August Hoffman is a 2024–2025 HRI Graduate Fellow. His current project centers on the political ecology between humans, the state, wolves, and wolfdog crosses or “hybrids” as it manifests through the contexts of the exotic pet trade, animal sanctuaries, and wildlife management...

Illinois Anthropology faculty Dr. Jenny Davis publishes essay, 'Home-Carrying—A Repatriation Trip to Vanuatu 100 Years in the Making' in SAPIENS. Read the essay here. 

Interseminars Fellow Omar Agustin Hernandez (Anthropology) talks about the benefits of an interdisciplinary cohort and how his research connects to the theme “Collisions Across Color Lines.” Read about these connections on the...

Anthropology undergraduate student Zyara Morton is an intern at the Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST). As part of their internship Morton writes blog posts for C2ST and recently interviewed our very own Illinois Archaeologist Dr. Kate Bishop!...

Grappling with Monuments of Oppression: Moving from Analysis to Activism provides a timely analysis of the diverse approaches being used around the...

Congratulations to our Undergraduate Studies December 2024 Graduates! Alex Albuixech-Robinson Amr Elayyan Kailey Allisa Kinard Makenna Mae Long Aghalya Sadhvika-Vimala Narayanan We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see where your futures take you!