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Postal Address
School of Anthropology
University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210030
Tucson, AZ 85721-00030

Delivery Address
School of Anthropology
1009 East South Campus Drive
Tucson, AZ 85721

Tel: 520.621.2585
Fax: 520.621.2088
Anthro@email.arizona.edu

School Director

Dr. Barbara Mills
Haury Anthropology Building,
Room 210
Tel: 520.621.6298
Fax: 520.621.2088
bmills@arizona.edu

News
  • NSF Dissertation Grant for Katherine Dungan
    03/29/2013 - 11:59

    Katherine Dungan, Archaeology Ph.D. candidate, is the recipient of a $10,880 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. Katherine’s project is titled “Religion at the Edges: Social Boundaries and Religious Architecture in the Prehispanic Southwest”; you can read her abstract here.

     

     

     

  • BARA and SoA at Tucson Festival of Books
    03/22/2013 - 11:07

    Thanks to the leadership of post-baccalaureate intern Justina Whalen, BARA and the School of Anthropology were well represented in Science City at this year’s Tucson Festival of Books. Braving cold and rainy weather, BARA interns, staff, and students helped spread the word about anthropology, conditions on the U.S.–Mexico border, and more to the hundreds of visitors who stopped by to pulp paper and learn about the fibrous concrete and composting toilets initiatives in Arizona and Sonora. Thanks also to everyone who helped at the festival and behind the scenes to make this a huge success: Sandra Bernal (ALRS graduate student), Kevin Bulletts (BARA research aide), Freddie Driesen (undergraduate), Anya Gorshkova (post-baccalaureate intern), Amanda Hilton (SoA graduate student), Sunny Kopano (undergraduate intern), Joy Liu (ALRS graduate student), Ryan Powers (SoA undergraduate), Gilberto Rascon (SoA undergraduate), Pedro Robles (post-baccalaureate intern), Danielle Salas (undergraduate), and Allie Wechsler (post-baccalaureate intern).

  • UIR Field School in UANews
    03/22/2013 - 11:03

    Since 2010 the School of Anthropology has operated a spring semester field school at University Indian Ruins. Professors of Anthropology Paul Fish and Suzanne Fish oversee the field school, which is a six credit program offered to both graduate and undergraduate students. Learn more about the field school and the history of UIR in this UANews article.

  • Tecot on Female Lemurs and Longevity
    03/22/2013 - 11:01

    Assistant Professor Stacey Tecot is the lead author on a study of the Milne-Edwards’ sifaka, a type of lemur. The article, “Risky business: Sex differences in mortality and dispersal in a polygynous, monomorphic lemur,” was recently published by Behavioral Ecology. While the oldest documented male sifaka lived to be 19 years old, females can live into their early 30s. Tecot’s research suggests the reason lies in females taking fewer risks, as explained in this UANews story. You can read Dr. Tecot’s article here.

     

     

  • Lansing Gives NSF SBE Distinguished Lecture
    03/22/2013 - 10:59

    Stephen Lansing, Professor of Anthropology, gave a talk on March 13 as part of the National Science Foundation’s Distinguished Lecture Series in Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. Titled “Islands of Order,” Dr. Lansing’s lecture addressed historical transitions in Indonesia ranging from the role of women in the colonization of the Pacific to the curvature of attractor basins on Bali.

     

     

  • Mendoza-Denton Speaks at New York Academy of Science
    03/22/2013 - 10:56

    On February 25, Associate Professor of Linguistic Anthropology Norma Mendoza-Denton was the featured speaker at the New York Academy of Science. The event was held at the offices of The Wenner-Gren Foundation in Manhattan. The title of her lecture was “Citizen Rage: Town Hall Meetings and Constituent Disagreement in American Politics.” Acting as her discussant was Dr. Jeff Maskovsky from CUNY Graduate Center and Queens College.

     

     

     

  • Benjamin Bellorado Wins 2013–2014 William Self Scholarship
    03/12/2013 - 16:47

    Ph.D. student Benjamin Bellorado is the 2013–2014 William Self Scholarship winner. The annual $5,000 scholarship, funded by William Self Associates, Inc., a private consulting company in archaeology and historic preservation, is awarded to an SoA graduate student with a concentration on Southwestern archaeology to support their research. Ben’s abstract is available here.

  • Ashley Stinnett Featured on Graduate College Homepage
    03/12/2013 - 16:44

    Ashley Stinnett, a Ph.D. candidate in linguistic anthropology, is the focus of a new UA Graduate College photo story. The feature begins with a link on the Grad College homepage, which you can see here; click on the “Learn More” link to read about Ashley’s visual anthropology pursuits.

  • BARA Team in Partnership with Pima County Library and SBATA
    03/12/2013 - 16:42

    School of Anthropology faculty and students were featured recently in a front page Arizona Daily Star article about refugees and the challenges they face overcoming language barriers. A team from the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA) is working in partnership with the Pima County Public Library and the Somali Bantu Association of Tucson, Arizona (SBATA) to develop a series of short videos in six languages to help introduce members of Tucson’s refugee and immigrant populations to the library and its services. The team is led by Ph.D. candidate Ashley Stinnett, under the supervision of Associate Professor of Anthropology Diane Austin, and includes undergraduate interns Kellan Smith, Lauren Bonetti, Taylor Genovese, Kenneth Kokroko, and Michael Nunez, and post-baccalaureate intern Justina Whalen. Be sure to read the Daily Star article.

  • Patrick Lyons to Be Director of ASM
    03/12/2013 - 16:38

    Associate Professor Patrick Lyons (Ph.D. Arizona, 2001) will become the seventh director of the Arizona State Museum since its founding by the territorial legislature in 1893. Dr. Lyons, who will assume his position June 1, 2013, has served as head of ASM collections since 2006 and as associate director since 2009.