Yale University’s Department of Anthropology is home to over thirty faculty, affiliates from many other corners of the University, and scores of graduate students. Our research and teaching interests span the globe, many millions of years of prehistory and history, and the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Our Ph.D. graduates go on to teach in universities around the world and to pursue research in a wide variety of academic and non-academic settings. Our undergraduate major draws students with a passion for the study of humanity, both in the broadest terms and in the specific social, cultural, historical, and/or biological contexts that have shaped human pasts and presents–and that will shape humans’ collective futures.
Kathryn Dudley wins Conrad M. Arensberg Award
Dudley, Professor of Anthropology and American Studies, received the lifetime achievement award in honor of her outstanding contributions to the anthropological study of work.
Marcia Inhorn recognized for outstanding career by Association for Feminist Anthropology
Inhorn, William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, has been awarded the 2025 AFA Career Award for her many contributions to the field of feminist anthropology.
Kristina Douglass PhD’16 awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Kristina Douglass is an archaeologist investigating how human societies and environments co-evolved and adapted to climate variability. In uncovering the climate adaptations of the past, Douglass informs efforts to protect biodiversity hot spots while preserving the lifeways of those who live in them.
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Three PhD students honored at American Anthropological Association meeting
Al Lim, Botao Zhao, and Yuefei You, in the combined PhD program in Anthropology and Environment, were honored with prizes at the AAA fall meeting
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Piphal Heng featured in Yale News
Piphal Heng discusses his investigation into everyday life in Cambodia’s City of Angkor, using material evidence and spatial analysis
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"Introduction to Archaeological Lab Science" students identify medieval Persian goods from Mongolian campsite
The course, taught by Ellery Frahm, conducted geochemical and comparative analyses to identify the origins of the ceramic sherds.
