October 23, 2024 Congratulations Michelle Gil Munoz, a University of North Carolina Chapel Hill senior who was featured by the College of Arts and Sciences in an article in October spotlighting her studies, research, and field work addressing the intersection … Read more
October 14, 2024 Congratulations to University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Department of Anthropology professor Benjamin S. Arbuckle, PhD, who was awarded an Arts and Humanities Research grant. The grant, co-funded by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and … Read more
October 08, 2024 An essay by University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Department of Anthropology graduate student, Ariana Ávila, MPH was featured on SouthernCultures.org, a peer-reviewed quarterly published by UNC Press for the Center for the Study of the American … Read more
August 28, 2024 The Medical Anthropology program has been updated and new requirements are reflecting in the UNC catalog. However, only incoming, newly declared Medical Anthropology students are going to be automatically enrolled into this new program/requirements. For returning students … Read more
August 23, 2024 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Department of Anthropology Professor and Chair, Amanda Thompson, PhD, MPH, was named a recipient of the Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy. The endowed chair recognizes scholars whose work … Read more
July 24, 2024 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Donald “Don” Nonini, PhD was recently featured in the Endeavors magazine to highlight his new book “Food Activism Today: Sustainability, Climate Change, and Social Justice.” The book, … Read more
May 10, 2024 Congratulations to University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Department of Anthropology 2024 Student Award winners Jackson Plemmons, Rosemary Gay, Julio Villa-Palomino, Anusha Hariharan, and Ann Suk! The Honigmann Undergraduate Honors Thesis Award – Jackson Plemmons The committee … Read more
February 14, 2024 David Wengrow, professor of comparative archaeology at University College London gave a lecture as part of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Anthropology Colloquium Series in early February. The event, held in Hyde Hall, ended a two-day campus … Read more
January 26, 2024 Congratulations Lorraine Aragon, Dale Hutchinson, Don Nonini, John Scarry, Margie Scarry, Sandy Smith-Nonini, and Laurie Steponaitis, our 2024 faculty retirees! The UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Anthropology celebrated the group at a Faculty Retirement Party held on January … Read more
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
