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Talk: On Ethnographic Research and Environmental Defense in Honduras
Mar 8, 2024
Dr. Jon Carter to give guest lecture at Rollins College: On Ethnographic Research and Environmental Defense in HondurasFor many years now, environment...
Talk: Troubling Colonial Time: Ethnographic Engagements with Shamanic, Tropical and Spirit Time in the Philippines
Feb 16, 2023
Dr. Christina Verano Sornito Carter to give guest lecture at Haverford College and Swarthmore College: Troubling Colonial Time: Ethnographic Enga...
Appalachian State's Archaeological research team ventures into Linville Gorge Wilderness
Mar 25, 2022
Dr. Alice Wright and Dr. Cameron Gokee lead an Archaeological research team into Linville Gorge Wilderness to discover archaeological sites. ...
Talk: Inscribing the Criminal Skin: Underworld Aesthetics and the Flesh of Post-Liberal Futures in Honduras
Mar 25, 2022
Dr. Jon Carter to give guest lecture at Princeton University: Jon Carter | Inscribing the Criminal Skin: Underworld Aesthetics and the Flesh of ...
News
From living ecosystems to human health and new monitoring tech — the New River anchors App State inquiry and contemplation
Sep 15, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University research starts high in our watershed and flows down to mountain communities and beyond, informing policy...
Archaeologist Dr. María Nieves Zedeño to headline App State's Mountain Studies Lecture Series on Oct. 29
Sep 14, 2026
2026 Mountain Studies Lecture feat. Dr. María Nieves ZedeñoThursday, Oct. 29, 20267-8:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Lecture begins at 7 p.m. Q&am...
UNCP students unearth untold stories at the Library of Congress [faculty featured]
Sep 10, 2026
Throughout the summer, students examined Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) and Farm Security Administration photographs, manuscripts and oral histories...
The story of the first human tool: the humble container [faculty featured]
May 12, 2026
In the prehistoric opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the first tool is a club: a long limb bone that proves handy for killing prey animals, murde...
Katie Rodriguez ’25 recognized with 2025–26 Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies Outstanding Thesis Award
Apr 14, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University's Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies has announced the recipients of their 2025–26...
App State students conduct Spring Break dig in historic Junaluska neighborhood
Mar 19, 2026
BOONE, N.C. — Over Spring Break, 12 Appalachian State University students joined Dr. Cameron Gokee, associate professor in the Department ...
Alumni Spotlights
Aric Thoresen ('16) on combining anthropology and teaching
Dec 21, 2020
After Aric Thoresen received his degree in anthropology from Appalachian State University in 2016, he travelled throughout Latin America and became TE...
Neeshell Bradley-Lewis ('19) featured for graduate work at University of Delaware
Dec 21, 2020
Anthropology alum, Neeshell Bradley-Lewis, featured for graduate work at University of Delaware...
Caroline Noel ('13) wins NSF Fellowship for study at the University of Virginia
May 9, 2019
Appalachian State University alumnae, Caroline Noel ’13 has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow...
Faculty Spotlights
Exploring how new religions promote or hinder well-being: A new John Templeton Foundation Grant
Apr 29, 2025
A Tibetan monk officiating an event in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Tibetan Buddhism is emerging in Vietnam as a popular form of new religiosity © 2025...
Marine Corps veteran, Dr. Seth Grooms, lays wreath for App State’s Memorial Day commemoration
Jun 6, 2023
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Marine Corps veteran, Dr. Seth Grooms, was selected to lay wreath at this year's Memorial Day commemoration....
Dr. Marc Kissel contributes to new study funded by National Geographic Society
Jun 6, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In their search to understand human origins, National Geographic Explorer in Residence and world-renowned paleoanthropologist&nbs...
Dr. Susan Keefe receives award from North Carolina Genealogical Society for Excellence
Jan 28, 2022
Dr. Susan Keefe has received an award from the North Carolina Genealogical Society for Excellence for her book Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Bla...