethnographic research in Japan from 2008 to 2023). The book includes gorgeous illustrations by our own Sasha Buckser (Biological Anthropology
- Professor Will Taylor's article, "How Horses Made the Modern World," is featured on the cover of the December 2024 issue of Scientific American! This piece explores archaeological and genetic discoveries that topple long-standing ideas about the
- Professor Will Taylor's article, "Do Moose 鈥淏elong鈥 in Colorado?" published in SAPIENS. This article is an appplied archaeology collaboration with Museum Studies graduate studentChance Ward on the role of archaeology in moose conservation and
- Kelsey Armeni's (Cultural Anthropology, PhD in Progress) co-authored paper published in BMJ Open with the People, Place, and Health Collective at Brown University School of Public Health. This protocol paper was published for a clinical trial
- Annabelle Lewis's (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) co-authored paper with her faculty adviser and three undergraduate researchers, "The Role of Women鈥檚 Labor in the Commercialization of Dairy Farming in Late 19th-Century Madison County, NY," was
- Georgia Butcher's (Anthropology, PhD 2024) research article, "The MQ-9 Reaper Amid Environmental Crisis: Weapon of War or Humanitarian Tool?" published by Platypus. In this thought-provoking essay, Georgia contemplates the repurposing of the
- Kevin Darcy successfully defended his dissertation, "An Ethnography of Disability in Academia: Stories of Crip Time, Cripping Independence and the Cognitive Load of Disability." Kevin examines the experiences of people with disabilities in
- Arielle Milkman successfully defended her dissertation, "Between Crisis and Coordination: Wildfire Response, Mobility and Well-being in the American West." Her work considers the expertise, skilled work and mobility of contract wildland firefighters
- Alumna, Chu May Paing (Anthropology, PhD 2024) was interviewed for a segment on WPR's Wisconsin Today show about her new position as the new Executive Director at Winnebago Area Literacy Council. In the interview, Chu explains how she learned
- Sabrina Bradford successfully defended her dissertation, "Carnivores, Conservation, and Collaboration: The Co-Production of Resilient Working Landscapes." Her committee members were Professor Matt Sponheimer (co-advisor), Professor Jerry Jacka