News and Events
Highlighted here are newsworthy items, colloquia, lectures and events that are of special relevance and interest to anthropology.
Please see the menu to the side for regular department seminars open to the public, the department newsletter, posters on display, and other events links. All events have been posted to the Anthropology Calendar. To access and download the public calendar please click here
AAA Dry Run Talks: Part I
November 23, 2009
Denny Hall, 401
3:30-5:00
Mares, Teresa
“Can Anthropology Put Food on the Table? Reimagining Applied Research when the Breadlines Run Long“
Littles Erikson, Olivia
"Materialized Discourses at Seattle's Northwest African American Museum: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Museum Studies"
Chandras, Jessica
“Indigenous Language and the Construction of Identity in Oaxaca, Mexico”
De León, Jason
“Mochilas, Electrolit, y Mucho Más: An Ethnoarchaeological and Ethnographic Study of Undocumented Migration in Southern Arizona and Northern Mexico”
Breslow, Sara Jo
"Trespassing in the No-Man's Land between Art and Academia: A Reflection on Two Collaborative Experiments"
Dissertation Defense
Lisa Meierotto
PhC, Anthropology
Lisa Meierotto, a PhD Student in Environmental Anthropology, will be defending her dissertation entitled:
The Co-Evolution of Nature Conservation and Militarization on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Denny Hall, 401
6:00-7:00pm
AAA Dry Run Talks: Part II
November 30, 2009
Denny Hall, 401
3:30-5:00
Achterberg, Jerusha
"Evolutionary Adages: The (Mis)use of Biological Anthropology in Women's Periodicals"
Styles, Megan
"Governing Landscapes of Global Production: Growing Roses in a Kenyan Ramsar Site"
Brunson, Emily
“(Re)Interpreting risk: How US parents make decisions about their children's vaccinations”
Ceron Valdez, M. Alejandro
“Public Health Ideologies and the Limits of Right to Health Discourses in Postwar Guatemala”
Carroll, Jennifer
“A Woman Among Addicts: Exploring Gendered Roles and Identity in a Ukrainian HIV-Prevention Program”
Huang, Yu
"Integrating Work and Life: Global Food Crisis and Insights from Shrimp Farmers"
Dissertation Defense
Cheryll Alipio
PhC, Anthropology
Cherylll Alipio, a PhD Student in Sociocultural Anthropology, will be defending her dissertation entitled:
Libidinal Economies: Child Debts, Devotions, and Desires in Philippine Migrant Families
Friday, December 11, 2009
Denny Hall, 401
6:00-8:00pm
Dissertation Defense
Tami Blumenfield
PhC, Anthropology
Tami Blumenfield, a PhD Student in Sociocultural Anthropology, will be defending her dissertation entitled:
Scenes from Yongning: Media Creation in China's Na Villages
Monday, December 14, 2009
Denny Hall, 401
2:00-4:00pm
Dissertation Defense
Christopher Lockwood
PhC, Anthropology
Christopher Lockwood, a PhD Student in Archaeology, will be defending his dissertation entitled:
Pigs, Dryland Agriculture and Social Complexity in Precontact Hawai‘i: Assessing Surplus Production through Landscape Geochemistry
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Denny Hall, 401
9:00-11:00am
Dissertation Defense
Jennifer Leehey
PhC, Anthropology
Jennifer Leehey, a PhD Student in Sociocultural Anthropology, will be defending her dissertation entitled:
Open Secrets, Hidden Meanings: Censorship, Esoteric Power and Contested Authority in Urban Burma in the 1990s
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Denny Hall, 401
2:00-4:00pm
In the News
Mary Abrums, a former PhD from the Department of Anthropology, and current associate professor at the School of Nursing on the UW Bothel campus, has just come out with a new book on poverty and faith entitled Moving the Rock: Poverty and Faith in a Black Storefront Church.
Please click here to read the article in UWeek..
In the News
Noel Chrisman, an adjunct with the anthropology department, will receive the George Foster Practicing Medical Anthropology Award at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in early December. The Award “recognizes those who have made significant contributions to applying theory and methods in medical anthropology (particularly in diverse contexts), to multidisciplinary audiences and with some impact on policy.”
It is one of the three “Career Awards” given by the Society for Medical Anthropology to recognize long term contributions to the field.
Interestingly enough, George Foster was one of Noel’s professors when he was in graduate school, where he specialized in applied anthropology. (Berkeley did not have a course in medical anthropology until after he received his PhD.)
Congratulations, Noel!
In the News
Jessica Johnson, a PhD student in Sociocultural Anthropology, is the recipient of the Association of Political and Legal Anthropology's 2009 Student Paper Prize Competition for an article based on her dissertation entitled "Masculinity, War, and Sacrifice at Home."
The award will be made at the upcoming AAA meeting, please click here for more information.
Congratulations Jessica!
