Brown’s Haffenreffer Museum and Department of Anthropology partner with the city’s largest cemetery to welcome local families to honor their loved ones in a vibrant Dia de los Muertos celebration.
In this spotlight, the department spoke with Lola Aguiar, a member of the Class of 2025 and Anthropological Archaeology concentrator, about their senior thesis research.
In this alumni spotlight, Kaetlyn Liddy '22 details what life has been like after graduating from Brown — including a position at NBC News as a newsroom coordinator.
The Department of Anthropology is thrilled to welcome its 2024-25 first-year graduate cohort to Brown! From family ties and kinship to Black Feminist Theory to global supply chains—this year's cohort brings a full spectrum of research interests to College Hill.
During the month of June, Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology Andrew Scherer, Associate Professor of Anthropology Shanti Morell-Hart, and graduate student Moisés Herrera Parra (Moi) were in Chiapas, Mexico for fieldwork as part of the Proyecto Arqueológico Busiljá-Chocoljá (PABC).
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.