Dr. Browne received the 2016 Ann Gill Excellence in Teaching Award

  As appearing in SOURCE | May 10, 2016 College of Liberal Arts faculty honored at 2016 awards ceremony by Rachael Johnson Ann Gill, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, announced the recipients of the College’s 2015-16 awards at the Spring Faculty and Staff Meeting and Awards Celebration on April 27 at the Lory […]

Dr. Galvin Invited Guest Speaker for Rwandan Scientists and Engineers

The Africa Center, directed by Dr. Kathleen Galvin, Professor in the Department of Anthropology at CSU, participated in the newly-signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the government of Rwanda for a Smart Village Minigrid.  The purpose of the minigrid is to provide electricity to 70% of the Rwandan population by 2018, compared to 20% of the […]

New Asset to Aid in Research & Collaboration

You might wonder why an anthropologist would want an expensive imaging device. And, in fact, most anthropologists would not be interested in such technology.  However, paleoanthropologists look in the most unlikely places for evidence of the behavior of our ancestors.  Dr. Michael Pante, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Colorado State University (CSU), is […]

Faculty, alumni & students publish in Southwestern Lore

Dr. Jason LaBelle, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of the Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology, along with his graduate student and project archaeologist for PCRG (Paleocultural Research Group), Christopher Johnston, edited the recent volume of Southwestern Lore, “The Lithic Caches of Colorado,” in the Journal of Colorado Archaeology. Many of the […]

Congratulations FA’16 Graduates!

The Department of Anthropology would like to congratulate our Fall 2015 graduates. Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology Carolina Adams Mel Amoroso-Pohl Kristen Glauner Levi Goode Angela Huxel Jaclyn Janero Champaine Johnson Katie Lungren Molly McKeon Brady Nelson Ryan Reese Cheylin Smith Celeste Tompkins Alexandra Webb Anthropology Minor Caitlin Bubnich Jared Bunker Riley Furmanek Molly McLellan […]

Graduate student reflections on AAA sessions

The American Anthropological Association held their 114th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado on November 18-22, 2015. These large conferences are often difficult for students to participate due to travel and registration expenses; however, with the proximity of the conference to CSU and financial help from Associated Students of Colorado State University (ASCSU), two Department of Anthropology graduate students, Haley Davies and […]

Dr. Snodgrass and alumnus, Dr. Dengah, awarded NSF Grant

EAGER: A Biocultural Study of the Functional Genomics of Intensive Internet Use National Science Foundation BCE #: 1600448, awarded Nov. 16, 2015 PI: Jeffrey G. Snodgrass (Colorado State University) Co-PI: Francois Dengah (Utah State University) With Steve Cole (UCLA), Michael G. Lacy (CSU), Daniel Lende (USF)   This project, directed by Dr. Jeffrey Snodgrass of […]

Anthropology students conduct ethnographic research with Otterbox

Earlier this month students taking ANTH 487, a course dedicated to academic-based work experience with a local organization, and their instructor, Dr. Tamara Hale, held a client kick-off meeting with Otterbox, a leading maker of smartphone covers, at their headquarters in downtown Fort Collins, Colorado. Students following a practical “Introduction to Design Anthropology” class, led […]

Applied Anthropology: Dr. Tellechea talks about experience in Sri Lanka and Maldives

by Dr. Teresa Tellechea, Instructor, Department of Anthropology As a cultural and medical anthropologist, Dr. Tellechea has professional field work experience in various applied settings. Most recently, she worked in Sri Lanka and Maldives for the last two years. She lived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where she worked at the US Embassy as a Political […]