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Anthropology, Actually

Divinity school, the life of a star, Ursula Le Guin, the Tibetan plateau, Reader’s Digest … each a starting point. What thread connects them? Anthropology, actually. In this feature, our alumni and current students – undergraduate and graduate – reflect on the various routes each took to the field and the many different directions the field has taken them.

Photo of Hollis Miller in front of an excavated test pit
Anthropology, actually — Hollis Miller and a community-oriented project to uncover the lived experience of colonialism for Sugpiaq families
February 25, 2020
Photo of Kyle Trembley with a rat on his head
Anthropology, actually — Kyle Trembley conducts multispecies ethnography in Seattle and India
November 15, 2019
Photo of Jennifer J.Carroll
Anthropology, actually — "That! That is what I want to do." Jennifer Carroll
May 6, 2019
Photo of Ben Hanowell
Anthropology, actually — Forging a social scientist career path
April 22, 2019
Jack McBride in the field
Anthropology, actually — Primates and South American dreams
March 6, 2019
Photo of Michele Statz
Anthropology, actually — Michele Statz, finding balance in America’s heartland
January 4, 2019
Photo of Graham Pruss
Anthropology, actually — Graham Pruss’ journey from Reader’s Digest to homelessness ethnographer
December 17, 2018
Photo of Ian Kretzler
Anthropology, actually — Ian Kretzler, Pacific NW past and the Mellon/ACLS fellowship
November 5, 2018
Photo of Sarah Stansfield
Anthropology, actually — Sarah Stansfield and the importance of one class towards publishing your first article
October 2, 2018

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