November 22, 2023 University of North Carolina Anthropologist and Associate Professor, Michele Rivkin-Fish, PhD, was recently cited in an ABCNews article for her expertise on the conditions of Russian abortion clinics and the government’s increasingly pro-natalist policies. The article, titled “From … Read more
April 12, 2023 Achievements by our faculty: Valerie Lambert has been promoted to Full Professor effective July 1, 2023 The SAA session organized by Brian Billman, “Warfare and the Origins of Political Control” has been selected as a finalist for … Read more
February 15, 2023 Achievements by our current and former graduate students: Sierra Roark was awarded an Oak Spring Garden Foundation residency. Cayla Colclasure passed exams and is ABD. Andie Zurek-Ost received a Timothy P. Mooney Travel Award to assist with travel to the … Read more
January 12, 2023 Karla Slocum has worked for UNC-Chapel Hill for 27 years in a variety of roles, most recently as senior associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for the UNC College of Arts and Sciences. She is … Read more
January 10, 2023 The word “inspiring” comes up again and again when describing Prof. Sadruddin. Only in her second year at UNC, Prof. Sadruddin has revealed herself to be a passionate, engaging professor who has already touched many students’ lives, not … Read more
November 2, 2022 Achievements by our faculty Patricia McAnany will receive the Alfred Vincent Kidder Award for Eminence in the Field of American Archaeology on Friday, Nov. 11 in Seattle at the AAA Annual Meeting Achievements by our current & … Read more
October 19, 2022 Achievements by our current & former graduate students: Ariana Avila was awarded a Wenner-Gren Fieldwork Grant, is presenting at the International Creole Day Celebration virtual event hosted by Duke on October 28th and is serving as a … Read more
October 13, 2022 Southern Futures Townsend Fellow Cayla Colclasure is studying the prison labor that built the Western North Carolina Railroad, which weaves through Old Fort in McDowell County, North Carolina. For the full article, click here.
Tiny tools: how drill bits measure time
October 13, 2022 Anthropology professor and department chair, Dr. Amanda Thompson, is featured in a UNC Research article regarding her work in the Galapagos Islands. To read the full article, click here.
