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By Ellie Koewler ’15 What began in 2013 with a pilot study at a Buchtel, OH, cemetery has grown into a template for studying Southeast Ohio communities. The Buchtel Cemetery Project succeeded at providing insights into the health and culture in the small mining town of Buchtel. Now the Appalachia […]

Three Ohio University undergraduate Anthropology students—Hannah Vaughn, Haley Shaw, and Kelsey Burkin—are working on a collaborative project with the local non-profit organization Hollaback! Appalachian Ohio. Hollaback! works in the community to create cultural change around beliefs, attitudes and behavior related to street harassment and the continuum of violence against women. Throughout fall […]

By Morgan Chaney ’10 Anthropology alum studying capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica “Morgan, Morgan, Morgan — are you there?” My radio’s staticky transmission cuts the serenity of the forest like a buzzsaw, startling me out of a meditative hike as I search for my troop. It’s been around seven hours since […]

Dr. Paul E. Patton ’04, ’07M, Anthropology faculty member at Ohio University, presents “How the ‘Hopewell’ Built Their World: Ancient Land Managers in the Ohio Valley” on Saturday, July 12, at 1 p.m. at Serpent Mound. His lecture is part of the 2014 Indigenous Legacies Summer Lecture Series through the […]

Why does the Capuchin monkey need an extended childhood before it’s ready to become an adult? Ohio University alum Morgan Chancey ’10 is going to Costa Rica to study the monkeys and look for the answer by studying the skills they need as adults. But first he’s kick-starting his fund […]