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Andrew Mitchel Article: Taking Photos of Tacos
PhD Candidate Andrew Mitchel has published a piece in Anthropology News entitled Taking Photos of Tacos, check it out!

Graduate Program featured in ACLS Innovation in Action
The anthropology graduate program is featured in the Innovation in Action series of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). It describes how the program was developed, the key features,…

Jeffrey Cohen and Andrew Mitchel Musical Interludes and Teaching Laboratory Article
Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Cohen and PhD candidate Andrew Mitchel, who have jointly published a new article in Teaching Anthropology entitled Musical Interludes and Teaching Laboratory:…

Student Presenters at AABA meetings
We are highlighting the outstanding work of our students and faculty who attended/presented at the annual American Association of Biological Association (AABA) meetings in Los Angeles, California…

Tessa Cannon Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Service Awardee
Congratulations to Tessa Cannon from our department for winning the Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Service!! This honor culminates her work in mentorship with students, and comes with a…

Nagarathna Balakrishna Hayes Advanced Research Forum
Congratulations to PhD student Nagarathna Balakrishna who presented the poster "The behavioral resilience of Semnopithecus johnii in the fragmented landscape of Valparai, Western Ghats, India"…

FoodAnthro Blog Post Andrew Mitchel
Check out the newest FoodAnthro blog: "Food And Expertise: My Research on Oaxacan Food" by Andrew Mitchel. He is a 4th year PhD candidate working on success, adaptation and identity among Oaxacan…

Emma Brzezinski paper: Sex differences in workload in medieval Poland: Patterns of asymmetry and biomechanical adaptation in the upper limb at Giecz
Please check out PhD student Emma Brzezinski's first authored paper, entitled Sex differences in workload in medieval Poland: Patterns of asymmetry and biomechanical adaptation in the upper limb…

Tessa Cannon Publication: Simian immunodeficiency virus and storage buffer: Field-friendly preservation methods for RNA viral detection in primate feces
Congratulates to PhD student Tessa Cannon and our Chair Scott McGraw on the publication, entitled Simian immunodeficiency virus and storage buffer: Field-friendly preservation methods for RNA…