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Sacred Sustenance Panel Discussion

March 15, 2022

A panel discussion exploring the role of food in religion.

Summer Ethnographic Field School Announcement

March 3, 2022

Conduct research at the Festival of the Arts, an essential part of the Grand Rapids community for over 50 years. Held downtown in early June and combining visual arts, live music, & literature, this is the largest all-volunteer arts festival in the U.S.

Certificate in Applied Anthropology Information Session

February 21, 2022

Certificate in Applied Anthropology Information Session

In Control of the University: Taliban takeover as a challenge to freedom of higher education in Afghanistan

February 8, 2022

In Control of the University: Taliban takeover as a challenge to freedom of higher education in Afghanistan Said Reza Kazemi Friday February 11, noon via zoom

Job Announcement: Great Lakes Archaeology and Indigenous People

October 28, 2021

Grand Valley State University Department of Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track position professor in Great Lakes Archaeology and Indigenous People to begin August 6, 2022.

ANT 400: Ethnographic Methods

September 24, 2021

Learn to conduct ethnographic research -Experience anthropology fieldwork -Practice participant observation -Gain hands-on skills with interviewing -Learn to code and analyze transcripts

Anthropology faculty member, Dr. Kristin Hedges, and GVSU students develop mesages to bring awarenss to the COVID-19 vaccine

September 2, 2021

A Grand Valley anthropology faculty member and two GVSU students have worked together on the creation of graphics to address vaccine awareness in the West Michigan community.