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 […]

CSU’s Joe Blake Center for Engaged Humanities Announces 2024-2025 Faculty Fellows

The Joe Blake Center for Engaged Humanities at Colorado State University has named five College of Liberal Arts faculty members as Faculty Fellows for 2024-2025: Kari Anderson, Carrie Chenault, Jessica Jackson, Tobi Jacobi and Emily Moore. The Faculty Fellows Program is designed to support and promote humanities-oriented scholarship and to foster fellowship among humanities faculty who either already conduct engaged research or are interested in doing so.

Kate Browne Heralds Liberal Arts “Life Kit” in 2023 Commencement Keynote Address

Kate Browne Heralds Liberal Arts “Life Kit” in 2023 Commencement Keynote Address Josh Zaffos January 19, 2024 Anthropology Professor Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor Kate Browne returned to the Colorado State University campus on December 16, 2023 to give the Fall 2023 Keynote Address at the College of Liberal Arts Commencement. Browne, who retired from […]

Release the lichen! CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer shows the power of lichen for dating archaeological sites

Release the lichen! CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer shows the power of lichen for dating archaeological sites in new study August 7, 2023 Joshua Zaffos CSU Anthropology doctoral candidate Kelton Meyer is enlisting some tiny organisms in the grand challenge of dating hunting sites in the Southern Rocky Mountains. In a new, open-access article in the […]

In Remembrance: Barbara Hawthorne

In Remembrance: Barbara Hawthorne (1949-2023) April 30, 2023 Joshua Zaffos CSU Anthropology instructor and university alum Barb Hawthorne passed away February 2023 (Image via Tim Moore) Colorado State University anthropology instructor and alumna Barbara Hawthorne passed away this February, leaving a legacy as a compassionate teacher and practitioner who helped developed some of the department’s […]