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Our summer field school is looking for students to enroll in an experiential learning course here in the Charlotte area. Students looking to gain hands-on experience in archaeology are strongly encouraged to enroll in our field school at Holly Bend taught by Dr. Alan May. But time is running out! Enroll today! https://anthropology.charlotte.edu/about-us/field-school

Dr. Coral Wayland has been nominated for the Bank of America Teaching Award. This award is presented annually to recognize faculty who excel in the classroom, bringing innovative teaching strategies and approaches to learning to their students. Dr. Wayland has been recognized for her dedication to improving the learning environment and willingness to support new […]

​This fall, the department is pleased to welcome two faculty members to new positions. Dr. Sara Juengst is a bioarchaeologist with a Ph.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on Andean civilizations in South America. She has been appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Ms. Heather mode is a forensic […]

Dr. Lydia Light was recently awarded the Deb Moore Award for Early Career Primatologists. The grant will fund Dr. Light’s upcoming summer research investigating climate-related changes in food availability for one population of small, endangered apes living at the driest extreme of their distribution.

Dr. Sara Juengst has just co-authored a new book. Juengst and Becker’s edited volume “The Bioarchaeology of Community” investigates how skeletons can teach us about past communities and social organizations. The 28th volume in the Archaeological Papers of the AAA series, the book focuses on novel combinations of methods and theory to highlight the ways […]

Anthropology students will have two unique experiential learning opportunities this Spring Break. Dr. Juengst will be accompanying students to Bolivia where they can earn three credit hours for this course either through the Anthropology department or the History or Latin American Studies departments. Dr. Light will be leading students to the Lemur Conservation Foundation in […]

Dr. Andrea Freidus has recently written an article for The Conversation critiquing the practice of volunteer tourism, especially among orphans and vulnerable children. While the practice is problematic, she argues that reframing these trips with a focus on cultural understanding and exchange as opposed to “helping” and “saving” others could be fruitful in expanding our […]

The Anthropology Department at UNC Charlotte will be hosting the fifth Skeletal Biology in the Carolinas annual meeting on campus on February 10, 2018. For more information, visit the conference website here.

The department is now finalizing details for this summer’s Archaeology Field School. If you would like to earn course credit while you gain hands-on experience in archaeology in the Charlotte area, please sign up today. Don’t miss this great opportunity! Details can be found on the field school page here (https://anthropology.charlotte.edu/archaeology-field-school)

The Department of Anthropology is pleased that three new faculty will be joining the department beginning in August, 2016. Dr. Sara Juengst is a bioarchaeologist with a Ph.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on Andean civilizations in South America. She has been appointed for a two-year Lecturer position. Lydia […]