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By Brenna Tippie and Ben Johnson Anthropology majors interning at the Wayne National Forest When anyone hears the word “archaeology,” their mind is drawn to the image of Indiana Jones, his adventures, and all the glory that comes with them. What they don’t tell you about is the hills. From […]

“Marilyn Maher ’11, an administrative specialist in the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, competes on ‘Jeopardy!’ Thursday, July 5,” reports Ohio University’s Compass newsletter. Maher earned a B.A. in Anthropology and minor in History from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Maher won her first […]

The Food Studies theme congratulates Daniel Williams on receiving the best poster award at this year’s conference of the Society for Economic Botany and the Society of Ethnobiology. Williams is a second-year candidate in the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs’ Master of Science in Environmental Studies program. The […]

Ohio University alum Eric T. Meyer has been named Dean of the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin, according to a UT news release. Follow Meyer on Twitter. Meyer graduated with his B.A. in Anthropology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in 1988, […]

Dr. Smoki Musaraj, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, co-edited the volume, Money at the Margins: Global Perspectives on Technology, Financial Inclusion, and Design, which explores changes in the uses and meanings of money in various sites across the Global South. The book, published by Berghahn Books, is part of The Human […]

by Kristin Distel Ten Ohio University students are spending their summer gaining invaluable hands-on experience as they intern at Wayne National Forest. The majority of the interns’ time will be spent assisting with two major Wayne National Forest initiatives—the Bailey’s Mountain Bike Project, where student interns are “integral” to the […]

Dr. Haley Duschinski, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture, co-edited a book titled Resisting Occupation in Kashmir (University of Pennsylvania Press). “Resisting Occupation in Kashmir presents new ways of thinking and writing about Kashmir that cross conventional boundaries and point toward alternative ways […]