Department of Anthropology, UMN

05/29/2026

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05/27/2026

Where in the World are our Faculty Wednesday?

This week, faculty Michelle Brown , tells us about her research in Uganda "I study feeding competition among wild primates to better understand how it drives social variation. I use behavior and biomarkers to identify the internal and external aspects of competition among individuals, groups, and species. For more info, visit the Ngogo Monkey Project at www.NgogoMonkeys.com"

05/17/2026

Congrats to our graduates! So proud of you all!

05/04/2026

How do you read an animal's energetic condition from the way it moves? PhD candidate Leonie Gussone has been awarded a Bell Museum Fellowship and Natural History Award to support her research on the links between movement ecology and energetics in red-tailed monkeys in Uganda.

05/01/2026

Please join the Department of Anthropology as we congratulate our 2025 Anthropology Undergraduate Prize Winners! More info

Each year, the Department of Anthropology recognises the best papers submitted by undergraduate students for a class or a capstone in the fields of archaeology (Elden Johnson Prize), biological anthropology (Neil C. Tappen Prize), and sociocultural anthropology (Robert F. Spencer Prize). Papers are....

04/28/2026

Megan A. Moore will be defending her dissertation on Monday, May 11th, at 12:30pm CST! Join us via Zoom to hear about "We Have the Tools? On the “We” of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response and the Technics of Disavowal". You can contact the Department of Anthropology at [email protected] for more information.