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Evangeline Giaconia, Anthropology Major and Chancellor's Scholar, highlighted for research
Nov 8, 2017

Honors senior anthropology major and Chancellor’s Scholar Evangeline Giaconia spent this past summer in the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest conducting ...

Dr. Susan Keefe and Dr. Tom Whyte help Junaluska Heritage Association commemorate Historic Black Cemetery
Oct 5, 2017

On October 2, 2017,  a celebration took place to unveil a new monument marking the historic black cemetery off of Howard Street in Boone. It capp...

Anthropology Major Autumn Melby featured in CAS Newsletter
Oct 5, 2017

Autumn Melby is featured in the Fall 2017 College of Arts & Sciences NewsletterNames of scholarships currently receiving:Dr. L. Jill Loucks Memori...

Humanities Council Symposium, "Sustaining Democracy"
Sep 22, 2017

The Department of Anthropology is helping to co-sponsor this year's Humanities Council Symposium, "Sustaining Democracy: Existence, Persistance, Resis...

Dr. Alice P. Wright named a "Faculty Member of Distinction" in Appalachian Magazine
Sep 21, 2017

Dr. Alice P. Wright has been named a "Faculty Member of Distinction" in Appalachian Magazine. Dr. Wright is an anthropological archaeologist broa...

Dr. Timothy J. Smith named a "Faculty Member of Distinction" in Appalachian Magazine
Sep 21, 2017

Dr. Timothy J. Smith has been named a "Faculty Member of Distinction" in Appalachian Magazine. His areas of research and teaching cover development, i...

Dr. Gregory Reck publishes new piece on climate change in Nepal
Sep 19, 2017

Dr. Gregory Reck has published a new piece on climate change with his colleague Dr. Dinesh Paudel. In it, they discuss the opinions and livelihoods of...

ASU Anthropology Graduate

ASU Anthropology graduates working as part of the Burned Area Emergency Response team in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Aug 16, 2017

Hayley Wynn and Cala Castleberry graduated together in May 2017, both with degrees in Anthropology, with Archaeology concentrations. They have been fo...

Timothy Smith

Dr. Timothy J. Smith has been appointed to Mellon/ACLS national selection committee
May 10, 2017

Dr. Timothy J. Smith has been appointed to the national selection committee of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies D...

Tom Whyte

Dr. Tom Whyte named a "Faculty Member of Distinction" in Appalachian Magazine
May 10, 2017

Dr. Tom Whyte has been named a "Faculty Member of Distinction" in Appalachian Magazine. His areas of research include southern Appalachian p...