Congratulations to our new Anthro Club officers! These individuals will be serving as officers for the 2017/2018 academic school year. President: Larry Monocello Vice President: Randy Arnold Treasurer: Monica Wanis
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Dr. Weaver is a 2017 Faculty Research Award Finalist
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
Hannah Smith Wins Undergraduate Award
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
Anthropology Scholarship Winners for 2017-2018
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.
An Honor for John Blitz and Anthony Buhr
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!
Dusty Hawkins Wins Award
Congratulations Dusty! This is such a great honor. https://www.ua.edu/news/2016/12/ua-students-win-first-environmental-research-competition/
Good News for Ashley Dumas
Ashley Dumas, our doctoral program’s second Ph.D. (2007), has been promoted to Associate Professor at the University of West Alabama. Congratulations Ashley!
National Award for OAR
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,
Prof. Ian Brown Elected to Prestigious Antiquarian Society
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
Three Students Win Prizes for Conference Presentations
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