Accomplishments: Department of Anthropology
Barbara Roth (Anthropology) presented the plenary talk at the 22nd Annual Mogollon Archaeology Conference in Silver City, New Mexico on October 4. The talk, titled "Transformation, Resilience, and Connectivity" highlighted the contributions of several major projects to archaeologists' understanding of the Mogollon.
Professor Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology; Graduate College), vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate College, was the focus of a research spotlight piece for for Nature, in a story titled, "An ethical way forward for Indigenous microbiome research." Crittenden's work on biomedical research ethics was highlighted,…
Iván Sandoval Cervantes (Anthropology) and Amy Reed-Sandoval (Philosophy) published "Latin American Animal Ethics" in Struggles for Liberation in Abya Yala, edited by Luis Rubén DÃaz Cepeda and Ernesto Rosen Velásquez.
Barbara Roth and Ph.D. candidate Danielle Romero (both Anthropology) published "Children in Mimbres Pithouse Society" in Kiva: The Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History 90:1-21.
Sam Leif (Summer Term) and Matthew Montalto (Anthropology) published "Morra Cinematic Game System," a chapter in the book Learning, Education, & Games Vol. 4: 50 Games to Use for Inclusion, Equity, and Justice.
Nicholas Barron (Anthropology) published "The Limits of Control, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and Federal Recognition in the United States" in Evidence: The Uses and Misuses of Data — the latest issue in Transaction of the American Philosophical Society. Barron's chapter analyzes a historical case in which the ideas of an anthropologist were…
Alan Simmons (Anthropology), distinguished professor emeritus, has just published a major monograph on his archaeological investigations in Cyprus. The book, published by Studies In Mediterranean Archaeology (no. 156) was edited by Simmons and includes contributions by several individuals, including former Anthropology Department graduate students…
Taylor Flaherty and Jennifer Byrnes (both Anthropology) published an article titled, "Technical Note: Individuals identified by radiographic comparison: A sample of demographics and the region of body used for identification in Clark County, Nevada, USA (2017–2020)," in Forensic Science International.
Katherine Gaddis, Katharine Woollen, Liam Johnson, Taylor Flaherty, and Jennifer Byrnes (all Anthropology) published a new article titled, "A structural vulnerability approach to older adult suicides: Trends and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Clark County, NV (2017–2021)." This paper was published in Forensic Science…
Nicholas Barron (Anthropology) published an article titled, "The Politics of AAA in Action: From Pseudo to Epitomizing Events," in the History of Anthropology Review. This short piece discusses the most recent meeting of the American Anthropological Association while underscoring the importance of documenting the discipline's institutional history…
Daniel Benyshek (Anthropology) joined the podcast AnthroBiology to discuss his work on placentophagy, the postpartum ingestion of the placenta.
Nicholas Barron (Anthropology) published an article titled, "Lessons in Safe Logic: Anthropological and Liberal Imaginings of Termination," in the Journal of Anthropological Research. The article frames renewed calls for disciplinary decolonization within the entwined and shifting histories of US liberalism and federal Indian policy in the post-…