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Nagarathna Balakrishna and Allyson Simon receive OSU’s Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship!
We are pleased to announce that two of our graduate students, Nagarathna Balakrishna and Allyson Simon have both received OSU’s Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship! The Graduate School…
Dr. Cohen Featured in Ohio States News Article: Eating grasshoppers: a delicacy for foodies, dinner for Oaxacans
Dr. Cohen was recently featured in OSU News for his work and new book on cahpulines in Oaxaca, Mexico! Read the full article here! Congratulations on your outstanding work and recognition by our OSU…
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. “Indigenous societies across the…
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 furthers the…
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 are a…
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 the…
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 reality…