The Department of Anthropology is saddened to report the death of Robert K. Puckett, a longtime friend of CWRU and the Anthropology Department. Mr. Puckett passed away on Nov 15, 2020 at the age of 89. In honoring his death, his family requested donations to the Newbell Niles and...
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Dr. Yan Zhang (PhD, May 2020) was awarded the Margaret Clark Award for Student Papers sponsored by the Association for Anthropology, Gerontology, and the Life Course for her paper: "Cinderella Men": Husband- and Son- Caregivers for Elders with Dementia in Shanghai. The paper, based on her dissertation research, will...
Refugee resilience and humanitarian action: knitting together research and policy
Dr. Catherine Panter-Brick, D.Phil
Professor of Anthropology, Health, and Global Affairs
Yale University
October 22, 2020
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 925 6915 4075
Password: 890725
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Dr. Panter-Brick is a medical anthropologist with expertise in risk and resilience in humanitarian settings. She leads research...
Betwixt and Between: Studying up American Medicine
Katharina Rynkiewich, Ph.D.
September 17, 2020
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 989 6021 6345
Password: 307663
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Dr. Rynkiewich is a sociocultural anthropologist with research interests in antimicrobial prescribing and infectious disease practice in the United States. Her current research focuses on practices of infection...
Congratulations to our Spring 2020 undergraduate award recipients!
The Callender Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in anthropology:
Emma McCann
The Jonathan F. Plimpton Award to a graduating senior for outstanding achievement in anthropology:
Ioanna Skubbas
The Newbell Niles and Ruth Neuer Puckett Award to a graduating senior for outstanding achievement in anthropology:
Timothy Fry
Mining Cultural Metaphors in Product Development and Design
Patricia Sunderland, Ph.D.
*this lecture has been canceled*
April 1, 2020
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Tinkham Veale University Center, Senior Classroom
Dr. Sunderland is a specialist in the anthropological, ethnographic and cultural analysis of consumer worlds. Founder and president of Cultural Research & Analysis, she is...