In the News
Laada Bilaniuk is a commentator on “Ukraine’s language” a piece by Brigid McCarthy on Ukrainian-Russian language politics just aired on public radio. To hear Laada (download an MP3), please
click here
In the News
Jason De León speaks on the Undergraduate Academic Affairs News site about incorporating service learning into his teaching, and recommends 3 books.
To hear him and others speak click here
In the News
Anthrosource keeps track of the number of times anthropology publications are downloaded, and they just released a list of the most frequently downloaded articles in 2009.
And note that in the top 25, there are *four* UW anthropologists:
Coming in at #4 is Janelle Taylor, On Recognition, Caring and Dementia.
At #12 is James Pfeiffer (with Mark Nichter), What can Critical Medical Anthropology Contribute to Global Health?
And at #15 is Bettina Shell-Duncan, From Health to Human Rights: Female Genital Cutting and the Politics of Intervention.
And at #20 is Susan Reynolds Whyte, Health Identities and Subjectives.
Congratulations UW Faculty and Alumni!
To see the full list click here
In the News
Congratulations to David Citrin, Matthew Hale, and Bonnie Tilland for obtaining 3 out of 5 Fulbright-Hays Fellowships at the University of Washington.
All three are graduate students in the Sociocultural PhD program. David is off to continue research in Nepal, Matthew in China, and Bonnie in Korea.
To read the UWeek Article click here
Calendar of Events
To see a weekly and monthly calendar of all anthropology events, please go directly to the Anthropology Department Events Calendar:
Anthropology Events Calendar
In the News
Congratulations to Laura M. Hinton, undergraduate senior in Anthropology, who is the 2009 Dean's Medalist for the social sciences.
The Dean’s Medal has been presented annually since 1985. Consideration for this award requires the student to have earned 90 graded credits or more in residence at the University of Washington and be graduating with at least one College of Arts & Sciences degree/major as the student's first undergraduate degree earned. Other important factors in narrowing down the selection include the student having a 3.85 GPA or greater, and letters of recommendation from departmental faculty or staff. Applicants nominated are then reviewed by the divisional deans and discussed with the dean of the college.
Laura also received the Best Honors Thesis in Anthropology 2008-2009 for her thesis entitled "Staying Invisible: The Stigma of Injection Drug Use", advisor Bettina Shell-Duncan.
To read more about Larua and her future plans click here: Arts and Sciences Article
Anthropology Graduation Ceremony, 2009
We are overjoyed to annouce the class of 2009, and congratulate them all to a successful future.
The Anthropology Department Graduation Ceremony was held on Friday, June 12th, 2009. To see photos from the event, please click below:
Click here to see photos from the 2009 graduation ceremony
Anthropology Undergraduate Awards
Announcing the winners of the Curtis Wienker Anthropology Awards for Undergraduate Students:
Best Honors Thesis in Anthropology 2008-2009
Winner: Laura Hinton
Thesis Title :Staying Invisible: The Stigma of Injection Drug Use
Advisor: Bettina Shell-Duncan
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Best Anthropology Essay Awards 2008-2009
Sociocultural Winner
“China's Birth Policy: Changes, effects, and Paying Attention to the future”
Kaitlin Banfill
Professor: Dr. Stevan Harrell
Archaeology Winner
“Bonobo and Chimpanzee Behavior: A Discussion of Gender Bias in Anthropology"
Molly de Gorgue
Professor: Dr. Angela Close
Biocultural Winner
"An Event History Model of Dengue Fever Outbreaks in 8 Different Endemic Regions"
Daniel Parker
Professor: Dr. Darryl Holman
Palawan, Philippines Archaeology Field School
Spring Quarter, 2010
****Apply Now****
Announcing that the UW and University of the Philippines will be conducting a joint fields school in spring 2010. Learn archaeological excavation, survey, mapping and artifact analysis on northern Palawan Island in the Philippines. Course is open to undergraduate and graduate students from any university, who will earn 12 University of Washington credits. Course is co-taught by Dr. Peter Lape, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington and Dr. Victor Paz, Director, Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines.
Click Here
Undergraduate and Graduate Track in Medical Anthropology and Global Health (MAGH)
****New****
The Anthropology Department is pleased to announce a brand new undergraduate and graduate track called
Medical Anthropology and Global Health (MAGH)
The new program provides training at both the undergraduate and graduate level via the following avenues:
* Undergraduate Track in Medical Anthropology and Global Health
* Graduate Study in Medical Anthropology and Global Health
* Concurrent MPH/PhD Program
Exploring phenomena from the molecular to the global level, MAGH integrates approaches from social, cultural, medical and biocultural anthropology into a comprehensive framework for understanding and addressing local and global health issues. With anthropology faculty renowned for their scholarship on population and health, and links to programs across campus addressing global health, the area of emphasis provides a venue for new insights, new approaches and new opportunities for understanding human health and well-being.
To find out more about this exciting new program, visit the MAGH web page.