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Sean Downey Presents at the 2025 European Council of Academies of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering Annual Conference (Euro-CASE)
Dr. Sean Downey was recently invited to present his research on adaptive self-organization in swidden agriculture at the 2025 Euro-CASE annual conference in Austria.
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College of Arts and Sciences launches first-of-its kind Forensic Anthropology Lab
October 2, 2025
The Department of Anthropology in Ohio State’s College of Arts and Sciences has officially opened the doors of the new Forensic Anthropology Laboratory — a milestone that…

New Article in The Conversation
Dr. Jeffrey Cohen recently published in The Conversation, promoting his work in Oaxaca, Mexico on chapulines (seasonal toasted grasshoppers). In Oaxaca chapulines are more than a snack; they…
Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position. This position builds on…

Dr Jeffery Cohen Publishes a New Book! Eating Grasshoppers: Chapulines and the women who sell them
Eating Grasshoppers, Dr Jeffrey H. Cohen’s new ethnography from University of Texas Press, explores the cultural, economic, and culinary significance of chapulines (toasted grasshoppers) in Oaxaca…

New Article in Anthropological Theory Commons!
Dr. Anna Willow’s new article, Anthropology’s Postapocalyptic Turn: New Temporalities for New Times, explores a shift in anthropological thought that embraces the postapocalyptic as a lived…

New Article in Ecology of Food and Nutrition!
In their new article, Wright and Piperata explore the challenges of using Brazil’s standardized food insecurity scale (EBIA) in Parque das Tribos, a multiethnic, peri-urban Indigenous community in…

New Article in the Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development!
In their new article Rhue et al. characterize household water insecurity in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil; an urban metropolitan located at the mouth of the Amazon River where water is abundant…

Incoming Graduate Student, Carlos Carvalhoal, and the St. Nicholas Excavation
Fieldwork at the St. Nicholas excavation, at Szent Miklós Hill in Székelyudvarhely, led by the Haáz Rezső Museum in collaboration with American students from the University of South Florida and…