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A team led by Inés Valdez (Political Science) and Mark Moritz (Anthropology) is creating curriculum and tools for training data science students, researchers and professionals that consider how…

The Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) is expanding their scope this autumn by piloting a racial justice grant. This new opportunity will support instructors who are incorporating assignments,…

Dr. Elizabeth Gardiner successfully defended her dissertation Land Privatization, Tenure Security, and Food Security in Rural Burkina Faso on Monday 17 August. The dissertation is based…

Some are barricading villages and growing their own food Originally published in
  By Jeffrey H. Cohen Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University

While the…

Fluted projectile points were used like a “peacock’s feathers”

People living in southern Arabia some 8,000 years ago created intricate stone weapons that were not just useful, but designed to “…

Incoming Anthropology undergraduate Naa Dromo Korley was nominated for the 2020 Athlete Award presented by The Columbus Dispatch & Encova Insurance.  The Columbus Dispatch & Encova…

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fall courses in the Department of Anthropology may be offered in part or entirely online. Below is a list of courses offered as of July 6, 2020, and their anticipated…

 

The Department of Anthropology is deeply saddened by the circumstances surrounding the death of George Floyd and the continued systemic violence inflicted upon people of color.…

In the fall of 2019, the Department of Anthropology, in collaboration with the Department of History conducted a search for the Asseff Chair in the Anthropology and History of Medicine. The…