The Department of Anthropology announces its annual competition for the Watson Smith Prize for best student anthropology research paper. The cash award will be $250.00. If submissions merit it, there will be one prize given at the graduate student level and one prize given at the undergraduate student level. Prizes will be announced at commencement in May.

Katherine Mason is a medical anthropologist and co-founder of the Pandemic Journaling Project (PJP). In this spotlight, she discusses what Women's History Month means to her and her research.

International Women's Day is March 8th. In this feature, Jessaca Leinaweaver shares her recent work with the international organization SOS Children's Villages and her continuing research around the past, present, and future of gendered kinship.

In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with Isabella Ferrera '24, an Anthropology and English concentrator, to learn more about what she looks forward to accomplishing in Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between students and faculty on faculty research.

In a special Valentine's Day feature, concentrators in the Department of Anthropology share what they love about being part of the community. 

In this spotlight, Parker VanValkenburgh delves into his work on the show "Lost Cities Revealed with Albert Lin" — now streaming on DisneyPlus!

The Deans’ Faculty Fellows program selects students for a two-semester appointment as Visiting Assistant Professors, following the completion of the Ph.D. degree. In this spotlight, Samee Sulaiman discusses his work as a Deans' Faculty Fellow in Anthropology focusing on health and war-related disabilities.

In this spotlight interview, fourth-year undergraduate Emily Cigarroa elaborates on her experience as a double concentrator in the Department of Anthropology and Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World.

In this spotlight interview, the Department of Anthropology caught up with Deborah Cherman '25, a Medical Anthropology and Health and Human Biology concentrator, to learn more about her work as a research assistant for the Pandemic Journaling Project.

In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with Luke Horton, a current fourth-year Anthropology and Psychology concentrator, to hear what he's excited to accomplish in Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between students and faculty on faculty research.

In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with Yomi Adegbile, a current third-year student in the Brown-RISD dual degree program, to hear what he's excited to accomplish in Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between students and faculty on faculty research.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Advancement grant totaling $348,190 will support further development and expansion of the "GeoPACHA 2.0: Large-Scale Archaeological Imagery Survey Through Human-Machine Teaming" platform to enable large-scale artificial intelligence-assisted surveys of archaeological sites in South America.

September 18-22 is National Postdoc Appreciation Week! Join the department in recognizing and celebrating Fulya Pinar and Michael Berman. 

Stephanie Savell Ph.D. '17 appeared on an episode of Trending Globally, a podcast from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown, to discuss how framings of the coup in Niger largely miss what’s really going on in the region. And worse — they might actually make it more difficult to bring peace and stability to this part of the world. Savell is an anthropologist, an expert on U.S.-Niger relations, and a co-director of the Costs of War Project at the Watson Institute.

Departmental Undergraduate Group (DUG) Leaders work with faculty and staff to coordinate events and activities in an effort to build a sense of community within the concentration. Delve into anthropology's 2023-24 student leadership panel to learn more about their academic and personal backgrounds!

The Department of Anthropology is thrilled to welcome its 2023-24 first-year graduate cohort to Brown! From socio-cultural and medical anthropology to linguistic and environmental, this year's cohort brings a full spectrum of research interests.

Daniel Jordan Smith appeared on an episode of Trending Globally, a podcast from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown, to discuss Obi's forecasted performance in the upcoming election and its impact on Nigeria's future. The interview draws from Smith’s newest book, "Every Household Its Own Government: Improvised Infrastructure, Entrepreneurial Citizens, and the State in Nigeria."

In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with Irene Glasser, Adjunct Lecturer in Anthropology to learn more about her experience working with Kelly Fan '23 in Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between faculty and students on faculty research.

Graduating anthropology concentrators share memorable moments from their time at Brown ahead of Commencement.

The Department of Anthropology is delighted to welcome three new members who will officially begin their faculty appointments on July 1st. Meet Shanti Morell-Hart, Joshua Babcock, and Jordi Rivera Prince!

Earth Day 2023 is Saturday, April 22nd! To celebrate, the department asked Ph.D. Candidate Sarah Davenport about her work in environmental and food sustainability.

On Thursday, April 6th, students in Katherine Mason’s ANTH 1515: Anthropology of Mental Health course led a walking tour of three on-campus sites for the traveling exhibition, “Picturing the Pandemic: Images from the Pandemic Journaling Project.”

