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Yuxiang Lin Successfully Defended his MA Thesis

Renee Kuban — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:49:35 +0000

Yuxiang Lin Successfully Defended his MA Thesis Renee Kuban Fri, 04/25/2025 - 09:49

Yuxiang Lin (Cultural Anthropology, PhD in Progress) successfully defended his MA paper "Report as Infrastructure: The Discursive Construction of Nepal's Hydropower." His committee members were Professors Jerry Jacka and Carole McGranahan, (co-chairs), and Alison Cool.

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Scott Ortman's Co-Authored PNAS Article Featured in A&S Magazine

Renee Kuban — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:37:49 +0000

Scott Ortman's Co-Authored PNAS Article Featured in A&S Magazine Renee Kuban Wed, 04/23/2025 - 13:37

Professor Scott Ortman's co-authored PNAS article, "Introducing the Special Feature on housing differences and inequality over the very long term," featured in A&S Magazine.

CU Boulder archaeologist Scott Ortman and colleagues around the world explore relationships between housing size and inequality in PNAS Special Feature

If the archaeological record has been correctly interpreted, stone alignments in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge are remnants of shelters built 1.7 million years ago by Homo habilis, an extinct species representing one of the earliest branches of humanity’s family tree.

Archaeological evidence that is unambiguously housing dates to more than 20,000 years ago—a time when large swaths of North America, Europe and Asia were covered in ice and humans had only recently begun living in settlements.

Between that time and the dawn of industrialization, the archaeological record is rich not only with evidence of settled life represented by housing, but also with evidence of inequality.

Read the entire article A&S Magazine

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David Hansen Successfully Defended His Prospectus

Renee Kuban — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:30:06 +0000

David Hansen Successfully Defended His Prospectus Renee Kuban Tue, 04/22/2025 - 10:30

David Hansen (Biological Anthropology, PhD in Progress) has successfully defended his prospectus, "Early Life, Sex, and Migration: Mortality Risks from Famin and Plague in Midieval Mining Town of Kutna Hora, Czechi" and advances to candidacy. His committee members were Professors Sharon DeWitte (Advisor), Lauren Hosek, Corey Ragsdale (SIU Edwardsville), William Taylor, and Fernando Villanea.

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David Hansen Passes His PhD Qualifying Exam

Renee Kuban — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:56:42 +0000

David Hansen Passes His PhD Qualifying Exam Renee Kuban Fri, 04/18/2025 - 09:56

David Hansen (Biological Anthropology, PhD in progress) has successfully passed his qualifying exam. His committee consisted of Professors Sharon Dewitte, Lauren Hosek and Fernando Villanea.

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Annabelle Lewis Successfully Defended Her Prospectus

Renee Kuban — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:36:20 +0000

Annabelle Lewis Successfully Defended Her Prospectus Renee Kuban Wed, 04/16/2025 - 13:36

Annabelle Lewis (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) has successfully defended her prospectus, "Landscapes of Conspicuous Mortuary Consumption in 19th-Century Upstate New York"" and advances to candidacy. Her committee members were Eric Jones (Advisor), Sharon DeWitte, Gerardo Gutiérrez, Lauren Hosek, and Colin Quinn.

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Gabi Perry Successfully Defends Her MA Thesis

Renee Kuban — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:16:11 +0000

Gabi Perry Successfully Defends Her MA Thesis Renee Kuban Tue, 04/08/2025 - 09:16

Gabi Perry (Archaeology, PhD in Progress) completed a successful defense of her Master’s Thesis, "Archaeological Predictive Model for Ocean Bay Sites on Kodiak Island, Alaska."

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Kelsey Armeni Receives EAH Scholar Award

Renee Kuban — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:46:57 +0000

Kelsey Armeni Receives EAH Scholar Award Renee Kuban Mon, 04/07/2025 - 10:46

Kelsey Armeni (Cultural Anthropology, PhD in Progress) has been selected as a 2025-2027 Engaged Arts and Humanities Scholar! This two-year program recognizes graduate students in the arts, humanities, and related fields who use creative and humanistic approaches in their scholarship.

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CU Anthropology Represents at the American Ethnological Society's Spring Conference

Renee Kuban — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:46:06 +0000

CU Anthropology Represents at the American Ethnological Society's Spring Conference Renee Kuban Mon, 03/31/2025 - 09:46

The University of Colorado Department of Anthropology was well represented at the American Ethnological Society's Spring Conference last month, on their panel "Archipelagic Thinking and Relational Politics." Graduate students Jessica Hiroshima Misiorek (Cultural Antrhopology, PhD in Progress), Sanggay Tashi (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate), along with Professors Kathryn Goldfarb and Carla Jones presented at the American Ethnological Society annual meeting on March 22.

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Conor Lanning Succesfully Defends PhD Comprehensive Exams

Renee Kuban — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:55:25 +0000

Conor Lanning Succesfully Defends PhD Comprehensive Exams Renee Kuban Thu, 03/20/2025 - 11:55

Conor Lanning (Cultural Anthropology, PhD in progress) successfully defended his PhD comprehensive exams. His committee members were Professors Kate Goldfarb (chair), Alison Cool, and Donna Goldstein.

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Paige Edmiston Successfully Defends Her Dissertation

Renee Kuban — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:45:57 +0000

Paige Edmiston Successfully Defends Her Dissertation Renee Kuban Wed, 03/19/2025 - 15:45

Paige Edmiston successfully defended her PhD thesis," Diabetes Work: An Ethnography of Automation in the American Health System." Her committee members were Professors Alison Cool (advisor), Kate Goldfarb, Donna Goldstein, Carla Jones, and Danya Glabau.

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