We are proud of the balance we've built between coursework and field work, providing significant on-the-ground experiences for faculty and students alike. Our portfolio of investigations proves that anthropology needn't restrict itself to distant (in place or time) peoples, but has a central role to play in understanding the complex interactions among all communities—including our own.
We invite you to read about our faculty's research and accomplishments below and our working papers on a particularly close relationship our department has forged with an educational institution in Ecuador. We think you'll agree that anthropological research at UCD is as much about vibrant societies as it is about compelling scholarship.
Faculty Research Spotlight
- Anthropology department well represented at 2013 Society for Applied Anthropology meeting
At the Society for Applied Anthropology meetings in Denver March 20-21, 2013, the Anthropology department had terrific student and faculty representation; including several panels organized by Marty Otanez and Sarah ... Read More »
- Musiba featured as scientist in action
Anthropology professor, Charles Musiba, received local media attention on his session of Read More »
- Musiba participating in Denver Museum of Nature and Science distance learning program
On February 25, Charles M. Musiba, associate professor of anthropology will be leading an on-line course for grades 4-8 titled “When Early Humans Walked the Earth.” More information can be found at this Read More »
- Otanez attends tobacco control convention
Marty Otañez, assistant professor and in anthropology, attended the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) meeting in Seoul, South Korea this month. Representatives from 176 countries met to discuss the ... Read More »
- Musiba study maintains media traction
International coverage contiues for the study by anthropology professor, Charles Musiba, which assets that humans began eating meat 1.5 million years ago, and that eating meat could have created the large brain that in effect ... Read More »
- Otanez brings environmental justice perspective to discussion of a California fire
Marty Otanez, assistant professor of anthropology, is interviewed in this weekly poverty-focused paper, about a refinery fire in Richmond, California – near where he lives over the summers.
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- Musiba findings shedding new light into evolution of human physiology and brain development
Anthropology professor Charles Musiba unearthed skull fragments of a 1.5 million year old child in Tanzania showing that our ancient ancestors ate meat earlier than suspected. The finding gives rise to the theory that high ... Read More »
- Copeland findings could point to behavior of possible early human ancestors
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- Scandlyn to publish on solider PTSD effects
Jean Scandlyn, research professor in anthropology, with Sarah Hautzinger of Colorado College, have been conducting research since 2008 on the ripple effects of returning soldiers with PTSD in communities. Their research, which ... Read More »
- Riel-Salvatore comments on a new paper involving rock art and Neanderthals
Julien Riel-Salvatore, assistant professor of anthropology, did a radio interview in June for PRI Boston's The World commenting on a new paper out in Science, which raises the possibility that some of the ... Read More »
- Riel-Salvatore study cited as alternative explanation in Neanderthal extinction
Assistant professor of anthropology Julien Riel-Salvatore, has gotten a lot of press for his recent publications examining shared DNA sequencing of ancient Neanderthal and modern human populations. His studies have indicated that ... Read More »
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