Accomplishments: Department of Anthropology
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-…
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) published an article titled, "Gaining Voice through Injury: Voice and Corporeality in Animal Rights Activism in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico," in the academic journal Cultural Anthropology. The article explores the relationship between non-human animals and "voice" in animal rights/well-being activism in Ciudad…
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) was interviewed for Episode 3: Intersections, of the podcast series Public Good. In this episode, Iván was interviewed by Tashina Lazcano, the creator and host of the podcast, on the cultural and social significance of street vendors in Las Vegas.
Jennifer Byrnes and graduate students Taylor Flaherty, Liam Johnson, Katharine Woollen, Dayanira Lopez, Katherine Gaddis, SaMoura Horsley (all Anthropology), published an article titled, "Speaking of Sex: Critical Reflections for Forensic Anthropologists," in Humans. This essay outlines language and terminology…
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) published an article in SAPIENS: Anthropology Magazine about Mexico's animal protection movement and how it has become co-opted by political actors that push "tough-on-crime" narratives that de-politicize the animal protection movement and promote simplistic views of how to solve the problem of animal abuse.…
Nicholas Barron (Anthropology) presented a paper, "Lessons in Safe Logic: Reassessing Anthropological and Liberal Imaginings of Termination," for the Consortium of History of Science, Technology and Medicine's History of Anthropology Working Group on Sept. 6. The paper is part of a forthcoming journal article that documents the relationship…
Taylor Flaherty (Anthropology) worked on a team of biological anthropologists who recently published their article, “Shifting the Forensic Anthropological Paradigm to Incorporate the Transgender and Gender Diverse Community,” in Humans.
Lisa Johnson (Anthropology) presented the results of her latest fieldwork at the 12th congreso internacional de Mayistas, Mexico City, titled, "Arqueologia Domestica y la Practicas de la Vida Cotidiana en un Barrio de Palenque."
Jennifer Byrnes and Taylor Flaherty (both Anthropology) along with Antonella Maddalena, published an article titled, "Misgendering a transgender woman using FORDISC 3.1: A case study perspective," in Forensic Science International: Synergy. This case study provides insight into the limitations of forensic methods in…
Nikki E. Bennett, Suzanna Soto, Jhobany Nicolas-Serrano, and Peter B. Gray (all Anthropology) published their study titled, "Dog guardians and genetic testing: Survey textbox responses & human-animal bond influences," in CABI International: Human-Animal Interactions. This project is a part of Bennett's Ph.D. research in which…
Katherine Gaddis (Anthropology) was awarded an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for her project titled, "An Examination of Aging and the Elderly in Bioarchaeological Contexts."
Alyssa Crittenden (Anthropology), vice provost for Graduate Education and dean of the Graduate College, presented at an international workshop on hunter-gatherer education at the University of Tromso in Norway. She was one of only two U.S. participants and joined colleagues from around the world, including Botswana, Cameroon, Namibia, Tanzania,…