SMCM alumna Sarah Gregorini (’10), currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, returns to Gambia as part of a team led by Medical School faculty Drs. Melissa McDiarmid and Joanna Gaitens, for an occupational safety workshop with the Gambian Ministry of Health and University of The Gambia School Find out more »
National Park Service webinar on Indigenous Landscapes
Professor Julia King and adjunct faculty member Scott Strickland used the Piscataway modeling project as the example for a webinar sponsored by the US National Park Service on Indigenous Cultural Landscapes on May 11, 2016. The webinar will be featured in the future on the US National Park Service’s YouTube page.
Emeritus Professor to publish edited volume on Easter Island
Anthropology Professor Emeritus Daniel Ingersoll and his wife, former adjunct Anthropology Professor Kate Ingersoll, have a book contract with Routledge Press for an edited volume of the latest scholarly work on Rapa Nui (aka Easter Island). The book’s title is: Rapa Nui (Easter Island): Cultural and Environmental Changes and Challenges and is expected to be available in 2017.
Two Anthropology Alums win Fulbright awards to support PhD research
Gideon Singer (’12) pursued varied interests as a student at SMCM, primarily focusing on archaeology and Australia, where he studied abroad. Gideon received an NSF scholarship to pay for his PhD coursework in anthropology at Purdue University, where he has combined his interests in material culture and Australia to explore e-waste (electronic waste) in Australia. Find out more »
Anthropology students, faculty and alums at annual Society for Applied Anthropology conference, Vancouver, BC
The Society for Applied Anthropology recently held the largest annual conference ever in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The theme for this year’s conference, “Intersections,” brought together current SMCM anthropology students and faculty, as well as alumni, who presented papers or posters on topics that ranged from East African pastoralists, to the department’s twenty year program Find out more »
Distinguished Scholar Professor Uzi Baram (NCF) visits St. John’s site
Professor Uzi Baram (New College of Florida) is pictured with SMCM alumnus and director of collections management at Historic St. Mary’s City, Silas Hurry, at the St. John’s museum site on the SMCM campus. Professor Baram, an archaeologist whose expertise includes Ottoman archaeology and historical archaeology in Florida, visited St. Mary’s College and gave a Find out more »
Visiting Anthropologist Sharon Gmelch visits St. John’s Museum Site
Visiting Anthropologist Sharon Gmelch is shown with Historic St. Mary’s City Curator of Collections and Archaeological Laboratory Director Silas Hurry (’77) in the St. John’s museum site talking about the many stories associated with this historic building. Gmelch gave a public lecture, Irish Travellers: The Unsettled Life on Wednesday afternoon to an audience of 90-100 Find out more »
Faculty, Students and Alums Represent SMCM Anthropology at Middle Atlantic Archaeology Conference
Ocean City, MD March 10 – 13, 2016 St. Mary’s College’s Anthropology faculty, students and alums recently attended the 46th annual Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference (MAAC) in Ocean City, Maryland, where they shared research findings with their colleagues. Professional archaeologists, historians, and students gather each year for three days of papers, discussion groups, and special Find out more »
SMCM alumnus Les Walker (’13) hired by the American Anthropological Association
SMCM alumnus Les Walker (’13) has been hired by the American Anthropological Association (the largest professional society for anthropologists in the USA and perhaps in the world) as the manager for their new Public Education initiative.
Professor Julia King Welcome Governor Hogan and his Staff
On March 28 Professor Julia King and Anthropology majors and minors welcomed Governor Hogan and his staff, representatives of the Piscatway of Maryland, and the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs to Daugherty Palmer Commons to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the signing of the Articles of Peace and Amity at St. Mary’s City. Student presentations Find out more »