This course provides an introduction to Biocultural Anthropology, the integration of biology and culture in the study of humankind. There are many facets of the human experience that are at the same time biological, social, and imbued with cultural meaning. Examples include race and racism, sex and gender, reproduction and birth, health and medicine, global nutrition, obesity, stress and mental health, violence, and trauma, and others.

This course provides an introduction to Biocultural Anthropology, the integration of biology and culture in the study of humankind. There are many facets of the human experience that are at the same time biological, social, and imbued with cultural meaning. Examples include race and racism, sex and gender, reproduction and birth, health and medicine, global nutrition, obesity, stress and mental health, violence, and trauma, and others.

This course provides an introduction to Biocultural Anthropology, the integration of biology and culture in the study of humankind. There are many facets of the human experience that are at the same time biological, social, and imbued with cultural meaning. Examples include race and racism, sex and gender, reproduction and birth, health and medicine, global nutrition, obesity, stress and mental health, violence, and trauma, and others.

This course provides an introduction to Biocultural Anthropology, the integration of biology and culture in the study of humankind. There are many facets of the human experience that are at the same time biological, social, and imbued with cultural meaning. Examples include race and racism, sex and gender, reproduction and birth, health and medicine, global nutrition, obesity, stress and mental health, violence, and trauma, and others.

This course explores the ways that archaeology can bring new insight into processes of colonialism, by focusing on the material and spatial dimensions of power, resistance, and identity. The course interweaves history, theory, and materiality, centering largely on the Indigenous and African peoples of the post-Columbian Americas, but with room for comparison with Old World (e.g., Roman, Egyptian, Mediterranean) case studies. We will examine the materiality of colonialism, and the meanings present in the adoption, rejection, or movement of goods within colonial relationships.

Generally taken as the second graduate level independent study. Involves an oral presentation at a laboratory meeting or to departmental faculty. Students complete contract with their faculty sponsor.

Generally taken as the second graduate level independent study. Involves an oral presentation at a laboratory meeting or to departmental faculty. Students complete contract with their faculty sponsor.

Generally taken as the second graduate level independent study. Involves an oral presentation at a laboratory meeting or to departmental faculty. Students complete contract with their faculty sponsor.

Generally taken as the second graduate level independent study. Involves an oral presentation at a laboratory meeting or to departmental faculty. Students complete contract with their faculty sponsor.

The focus is on presentation of manuscripts highlighting innovative discoveries and technical approaches as well as controversial results that address topics related to development and disease. The topics detail contemporary use of genetically engineered organisms to define cell signaling required to establish cell lineages in developing tissues, the process of gametogenesis and epigenetic imprinting and how these mechanisms are disrupted in diseases such as cancer.