Posted: August 31st, 2017 by dblom
Professor Teresa Mares has been asked to serve as a quarterly columnist for the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Her column, “Cultivating Comida” will focus on the themes of food justice and race/ethnicity in the food system, with a specific focus on Latinx communities and immigrants. Her first column “Finding Comida in Our Everyday Lives” was just published, and the full text is available here!
Posted: August 1st, 2017 by dblom
As the first recipient of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) Summer Internship offered by the UVM Career Center and the College of Arts and Sciences, Siera Carusone ’18 is studying in Kigali, Rwanda. Read more about her work here
Posted: June 9th, 2017 by dblom
Associate professor and cultural anthropologist Jonah Steinberg tells the story of how he first became interested in those living at the “extreme social edge.”
Steinberg’s current research, funded by a multi-year grant from the National Science Foundation, explores the lives of runaway children in North India.
http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&storyID=24595&category=uvmhome
Posted: June 9th, 2017 by dblom
From the Milton Independent: “Digging in, part two: UVM archaeology survey completed at Stannard House“
Posted: May 19th, 2017 by tmares
Here are just a few of the many paths our alumni take for their post-graduate education!
Elliot Brake (’13) was accepted to the University of Maine’s Law Program.
Paige Brochu (’15) was accepted to the Boston University Environmental Health M.A. program.
Julia Burns (’15) was accepted to MS program in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois-Champaign Urbana.
Gemma Duffee (’14) was accepted to the MS program Design and Urban Ecologies program at the Parson’s School of Design at the New School.
Kathryn Martin (’13) was accepted to the MS Program in Physician Assistant Studies at Stanford University.
Fiona Mills (’13) was accepted to the MA program in Gender and Development program at the University of Sussex!
Yael Rhodes (’14) was accepted to the Masters program in Conflict Resolution at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University
David Waller (’17) was accepted to the University of Rhode Island to pursue a Master’s degree in College Student Personnel.
Posted: April 29th, 2017 by dblom
Several anthropology students presented their work at the UVM Student Research Conference, including one interviewed by NPR.
Ariadne Argyros, A Stylistic Analysis of Middle Kingdom Faience Hippopotami Statuettes (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Liz Cheli, How Ethnography Informs the Study of Archaeological Pottery Production (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Catherine Dey, Mayan, Mimbres, and Moche: Human Representation in Prehistoric Pottery (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Leyla Dickason, Ceramic Volume Measurements: A Comparative Analysis (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Molly Duff, Would I Eat This? Negotiating Boundaries of Risk and Service in the Kitchen (Advisor: Teresa Mares)
Rebecca Friedlander, Illuminating the Past: Exploring the Use of Luminol on Ancient Southwestern Pottery (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Darnell Holmes, Flint Knapping Process and Use-wear Analysis (Advisor: John Crock)
Lily Kim, The Coiling Technique and Jomon Period (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Julia Lees, Making Entomophagy a Reality: Investigating Optimal Growth Conditions for Tenebrio molitor (mealworms)(Advisor: Victor Izzo)
Hayley Malloy, Trifling With Typology (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Masha Nazarko, Looter\’s Place in Archaeology (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Eileen Parks, A Cross-Cultural Examination of Funerary Pottery (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Haley Parry, Looted pottery and its Effects on American Archaeology (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Helena Rainville, The influence access to other resources and distance from the community had on the choice of clay resource locations (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Gabriela Sarriera, Outdated Legal Barriers to Health in Rwanda (Advisor: Laura Hill)
David Waller, Inside Jokes: An Analysis of Mythological Depictions on Pottery and Ceramics (Advisor: Scott Van Keuren)
Nian Wan, Autoethnography as Reflexive Method: Insights into Preparing an Advanced Directive as a Chinese Woman with a Disability (Advisor: Richard Pinckney)
Cara Zhuang, Home as an Aging Place: An Ethnography of Community-Dwelling Elders in Shanghai (Advisor: Jeanne Shea)
Posted: April 29th, 2017 by dblom
Sonia Zaccheo, a junior minoring in Anthropology with a global health focus, has been awarded a UVM College of Arts and Sciences APLE Summer Stipend to support her Honors thesis research this summer. Her ethnographic research is focused on mapping and analyzing the food and nutrition resources, programs, and initiatives on offer for resettled refugees in Chittenden County. Part of her project will involve creating a map of these services with ArcGIS, in hopes of providing a tangible resource for providers and members of the refugee community. The APLE award will also help fund Sonia’s training with ArcGIS techniques.
Posted: November 18th, 2016 by tmares
We are pleased to share our Fall 2016 Newsletter, featuring departmental updates, and some great news on faculty and student research. We hope you enjoy it!
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Posted: April 25th, 2016 by tmares
Professor Jennifer (“J”) Dickinson has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to Ukraine from the U.S. Department of state and J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Her research topic is “Lviv’s Deaf Community: Language and Identity in a Time of Transition,” a project that combines ethnographic and oral historical research to understand continuity and change in the identity of members of the Deaf community in a mid-sized Ukrainian city. Professor Dickinson’s research is focused on adult Deaf Ukrainians and their work lives. To better understand how use of Ukrainian Sign Language (USL), professional training and work history, and recent political changes in Ukraine all contribute to identity, Professor Dickinson will be in the field for four months, spending time with adult Ukrainians in professional training courses, at a factory owned by the Ukrainian Society for the Deaf, and at events for retired members of the community. She will also work with graduate students and faculty in the Department of Social Pedagogy at Ukrainian Catholic University. Her sponsor at UCU is Dr. Ihor Kobel, a leading advocate for USL use in the Ukrainian educational system.
Posted: March 24th, 2016 by tmares
Matthew Claeys (2011) is expected to graduate Fall 2016 with a Masters in African Studies from the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana. His thesis research surveyed perceptions and treatment of mental health in Ghana as a means to understand human rights theory in Africa. He has been involved in additional research concerning forms of modern slavery across Ghana. He was awarded a student travel award in 2015 from the African Studies Association of America with which he expanded his experience on the African continent into Morocco and the Western Sahara. He is currently residing in Jersey City, NJ awaiting graduation. Following is his pending contribution to scholarship:
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