News Archive
Their lives Matter
Anthropologist Angela Stuesse has researched the poultry and meat processing plants for years. With over 1,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in these plants in NC, Stuesse notes the already precariousRead more
UNC-CH Anthropology Class of 2020!
UNC Graduate Recognition Celebration!
Animals that Fueled the World
April 16, 2020 This reading delves into the experiences of two of our researchers, Benjamin Arbuckle and Heather Lapham, within their field of zooarchaeology. To read more, click here.
Department Celebrations
April 6, 2020 Further achievements by our graduate students: · Maja Jeranko received a fellowship for her project, “Building Equitable Futures: A Photovoice Study of Gender in Post-Earthquake Coastal Ecuador,”Read more
Anthropology Grad Students receive Community Engagement Fellowships
April 1, 2020 Congratulations to Anthropology graduate students Maja Jeranko and Rachel Wilbur for recently receiving the community engagement fellowships! Maja Jeranko received a fellowship for her project, “Building Equitable Futures: A PhotovoiceRead more
Department Celebrations
March 4, 2020 Professor Donald M. Nonini and Ida Susser published The Tumultuous Politics of Scale: Unsettled States, Migrants, Movements in Flux. Achsah Dorsey has accepted a tenure-track position in theRead more
Professor Angela Stuesse in New York Times
Anthropology professor Angela Stuesse was recently featured in the New York Times for her work. The title of her article is “After ICE Raids, a Reckoning in Mississippi’s Chicken Country”Read more
Anthropology Undergrad selected as Phillips Ambassador for study in Asia
December 19, 2019 Julia Shankin of Raleigh, North Carolina, will study through National Taiwan University. She is an anthropology and global studies double major. To read more, click here.
Where are they Now – Dr. Jarrett Barnhill
We are proud to spotlight a very distinguished alumnus, Jarrett Barnhill, who grew up in rural, eastern North Carolina amidst tobacco fields. Dr. Barnhill received an undergraduate degree in AnthropologyRead more
Department Celebrations
November 12, 2019 Further achievements by our students: Sugandh Gupta has been awarded both a Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fellowship AND an American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Research Fellowship in supportRead more
Department Celebrations
October 22, 2019 Further achievements by our students: Bryan Dougan has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Award for his research project entitled “Care in the City: Psychiatry in anRead more
Department Celebrations
August 27, 2019 Further achievements by our students: Lucia Stavig received a Chancellor’s Doctoral Candidacy Award from the Graduate School’s Initiative for Minority Excellence. Further achievements by our faculty: VinRead more
Anthropology Professor Angela Stuesse on ICE raids
August 20, 2019 To keep updated on Associate Professor Angela Stuesse’s thoughts on the recent immigration raids in Mississippi and other items, follow her Facebook page here. Update September 13, 2019:Read more
UNC Anthropology at the Society for East Asian Anthropology meeting
August 6, 2019 Graduate Students Aaron Delgaty (presenting) and Chu-wen Hsieh joined Professor Chris Nelson in Tokyo for a meeting of the Society for East Asian Anthropology (a section ofRead more