Olivia C. Navarro-Farr

Wooster’s Navarro-Farr and Proyecto Arqueológico Waka’ team discover Stela 51 and Burial 110: a royal tomb at El Perú-Waka’ site in Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala

Olivia C. Navarro-Farr, associate professor of archaeology and anthropology at The College of Wooster and co-director of the Proyecto Arqueológico Waka’ (PAW) team from […]

Megan Tuennerman '22

Wrong-way Icelandic puffins lead student researcher to follow the right path

When you love animals as a child, people often say “You should be a veterinarian when you grow up.” Megan Tuennerman ’22 heard this […]

Nurse in classroom

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 […]

Wooster Science Cafe Spring 2022

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, College of Wooster student, asks a question at a panel at the Athens Democracy Forum

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

Indiana Amish Farm Buggy

David McConnell and Lyn Loveless collaborate on book about the Amish relationship to the environment

The scholars bring together their fields of anthropology and biology

Pam Frese

Pam Frese co-edits recent book exploring ethnographic performances in the classroom

Experiential and Performative Anthropology in the Classroom includes quotes from Wooster students

Student in glasses and denim jacket smiling outdoors at the College of Wooster.

Wooster sophomore’s investigative work published by The Pulitzer Center

Sam Boudreau’s late change in internship plans, going from bird watching to watchdog, worked out quite well

Sara Artes '03

Anthropology alumna expands public knowledge of underrepresented stories

Sara Artes ’03 oversees the Smithsonian Institution’s traveling cultural and historical exhibitions

Miller

Cuyahoga Valley National Park through the ‘anthropological lens’

APEX Fellowship reveals interest in national park service for Cami Miller

John Coggeshall

John Coggeshall to Present Anthropology Lecture

Clemson University professor to speak at The College of Wooster

J. Mark Knoyer

J. Mark Kenoyer to Present Archaeology Lecture September 28

University of Wisconsin, Madison professor to speak at The College of Wooster

Jackson Feinknopf '19

Anthropology major pursues architecture after internship experience

Jackson Feinknopf ’19, an anthropology major at The College of Wooster, discovered an important connection between anthropology and architecture through his APEX Fellowship experience. He worked as an intern at the EDGE, a firm in […]

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Wooster Anthropologists Shed Light on Amish Culture at National Meeting

David McConnell and three students share research at Society for Applied Anthropology meeting