Conversations on agricultural labor in prisons and cannibalistic behavior from early humans
CSU anthropology and geography research explore power, place, justice, and humanity’s past.
Madeline Duplechain (Kunkel) (ANTH BA 2019)
Anthropology: Archaeology B.A., 2019 Madeline Duplechain (nee Kunkel) wasn’t picturing a career in emergency response management when she graduated with an Anthropology BA and Archaeology concentration in 2019. Emergency managers are focused on the here and now; archaeologists are more preoccupied with the past. But natural disasters and large-scale accidents — from wildfires and landslides […]
Terry Haynes (ANTH MA 1976, BA 1972)
Anthropology M.A., 1976, B.A., 1972 Terry Haynes (ANTH BA 1972, MA 1976) grew up in rural eastern Colorado and arrived at CSU in the late 1960s. Away from home for the first time, Haynes was overwhelmed — Fort Collins was the big city for a kid from Haxtun, population 990 — and he quickly lost […]
Hollywood Ending: Anthropology alum works at new Lucas Museum
Anthropology alum Jerry Smith (’13) catalogues the props and artwork of LucasFilm storytelling: that’s right, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and more.
Bringing the Liberal Arts to Management Consulting
Smith’s double major in geography and economics helped him get accepted to the London School of Economics, a leading program in the world. He’s now a consultant at KPMG.
From Myth Maps to the Metaverse: Geography Professor Merrill Johnson Retires
From Myth Maps to the Metaverse: Geography Professor Merrill Johnson Retires December 2024 By Josh Zaffos After an exceptional forty-year-plus career of service and leadership in higher education, Colorado State University Professor of Geography Merrill Johnson is retiring. Johnson, a professor and administrator at CSU since 2015, has been among the leading advocates to develop […]
Emily Wilson Named Honors Professor of the Year
Emily Wilson Named Honors Professor of the Year October 2024 By Josh Zaffos Emily Wilson, Ph.D., Anthropology Senior Instructor, has been named CSU Honors Professor of the Year for the 2024-25 academic year. As part of the recognition, Wilson will give the Honors Professor Lecture on Monday, November 4, 7-8 p.m., in the Lory Student […]
Chair’s Note, Fall 2024: A Look Towards the Future
Welcoming New Department Chair Michael Pante A Look Towards the Future Michael Pante, Ph.D., is the new chair of the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University, beginning Summer 2024. A faculty member since 2013, Pante is a paleoanthropologist and biological anthropologist who directs the department’s 3D Imaging and Analysis Lab and Zooarchaeology […]
Remembering Alanna Vincent
Remembering Alanna Vincent May 2024 Josh Zaffos Alanna Vincent, Colorado State University student and a Geography major in the Department of Anthropology and Geography, unexpectedly passed away this winter and is remembered as an engaged and thoughtful student leader passionate about her indigenous heritage. Vincent would have graduated Spring 2024 with a Bachelor of Science […]
Astute and Unafraid: Remembering Professor Emerita Ann Magennis
Astute and Unafraid: Remembering Professor Emerita Ann Magennis Spring 2024 Josh Zaffos Professor Emerita Ann Magennis, an enduring and admired faculty member at Colorado State University Department of Anthropology and Geography, passed away on February 27, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colorado, following a brief illness. Magennis taught biological anthropology for CSU Anthropology from 1991 […]