News Archive
Reckoning and re-imagining in Warren County
July 20, 2022 Anthropology Professor Glenn Hinson and his course ANTH 370 is featured on the College of Arts and Sciences website. To read the full article, click here.
Congratulations Class of 2022!
May 11, 2022 The department of Anthropology celebrated the class of 2022 on Saturday, May 7. Over 95 students finished their degrees in Anthropology or Medical Anthropology during the academicRead more
Reconstructing the past
April 29, 2022 Students in a hands-on anthropology course piece together ancient ceramics, learn to fire pottery and cook with pots over a fire to study the history of pottery.Read more
PhD Candidate Receives 2022 Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship Recipient
April 29, 2022 Parag Jyoti Saikia is a doctoral candidate in the Anthropology department at UNC. His doctoral project explores the environmental, social and political impacts of an incomplete hydropowerRead more
Department Celebrations
April 19, 2022 Diane Slocum is the recipient of both a Pre-Dissertation Summer Field Research Grant from the Institute for the Study of the Americas and a Seed Grant fromRead more
Across Continents, Florence Babb Collaborates to Enhance Course Instruction
March 1, 2022 When Florence Babb, professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, heard about Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), she jumped at the opportunityRead more
Galápagos: A Gateway for Global Research
February 16, 2022 For more than 10 years, the UNC Center for Galápagos Studies has been a hub of collaborative research activity spanning many disciplines, with the potential to impactRead more
The CAFE special issue More than a Disaster: Creativity in Growing, Distributing, and Accessing Food During COVID-19
January 18, 2022 The CAFE special issue More than a Disaster: Creativity in Growing, Distributing, and Accessing Food During COVID-19 is out featuring work from many here at UNC includingRead more
Sifting through schoolyard memories – Featuring PhD student Colleen Betti
November 19, 2021 Last summer, Colleen Betti, a doctoral student, and 80 volunteers rushed to uncover a historic schoolyard that was about to be paved over. Their mission: to illuminateRead more
Graduate Student Colleen Betti Work Featured
October 6, 2021 The research of graduate student Colleen Betti was featured in the Virginia Archaeology Month poster this year. To request your copy of the poster, click here.
Professor Glenn Hinson featured in “Seeking Justice”
August 24, 2021 This summer, UNC folklorist Glenn Hinson and students provided research for a community re-enactment of a 1921 Warren County court trial where 16 Black men were unfairlyRead more
Department Celebrations
August 23, 2021 Further achievements by our graduate students: Julio Villa-Palomino has been awarded an NSF DDRIG in support of his dissertation project, “De-institutionalization Unfolding: The Transition to Community MentalRead more
Anthropologist working in the Tech Industry
July 14, 2021 UNC Anthropology PhD alum, Lindsey Wallace, has edited a collection of essays about anthropologists working in the tech industry for SCA’s “Hot Spots”. Click here to viewRead more
Anthropology Professor and Graduate Student Article
Anthropology professor Benjamin Arbuckle assisted in editing a special edition of the journal ‘Animal Frontiers’ that came out recently. Professor Arbuckle and Anthropology graduate student, Theo Kassebaum, also co-wrote anRead more
Anthropology Class of 2021 Virtual Commencement
May 16, 2021 From everyone in the Department of Anthropology at UNC Chapel Hill – Congratulations to all of our 2021 graduates!! To watch the video of our virtual commencement,Read more