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  • Anthropology Associate Professor Gilberto Rosas' Op-Ed in the News Gazette
    2020-12-17 - Anthropology Professor Gilberto Rosas' op-ed in the News-Gazette discusses the multiple ways by which the current pandemic has revealed public-health inequalities among Black, Indigenous and Latino populations, here in our community and nationwide.  Professor Rosas is one of the investigators...
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    Anthropology on the news!
    2020-12-03 - The Labor Health Equity Action Project is an interdisciplinary project that offers pop-up testing clinics in agricultural workers and rural communities of Rantul, IL and aims to study the relationship of socio-economic factors to the transmission of COVID-19.  It is spearheaded...
  • UPDATED: Tune in to WILL (AM-580) to hear about the Labor Health Equity Action Project
    2020-11-30 - UPDATED: Link to the interview "COVID-19 Testing Access" (November 30, 2020)   Tune in to WILL (AM-580) Monday at 11 am to hear our very own Jessica Brinkworth and Korinta Maldonado talk about the Labor Health Equity Action...
  • Anthropology Professor Jenny Davis to speak on Humanities Research Institute Work-in
    2020-11-19 - What is a Land Acknowledgment Statement and why is it read? How is it connected to larger Native American issues on our campus, in our region, and throughout the country? Now that we’ve read it, what’s next? Explore these questions and help co-create resources, guiding principles, and strategies...
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    Virtual Admissions Informational Event
    2020-11-19 - Are you applying to the doctoral program in the Department of Anthropology? Do you wonder what the application process takes, or what it is like to be a doctoral student with us? Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor Kathryn B. H. Clancy, representatives from faculty, graduate students...
  • Anthropology as Work: Interacademic Labor Solidarities
    2020-11-10 - Anthropology doctoral students Chibundo Anwuly Egwuatu and Lila Ann Dodge organized a roundtable with the AAA "Raising Our Voices” event series, sponsored by APLA.    Anthropology as Work: Interacademic Labor Solidarities, was live-streamed on AAA’s Zoom on ...
  • 'Humanities without walls' in practice
    2020-11-10 - Professors Kora Maldonado of Anthropology and Ruby Mendenhall of Sociology spoke about how they have imagined and practiced research-based community partnerships based on mutual respect and equity. The virtual event, organized by the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois at...
  • Faye V Harrison
    Professor Faye V Harrison's contributions are celebrated in 50th-anniversary issue of the Journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists
    2020-10-28 - The 50th-anniversary issue of the Journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists is out as of October 17, 2020! Besides her writing, it features the acknowledgment of Anthropology Professor Faye V Harrison's intellectual and pedagogical contribution to the field. Check out this fascinating...
  • Anthropology Alumna, Ann Lee Joe, works at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
    2020-10-26 - Anthropology Alumna Ann Lee Joe (BA '96) is interviewed by LAS and Kayleigh Rahn about how her education with LAS has shaped her international experiences and aspirations,  as well as provided her with the professional skills to pursue a career in the UN Framework...
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    Professor Kate Clancy and Anthropology PhD alumna, Katharine Lee Publish Research on the Association between Bone Density and Habitual Use
    2020-10-26 - Anthropology Associate Professor, Kate Clancy and recent Anthropology PhD alumna, Dr Katharine Lee publish new research that discusses the relevance of bone density and frame size to habitual use and domestic labor. The research, based on four-year observation of Polish women in rural areas,...
  • Anthropology graduate students participate in Contemporary Conversations on Race by the Spurlock Museum
    2020-10-09 - Michelle Patiño-Flores and Paul Michael Leonardo Atienza, Anthropology graduate students are going to be participating in Contemporary Conversations on Race from the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures next Thursday, October 15th at 4:00 pm with the program "Pigmentocracy: Exploring Intracultural...
  • Anthropology in the News
    2020-09-29 - Forensic Anthropology Clinical Associate Professor Cris Hughes has been featured on the Smile Politely magazine, for her clinical and community work. Professor Hughes' account offers insight into one of the fascinating professional paths that anthropology training is opening up. Please, find...
  • The Arts in the Time of Pandemic: Performance
    2020-09-28 - Anthropology Professor Jane Desmond is going to be presenting in an event titled 'The Arts in the Time of Pandemic: Performance,' along with Professors Deke Weaver (Media Studies) and Jorge Lucero (Art Education) on September 30, 2020 at 4pm.  More information on the event and...
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    Cell-autonomous immunity and human evolution
    2020-09-09 - Department of Anthropology Professor, Jessica Brinkworth has been featured on Illinois News for her research on how cell-autonomous immunity shaped human evolution. Please, read the article here.  
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    Anthropology Virtual Fall Meet and Greet!
    2020-09-04 - A different Meet-and-Greet event was in store for Anthropologists this year, as the University of Illinois community is practicing social distancing. Zoom replaced good ol' Davenport Hall, but this did not stop the positive energy to reaffirm members' collegiality and commitment to each other...