The final report of the American Anthropological Association’s Global Climate Change Task Force concluded that human decisions, actions, and cultural behaviors are now the most important causes of the rapidly changing climate. “We’re not going to solve our environmental problems until we incorporate the social sciences, because it starts with people,” said Dr. Kathleen Galvin, […]
Luke Weaver, an anthropology major with a minor in geology, presented his capstone research project, “Lateral and temporal distribution of early Eocene primates in relation to relative paleosol maturity, Willwood Formation, Bighorn Bason, Wyoming,” at the Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists (WAVP) Conference Luke Weaver, an anthropology major with a minor in geology, presented his […]
Faculty and staff at Colorado State University showed positive support for contingent faculty members on February 25, 2015. Dr. Ann Magennis, a biological anthropologist in the Department of Anthropology, said that she supports her colleagues “because they are not getting the pay, recognition, or job security they deserve.” Dr. Magennis continued, “It is clear there […]
Kathleen Galvin held an international workshop January 28-31, 2015 on Dryland Collaborative Institutions and Innovative Transformations to Sustainability. A group of academics, scholars, managers and practitioners of dryland collaboratives from Mongolia, Kenya and the US met to ‘discover, dream, design and deliver’ research for a Knowledge Network to address natural resource problems in rangelands. Collaboratives/conservancies constitute […]
As part of her senior Honors thesis, Dr. Snodgrass’ Colorado State University Honors Program student, Madison Brandt, has created and self-published an ethnographic cookbook. For this book, Madison cooked with and interviewed the people and chefs of Fort Collins (both professional and non-professional) to document their food, recipes, lives, communities, and culture. The book really captures […]
Dr. Snodgrass has been researching the connection between video games and stress relief. As appearing in The Guardian | November 14, 2014 Don’t let me buy Warlords of Draenor, please by Alex Hern Every two years or so, I’m put to the test. Unbidden memories start to surface, of talent trees, epic mounts, and raiding. Hotkey […]
As appearing in The Denver Post | 10.20.14 Vectra Bank CEO, three others named Nature Conservancy trustees Longtime Vectra Bank CEO Bruce Alexander is one of four new trustees of The Nature Conservancy in Colorado. The nonprofit conservation group said Kathleen Galvin, who directs a research program in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at […]
Dr. Chris Fisher and Dr. Kathleen Galvin on The Hadza: Last of the First panel discussion with Alyssa Crittenden and Bill Benenson about the last full-time hunter-gatherers in Africa. “The Hadza: Last of the First” intro and panel dicussion from October 7, 2014 from SoGES Colorado State University on Vimeo.
As appearing in the Coloradoan | 09.19.14 Question: Describe your typical day. Answer: When I am on campus, my days are filled with a variety of activities. Most days include some teaching, either a class or research techniques in my lab, class preparation and grading, and lots of interaction with undergraduate and graduate students. My days […]
Transformations to Sustainability project funded to Kathleen Galvin, Anthropology The International Social Science Council (ISSC) has awarded Kathleen Galvin (Anthropology, SoGES), a Transformations to Sustainability grant of € 30,000 for 6 months to develop a Transformative Knowledge Network on the World’s Rangelands through Social Change. Galvin and her team will bring together researchers and practitioners […]
