Category: News
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Wilson Wins 2025 CSU Outstanding Distance Educator Award
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Read More: Wilson Wins 2025 CSU Outstanding Distance Educator AwardWilson Wins 2025 CSU Outstanding Distance Educator Award Josh Zaffos February 6, 2025 Dr. Emily Wilson, faculty in the Department of Anthropology and Geography and the Honors Program, has won the 2025 Outstanding Distance Educator Award from CSU Online. Wilson leads classes that cover classical archaeology, including popular CSU Online…
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Petersen-Perlman Brings Flood of Water Interests as New Geography Faculty
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Read More: Petersen-Perlman Brings Flood of Water Interests as New Geography FacultyPetersen-Perlman Brings Flood of Water Interests as New Geography Faculty Josh Zaffos September 2, 2025 Anyone who has studied and worked on water topics knows the adage, “Whiskey is for drinking, water is for…fighting.” Assistant Professor of Geography Jacob Petersen-Perlman who studies water conflict can’t argue that water is at…
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The Doctors Are In!
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Read More: The Doctors Are In!The Doctors Are In! Milestone Achievement for Students and Department Josh Zaffos This spring, Kelton Meyer, Ph.D. and Zoey Walder-Hoge, Ph.D. became the first-ever Anthropology Ph.D. students graduated from Colorado State University. The individual achievements also represent a department landmark as the first two students to complete the Anthropology doctoral…
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Bown’s New Book Offers Fresh View on Wyoming Landslide
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Read More: Bown’s New Book Offers Fresh View on Wyoming LandslideBown’s New Book Offers Fresh View on Wyoming Landslide February 2025 Josh Zaffos Anthropology and Geography faculty Thomas Bown, Ph.D, is the coauthor of a new book, Heart Mountain Detachment Fault: A Critical Reappraisal, published by Archway Publishing. Bown and Associate Teaching Professor Kim Nichols co-direct the CSU Paleontology Field…
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ANTH/GR Recognized as a Top Five U.S. Anthropology Program for Research Spending
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Read More: ANTH/GR Recognized as a Top Five U.S. Anthropology Program for Research SpendingCSU Anthropology and Geography Recognized as a Top Five U.S. Anthropology Program for Research Spending February 2025 Josh Zaffos The National Science Foundation’s latest, annual Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey lists CSU Anthropology and Geography as #5 for Anthropology research dollars, among all programs in the United States.…
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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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End of an Era: Mica Glantz Leaves Legacy of Growth as Chair
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Read More: End of an Era: Mica Glantz Leaves Legacy of Growth as ChairEnd of an Era After more than a decade as department chair, Professor Mica Glantz leaves a legacy of growth and adaptation September 2024 Josh Zaffos The fields of anthropology and geography are, essentially, studies in adaptation and change. So, it’s no surprise that Professor Mica Glantz encountered and embraced…
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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…