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PaleoliTHICC: Understanding the Woman of Willendorf using contemporary fat studies

Name: Shelby Jones Major: Anthropology Minor: History Advisor: Dr. Siavash Samei; Dr. Beth Derderian (second reader) My research focused on the Woman (“Venus”) of Willendorf figurine, one of […]

Kate Read

Forming National Identity through Commemoration: Representation within Postage Stamps at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum

Name: Kate Read Major: Anthropology Minor: Art History Advisors: Dr. Elizabeth Derderian & Dr. Zareen Thomas This independent study focuses on the idea of forming a national identity […]

Audrey Holder

Meat Your Vegetables: An Exploration into Food Sustainability on a Small Liberal Arts Campus

Name: Audrey Holder Major: Anthropology Minor: Environmental Studies Advisors: Seiko Matsuzawa, Heather Fitz Gibbon (second reader) There have been several studies that link food […]

Abigail Breitenbucher

Gaming the System: A Game Theoretic Approach to Risk Management and Cybersecurity

Name: Abigail Breitenbucher Major: Mathematics Minors: Anthropology, History Advisor: Dr. Colby Long Second Reader: Dr. Subhadip Chowdhury The goals of this project were to […]

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Conjuring Authenticity: The Coven, Buckland Museum, and the Representation of Magic Behind Glass

Name: Ellen Nikirk Majors: History and Anthropology Advisors: Dr. Katie Holt and Dr. Pamela Frese Paganism and other nature-based religions are some of the fastest growing spiritual […]

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Sociology course engaging incarcerated students via robots featured

Anne Nurse, professor of sociology and anthropology at The College of Wooster found a new way to engage with incarcerated students at a local […]

Great Decisions of Wayne County lecture series returns to Wooster

WOOSTER, Ohio — The lecture series, The Great Decisions of Wayne County, is set to return to The College of Wooster campus in March […]

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Wooster Science Café resumes for spring season Feb. 1

A new season of the Wooster Science Café kicks off Feb. 1, 2022, at 7 p.m. Sponsored by The College of Wooster and The […]

Christa Craven the dean for faculty development and professor of women's, gender, & sexuality studies and sociology and anthropology

Craven receives 2021 CAR Book Prize for ‘Reproductive Losses: Challenges to LGBTQ Family-Making’

The 2021 Council on Anthropology and Reproduction (CAR) Book Prize has been awarded to Christa Craven the dean for faculty development and professor of […]

Adam Hinden

APEX Fellowship | Adam Hinden

Major: Chinese Studies, Anthropology Class Year: 2022 Pronouns: He/Him/His Faculty Mentor: Stephanie Strand As a research intern at the Center for World Indigenous Studies, […]

Kayla Stevens

APEX Fellowship | Kayla Stevens

Major: Anthropology Class Year: 2023 Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Strand At the Hochstein Music School in Rochester, NY, I assisted in the […]

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AMRE | Experiential Learning & Community Engagement at The College of Wooster

Spencer Gaitsch ’22 | History and Political Science Audrey Holder ’22 | Anthropology Advisors: Cathy McConnell and Sarah Sobeck Special thanks to the following sponsors: Laura […]

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Adam Hinden ’22 earns opportunity to participate in Athens Democracy Forum in Greece

Adam Hinden ’22, an anthropology and Chinese studies major at The College of Wooster, was selected to participate in this year’s Athens Democracy Forum […]

Kayla Stevens ’23

Anthropology major finds purpose in archival research at community music school

Kayla Stevens ’23, an anthropology major at The College of Wooster, returned to The Hochstein School, a community music and dance school in her […]

Adam Hinden ’22 completed a summer internship for the Center for World Indigenous Studies

Anthropology and Chinese major solidified interest in indigenous rights activism through APEX Fellowship

With a strong interest in indigenous rights and past research for his I.S. project, Adam Hinden ’22 knew “the Center for World Indigenous Studies […]

Jonas Short '21 with Pam Frese, professor of anthropology, and Tracy Cosgriff, assistant professor of art and art history, middle eastern, and North African studies

Perceiving artifacts from multiple lenses enhances meaning

For students with multiple majors like Jonas Short, Independent Study can act as an opportunity to combine multiple inter­ests in a project they’re truly […]

Hannah Lane-Davies ’21

I.S. research enhances understanding of birth workers in the COVID-19 era

Hannah Lane-Davies ’21 explores the commitments of contemporary birth workers

“Thanks for the Memories, Even Though They Weren’t So Great”: The Relationship Between Chronic Stress and Working Memory in College Students

Name: Carina Arnosti Major: Psychology Minor: Anthropology Advisor: Dr. Nathan Foster Second Reader: Dr. Grit Herzmann This study examined the association between chronic stress […]

Ella Lang

Fabric and Flesh: A Tactile Exploration of Personhood and Becoming

Name: Ella Lang Major: Anthropology Minor: Environmental Studies Advisors: Christa Craven and David McConnell (second reader) Last year, I became fascinated by the relationships […]

Hannah Lane-Davies

Birth Work, Reproductive Justice, and Communities of Care

Student Name: Hannah Lane-Davies Majors: Anthropology, Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Advisor: Dr. Christa Craven; Second reader: Dr. Tom Tierney Caring for pregnant and […]