News Archive
Summer Research of First Year Graduate Students
October 30, 2017 Dr. Harriet Kupferer was one of the early PhDs in Anthropology from UNC- Chapel Hill. She was awarded her degree in 1961 upon completion of her dissertation,Read more
Anthropology Graduate Student Celebrations
October 18, 2017 Sierra Roark, 1st year graduate student, won a prestigious award for her undergraduate honors thesis at U Tenn. UT will provide resources for Sierra to travel toRead more
Department Celebrates 3 Fullbright-Hays Fellows
October 3, 2017 The Department of Anthropology has 3 graduate students who have received the Fullbright-Hays fellowship. Congratulations Achsah, Hannah and Samantha! Seven students from the University of North CarolinaRead more
RLA and Human Biology Lab Celebrate University Research Week with Events
Research Laboratories of Archaeology will host an Open House on Thursday, October 12 from 2-4pm on the ground floor of Alumni Building. The Human Biology Lab at UNC will hostRead more
“Water, Food, and the Triple Burden of Disease in the Galapagos, Ecuador” from the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health
September 28, 2017 UNC Anthropology Professor, Dr. Amanda Thompson received funding for her grant, “Water, Food, and the Triple Burden of Disease in the Galapagos, Ecuador” from the Fogarty InternationalRead more
Graduate Student Celebrations!
September 19, 2017 Samantha King has received a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for her dissertation fieldwork in Dominica. Hannah Jahnke was awarded Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Grant. Achsah Dorsey was awarded Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Grant.Read more
Meet Hill Winstead
Name: William Hill Winstead Year of Graduation: 2013 Major: History Minor: Medical Anthropology “Both anthropology and history equipped me with a different mindset and lens through which I can seeRead more
Department Welcomes new Chair and Cohort!
August 30, 2017 Dr. Patricia McAnany, Kenan Eminent Professor, is the new Chair of the Department of Anthropology. Dr. McAnany is a Maya archaeologist who has conducted field research and cultural heritage programsRead more
Professor Peter Redfield named incoming President of SCA
August 30, 2017 The executive board of the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA) is pleased to announce that Peter Redfield has been appointed incoming president. Peter will rejoin the board, onRead more
Department News and Celebrations
August 29, 2017 PhD Graduate, Lindsay Bloch, is now collections manager for the ceramic technology lab and Florida collections at the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History HannahRead more
UNC Anthropology Student published in Anthropology News
June 7, 2017 UNC Anthropology major, Alex Polydoroff, was recently published in Anthropology news. For the full article, click here.
Students Make Videos to reflect The First Year Seminar Race, Racialization, and Blackness: A Multidimensional Perspective
May 30, 2017 The First Year Seminar Race, Racialization, and Blackness: A Multidimensional Perspective (ANTH 89), was designed to prepare students to think and talk intelligently about race. At theRead more
Mary Beth Fitts Awarded GEAB Impact Award
May 17, 2017 Studying Pottery, Food Processing Habits to Uncover Catawba Nation History GEAB Impact Award North Carolina is home to eight state-recognized American Indian tribes, according to the N.C.Read more
PhD Student Anusha Hariharan featured in Carolina Chronicle
May 17, 2017 Anthropology graduate student Anusha Hariharan was featured in a Carolina Chronicle article about international graduate students who are making a difference at Carolina and around the world.Read more
Scratching Out a Living: Latinos, Race, and Labor in the Deep South selected for Award
May 16, 2017 Professor Angela Stuesses’ book, Scratching Out a Living: Latinos, Race, and Labor in the Deep South, was just selected as the recipient of the C.L.R. James Award for Published BooksRead more