Anthropology News
Native American Studies Relationship-Building
Posted February 02, 2023
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The Hub, the Native American Studies Program and the departments of Anthropology and Philosophy are hosting a panel discussion on February 16 at 2:00PM at the Fuller Dome, with several key members of the St. Louis regional Native American community: Saundi Kloeckner, Sherry Echohawk-Taluc, Galen Gritts, and Eric Pinto. The panel discussion is open to the public. The visit was arranged in collaboration with the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at Washington University i... |
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Dr. Susan Kooiman's Book
Posted January 17, 2023
This is old news in more ways than one: we are late in reporting that Assistant Professor Susan Kooiman published a book back in 2021. Ancient Pottery, Cuisine, and Society at the Northern Great Lakes explores changing subsistence and social relationships in the Northern Great Lakes from the perspective of food-processing technology and cooking. Dr. Kooiman examines precontact Indigenous pottery from the Cloudman site in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to investigate how pottery technol...
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SIUE’s Walsh Recognized as Rotary Student Leader of the Month
Posted March 23, 2021
The Edwardsville Rotary Club named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences senior Megan Walsh,
The anthropology major was nominated by Susan Kooiman, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and faculty advisor for the SIUE Anthropology Club, for her outstanding leadership style and revitalization of the club despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. of Toledo, Ill., the February SIUE Rotary Student Leader of the Month.
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SIUE Alumna Jackson Earns Competitive National Award from Anthropology Honor Society
Posted January 28, 2021
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumna Sacha Jackson of, Edwardsville, who earned a bachelor’s in anthropology, French and psychology in May 2020, achieved third place in the Lambda Alpha Senior Scholarship Award competition of the Lambda Alpha National Anthropology Honor Society – a first for a student in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Anthropology.
After accepting the nomination by anthropology faculty and pursuing a daunting application process,...
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SIUE Anthropology Honors Day
Posted April 19, 2020
April 19 was scheduled for Honors Day Convocation, an annual celebration hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences to honor the great achievements of our amazing students. While the ceremony unfortunately had to be cancelled this year because of the COVID-19 crisis, we nevertheless want to celebrate the hard work of SIUE Anthropology students.
Below is the list of students and their awards. Perhaps the most important of these awards is the Fred Voget Outstanding Senior Project. Please note tha...
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