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Dr. Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman Quoted in the Washington Post
Dr. Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman was quoted in an article in the Washington Post titled, “To salvage the semester, college professors make a rapid pivot to teaching online”. The article addresses the challenges faced by professors when transitioning to online courses due to concerns of COVID-19.
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Op-ed on Social Distancing & COVID19 by Dr. Thurka Sangaramoorthy
Dr. Thurka Sangaramoorthy wrote an op-ed on social distancing and COVID19 that has been published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Medical Humanities Journal online blog.
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Emilia Guevara & Magda Mankel Awarded the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
Congratulations to Emilia Guevara and Magda Mankel on being awarded the Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship by the Graduate School.
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COVID-19 Information
The Department of Anthropology will be closed from March 18th until April 10th due to coronavirus. All staff is working remotely during this time period.
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Zena Dhatt, BS' 18
I graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in December 2018 where I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology with concentrations in Medical Anthropology and Global Health, as well as a Certificate in Latin American Studies.
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Rodolfo Tello, MAA '07
Rodolfo Tello is an applied anthropologist with extensive experience in the field of international development.
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Alexandra Marquez, BA '21
The United States recently witnessed the third presidential impeachment proceedings in history. BSOS student Alexandra Marquez had a front row seat for the action.
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Hilary Sandborn, BS '21
"It’s a small field that nobody knows about, and there’s so much potential...
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William Wical, PhD Student
William Wical is a doctoral student in Anthropology with a research concentration in health. His research seeks to understand the presentation of traumatic stress disorders as products of historical, social, and cultural factors.
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Elena Sesma, BA '11
Dr. Elena Sesma is a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California Berkeley. She graduated from the University of Maryland College Park in 2011, with a BA in Anthropology and Women’s Studies. She holds an MA in Anthropology and earned her PhD in anthropology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in May 2019.
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