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Department Achievements and Celebrations

February 18, 2019

February 18, 2019 Celebrations Further achievements by our students: First-year grad student Julio Villa-Palomino has been awarded the Beatrice and John Whiting Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA) Biennial Travel Grant ($400) to facilitate participation in the 2019 SPA Biennial Meetings … Read more

Samantha King featured in CURS

February 7, 2019

February 7, 2019 PhD student Samantha King dissertation project was recently featured in CURS (Center for Urban and Regional Studies). To see the full article, click here.

Anthropology Graduate Students Featured as Global Grads

January 29, 2019

January 29, 2019 First- year PhD students, Parag Jyoti Saikia and Ana Ramirez, were both recently featured on the Graduate Student Diversity page of Global Grads. To see Parag’s profile click here. For Ana, click here.

Department Celebrations

January 15, 2019

January 15, 2019 Achievements by our students and student/faculty partnerships: Sugandh Gupta has been awarded the Taraknath Das Foundation Fellowship through Columbia University in support of her doctoral dissertation research in Jammu, India ($5,000). Senior Anth Major William Brinson and … Read more

Three Anthropology Undergrads initiated into Phi Beta Kappa

January 10, 2019

January 10, 2019 The department of Anthropology celebrated three undergraduate majors initiated into Alpha of North Carolina Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in the fall semester. Congratulations Abifail Ganez, Kimberly Oliver, and Jessica Whalen!  

Anthropology Professor Glenn Hinson Class Feature

January 4, 2019

January 4, 2019 Through a fall 2018 research-intensive QEP class, students interviewed nine descendants of a 1921 North Carolina lynching victim at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Their oral history interviews will be … Read more

UNC Graduate Students and Faculty attend AAA Conference

November 26, 2018

November 26, 2018 Many UNC Anthropology faculty and graduate students traveled to San Jose, CA earlier this month to attend the AAA conference. Professor Florence Babb organized an all UNC-grad participant session, pictured below.

Anthropology Professor James Peacock Honored

November 19, 2018

November 19, 2018 James Peacock of Chapel Hill is a respected academic whose research has shaped Carolina and the understanding of global relations. He was instrumental in founding World View, a UNC-Chapel Hill public service program that prepares K-12 and … Read more

Anthropology professor to edit book series

November 6, 2018

November 6, 2018 A new book series, Bridging Anthropological Perspectives on Health and Well-Being, (University of Florida Press) is being launched under the editorship of Dale Hutchinson (U North Carolina) and Sharon DeWitte (U South Carolina). Of particular interest are … Read more