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Professor Chris Hammons has received not one, but two awards for his work: (1) a Kayden Research Award for American Refuge, a documentary feature about trauma and time in the upland forests of the American West. The award covers the

Professor Will Taylor and Lakota elders receive the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize for their research article, "Early Dispersal of Domestic Horses into the Great Plains and Northern Rockies."  The prize is awarded to the author or authors of an

Professor Warren Thompson publishes, “Being Seen is Believing: Evidence and Authority in the Ache Mission Encounter," in the Journal of Anthropological Research. Abstract Like many other lowland South American groups described in the

Professor Fernando Villanea gave an online HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic - talk, "Archaic Introgression in Modern Humans: What It Can Tell Us About Archaic Humans and About Ourselves," for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. 

Professor Jerry Jacka's chapter, “"Don't Look Down": Green Technologies, Climate Change, and Mining,” published in Anthropology and Climate Change from Transformations to Worldmaking, Routledge. Description: In this third edition of

Paige Edmiston (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) receives the Carol B. Lynch Memorial Fellowship for fall 2025. The Carol B. Lynch Memorial Fellowship Fund was established to honor Dr. Lynch for her tireless dedication to graduate

Professor Steve Leigh was awarded the Gabriel W. Lasker service award for his service as AABA president during COVID.  Dr. Leigh's nomination emphasized "his unwavering generosity, and the incredible level of graciousness he brought to his

Jack Dalton (Biological Anthropology, PhD Candidate) recently teamed up with a German film crew for a special wildlife project in South Africa. Joining forces with them, he embarked on a journey to uncover the mysteries of bush babies for the German

Nicholas Puente (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) has been awarded the CARTTS (Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences) Graduate Student Award. This  honor will fund his fieldwork as part of the Punta Laguna Caves Project.

Georgia Butcher (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) has made it to the finals of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition!  Georgia will showcase her groundbreaking thesis research, "Drone Pilots and the Side Effects of Remote War," in