2024-05-15
- Today we are spotlighting spring 2024 graduate, Wendy Haro! As we wish Wendy congratulations on the closing of this chapter, read below to read her reflections on her time at Illinois and with Illinois Anthropology ✨
2024-05-14 - Today we are spotlighting Sara Kiel, a spring 2024 graduate AND one of our incredible social media managers! Read below to see what brought Sara to anthropology, some insights into her Illinois favorites, and what she is up to next.
2024-05-13 - It is always bittersweet to say goodbye to graduates as they begin the next chapter of their lives so we're taking some time to highlight the incredible Illinois Anthropology undergraduate and graduate students that graduated this spring 2024. Read below to learn about Rachel Taylor, a newly minted Ph.D. in Archaeology, her work, favorite classes, and what she has planned next ✨
2024-05-08 - Congratulations to Illinois Anthropology graduate students Arielle Reich, Grace Shaw, Breanna Escamilla, and Joseph Coyle for being awarded Teaching Certificates from the Center for Innovation, Teaching, and Learning at Illinois! View here.
Congratulations to the MUSE 389/589: Case Studies in Community Museums students on their exhibition!2024-05-07 - Congratulations to the MUSE 389/589: Case Studies in Community Museums students on their exhibition Welcome to the Illinois Distributed Museum: Empowerment through Innovation showing through May in the Main Library's Marshall Gallery . One of several projects carried out for the Illinois Distributed Museum, this year's class used anthropologically inspired design...
2024-04-08 - Congratulations to the Fall 2023 Anthropology Teachers Ranked as Excellent! * BISHOP, K ANTH 220 and ANTH 315 * GREENBERG,J ANTH 515 * HERNANDEZ,O TA ANTH 104 MARTIN, J ANTH 485 SABOOWALA, S TA ANTH 441 SMALLS, K ANTH 512 TAYLOR, R TA ANTH 105 FRANKENBERG, S MUSE 200 and MUSE 500- 2024-04-05 - Brian Graves, one of the UCIMC’s winter programming interns and a second-year PhD student at UIUC, writes about the collaboration between Illinois Anthropology faculty Dr. LaKisha David and Illinois State Representative Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) on supporting the the use of genetic genealogy by African Americans to reconnect with genetic relatives disrupted by the trans-atlantic slave trade....
2024-04-01 - Join the Illinois Anthropology LEAD Scholars Program for a discussion on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and Forensics. The presentations will feature Illinois NAGPRA Program Officer Krystiana Krupa, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Dr. LaKisha David, and Doctoral Candidate of Anthropology Aimée Carbaugh. This event is open to all. Food will be provided.
2024-03-28 - Some political figures seek to remove references to slavery from the study of American history, adding to the vast knowledge gaps that stem from the transatlantic slave trade. To better understand these histories, scholars and individuals are turning to genetic genealogy to discover and retrace descendant-family lineages. In a recent paper published in the journal American Anthropologist,...
2024-03-21 - Check out our latest undergraduate newsletter ✨ https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/14/1480086814.html
2024-03-12 - Are you graduating from Illinois Anthropology? Then REGISTER NOW for the Sociology, Anthropology, and Interdisciplinary Studies Convocation Ceremony! Scan the QR code to register or visit the registration link here.
2024-03-04 - Congratulations to Illinois Anthropology Affiliate faculty Dr. Maryam Kashani for being named a 2024 Conrad Humanities Scholar! The Conrad Humanities Scholars Award recognizes promising mid-career scholars and provides financial support for continued achievement, research, and scholarship in humanities. Read about Dr. Kashani and the 2024 Conrad Humanities Scholar cohort ...
2024-02-29 - Assistant Professor LaKisha T. David has collaborated with Illinois State Representative Carol Ammons on a house resolution to support people of African descent learn more about their ancestral family history through DNA testing. On February 7, 2024, the resolution received a 7-to-4 vote in committee. Ammons said she expects the bill could be voted on in the House of Representatives in the next...
2024-02-26 - Illinois Anthropology graduate students Mckenzie Macon and Abbie Houkes presented recently at the 2024 American Academy of Forensic Sciences meeting. Current Illinois Anthropology faculty and students were also able to connect with graduate program alumni!