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Join us for the Anthropology Visiting Lecture Series on Wednesday, October 21, 3:30–5:00 PM in AAB 111! Dr. Lindsay Smith from Arizona State University will present “Deep Forensics: Addressing Layered Violence Through Community-led Technologies in Mexico,” exploring how communities in Mexico navigate forensic identification, systemic violence, and the challenges of pursuing justice through community-led technologies. A reception will follow the lecture. We hope to see you there! by @utk_anthro

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Join us for the Anthropology Visiting Lecture Series on Wednesday, October 14, 3:30–5:00 PM in AAB 111! Dr. Nicholas Laluk from the University of California Berkeley will present “The Theodore Roosevelt Boarding School: Ndee (Apache) persistence and survivance,” exploring the complex history of the Theodore Roosevelt School and how it reflects both ongoing colonial oppression and the persistence and survivance of the White Mountain Apache people. A reception will follow the lecture. We hope to see you there! by @utk_anthro

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ANTH 429 students wrapped up their final session of skeletal recovery! The photos show team Orange wrapping up a productive day in the field. by @utk_anthro

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We are thrilled to celebrate UT Anthropology alumna Dr. Kate Spradley, who has been named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow!
Dr. Spradley earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee in 2006, where she studied under Dr. Richard Jantz. She is now a Professor of Anthropology at Texas State University and the founder and director of Operation Identification (OpID), which works to identify and repatriate the remains of migrants who have died along the Texas-Mexico border.
The MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as the “Genius Grant,” is one of the most prestigious honors of its kind. Not limited to anthropology or academia, it recognizes exceptional individuals across the sciences, arts, humanities, and public service. Only 20–30 individuals are selected each year, with each fellow receiving an $800,000, no-strings-attached award in recognition of their creativity, accomplishments, and potential for future contributions.
We are especially proud to see a UT Anthropology alumna and former student of Dr. Jantz receive this extraordinary recognition.
Congratulations, Dr. Spradley! by @utk_anthro

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Day one of the full final scenes for ANTH 429! Team Green was hard at work at the screen, while Team Blue assembled their field kit and gathered the equipment needed for their scene. The photos also show Team Blue working through their scene and wrapping up a productive day in the field. by @utk_anthro

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[Deadline updated] Interested in representing the College of Arts and Sciences? Applications are now open for the next group of CAS Student Ambassadors! The college is looking for reliable student leaders who are enthusiastic about their majors and the college and enjoy connecting with others.
Applications are due Friday, October 9. Learn more and apply at tiny.utk.edu/CASambassadors. by @utk_anthro

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Join us for the Anthropology Visiting Lecture Series on Wednesday, September 23, 3:30–5:00 PM in AAB 111! Dr. Andrés León from the University of Delaware will present “The War Never Ended: Central America and the Ghosts of Counterinsurgency, from the Cold War to the War on Crime,” exploring how the legacies of Cold War counterinsurgency continue to shape contemporary violence, political conflict, and state responses to crime in Central America. A reception will follow the lecture. We hope to see you there! by @utk_anthro

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ANTH 429 students wrapped up another week of skeletal recovery. This past week, teams practiced scene documentation using the transecting baseline method utilized by crime scene professionals. In the pictures, Team yellow works to draw and record the approximate location of their scene and record the location of evidence using the transecting baseline method, allowing them to produce an accurate diagram of the scene. by @utk_anthro

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Join us for the Mountain, Swamp, and Beach (MSB) Regional Forensic Conference on November 14th and 15th. Conference registration and abstract submissions are now open! Abstracts are due by Friday, October 2nd. To register and/or submit an abstract click on the link below:

https://lnkd.in/eznNHbgj

We hope to see you there! by @utk_anthro

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Join us for the Anthropology Visiting Lecture Series on Wednesday, September 16, 3:30–5:00 PM in AAB 111! Dr. Ventura R. Pérez from the University of Massachusetts Amherst will present “When War Does Not End: Bodies, Memory, and the Legacies of Violence,” exploring how the physical and social legacies of war persist long after conflict ends, shaping human remains, collective memory, and the treatment of the dead. A reception will follow the lecture. We hope to see you there! by @utk_anthro

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Students in Dr. Alison Damick’s ANTH 369: Geoarchaeology are gaining hands-on experience with geoarchaeological methods in the Laboratory for Environmental Archaeology, a UTK Core Facility. During class last week, students opened soil cores collected during Dr. Hannah Hoover’s summer fieldwork in coastal South Carolina. They learned how to prepare and describe the deposits preserved within the cores and used their observations to make preliminary interpretations about past environments and how they changed over time. by @utk_anthro

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ANTH 429 students wrapped up another week of skeletal recovery. This past week, teams practiced scene documentation using the triangulation method utilized by crime scene professionals. In the pictures, Team Purple works to draw and record the approximate location of their scene and record the location of evidence using the triangulation method, allowing them to produce an accurate diagram of the scene. In addition to sketching and mapping their scenes, students also gained practice screening for additional evidence. by @utk_anthro

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