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Abigail Rubio ('18), Sociocultural Anthropology
Feb 27, 2018

Abigail Rubio graduated from Appalachian State with a degree in Sociocultural Anthropology. She is from a small town, called Smithfield, near Raleigh,...

Dr. Cameron Gokee, Anthropological Archaeologist
Feb 17, 2018

Dr. Cameron Gokee is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Appalachian State. Dr. Gokee is originally from a small town in ...

Evie Giaconia

Evie Giaconia ('18), Multidisciplinary Anthropology
Jan 17, 2018

Evie Giaconia, a graduate of the anthropology program, gave us the opportunity to get to know more about herself and Appalachian State’s Anthropolog...

Autumn Melby ('18), Archaeology
Jan 17, 2018

Autumn Melby, a graduate of the Anthropology Department, took the time to share her personal experience within the field of anthropology and some of h...

Kelsey Rothenberg ('15), Physician Assistant student
Jan 4, 2018

I graduated from Appalachian State University with my anthropology degree in May 2015. As I entered my first undergraduate year, I knew my ultimate ca...

Timothy Shober ('15), Master of Public Administration student
Jan 2, 2018

Since graduating from Appalachian State University with a degree in anthropology in 2015, I have applied the skills that I learned as a student to a n...

Anna Rawls selected as a CAS Corps student ambassador
Dec 29, 2017

Anthropology major Anna Rawls has been selected as a student ambassador for CAS Corps. The CAS Corps is a group of student ambassadors chosen to ...

Anthropology majors help tell story of Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
Dec 28, 2017

Hannah Gillespie (with contributions from her research partners Azariah Conerly, Ricki Draper, and Christian Huerta) has published a piece in Appalach...

Dr. Hulya Dogan joins the faculty this spring
Dec 26, 2017

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Hulya Dogan, who will be joining the faculty this spring. In addition to Understanding Culture and Gender, Race, and C...

Dr. Christina Verano Sornito named a Black Mountain College Semester Fellow
Dec 19, 2017

What is a Fellow?The Black Mountain College Fellows Program involves faculty members that will be teaching a course that coinsides with the Black...