Notoriety and Achievements

The Department of Anthropology is known throughout the state, region, nation and world for its achievements in the field of Anthropology.

Anthropologists at Ohio State University:

Are on editorial boards of major journals - American Journal of Physical Anthropology; Journal of Human Evolution
Serve on NSF panels - Physical Anthropology Doctoral Dissertation Improvement (McGraw); Cultural Anthropology Doctoral Dissertation Improvement (Cohen); and Committee of Visitors (Larsen)
Are officers in major national societies and associations - President of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (Larsen); President of the Dental Anthropology Association (Guatelli-Steinberg); and President of the Society of Economic Anthropology (Cohen)

Faculty and Staff Awards include:

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Joan Huber Fellowship Award (Sciulli)
Colleges of Arts and Sciences Harlan Hatcher Award (Sciulli)
University Distinguished Teaching Award – OSU's highest honor for teaching (Guatelli-Steinberg)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Larsen)
Sigma Xi National Distinguished Lecturer (Larsen)
Fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences - just one of three in the state of Ohio (Stout)
2006 OSU Distinguished Staff Award (Whipple)

Additionally, the Department houses the editorial office of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.