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Foundation of Newest National Park Laid by a Terp
An anthropology alumni, Charlotte Kin 03', has recently made progress as she helped in convincing Congress to Recognize the first African-American founded town as the United States' 424th National Park.
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Work on Genomic Analysis of Enslaved African Remains in Charleston, SC by Dr. Raquel Fleskes
Dr. Raquel Fleskes, Anthropology Class of 2014, had her work recently published in Penn Today's Art Humanity, and Social Sciences section. She and a group of other researchers did an analysis of remains of individuals, which they had found to be a close connection between these individuals and West African populations using the African Burial Ground project.
Emma Satterfield Featured in BSOS Newsletter
Anthropology PhD student Emma Satterfield was featured in the BSOS Newsletter last week for her project in conjunction with Montgomery History, "LGBTQ+ Heritage in Montgomery County".
Dr. Madeline Brown Publishes in Human Ecology
Congratulations to Dr. Madeline Brown in the publication of her new article titled Local Governance, Ecological Knowledge, and Spatial Models: Assessing Resource Access in a Forest Commons recently published in the Human Ecology journal. In this publication, Dr.
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Student & Alumni Profiles
Keolu Fox, BA '08
You wouldn’t know it by looking at his long list of achievements, but University of California, San Diego Assistant Professor Keolu Fox, ANTH ’08, wasn’t always academically motivated.
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Amber Ketchum, PhD Student
Hi! I'm Amber, and I am coming to the department with a master's of science in anthrozoology.
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Emma Satterfield - ANTH Graduate Student Documents, Displays Montgomery County LGBTQ+ History in Virtual Exhibit
For her Masters in Applied Anthropology post-internship project, Emma Satterfield, M.A.A.
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Magda Mankel, M.A.A. ’16, Ph.D. ’21
Dr. Magda Mankel, M.A.A. ’16, Ph.D. ’21, of the Department of Anthropology focuses her research on cultural heritage.
Magda Mankel, M.A.A. ’16, Ph.D. ’21 - Read more
Andrew Weil, MAA '05
Andrew Weil, MAA., UMD Anthropology Program class of 2005.
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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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