College of Arts and Sciences

If you’re on Instagram, be sure to check out M.A. student Kristine Camper’s “takeover” of the CWRU Art Sci Instagram as she shows “a day in the life of an anthropology student”!

Follow her story today at @cwruartsci.

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The Anthropological Student Association invites you to stop by their table on February 21 in the Tinkham Veale University Center, between 11:00AM – 2:00PM. Majors and minors can stop by for free American Anthropological Association Merchandise!

Later, join us for a showing of Smoke Signals, a 1990’s movie about modern Native-Americans coming to terms with their identity. The movie is free admission and will be from 7-9PM in Thwing 224. Free pizza will be provided!

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The International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health 2nd Annual Meeting will be held in Durham, North Carolina June 22-June 25.  ISEMPH 2016 brings together scientists, teachers, clinicians, and students in the evolution and medicine community to share ideas and create new connections that will advance the field. This open meeting is designed to bridge the many different disciplines where relevant research takes place, including infectious disease, public health, genetics, anthropology, psychology, oncology, ecology, and veterinary medicine. Hundreds of scientists will attend including six invited plenary speakers: Andrea Graham (Princeton University), Carl Zimmer (New York Times),

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The International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health (ISEMPH) 2nd Annual Meeting will be held in Durham, North Carolina June 22-June 25.  ISEMPH 2016 brings together scientists, teachers, clinicians, and students in the evolution and medicine community to share ideas and create new connections that will advance the field. This open meeting is designed to bridge the many different disciplines where relevant research takes place, including infectious disease, public health, genetics, anthropology, psychology, oncology, ecology, and veterinary medicine. Hundreds of scientists will attend including six invited plenary speakers: Andrea Graham (Princeton University), Carl Zimmer (New York Times),

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This years Anthropology Spotlight Lecture Series | Applying Anthropology to Real World Problems will be held on April 18th from 4:15 to 5:30 in Mather Memorial 201. It will feature Dawn Nafus, Senior Research Scientist at Intel, lecturing on “Getting Out of the Clouds: Context and Data within the Quantified Self Community.” Dawn has published widely on experiences of time, gender and technology, ethnography in industry, and most recently, quantification. She is the editor of Quantified: Biosensing Technologies in Everyday Life (MIT Press, 2016). She also co-leads the Data Sense project,

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If you are studying abroad next year or are thinking about studying abroad in the future, consider attending a session led by students who studied abroad last year in Ireland, Amsterdam, and Uganda.  Sydney Stark and Caitlin Gaffney will spend a few minutes speaking about their experiences (the good, the bad, and the ugly) and then will answer any questions that you might have about preparing for study abroad.  The session will be in 244 Mather Memorial on Friday, February 26th, 12:30 – 1:30.  Come, learn and have some pizza.

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The Department of Anthropology invites you to stop by their table on February 19 in Tinkham Veale Center, Smith Commons between 2:00 – 4:00 PM. Learn about the exciting opportunities open to anthropologists and enjoy a piece of cake in celebration of National Anthropology Day!

The International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health (ISEMPH) 2nd Annual Meeting will be held in Durham, North Carolina June 22-June 25.  ISEMPH 2016 brings together scientists, teachers, clinicians, and students in the evolution and medicine community to share ideas and create new connections that will advance the field. This open meeting is designed to bridge the many different disciplines where relevant research takes place, including infectious disease, public health, genetics, anthropology, psychology, oncology, ecology, and veterinary medicine. Hundreds of scientists will attend including six invited plenary speakers: Andrea Graham (Princeton University), Carl Zimmer (New York Times),

Continue reading… ISEMPH Second Annual Meeting – ABSTRACT SUBMISSION & EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE

The Graduate Discourse in collaboration with student groups in the CWRU School of Medicine will be presenting the second lecture of a three-part lecture series on medical anthropology in practice. The lecture will be held on December 14th from 12:15 – 1:15PM featuring anthropology graduate student Catherine Osborn. The talk is titled “Virtue, Vice, and Contraband: Contraception from Historical and Contemporary Perspectives” and will be located in the School of Medicine, Robbins 430.

Hear from anthropology undergraduate students and learn about their hands-on research, both locally and around the world, and the amazing opportunities out there for anthropology students.

Join the Dittrick Museum of Medical History for the talk “‘Hard Labor’-Birth in the 19th Century and Today.” The discussion will feature Vanessa Hildebrand, assistant professor of anthropology, serving as one of the discussants on the panel and Catherine Osborn, research assistant and graduate anthropology student, who will speaking at the event. Space is limited to 30 participants. To join the conversation register online or via email to Brandy Schillace.

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This September 10-12, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (Denise Su, Curator of Paleobotany and Paleoecology) and Case Western Reserve University (Darin Croft, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy; and Scott Simpson, Professor of Anatomy and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology) are organizing a symposium on “Latest Methods in Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities.” This event will include: a public keynote presentation by Dr. John Flynn of the American Museum of Natural History on September 10 and a research workshop by 16 invited presenters on September 11-12, which also includes a poster session.

Continue reading… Paleoecology Symposium: September 10-12

This September 10-12, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (Denise Su, Curator of Paleobotany and Paleoecology) and Case Western Reserve University (Darin Croft, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy; and Scott Simpson, Professor of Anatomy and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology) are organizing a symposium on “Latest Methods in Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities.” This event will include: a public keynote presentation by Dr. John Flynn of the American Museum of Natural History on September 10 and a research workshop by 16 invited presenters on September 11-12, which also includes a poster session. This is an open invitation to students and faculty to attend the symposium.

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This September 10-12, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (Denise Su, Curator of Paleobotany and Paleoecology) and Case Western Reserve University (Darin Croft, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy; and Scott Simpson, Professor of Anatomy and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology) are organizing a symposium on “Latest Methods in Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities.” This event will include: a public keynote presentation by Dr. John Flynn of the American Museum of Natural History on September 10 and a research workshop by 16 invited presenters on September 11-12, which also includes a poster session.

This is an open invitation to students and faculty to attend the symposium and to submit abstracts for the poster session.

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Moms Offering Moms Support (MOMS) will host an information session with a cross-cultural cultural perspective on mothering, parenting and childcare with Vanessa Hildebrand, assistant professor of anthropology. The session, which was rescheduled from a canceled event in February, will be held Friday, May 22, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women in Tinkham Veale University Center, Suite 248. Professor Hildebrand will discuss her research and work with mothers in Indonesia. MOMS meetings are open to all pregnant women and mothers who are faculty, staff, students, retired former Case Western Reserve Unversity employees and Case Western Reserve alumnae.

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Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor
“Framing for Change: A Cultural-Cognitive Approach to Communication”
About the Speaker: Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor is Vice President for Research at FrameWorks Institute. He is a medical anthropologist leading a multi-disciplinary team of social scientists in studying public understanding and exploring ways to reframe such pressing issues as criminal justice reform, immigration, taxation, early childhood development, addiction, environmental health, education, public health and climate change. He employs social science theory and research methods from anthropology to improve the ability of researchers, advocates and practitioners to improve social outcome.

His past research has focused on child and family health and in understanding the social and cultural factors that create health disparities and affect decision-making.

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Enjoy a special lecture and free pizza with Katia Almeida and Lisa Nielson, the 2014 Wittke Award Winners for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, at the Annual Wittke/Jackson Lecture on Friday, April 10th at 12:30 PM.

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