Katya Zhao: Summer 2024

Katya Zhao Summer 2024 Anthropology in the Temple People in the U.S. and other Western countries aren’t shy when it comes to borrowing Buddhist practices, like meditation and mindfulness practice, to find some inner peace. But what health benefits do Theravada, or Thai, Buddhists themselves get from their relationships to temples and monks in the […]

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 […]

Dr. Snodgrass editor of new blog series: Bioculturalism

Dr. Jeffrey Snodgrass, Professor in the Department of Anthropology, is the editor of a new series, Bioculturalism, for the collaborative blog, Somatosphere. “This series aims to get anthropologists and closely-related others talking seriously, and thinking practically, about how to synergize biological and social scientific approaches to human health and well-being, and to what positive ends.” The […]

Addicted to Prayer

As appearing on The New York Times | 08.03.13 by T. M. Luhrmann AS evidence accumulates about the many health benefits of religious practice, prayer is looking better and better. Some atheists have even gone public with their own prayer-for-health’s-sake practice. Take Sigfried Gold, the subject of a recent article in The Washington Post. He’s […]

Colorado State University Study Examines Potential Positive Effects of Video Games

As appearing in CSU News | April 04, 2011 Note to Reporters: Photos of Jeff Snodgrass and his virtual research team are available with the news release at www.news.colostate.edu. Snodgrass will talk about this research along with providing a live demonstration of World of Warcraft at 6 p.m. April 8 at Primrose Studio in Reservoir […]