Announcements

SOAN/French alum Izzy Durham ’12, a PhD candidate in anthropology at Princeton University, recently wrote a piece in Anthropology News titled “What’s So Funny about Ohio’s Vaccine Lottery?” about Ohio’s Vax-a-Million jokes.

SOAN/Dance alum Phil Chan ’06 was recently interviewed by CBS News about his “Final Bow for Yellowface” campaign that aims to get companies to pledge to eliminate Asian stereotypes in…

Every year, Carleton brings outstanding academics to campus for public talks, class visits, and meetings with faculty and students through the Chesley Lectureship program. This fall, the Sociology/Anthropology department chose to invite Dorothy Roberts, scholar of Africana Studies, sociology, and law at the University of Pennsylvania.

Senior SOAN major Hannah and her boyfriend Shane were recently featured on Instagram TV and the Today Show in light of Valentine’s Day!

Before Emily Culver embarked on her Sociology/Anthropology Comps project, she knew that she wanted to do research that would reach beyond academia and be of use to a broader community. She had interned at Growing Up Healthy the summer before, so when she reached out to the coordinator about the possibility of volunteering alongside them while doing research for her Comps, they were happy to have her.

Urban Field School Ethnography & the Urban Experience: Millennials, Youth Crime, and Work in the Inner CityANT 295 (3W1) with Urban Ethnographer Professor Ric Curtis John Jay College’s Urban Field…

The University of Minnesota Department of Anthropology is planning to hold, for the first time, a six-credit summer field course in Kenya. The focus of the excavations will be 17-20…

Anthropology students are encouraged to participate in this annual poster session at the American Anthropological Association meetings featuring undergraduate student research. This is the eleventh year and we keep growing!…

Operation Groundswell is a non-profit organization that runs international volunteering programs, focusing on social justice issues and working alongside local activists, organizations, and communities. We are looking for globally conscious and socially…

The NAPA-OT Field School in Antigua, Guatemala is now recruiting anthropology, occupational therapy, public health, and students in related disciplines for its four-week summer session: May 30 – June 24, 2016. The field school offers transdisciplinary learning to promote…