In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with Kelly Fan '23, a General Anthropology and Biology (Immunobiology Track) concentrator, to learn more about her experience in Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between students and faculty on faculty research.

Mariz Kelada's doctoral project "Behind the Seen" stems from two years of ethnographic research following the laboring lives of media's technical workers in Egypt.

Sarah Williams is a feminist scholar and medical anthropologist focused on reproductive rights and health. In this spotlight, she discusses what Women's History Month means to her and her research.

The recent alum and his co-authors were able to trace a mass poisoning event in The Gambia, a small West African country, using anthropological and epidemiological methods.

As a scholar in feminist activism and gendered mobilization in the Middle East, Nadje Al-Ali discusses what Women's History Month means to her and her research.

Alyce de Carteret completed her M.A. in Anthropology in 2013 with a thesis titled, "The Red Shift: Changing Tastes and their Implications at the Elite Maya Residence of El Diablo, Guatemala." She moved on to earn a Ph.D. in 2017, focusing again on Maya studies. In this spotlight, she delves into her career path after Brown.

The department recently caught up with Pandemic Journaling Project Co-Founder and Associate Professor of Anthropology Katherine Mason to learn more about the March 2023 arrival of the traveling exhibition.

In this spotlight, PhD student Chang He explains how her research engages with the anthropology of dance through a particular style that originated in Los Angeles in 1970.

"What is, or should be, the role of solidaridad within the (transnationally adoptive) family?" Co-authors Jessaca Leinaweaver, Brown University, and Diana Marre, Autonomous University of Barcelona, aim to uncover the answer in a recent study.

The Brown University Library and Brown University Center for Digital Publications have announced the selection of the next four scholarly works to be developed by CDS, including "Going through the Motions: Animations of Black Being in the Breaks" by Rebecca Carter, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Urban Studies.

In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with Lauren Paradise '23, an Anthropological Archaeology concentrator, to learn more about her experience in Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between students and faculty on faculty research.

In 2023, two interdisciplinary courses selected by the Cogut Institute for its 2021 Collaborative Humanities Course Award will be taught in part by Paja Faudree (L) and Daniel J. Smith (R).

In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with James—a 2022-2023 DUG leader—to learn more about his experience in anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between students and faculty on faculty research.

In this interview, Sarah Davenport shares her fieldwork experience and research in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with Selena Sheth '24, a Medical Anthropology concentrator, to learn more about her experience in Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between students and faculty on faculty research. 

How do ordinary people repurpose the tools of demography? In a recent study, Jessaca Leinaweaver argues that Peruvian professionals caring for older people justify their committed work using demographic concepts.

Five Brown undergraduate students were selected to spend the summer in northern California studying Black/Indigenous land stewardship, land-based community-building, and conducting ethnographic research. The 9.5 weeks of immersive, applied learning was part of a summer fellowship program created by Myles Lennon.

Mark began fieldwork this summer at the ancestral archaeological village of Perage on San Ildefonso Pueblo lands.

The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. recently announced that Professor Stephen Houston will deliver the 72nd A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts beginning in April 2023.

The department caught up with Argenis to learn more about his work this summer as a Predoctoral Trainee in Anthropology.

In July 2022, Michael Berman joined Anthropology as a Postdoctoral Fellow in International Humanities. His role serves as a joint position with the Cogut Institute for the Humanities.

The department congratulates Mason and VanValkenburgh on their promotions, effective July 1, 2022.

The Anthropology of Homelessness, ANTH 1301, taught by Irene Glasser, PhD, has been offered yearly through the Anthropology Department since the spring of 2014. This year, the class created a guide that can be used to help individuals in Rhode Island obtain permanent and affordable housing.

The Department of Anthropology caught up with Aisha, an undergraduate student studying Health and Human Biology, to learn more about her research on medical racism and structural violence embedded in medical institutions.

Caleb Ellis '24, Medical Anthropology concentrator, reflects on learning how the history of medicine is intertwined with histories of race and white supremacy through a Spring 2022 course with Professor Sarah Williams.

In Spring 2022, Jessica Katzenstein and three other Anthropology PhD Candidates successfully defended their dissertations. In this spotlight interview, Jessica delves into her research topic and explains more about her dissertation.