Name: William Hill Winstead Year of Graduation: 2013 Major: History Minor: Medical Anthropology “Both anthropology and history equipped me with a different mindset and lens through which I can see the world.” Educational History Why did you decide to pursue … Read more
August 30, 2017 Dr. Patricia McAnany, Kenan Eminent Professor, is the new Chair of the Department of Anthropology. Dr. McAnany is a Maya archaeologist who has conducted field research and cultural heritage programs through the Maya region. Her professional interests include the intersection … Read more
August 30, 2017 The executive board of the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA) is pleased to announce that Peter Redfield has been appointed incoming president. Peter will rejoin the board, on which he served from 2007 to 2012 as an elected … Read more
August 29, 2017 PhD Graduate, Lindsay Bloch, is now collections manager for the ceramic technology lab and Florida collections at the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History Hannah Jahnke received an Off Campus fellowship and a NSF DDRI … Read more
June 7, 2017 UNC Anthropology major, Alex Polydoroff, was recently published in Anthropology news. For the full article, click here.
May 30, 2017 The First Year Seminar Race, Racialization, and Blackness: A Multidimensional Perspective (ANTH 89), was designed to prepare students to think and talk intelligently about race. At the end of the semester students must demonstrate what they’ve learned, … Read more
May 17, 2017 Studying Pottery, Food Processing Habits to Uncover Catawba Nation History GEAB Impact Award North Carolina is home to eight state-recognized American Indian tribes, according to the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs. Accounts of the strategies these tribes … Read more
May 17, 2017 Anthropology graduate student Anusha Hariharan was featured in a Carolina Chronicle article about international graduate students who are making a difference at Carolina and around the world. To see her story and others, click here.
May 16, 2017 Professor Angela Stuesses’ book, Scratching Out a Living: Latinos, Race, and Labor in the Deep South, was just selected as the recipient of the C.L.R. James Award for Published Books for Academic or General Audiences for 2017 by the Working-Class Studies … Read more
April 24, 2017 Gabby Purcell received a summer research award from the Center for the Study of the American South for her ” Engaged Archaeology: Cherokee Foodways Past and Present” project. This is in addition to the award that she … Read more
