Avery Lavalley (Anthropology, Class of 2016) Entering college, I had no idea what anthropology was. I knew that studying people was what I wanted to do, but no other subject seemed to truly integrate all aspects of the human experience to create a comprehensive understanding of it: history, biology, sociology, psychology, linguistics. An understanding of […]
Catherine Lang on “Why Anthropology?”
Catherine Lang (Anthropology, Class of 2016) I study Anthropology because I am a natural-born observer. I am fascinated with how the relation of space and place influence human interaction. Anthropology and Geospatial Technologies act as a way to visually understand modern human and environmental interaction. Material culture and archaeology allow for the study of the […]
Fall 2015 Departmental Newsletter Now Online!
Our Fall 2015 Newsletter is now online! To see what our students and faculty have been up to over the last year, please take a look! AnthropologyFall2015Newsletter
Congratulations to Luke Dorman for receiving Hannah Howard Prize
Anthropology Major Luke Dorfman (Class of 2015) received one of only two Hannah Howard Prizes awarded to members of the class of 2015 for outstanding academic accomplishment — way to go, Luke!
Congratulations to Shannon Esrich, Nuquist Award Winner!
Congratulations to Shannon Esrich (Class of 2015) who has recently been awarded the Nuquist Award for Outstanding Student Research on a Vermont Topic by UVM’s Center for Research on Vermont. Shannon was awarded this prize in recognition for her outstanding honors thesis entitled Gone to Market: Perceptions, Motivations, and Values of Farmers Market Participants in Burlington Vermont. Shannon […]
Congratulations to our major Riker Pasterkiewicz!
Congratulations to Riker Pasterkiewicz (Class of 2015) who has been awarded three UVM grants to conduct his independent research project in Argentina this winter! With support from the APLE award, and the Office of Undergraduate Research’s Mini-Grant and International Travel Grant, Riker will travel to Buenos Aires to conduct ethnographic research on the public transit system […]
Dr. Rob Borofsky, Director, Center for a Public Anthropology, writes:
“Congratulations to the 14 Public Anthropology Award Winners at the University of Vermont in Prof. Scott Matter’s ANTH 021 (Cultural Anthropology) class who participated in a North American competition involving over 3,800 students from 24 schools. For the names of the Vermont Public Anthropology Award winners as well as their award winning opinion pieces click […]
Two anthropology students win Fulbright awards!
Of the six Fulbright Scholarships awarded to UVM students this spring, two of the winning projects were submitted by Anthropology majors! Congratulations to: Daniel Rosenblum ’13 for his proposed study of Formal Recognition and Economic Undertakings across Delhi, India’s Unauthorized Colonies, and Joe Friedman ’14 for his proposed project on Public Health through the Master’s Program […]
Six anthropology majors elected for Phi Beta Kappa Membership
Congratulations to the following six anthropology majors who have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa Membership! These students will be inducted into the UVM chapter of Phi Beta Kappa this May. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest honor society, and our department is thrilled that the hard work of these students has been recognized. […]
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