News & Events
Jack Dalton awarded an NSF DDRIG grant for his project "Cognitive ecology of a nocturnal primate and its implications for primate cognitive evolution." The DDRIG supports doctoral research including field, laboratory and computational research
Professor Will Taylor awarded a $50,000 Rio Seed Grant for his project, "“Understanding human-animal dynamics and early prehistory in the Inner Asian Altai."
Professor Art Joyce's SAA session co-organized with Roberto Rosado Ramirez (Northwestern University) featured in an in depth news article in Science. The session was entitled "The Vibrancy of Ruins: Ruination Studies in Ancient Mesoamerica."
Tina Ryder received the Spring 2023 GPTI Teaching Recognition Award in honor of her dedication and care in her courses through our department's Continuing Education curriculum. This competitive award recognizes the teaching-related work of
Professor Will Taylor's landmark study on the history of horses in the American West reatured in ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Today. A team of international researchers has dug into archaeological records, DNA evidence and Indigenous oral traditions to
Scarlett Engle awarded Dissertation Fellowships from the Center for the Humanities and the Arts for the entire 2023-24 academic year. This funding will help Scarlett complete her dissertation, The Power of Placemaking: Collaborating with
Scarlett Engle accepts a seasonal position as a Cultural Anthropologist at Rocky Mountain National Park. Scarlett will assist with a variety of projects to enhance the park's stewardship of ethnographic resources. She will be supporting
Allison Formanack (Ph.D. Cultural Anthropology, 2018) has just co-authored a new article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, "Race, Class, and Place Modify Mortality Rates for the Leading Causes of Death in the United States, 1999–2021."
Professor Will Taylor's, "Early Dispersal of Domestic Horses into the Great Plains and Northern Rockies," article featured as the cover story in Science. Abstract: The horse is central to many Indigenous cultures across the American Southwest and
Sarah Simeonoff was awarded the Bertha Parker Cody Award for Native American Women. These scholarships support archaeological training and undergraduate and graduate studies for Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.