NEWS
Read below for the most up-to-date news from the Department of Anthropology.
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Recent News
Anthropology Grad Student Finds Diverse Career Options Thanks To Internships
Boluwatife Oluleye's internships have allowed her to get experience collecting and analyzing archaeological artifacts and creating a digital archive.read more ❯
In the Classroom: Students Examine the Meaning Behind Magical Creatures And Monsters
Associate Professor Cassandra White uses the intriguing subject matter to teach students key concepts in cultural anthropology.read more ❯
Unlocking the Secrets of the Ancient Coastal Maya
After more than a decade of research, Georgia State scientist Jeffrey Glover shares what he’s learned about the people who lived on a stretch of coastline in Quintana Roo Mexico over a span of 3,000 years.read more ❯
Student Achievements
Anthropology major Amanda Pregibon won a Signature Experience Award at the Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference in April 2021 for her virtual oral presentation titled “Comparing dietary proclivities in Pleistocene fossil primates from Swartkrans cave,...read more ❯
Recent Events in the Anthropology Department
International Conference
Jennifer Patico organized “Socialism, Capitalism, and Childhood: Materialities and Mutual Imaginations,” a conference held at Georgia State and online on October 20-21, 2021.
Conceived and coordinated as part of a broader, multi-sited...read more ❯
HT94 Project
This art project commemorated migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. HT94 was conceived by the Undocumented Migration Project and was installed at multiple venues around the USA and the world.
Drs....read more ❯
Georgia State University Archaeology in Action
Friends of Scull Shoals
In November 2021, Dr. Glover brought his students out for a dig at Scull Shoals, a historic mill site located east of Atlanta.
They were following up on fieldwork done by a Georgia State University graduate student who had interned...read more ❯
National Geographic Grant: Steven Black and student researchers travel to Costa Rica
In June 2021, Dr. Black traveled to Boruca Indigenous Territory, Costa Rica with...read more ❯
Faculty Research & Honors
Cassandra White has been awarded the 2022 George M. Sparks Award. This University award honors GSU’s“unsung heroes…who exemplify a willingness to go the extra mile with good humor and perseverance.”
Faidra Papavasiliou received the GSU College of Arts and...read more ❯
From the Chair's Desk
It has been more than two years now that we have been living in a pandemic. In this newsletter, we share some of the remarkable work GSU Anthropology faculty, students, and alumni have accomplished during that time. Several faculty members have published books or been...read more ❯
Contact Us
The Department of Anthropology
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Department Specialist
Lynda Bourne
lbourne@gsu.edu
Department Chair
Dr. Jennifer Patico
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Dr. Faidra Papavasiliou
Director of Graduate Studies
Dr. Steven Black