Anthropology
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Anthropology

Category: Anthropology

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Department celebrates the 2024 Bigel Grant Awardees

October 7, 2024

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Cortni Borgerson featured in Grist’s “Cicadas à la carte? Why it’s so hard to get Americans to eat bugs.”

June 4, 2024

Artwork from the NYT's Kids edition about Cicada'

Cortni Borgerson adds Insights and Recipes to NYT for Kids: Spring 2024 Edition!

May 8, 2024

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2024 Annual Dean’s Recognition Awards Ceremony

May 7, 2024

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Professor’s Research Featured in National Geographic Magazine

April 19, 2024

(photo caption: Montclair State students and alum at the Archaeological Society of New Jersey Conference held in Princeton, February 17, 2024. L to R: Eric Johnson (former anthropology instructor), Emily Papagiannis (junior, anthropology major), Joselyn Molina (MSU anthropology alum), Khara Brown (junior, anthropology major), Will Wiiliams (MSU anthropology alum), and Chris Matthews (Anthropology Department chairperson).

Anthropology Students Present Original Research at NJ Archaeology Conference

February 22, 2024

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Professor Borgerson Featured in BBC Earth “Our Planet Earth” Series

January 19, 2024

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Professor Matthews Interviewed for WNBC

Matthews shares his expertise in reference to the Montaukett Native American community’s fight for recogntion

November 16, 2023

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Students Study Effects of Rapid Development in Orange, NJ

October 3, 2023

Anthropology Professor Katherine McCaffrey, far right, emphasizes the importance of listening and learning from communities that are affected by climate issues. “I focus on New Jersey to let the students understand what sustainability means in the state and to help them see the world that we live in,” McCaffrey says.

Creating Sustainable Solutions: Students Learn from Environmental Activists Fighting for Justice in Newark’s Ironbound

May 1, 2023