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Nick Kawa and Alisa Keesey Start Work on a New Project Funded by an OSU Sustainability Institute Seed Grant
According to the World Bank, 3.5 billion people across the planet lack access to ‘safely managed sanitation services.’ This isn’t just a problem in the Global South. In many parts of the US,…
STEAMM Rising Program
On June 5th, the Department of Anthropology will host 100 Columbus City School teachers as part of the STEAMM Rising program at OSU. It will be a full day of activities where teachers discuss the…
New Article in Royal Society Open Science
In their new article, published in Royal Society Open Science, Tverskoi, Scaggs, and Downey present a complex adaptive systems (CAS) model to explore how labour reciprocity and normative reasoning…
A Story of Us Podcast Interview With John Gurche
In this episode of A Story of Us, Nagarathna Balakrishna chats with renowned paleoartist John Gurche as he candidly reflects on his early journey into reconstructing our ancestors, shares how he…
Congratulations to our Spring 2025 Graduates!
As we head into the summer, we are thrilled to take a moment and recognize all those who graduated from our department this Spring!
Congratulations Dr. Shane Scaggs! We are thrilled to see…
New Article in Human Biology!
In their new article, published in the American Journal of Human Biology, Piperata et al. investigates the biocultural determinants of complementary feeding (CF) practices among 30 mothers in…
Dr. Crews and Colleagues Receive a Wenner-Gren Conference Grant
Dr. Douglas Crews and his colleagues Kathryn E. Marklein (University of Louisville), Mario Novak (Institute for Anthropological Research - Croatia) and Lucie Biehler-Gomez (University of Milan -…
Looking for participants: How college students make meaning of their mental illness identities
Are you 18-29 years old, enrolled in college, as an undergraduate, at one of the following schools: Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio State University, or Columbus State Community, and…
New Article in Social Science & Medicine!
We are thrilled to highlight a new article published by faculty, graduate, and undergrdaduate students in Social Science & Medicine!
In their new article Moore et al. spotlight how…