We are proud to announce that Dr. Weaver has been named a Faculty Research Award Finalist! Dr. Weaver was among five finalists in the Social and Behavioral Sciences division. Way to go Dr. Weaver! Check out the full list of finalists here: http://osp.ua.edu/2017-faculty-research-day.html […]
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Congratulations are in order for Hannah Smith. She has been selected as a recipient of the 2017 Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. Dr. Kathryn Oths nominated her for her research entitled, “A Decade of Rapid Change: Biocultural Influences on Child Growth in Highland Peru.” Hannah was “wined and dined” at The Randall Research Awards recognition […]
It is with great pleasure that we announce the various Anthropology scholarships for 2017-18. There were many wonderful applications this year, thus making the various committee deliberations a most difficult task. Nevertheless, they did come up with a number of very worthy recipients. Ashley Stewart is the winner of the DeJarnette Scholarship ($8,000). For the Maxwell […]
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Many congratulations to John Blitz of Anthropology and Anthony Buhr of Communicative Disorders for being elected to the UA Graduate Council. They will be fine representatives for the Social Sciences! […]
Congratulations Dusty! This is such a great honor. https://www.ua.edu/news/2016/12/ua-students-win-first-environmental-research-competition/ […]
Ashley Dumas, our doctoral program’s second Ph.D. (2007), has been promoted to Associate Professor at the University of West Alabama. Congratulations Ashley! […]
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s Chairman’s Award for Achievement in Historic Preservation: The University of Alabama’s Office of Archaeological Research, in partnership with several federal and state agencies and Indian tribes, received a national award for efforts in saving a set of centuries-old Native American petroglyphs, pictographs and historic signatures in Alabama. https://www.ua.edu/news/2016/12/uas-oar-among-honorees-for-restoration-work-on-painted-bluff Congratulations to Matt […]
Dr. Ian Brown, professor and chair of the department of anthropology at The University of Alabama, was recently elected to The Society of Antiquaries of London—the oldest and most prestigious association for antiquarian studies in the world. For more details, see: UA Professor Elected to Prestigious Antiquarian Society […]
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Wonderful news regarding our Anthropology graduate students. Nikki Henderson won the H. Russell Bernard Student Paper Prize from the Society for Anthropological Sciences for her paper, “Medical Disease or Moral Defect? Exploring the Cultural Model of Addiction Causality,” which she delivered at the AAA meetings in Minneapolis. Avery McNeece won a Student Travel Award from […]
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Dr. Michael Murphy says it’s difficult to surprise someone after 30 years of marriage, but on Oct. 8, he revealed a months-in-the-making anniversary surprise to his wife Dr. Milady Murphy, the Wellness Center director and division chair of health and wellness at Shelton State Community College. His gift? A $15,000 donation to the College of […]
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