Dr. Ken Kelly has been awarded the title of Distinguished Professor Emeritus! He has contributed greatly to the field of Anthropology while working at the department for the past 22 years. Although having retired in May, he continues to stay involved as an academic affiliate.
Dr. Goldberg has been spotlighted by the Incubator for Teaching Innovation for creating interactive labs with 3D scans of the Anthropology department's skull collection. Since COVID-19 caused her labs to be virtual, these scans enable her students to still be able to observe the skulls. Check out her spotlight article!
Dr. Barra has been awarded the Early-Career Research Fellowship by the Gulf Research Program for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Read her interview article!
Amber has been awarded a SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program Fellowship.
"Aunt Jemima brand to pull image and name, calls it racist" (featuring Kimberly Simmons, anthropology)
—WACH FOX 57 by Dara Khaalid, June 17, 2020
In partnership with the Georgia Council of Professional Archeologists and Georgia DNR- Historic Preservation Division, the SGA offered two undergraduate research grants and one grant supporting thesis dissertation research this year for projects with a primary focus in Georgia.
Drs. Sharon Dewitte, Molly Zuckerman and Fabian Crespo were awarded a NSF standard Grant for their project titles, "Host immunological characteristics and disease experiance in past human populations."
Lecture, Art Presentation, and Discussion by the Artist Jennifer “JRenee" Johnson
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, this event will pay tribute
to the people and culture of New Orleans, discuss race and injustice surrounding the
hurricane and its aftermath, and contemplate memories of home with artist JRenee.
Amber has also been awarded the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Graduates (REG) for her research on community-based Latinx healthcare in the South!
Working Title: "Southern Community-led Latino Healthcare Interventions".
Amber was one of two female students (in Humanities and/or Social Sciences) to be awarded with the Rhude M. Patterson Trustee Recruiting Fellowship of $5,000.00.
This fellowship was first awarded in 1983 and grew out of Ms. Patterson’s concern that women were not receiving sufficient financial support for graduate studies.
Andrew Agha - Committee Chair: Ken Kelly
Brandy Joy - Committee Chair: Ken Kelly
Anais Parada - Committee Chair: Sherina Feliciano-Santos
Kristina Zarenko - Committee Chair: Carlina de la Cova
Read about her research which is highlighted in Science Magazine - May 14, 2020
U.S. News & World Report - May 7, 2020
Dr. Carlina de la Cova was inducted into the Baker Street Irregulars (BSI) International literary society during their annual BSI Weekend (January 15-19, 2020) in New York City (a celebration of Sherlock Holmes's birthday). There are only a little over 300 members in the organization. The BSI was the first Sherlockian literary society in the world.
The Baker Street Irregulars literary society is dedicated to the study of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Victorian world. Founded in 1934, the BSI is the oldest Sherlockian society in the world. [They] publish a wide range of scholarship related to Sherlock Holmes, and produce various events including the BSI Weekend every January.The BSI is an international literary society. BSI Scion Societies are local groups affiliated with the BSI. Membership to Scions is determined by each local group. Membership in the BSI international group is by invitation only. [They] do not take membership applications.(https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/about-the-bsi/ )
"The Baker Street Irregulars are fictional characters who appear in various Sherlock Holmes stories, as street boys who are employed by Holmes as intelligence agents.” (Wikipedia)
Dr. de la Cova is also a member of the following BSI Scion Societies: His Last Bow, the Prior Teachers, Vatican Cameos, the Illustrious Clients, and Hounds of the Baskervillle (sic).
Photo credit: William Walsh. Certificate by Dr. de la Cova