Through an interactive app that blends anthropology and technology, PhD student Samantha Porter transforms the Minneapolis Institute of Art into a puzzle room for its patrons.
“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…
The US court system may not seem like a place that could shape how those practice their religion—but assistant professor Aisha Ghani’s research has found that the way Islam is…
Graduate student Jason Massey is studying the population-level differences in growth and development of skull bones among chimpanzees and gorillas. He says, "No matter how…
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…
“Traditional medicine is not just something from the past,” says cultural anthropology student Wei Ye. “It’s constantly evolving and changing.” Ye has been exploring how…
Cultural anthropologist Karen Ho has recently been appointed director of CLA’s Race, Indigeneity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies initiative, which involves the cultural and…
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…
