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2015 Anthropology Student Union Student Colloquium: Report

The 2015 Anthropology Student Union Student Colloquium was held in Sabin Hall on Saturday, March 14. This year’s theme was “Transformations in Time: Change as a Constant.”

Graduate student Kevin Garstki is first author on paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science

Graduate student Kevin Garstki, along with Bettina Arnold and Matthew Murray, publishes article in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

Graduate Ramona Tenorio offered tenure-track job

Recent PhD graduate Ramona Tenorio has been offered a tenure-track job at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Bernard Perley co-authors op-ed piece on mascots

Bernard Perley was a co-author of an AAA op-ed piece condemning the use of American Indian mascots by professional sports organizations.

Bernard Perley presents to USCIS

Bernard Perley presented his artwork and anthropology research to the Office of Homeland Security/Citizenship and Immigrations Services Field Office in Milwaukee (USCIS).

Tracey Heatherington tracks global gene banking initiatives

Heatherington’s research tracks global gene banking initiatives across scales and networks of collaboration, connected through the node of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Graduate student Lara Ghisleni wins fieldwork grant

Ghisleni’s research engages with intercultural contact, culture change, and the intersubjectivity of social process.

Arnold and Jeske publish article on mortuary archaeology

“The archaeology of death: mortuary archaeology in the US and Europe 1990-2013” by Bettina Arnold and Robert Jeske has just appeared in the journal Annual Review of Anthropology.

Thomas Malaby presents lecture on games

Malaby presented his lecture at the University College London’s Center for Digital Anthropology.

PhD Student Kevin Garstki embraces digital archaeology

Garstki’s work with Art History Professor Derek Counts is featured in a UWM News feature.