Elizabeth Crocker (GRS ’17)
Liz joined the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington D.C. in 2017 as part of their Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion program. In 2019, she began a new position within AAAS at the Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology. She runs workshops training scientists to consider language, culture […]
Graham Grail (CAS & SED ’18)
Graham Grail graduated in 2018 with two degrees from BU: a BA with Honors in Biological Anthropology with a minor in Biology, as well as a BSin Deaf Studies. Work from Graham’s honor ‘s thesis (under the supervision of Prof. Carolyn Hodges-Simeon) on speech and gender presentation in transgender men has been published in Nature […]
Anita H. Fábos (GRS ’99)
Anita H. Fábos received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Boston University in 1999. She is currently Professor and Associate Director of International Development, Community & Environment (IDCE) at Clark University in Worcester, MA. Anita works on topics relating to displaced populations and forced migrants, especially refugees in urban areas of the Middle East and Africa. […]
Anthropology alum Erica Larson (GRS ’19) gives talk on the Ethics of Boundaries
Anthropology alum Erica Larson will give a public talk on Wednesday, March 31, as part of the Wednesday Forum series at The Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies (CRCS) at the Graduate School, Gadjah Mada University, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. See their website for more information.
Prof. Marston and BU alum Nami Shin publish on Late Bronze Age site in western Turkey
Environmental Archaeology Laboratory alumna Nami Shin (CAS 2015) and John M. Marston are lead authors on a new study of botanical remains from Kaymakçı, a Late Bronze Age site in Western Anatolia. This study follows up on preliminary results published in 2018 and is an adaptation of Nami’s MA thesis at Koç University. The article is available for free download through […]
AN alum Macken Murphy (CAS ’20) produces podcast series, featured on BU Today
In a recent BU Today article, bio-anthro alum Macken Murphy discusses his podcast, Species, and book projects. He traces his inspiration to his own pets, then to a freshman seminar course he took, KHC AN103, then called “Humans among Animals”, and to a book he was assigned there, Caspar Henderson’s The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, […]
Research by Professor Hodges-Simeon and BU alum Graham Gail featured on The Brink
Novel research on testosterone therapy conducted by Professor Carolyn Hodges-Simeon and Anthropology alum Graham Gail is featured in BU’s research magazine, The Brink. Read the article here!
New Gunung Palung Orangutan Project publication!
The Gunung Palung Orangutan Project, directed by Professor Cheryl Knott, published an article in the journal Biological Conservation reflecting on 25 years of research in Indonesia, and contributed to an article on ethical challenges of research in the tropics. Other BU members who contributed to this work include: Dr. Erin Kane, Postdoctoral Associate Andrea Blackburn, […]
BU alum Carol Ferrara weighs in on French secularism
BU alum Carol Ferrara was interviewed on France24 about the French President Macron’s republican values bill. Watch the interview here.
Professor Hodges-Simeon and PhD candidate Graham Albert publish new article
Professor Carolyn Hodges-Simeon, PhD candidate Graham Albert, and BU alum Graham Gail and collagues publish new article in Scientific Reports on testosterone therapy. Congratulations! Read the article here.