Dr. Ian Brown, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, is the recipient of the 2021 Southeastern Archaeological Conference’s Lifetime Achievement Award! Awarded annually since 2003, the Lifetime Achievement Award
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Dr. William Dressler Receives the American Anthropological Association’s 2021 Conrad M. Arensburg Award
Dr. William Dressler, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, is a recipient of the American Anthropological Association’s prestigious 2021 Conrad M. Arensburg award! The honor recognizes individuals who have
Dr. Katherine Chiou Receives Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award
Dr. Katherine Chiou is a recipient of the National Alumni Association’s 2021 Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award (OCTA). Awarded annually since 1976, this is one of the highest recognitions for
Dr. McClure, Dr. Oths, and MA Students Olivia Radcliffe and Emi Smith Featured in Communivax Video
CommuniVax is a national coalition of social scientists, public health experts, and community advocates who seek lasting solutions to a serious problem. In the United States, historically underserved Black, Hispanic/Latino,
PhD Student Nicole Henderson Co-Authors Article Published in Field Methods
Nicole Henderson has co-authored an article published in Field Methods with Dr. Lesley Jo Weaver and Dr. Craig Hadley, entitled “The Social Meaning of Food Consumption Behaviors in Rural Brazil:
PhD Student Mike Fedoroff (and colleague Brian Zettle) Awarded Competitive U.S. Army Grant to Host Workshop on Indigenous Rivercane Restoration in Southeastern U.S.
Mike Fedoroff and colleague Brian Zettle, biologist at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, were just awarded a competitive $75,000 grant from the US Army Corps of Engineers Sustainable Rivers Program
Dr. Kathy Oths and Adam Booher’s Documentary Selected for Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival
Dr. Kathy Oths ethnographic documentary produced with former University of Alabama Student, documentarian and creator of Found Media, Adam Booher, The Last Bonesetter (2018), has been selected into the Royal Anthropological
Dr. Katherine Chiou Awarded Wenner-Gren Foundation Grant
Dr. Katherine Chiou, along with her colleague Dr. Di Hu, assistant professor of anthropology at James Madison University, were just awarded a $20,000 grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to host
Recent MA Graduates Dillon Patterson and Wade Tidwell Win Big, Again!
Congratulations to recent MA graduates Wade Tidwell and Dillon Patterson who just swept the UA Master’s Research Awards! Wade Tidwell, who last semester earned the College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Stephanie McClure Leading UA Team in National CommuniVax Initiative
Dr. Stephanie McClure is leading a team of UA researchers, including our own Dr. Kathryn Oths, as the principal investigator of the CommuniVax Alabama Initiative – a rapid ethnographic research