MSU Department of Anthropology

MSU Department of Anthropology Exploring cultural and biological diversity across time and space.

Congrats to PhD Candidate Priyanka Jayakodi on winning the College of Social Science Graduate Student Research Award! Mo...
05/20/2026

Congrats to PhD Candidate Priyanka Jayakodi on winning the College of Social Science Graduate Student Research Award!

More about Priyanka in the news section of our website.

Our own professor Joe Hefner joined MSU President Guskiewicz on the Spartan Bus Tour last week to the Flint, Saginaw and...
05/12/2026

Our own professor Joe Hefner joined MSU President Guskiewicz on the Spartan Bus Tour last week to the Flint, Saginaw and Bay City region.

Congratulations to the new Dr. Emma Zblewski, who graduated with her Ph.D. in Anthropology on Friday. Emma’s dissertati...
05/04/2026

Congratulations to the new Dr. Emma Zblewski, who graduated with her Ph.D. in Anthropology on Friday. Emma’s dissertation explores the implications for health care of the biosocial complexities of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).

She will continue on to complete her MD as part of the MSU MD/PhD program.

Headed to commencement tomorrow? Be on the lookout for our 2026 Outstanding Senior leading the way for all of our Anthr...
05/01/2026

Headed to commencement tomorrow? Be on the lookout for our 2026 Outstanding Senior leading the way for all of our Anthropologists graduating!

More about Melissa: spr.ly/6013BBOquS

PhD student Lex VanBaarle recently received the J. Lawrence Angel Student Award at the American Academy of Forensic Scie...
04/24/2026

PhD student Lex VanBaarle recently received the J. Lawrence Angel Student Award at the American Academy of Forensic Science for her research project: The Use of Outline Analyses to Assess Kerf Floor Shape Patterns in Saw Marks.”

More about Lex’s research work and how it is helping to solve crimes in the news section of our website.

04/23/2026

We did some rapid fire 30 seconds or less explanations of research projects with some of our students last week at University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum.

The Department of Anthropology is saddened to announce that former anthropology department chair Lynne Goldstein passed ...
04/20/2026

The Department of Anthropology is saddened to announce that former anthropology department chair Lynne Goldstein passed away yesterday.

Goldstein (PhD Northwestern 1976) moved to MSU from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She served as MSU department chair from fall 1996 through summer 2006 and retired in August 2018. Lynne was founding director of the Campus Archaeology Program (CAP), which was named one of the winners of the 2017 Governor’s Awards for Historic Preservation in recognition of people and organizations who have preserved Michigan’s vital historic and cultural resources.

She served as the editor of American Antiquity, the journal published by the Society for American Archaeology, and received numerous awards from that organization, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. Lynne was also a 1992 recipient of a President’s Award for Exceptional Service to the Profession by the American Anthropological Association. She is best known for her contributions to mortuary studies, as well as her work in Illinois, Wisconsin and in the Great Lakes region, particularly at the Aztalan site.

The department sends its heartfelt condolences to Lynne’s family and those who knew her best.

Congratulations to all of our Anthropology students that presented at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts For...
04/20/2026

Congratulations to all of our Anthropology students that presented at the University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum on Friday at Breslin!

Thanks to everyone that attended the annual Alumni and Friends of MSU Archaeology Invited Lecture on Monday, a special t...
04/15/2026

Thanks to everyone that attended the annual Alumni and Friends of MSU Archaeology Invited Lecture on Monday, a special thank you to our featured speaker Dr. Jacob Holland-Lulewicz!

A recent published article in The Michigan Archaeologist from Professor Emeritus William Lovis examines regional drought...
04/07/2026

A recent published article in The Michigan Archaeologist from Professor Emeritus William Lovis examines regional drought by recovering the building foundation of Michigan Agricultural College’s first men’s dormitory.

Learn more in the news section of our website.

Join us next Monday, April 13th in Room 138 Brody Hall for an Alumni and Friends of MSU Archaeology Invited Lecture by D...
04/06/2026

Join us next Monday, April 13th in Room 138 Brody Hall for an Alumni and Friends of MSU Archaeology Invited Lecture by Dr. Jacob Holland-Lulewicz on Centering Continuity: Re-linking the Deep Ancestral Muskogean Histories.

We hope to see you there!

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