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Professor Allison Formanack (Assistant Professor, University of Southern Mississippi & CU Anthropology PhD 2018) has a new article in print, "Little White Lies: Hope and Untruth in (White) Mobile-Homeownership." Her article argues that while

Professor Carole McGranahan's “Theory as Ethics” article quoted in Fast Company article on UX research: “UX designers are suffering from a failure of imagination.”

Professor Carole McGranahan publishes two essays in Anthropology Now: “Flash Ethnography: Writing the World, in Brief” and “Being Monica Lewinsky in Kathmandu.”  

Professor Carole McGranahan together with an international team of scholars, has been awarded a major Independent Research Fund Denmark grant for “The Next Dalai Lama Research Network” project for 2023-2026; the broader research network for

Former Anthropology CU Postdoc Akira Ichikawa is now a tenure-track associate professor at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Civilizations and Cultural Resources at Kanazawa University in Japan.  Congratulations, Akira!

Many of the hallmarks of human civilization—from roads and power lines to pet dogs—are taking a larger-than-expected toll on non-human primates living in Africa, according to two recent studies.  The findings result from a collaboration between

Professor Donna Goldstein and PhD candiate Anna Wynfield's co-authored article, "Limitations of COVID-19 Testing and Case Data for Evidence-Informed Health Policy and Practice," published in Health Research Policy and Systems Journal. 

Professor Fernando Villanea's co-authored article: “Community Partnerships Are Fundamental to Ethical Ancient DNA Research”  published in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. Abstract: The analysis of ancient DNA allows scientists to

Professors Sarah Kurnick and Lauren Hosek receive CARTSS Faculty Awards.  The CARTSS grant program is a competitive program to support tenure-track faculty conducting research in the social sciences.

Professor Lauren Hosek in collaboration with Professor Alyssa Bader of McGill University receive a Wenner-Gren Global Initiative Grant. Each year, the Wenner-Gren Foundation funds a small number of initiatives that meet a need not already