Professor Jessica Thompson’s work has been featured in an Atlas Obscura article. The article discusses her work on the discovery and analysis of glass beads found in Malawi, which she and her collaborators determined to be of European origin.
Serena Tucci, Patrick Reilly and Anthro graduate students Audrey Tjahjadi and Samantha Miller published an invited review article on the contribution of Neanderthal introgression to modern human traits, in the prestigious journal Current Biology.
In this article, the authors discuss the most... Read more
Alison Richard, Professor Emerita, has published a new book, The Sloth Lemur’s Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present, with The University of Chicago Press.
In July, 2022, Professor Ned Blackhawk and members of the NYU-Yale American Indian Sovereignty Project hosted the annual Institute for Constitutional Studies—the nation’s premier institute dedicated to ensuring that future generations of Americans understand the substance and historical development... Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Cerdeña, who received her PhD in Anthropology from Yale in 2021, for winning the 2022 Sam Dubal Memorial Award for Anti-Colonialism and Racial Justice. The award is given annualy by the American Anthropological Association. Read more about the award and Dr. Cerdeña... Read more
Congratulations to Professor Claudia Valeggia, who was one of four members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to receive a Dean’s Award for Inclusion and Belonging in 2022. Read more about her award here, and visit the Reproductive Ecology Lab here.
PhD candidate Katherine McNally has published “Ghost Net,” based on her dissertation research, in Anthropology News. Her work connects the circulation and present-day effects of ghost nets in Newfoundland to ongoing legacies of colonialism, exploitation, and extraction in North American fisheries.... Read more
