Rebecca Bria directs the archaeological research project Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológico Regional Ancash (PIARA) to investigate the rise and fall of ancient Peruvian societies while collaborating with indigenous communities to preserve their heritage.

Anthropology and history student Dana Queen reflects on her time at the University of Minnesota as she prepares to graduate in the spring. Her dedication to creating programs for informal learning spaces in libraries has been nurtured by her liberal arts education and experiences.

Updates on the activities of the Department of Anthropology by Chair Karen-Sue Taussig

“I’m using every facet of what I’ve learned.” By combining the skills learned in her anthropology degree, design, and her interest in health care, Monica Looze has found her ideal profession at Mayo Clinic.

Anthropology involves the comprehensive study of human experience. The most basic questions anthropologists ask are “How are humans the same, and how are they different in all times and in all places on earth?” but also “What distinguishes the human from other species and how do different humans understand that difference?” Anthropologists explore these questions by examining people through biological, archaeological, linguistic, and social lenses.

How is homophobia measured in Haiti? Cultural anthropology assistant professor Erin Durban-Albrecht has spent a decade studying LGBTQ rights in the Caribbean nation and found that there is still progress to be made.

Kat Hayes and anthropology students are working with Gordon Parks High School to bring archaeology to the classroom. They have the perfect location for their teaching and research: the green space right next door.

December 4, 2017, 4:00pm Cowles Auditorium--Dame Marilyn Strathern, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at Cambridge University, "Time’s Challenges: Abrupt transitions and future imaginings"

What would it take to make a life in space? Cultural and linguistic anthropologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota David Valentine has spent years researching the space settlement movement, and the complications of relocating the human race into space.