Dr. Judith Freidenberg's article on Human Experience, Museums, and Human Rights has been published in the Anthropology News.
Courtney Hofman received a Cosmos Club Foundation Grant for her research --Ancient Biological Invasions? Hunter-Gatherers, Paleogenomics, and 'Endemic' Mammals of California's Channel Islands.
Dr. Jen Shaffer co-authored a paper with her undergraduate advisee, Ms. Leocadia Naiene, from Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. The research looks at local knowledge of climate and environmental change in southern Mozambique.
Graduate student Courtney Hofman, adjunct faculty member Torben Rick (NMNH, Smithsonian Institution) and Jesus Maldonado (NZP, Smithsonian Institution) received a $6,500 grant from the Smithsonian Next Generation Sequencing Consortia to evaluate the role of Native Americans in the introduction of deer mice and island foxes to the California Channel Islands.
McKeldin Library redesign is underway after students in Dr. Michael Paolisso's ANTH 606 class' input have been garnered.
Congratulations to Dr. Judith Freidenberg, who has been selected as a 2012 Stamp Service-Learning Faculty Fellow.
Video clip on the Wye House featuring Dr. Mark Leone and PhD students, Amanda Tang and Benjamin Skolnik.
An 8 minute clip of Dr. Barbara Little and others being interviewed on WYPR about her dissertation project relate to the colonial printers in Annapolis - Jonas and Anne Catherine Green.
February 7th is the last day to electronically submit the Application for Graduation to the Registrar’s Office for May 2012 graduation.
The 22nd Annual Colloquium will be held on March 9, 2012.
SfAA 72nd Annual Meeting held in Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel on March 27 - 31, 2012. Abstract deadline is October 15, 2011.
Spring 2012 Commencement is scheduled on May 20 (main-campus) and May 21 (individual colleges).
Barbara Little published - Heritage, Resilience, and Peace. Heritage & Society 4(2), Fall 2011.
Mary O. Butler co-edited, and Shirley J. Fiske and Mary O. Butler contributed chapters to the just-released book, Applying Anthropology in the Global Village, which describes the work of practicing and applied anthropologists in a globalized world. Dr. Butler’s chapter is on public health in global localities, and Dr. Fiske’s is on climate change from the ‘bottom up.’
Dr. Janet Chernela authored a commentary in Current Anthropology, Page 196.
Paul A. Shackel and David Gadsby (editors) (2011) Archaeologies of
Engagement, Representation, and Identity. Historical Archaeology, 45(1).
Dr. Janet Chernela: Barriers Natural and Unnatural: Islamiento as a Central Metaphor in Kuna Ecotourism Bulletin of Latin American Research
Dr. Paul Shackel: New Philadelphia: An Archaelogy of Race in the Heartland
Dr. Mark P. Leone: Critical Historical Archaelogy
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Message from the Chair |
Paul Shackel |
Thank you for your interest in our department. Our program has grown and changed over the past several decades. The department became independent of Sociology in 1974, a Masters in Applied Anthropology was created in 1984, and Ph.D. in Anthropology in 2007. The Department of Anthropology is now known for its strong theoretical orientation and it is nationally recognized for being an excellent applied program. Our faculty work with and make connections between local peoples, national governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), inter-governmental agencies, and academic institutions. We have a strong commitment to preserving and transmitting the knowledge of the past, as well as to illuminating and confronting the challenges of the present.
Anthropology is unique at the University of Maryland because of our ability to teach smaller than average class sizes which encourage the development of strong student - faculty mentoring relationships. Undergraduate enrollment has increased steadily over the past few years, and we continue to attract the best and brightest graduate students. We are very excited about our new Ph.D. cohort, and we continue as always to prize our M.A.A. and B.A. students.
I hope you find our website useful. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.
Sincerely,
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