/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news.html null Fri, 06 Mar 2026 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/going-grassroots--a-conversation-with-anthropology-assistant-pro.html Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/the-power-of-mentorship--a-conversation-with-assistant-professor.html Assistant Professor/Michigan Society Fellow Elizabeth Durham on office hours and healthcare policy Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:48:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/professor-rob-beck-featured-on-pbs.html Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:32:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/the-sound-and-the-theory--a-conversation-with-anthropology-assis.html While sight is the primary sense for most of us, Assistant Professor Jennifer Hsieh makes a strong case for hearing. Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:19:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/u-m-anthropology-announces-memorandum-of-understanding-with-univ.html Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:51:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/faculty-spotlight--julio-villa-palomino--assistant-professor---m.html A wide-ranging Q&A with Julio Villa-Palomino, Anthro’s new assistant professor & Michigan Society Fellow Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:41:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/anthropology-professor-ruth-behar-named-u-m-s-2024-henry-russel-.html Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:35:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/alumni-spotlight--julie-stroh.html Ask Julie Stroh ('73) how her day is going and you will quickly learn what things she cares deeply about. There are more than few, and she seems to find time for them all. Wed, 22 May 2024 16:35:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/anthropology-professor-webb-keane-joins-american-academy-of-arts.html Thu, 16 May 2024 13:25:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/distinguished-university-professorship-lecture-series.html Featuring Webb Keane, George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology Tue, 20 Feb 2024 21:01:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/henry-wright---brendan-nash-featured-in-great-lakes-now-episode.html On January 29, the Belson site and the Clovis story were the subject of an episode of Great Lakes Now, a program of PBS and Detroit Public TV Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:36:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/ancient-cultivation-suggests-that-millet-helped-to-build-resilie.html An international research team led by Dr. Alicia Ventresca-Miller publishes new insights into the spread of agriculture in north-central Asia. Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:06:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/raven-garvey-one-of-thirteen-2023-senior-fellows-named-by-presid.html The Michigan Society of Fellows, under the auspices of the Rackham Graduate School, was founded in 1970 to stimulate cross-disciplinary awareness and exchange. Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:38:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/tina-lasisi-publishes-editorial-on-the-ethics-of-genetics-studie.html Lasisi also co-edited the special issue of Frontiers in Genetics that featured the article. Wed, 08 Nov 2023 20:59:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/robin-beck-and-colleagues-publish-article-in-american-anthropolo.html "Fear the Native woman: Femininity, food, and power in the sixteenth-century North Carolina Piedmont" was published on September 8, 2023. Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:29:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/omolade-adunbi-discusses-recent-book-with-global-china-pulse.html Adunbi's book, "Enclaves of Exception: Special Economic Zones and Extractive Practices in Nigeria," was published by Indiana University Press in 2022. Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:11:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/assistant-professor-yasmin-moll-publishes-research-in-american-a.html Moll's article, "Can there be a Godly ethnography? Islamic anthropology, epistemic decolonization, and the ethnographic stance," was published in late August 2023. Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:16:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/professor-and-curator-robin-beck-featured-in-recent-science-arti.html Beck shared his perspective on the relationship between archaeologists and Indigenous communities and the need for respectful image use policies. Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:50:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/nicholas-grebe-receives-outstanding-postdoctoral-fellow-award.html Nick, a research affiliate, is one of three to receive this year's award from the U-M Postdoctoral Association Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:28:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/graduate-student-news/jose-enrique-solano-del-castillo-receives-gupta-values-scholarsh.html The Ph.D. candidate's research examines Indigenous peoples in the Andes, their relationship with the mining industry, and the ways they experience personhood and their socionatural worlds. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:05:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/alum-vanessa-diaz-featured-in-popular-podcast-and-abc-s-soul-of-.html Díaz (Ph.D. 2015) is currently an associate professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o studies at Loyola Marymount University. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 19:09:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/stuart-kirsch-named-roy-a--rappaport-collegiate-professor-of-ant.html Following the recommendation of the department and LSA, the Regents formally approved his named professorship on September 21. Mon, 09 Oct 2023 19:04:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/professor-damani-partridge-explores-the-universality-of-blacknes.html Partridge's recent book, "Blackness as a Universal Claim: Holocaust Heritage, Noncitizen Politics, and Black Power in Berlin," was published by University of California Press in December 2022. Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:31:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/u-m-anthro-welcomes-two-new-faculty.html Help us welcome Luciana Chamorro (sociocultural) and Tini Lasisi (biological) to the department! Wed, 13 Sep 2023 13:32:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/webb-keane-co-authors-spectator-article-on-ai.html "Deus ex machina: the dangers of AI godbots," co-authored by Keane and Scott J. Shapiro, was featured by The Spectator (UK) in their July 29, 2023 issue. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:04:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/topic-of-recent-stuart-kirsch-testimony-covered-by-ap--washingto.html Kirsch's expert report advocated for urgent measures to protect the rights of people living in the Barama River Carib village of Chinese Landing in Guyana. Thu, 25 May 2023 13:24:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/stacy-rosenbaum-s-study-on-primate-resilience-covered-by-science.html According to Rosenbaum, resilient gorillas reveal clues about overcoming childhood misfortune Thu, 25 May 2023 12:22:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/professor-partridge-elected-sacua-vice-chair.html Professor Partridge will serve as vice chair for the 2023-24 academic year. Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:26:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/three-anthropology-professors-awarded-by-university-housing.html Three Anthropology Instructors have been named 2022-2023 Michigan Housing Honored Instructors. Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:17:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/maclatchy-develops-ape-exhibition-in-uganda-with-u-m-students--r.html Building off the exhibit, PhD candidates Alexandra Norwood and Sharifah Namaganda are developing educational resources for Ugandan and US schools. Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:04:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/alum-maclochlainn-s-new-book-featured-at-aes-spring-conference.html The roundtable included several panelists including Alyssa Paredes, assistant professor of anthropology. Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:32:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/graduate-student-news/phd-student-wins-proquest-distinguished-dissertation-award-for-2.html The award is made possible through the Rackham Graduate School, the Michigan Society of Fellows, and the program sponsor, ProQuest Information Service. Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:49:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/-professor-emertius-mitani-teams-up-with-oscar-winners-on-new-ne.html Professor Emeritus John Mitani contributed to the upcoming docuseries Chimp Empire, a documentary about a vast community of chimpanzees thrives in a forest in Uganda, navigating complex social politics, family dynamics and dangerous territory disputes. Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:31:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/irisa-arney--a-2019-phd-alumna--receives-cobb-grant.html Irisa Arney, a 2019 PhD alumna, was awarded the prestigious Cobb Grant by the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:18:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/georgia-ennis--2019-alumna--collaborates-on-a-trilingual-narrati.html Georgia Ennis, a 2019 alumna, has been working with the Association of Upper Napo Kichwa Midwives (AMUPAKIN) to produce "Relating to Our Forest" Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:10:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/1999-alumnus-publishes-book--changing-the-guard---preparing-the-.html Janna Scott-Tarman, a 1999 Alumna, has used her 20 years of experience in the intelligence and national security field to publish her book on preparing the next generation. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:05:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/professor-liz-roberts-co-authors-study-on-household-water-scarci.html Professor Liz Roberts co-authors a study on how households combat water scarcity and the true costs of this global issue. Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:26:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/phd-alum-publishes-article-from-dissertation-.html Obed Garcia, a PhD Alum, publishes article from dissertation with fellow Michigan Anthropology alumni on infectious disease exposure impact on genomic diversity in Southern Mexico. Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:55:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/phd-alumna-awarded-a-fulbright-senior-scholar-award.html Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway, a 2008 PhD alumna, continues her ethnographic research with deaf signers in Nepal via a Fulbright Senior Scholar award with a fellow Michigan Anthropology alum. Mon, 20 Feb 2023 16:36:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/remembering-rolando-estevez--a-cuban-book-artist-whose-work-has-.html Anthropology professor Ruth Behar reflects on the life of the late artist Wed, 01 Feb 2023 20:44:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/2005-phd-alumna-co-authors-article-in-american-anthropologist-jo.html Jessica Leinaweaver, a 2005 PhD Alumna, Co-Authored an article on on the concept of solidarity within its connection to Anthropological Theories that she learned about during her time at the University of Michigan. Tue, 24 Jan 2023 19:12:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/phd-alum-publishes-first-book-.html Dr. Scott MacLochlainn, a 2015 PhD Alum, has just published his first book with the University of Chicago Press: The Copy Generic: How the Nonspecific Makes Our Social Worlds Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:58:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/graduate-student-news/phd-candidate-co-authors-article-in-royal-geographical-society-s.html Victoria Koski-Karell co-authored a publication which has been published in the The Geographical Journal. Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:53:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/m-a--and-phd-alumna-is-a-principal-investigator-on-an-internatio.html Dr. Erica Lehrer is the principal investigator on an international research group based out of Montreal. Dr. Lehrer also published an article and a chapter in the past year. Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:41:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/phd-alumna-receives-a-fellowship-and-publishes-new-article-.html Kate Graber, a 2012 PhD alumna, recieved 2022-23 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and published an article in Language and Society. Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:26:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/phd-alum-publishes-new-book-.html 2003 PhD alum Dr. Derek Brereton has recently published "Seven Keys to Spanish Culture" Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:18:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/alumna-receives-dutch-research-council-advancing-equity-in-acade.html Alumna Anne M. Martinez along with four other researchers has received a grant for a three-year project entitled Disrupting Sameness in Dutch Academia. Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:05:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/faculty/professor-partridge-named-vice-president-elect-of-the-german-stu.html Professor Damani Partridge will serve a two-year term as vice president for the organization, effective January 1, 2023. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 18:16:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/graduate-student-news/doctoral-candidate-publishes-article-and-has-research-featured-i.html Nina Jackson Levin, a doctoral candidate in the Joint PhD Program in Social Work and Anthropology, has recently published an article on the financial concerns tied to oncofertility services for young adults and adolescents. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 17:59:00 +0000 http://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/anthro/en/news-events/all-news/alumni-news/phd-alumna-publishes-article-on-the-central-american-migrant-smu.html Amelia Frank-Vitale, a 2021 PhD alumna, recently published an article on the migrant caravans as a mobility tactic in response in response to increasing difficulties and costs of moving across the border. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 17:31:00 +0000