Category: Anthropology and Geography
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Conversations on agricultural labor in prisons and cannibalistic behavior from early humans
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Read More: Conversations on agricultural labor in prisons and cannibalistic behavior from early humansCSU anthropology and geography research explore power, place, justice, and humanity’s past.
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Madeline Duplechain (Kunkel) (ANTH BA 2019)
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Read More: 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…
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Terry Haynes (ANTH MA 1976, BA 1972)
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Read More: 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…
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Hollywood Ending: Anthropology alum works at new Lucas Museum
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Read More: Hollywood Ending: Anthropology alum works at new Lucas MuseumAnthropology alum Jerry Smith (’13) catalogues the props and artwork of LucasFilm storytelling: that’s right, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and more.
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Bringing the Liberal Arts to Management Consulting
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Read More: Bringing the Liberal Arts to Management ConsultingSmith’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.
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From Myth Maps to the Metaverse: Geography Professor Merrill Johnson Retires
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Read More: From Myth Maps to the Metaverse: Geography Professor Merrill Johnson RetiresFrom 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…
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Emily Wilson Named Honors Professor of the Year
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Read More: Emily Wilson Named Honors Professor of the YearEmily 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…
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Chair’s Note, Fall 2024: A Look Towards the Future
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Read More: Chair’s Note, Fall 2024: A Look Towards the FutureWelcoming 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…
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Remembering Alanna Vincent
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Read More: Remembering Alanna VincentRemembering 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…
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Astute and Unafraid: Remembering Professor Emerita Ann Magennis
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Read More: Astute and Unafraid: Remembering Professor Emerita Ann MagennisAstute 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…