UNCA Sociology & Anthropology Department

Congratulations to Professor John Wood who is retiring after 27 years at UNCA! You will be greatly missed. We wish you many joys in your retirement!

Congratulations to all our 2026 graduates! We are so proud of you and wish you all the best in your path ahead. (Photos from annual honor society & senior awards celebration)

The Witching Hour - a podcast episode by Avery McIntire, Johanna Weinheimer, and Kaleigh Poteet, students in Dr. Hung's SOC 374 Witches, Feminism, African Anthropology course.

"This isn’t just stories about witches… it’s a story of power—who gets to have it and who gets punished for knowing too much.”

In this podcast episode of The Witching Hour, students from the Witches, Feminism and African Anthropology course explore the long history of midwives and women healers. The Witching Hour traces how feminized knowledge about health has been “regulated and dismissed by systems of authority” from witch trials to modern debates around reproductive rights and medical control. As they say, “the pattern hasn’t gone away… it’s still everywhere,” which offers a powerful reminder of the interconnectedness of healing, knowledge, and resistance in feminist considerations around health and healing.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n7WlAf_bBvbpbuDOKTFNtOx9g6bQIB7-/view?usp=sharing

Come out tomorrow to support your fellow SOC/ANTH friends as they present their undergraduate research! Presentations scheduled 8:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (with breaks) in ZAG 236

Tomorrow 4/14 @ 6 p.m. in HIG 228, we welcome Professor Ella Siegrist to speak on her experience with UNCA's Prison Education Program. Incarceration continues to expand in rural communities today, even as nationwide incarceration rates decline. Come hear about why Applachia has been largely overlooked in analyses of the American prison state.

Many thanks to our student Community Coordinators Rory Killian and Mara Matthews for their incredible effort organizing events this semester! They have created so many exciting learning opportunities, and we appreciate their energy and enthusiasm in the midst of a busy semester!

Stop by the movie night this Wednesday, 4/8 to see "Matewan".
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, the movie celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Refreshments provided! Zageir 243