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...
Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug awarded Wenner Gren funding for bioarchaeological research in India
Aug 11, 2017
Dr. Gwen Robbins Schug, Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University, received a research award from the Wenner Gren Foundation to conduc...
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...
Dr. Dana Powell named a "Faculty Member of Distinction" in Appalachian Magazine
May 10, 2017
Dr. Dana Powell has been named a "Faculty Member of Distinction" in Appalachian Magazine. Her research covers the cultural politics of energy developm...
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...
Dr. Gregory Reck and Dr. Dinesh Paudel receive Board of Trustees and URC grants for research on post-earthquake reconstruction in Nepal
Apr 20, 2017
BOONE, N.C.- Appalachian State University has awarded Dr. Gregory Reck of the Department of Anthropology and Dr. Dinesh Paudel of the Department of Su...
Dr. Julie Lesnik discusses research on human evolution and edible insects
Mar 31, 2017
Julie Lesnik, assistant professor in anthropology at Wayne State University discussed the nutritional value of bugs and connection with huma...
Ethnography Lab hosts viewing of new film
Mar 28, 2017
Appalachian State’s anthropology department’s ethnography lab premiered a rough cut of their new film, “At the Foot of the Beast,” on Mar...
Christopher R. Moore, Archaeologist at the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program (SRARP)
Mar 13, 2017
After graduating from Appalachian with a B.S. in Anthropology in 1997, Chris attended East Carolina University where he received an M.A. in Anthropolo...
Anthropology Alumnus Christopher Moore (B.S. '97) publishes article in Nature
Mar 13, 2017
Anthropology Alumnus Christopher Moore (B.S. '97) publishes article in Nature on platinum anomaly in North American sedimentary sequences....