Boise State University Anthropology Department

We are hiring!

The Department of Anthropology at Boise State University seeks an Assistant Teaching Professor in Archaeology with a focus on North America. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated ability to teach undergraduate courses that both complement and expand our current offerings, while also contributing to the growth and development of our MA and MAA programs.

The deadline to apply is January 15 before midnight.

More info on Boise State University's Career Portal!

Happy Holidays! See you in the new year 🎉

Happy first week of break! Congratulations to our graduates!!

Congratulations to new Department of Anthropology master’s student Remi Masterson!!🎓

This year's wrapped looked a little different in the anthropology department... do your numbers look similar to ours?

Our department is so thankful for all of you! Enjoy your time with friends and family 🍁

This Thanksgiving, we would like to acknowledge that Boise State University was established upon the ancestral homelands of the Original Boise Valley People – the Newe (Shoshone), Numu (Paiute), and the Panakwate (Bannock) People – whose descendants are citizens of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of Fort Hall, the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley, Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, the Burns Paiute Tribe, and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. We are grateful for the bounty we enjoy today, the abundant variety of foods this earth provides.

Congratulations to two of our graduate students for presenting at the annual Idaho Archaeological Society Conference! Casey Nielsen (first picture) received second place for his poster presentation.

We are so excited to announce our fall open house! We will be showcasing our major emphases and discuss potential career opportunities for anthropologists. Join the department on November 7, from 3- 4:30 pm in Hemingway Center Room 53.

The Students' Association of Anthropology and Archaeology is hosting their first event of the semester, a movie night showcasing The Mummy (1999). It is October 29, in MPCB Room 108 from 6-9 pm. Meet other students interested in anthropology while eating free snacks and candy!

📣 Calling all anthropology transfer students 📣

We want to celebrate you this week! Make sure you swing by Hemingway 55 for a fun surprise from the Anthropology department!

Happy International Archaeology Day!

Today we celebrate Indigenous People’s Day to honor the traditions and cultural heritage of the five federally recognized tribes that live in Idaho: the Coeur d’Alene, the Kootenai, the Nez Perce, Shoshone Bannock, Shoshone Paiute, and other Native-American tribes represented in Idaho.

We are so excited to offer a minor for students who are interested in Native American and Indigenous studies! Talk to your advisor if you are interested.

Take a look at what our students have been up to this term! At the Orchard Combat Training Center, students learned about survey techniques while working on real-life scenarios together with members of the cultural resource management office at the Idaho National Guard.

Canyon County, Idaho

This fall, anthropology professor, Dr. Kendall House, mentored an undergraduate student as part of the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Scholarship.

These competitive scholarships offered by the Institute for Inclusive and Transformative Scholarship (IFITS) are paid, 12-week research experiences offered to undergraduate students. They are open to ALL majors, giving students the opportunity to gain meaningful research skills with a faculty mentor while working on a research or creative activity project.

The Spring 2025 application is open and the deadline is November 15! Look at the Office of Undergraduate Research website for more information.

We had so much fun yesterday at our graduate student coffee hour. What a great start to Homecoming Week!

We are so excited that the 50th annual IAS conference will be held at Boise State University! It is October 12th from 9-4 pm at the Barnwell Room in the Boise State University Student Union Building.

Participants interested in submitting papers or posters must email Dr. Allison Wolfe ([email protected]) by October 1st with IAS Conference Paper in the subject line. An award will be given for best student paper/poster.