Post Tagged with: "anthropology alumni"

Anthropology Alum Enjoys Roles as Teacher and Osteologist, Earns Ph.D.

Hannah Plumer

Hannah Plumer ’10 just completed her Ph.D. dissertation defense at the University of Sheffield in February. Her research focused on ancient Maya health and disease of three separate Maya sites located in the Three Rivers Region of northern Belize. After Plumer graduated with her B.A. in Anthropology with a minor […]

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March 7, 2017 at 1:44 pmAlumni

Anthropology Alum Advances Human Rights as Economic Integration Manager

Ron Hedrick in Northern Ireland for Human Rights, Law & Justice in Northern Ireland (ANTH 4620) during Spring Break 2014.

After graduating from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University with a B.A. in Anthropology, with a minor in Philosophy and a certificate in War and Peace, Ron Hedrick ’12 ’15M decided to take a year off to travel/backpack before returning to Athens to earn an M.A. in […]

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March 2, 2017 at 2:00 pmAlumni News

Sociology-Criminology Alum Loves Role as Disability Claims Adjudicator

Ian Thompson after the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Awards Ceremony, April 2016.

Ian Thompson ’16 graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. in Sociology-Criminology and a minor in Anthropology from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University. “I had no idea what I wanted to do once I left college,” he says. “My main goal, I suppose, was to land an […]

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March 2, 2017 at 12:24 pmAlumni

Anthropology Alum Studies Shifts and Transitions in Agriculture and Culture

Andrew Weiland

Andrew Weiland is a Ph.D. candidate in Ohio State University’s Department of Anthropology, specializing in archaeology. Generally, he is interested in socio-ecological systems: how culturally influenced behaviors affect ecological systems, and vice-versa. See Weiland the Food for Thought Speaker Series talk “Harvest the Past, Feed the Future: Cultivating the Forgotten […]

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February 21, 2017 at 10:01 amAlumni

Anthropology Alumna is Credit Manager for Milo’s

Jenny (Hartzog) Shank

Jenny (Hartzog) Shank ‘12 is the Credit Manager for Milo’s Whole World Gourmet (Vino de Milo and JBs Best). Milo’s is a local business that has been running out of the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet) for nearly 14 years and is planning its own facility in the near […]

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February 14, 2017 at 3:23 pmAlumni

History Alum Is Archaeological Trainee with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Ashley Taylor in Indianapolis before her summer internship: a city block had been demolished and paved in the 1960s; the pavement was peeled up in 2015 and became a large archaeological site.

Ashley Taylor ’11 began her career in archaeology as a field technician soon after graduation. Since that time she has worked for different companies assisting with several projects, and she is now an archaeological trainee with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Connect with her on LinkedIn. She graduated with her […]

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January 27, 2017 at 5:36 pmAlumni

Anthropology Alum Works with Historical Society in West Virginia

Sydney Stapleton

Sydney Stapleton ’16 is in the middle of a year of service with AmeriCorps, working with the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia, which focuses on promoting historic preservation throughout West Virginia. Connect with her on LinkedIn. Preservation Alliance has AmeriCorps members across the state, and Stapleton serves at the Harrison […]

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January 25, 2017 at 3:15 pmAlumni