Michelle Patiño-Flores was awarded the first place prize in the Image of Research 2026 Graduate Competition with her image titled "Visions of Freedom". Image of Research is an annual multidisciplinary competition celebrating the diversity and breadth of graduate student research at the...
Join us in congratulating Lysette Valdez, our Anthropology student, who has been selected to deliver a speech at the 2026 Sociology, Anthropology, and Interdisciplinary Studies convocation! Her speech, titled “Échale Ganas” (“Give it your all”), is such a meaningful and...
The College of LAS has recognized Rosemary A. Joyce (PhD '85) with an Alumni Achievement Award. Dr. Joyce will be on campus April 16-17 for the 2026 alumni awards celebration. We will celebrate her with a reception on Thursday April 16 after the colloquium that is planned for that afternoon. Please...
On March 3rd, Yifan Wang, an archaeology student in our department, spoke at a brown bag event at Yale University! Her lecture was titled "Inclusive Sustainability: Evaluating Classic Maya Human-Animal- Environment Relationships in Central Belize through Zooarchaeological Stable Isotopic...
On February 17, Dr. Maldonado of the Department of Anthropology presented at the University of Illinois, LAS Get Experience Expo, showcasing the work of her students from the Fall 2025 Collaborative Methodologies course. Central to this presentation was the students' development of a "Know Your...
UIUC Anthropology Professor, Dr. Jane Desmond, is the editor of a special issue of the Review of International American Studies journal titled "THE 'OTHER' BORDER: on Canada/US Culture, Power, and Politics". This issue also includes contributions from Dr. Virginia Dominguez, a UIUC anthropology...
Congratulations to Dr. R. Elizabeth Velásquez Estrada on the recent publication of Fugitive Anthropology, a book she co-edited with Shanya Cordis, Maya J. Berry, Claudia Chávez Argüelles, and Sarah Ihmoud. The volume explores the power relations that racialized, gendered, and sexualized...
Krystiana Krupa (UIUC, PI), Dr. Jenny Davis (UIUC, co-project director), and Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas (Indiana University, co-project director) have been awarded a $271,411 National...
Dr. Katherine Amato, Northwestern University, combines primatological, physiological, and microbiome data to address questions about how the microbiome functions and interacts with different hosts and environments to affect fitness and health. She has also developed and assessed methods for...
Over the course of his decades of service to the AABA, Dr. Konigsberg has served in many roles including Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, and as the Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook. In addition to service to AABA, he has served section H of the AAAS and the FBI Scientific Working Group for...
