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Tuğçe Yalçın Receives Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

This year, the Department of Anthropology and the Center for Teaching and Learning recognized my enthusiasm for learning and teaching by awarding me the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.
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Research Seminar Explores New Approaches to the Early Colonial Southeast

This semester, our department hosted a research seminar that brought together scholars working to deepen understanding of the social landscape of the Southeast before, during, and after the Spanish entradas led by Hernando de Soto (1539–1543) and Juan Pardo (1566–1568).

Dr Roberta Salmi

Dr. Roberta Salmi has been selected as a recipient of the 2026 Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award

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Sarieh Amiribeirami Receives 2026 Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship

This fellowship honors the legacy of Dienje M. E. Kenyon, a pioneering zooarchaeologist, by supporting early-career women archaeologists conducting graduate-level research in zooarchaeology.