Mississippi State Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures

Please join us Wednesday, April 22nd at 1:00pm CST in Cobb 201 for Kendall Docherty’s thesis defense! For those unable to attend in person, you can use the QR code to watch via Webex.

A big weekend for AMEC at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences conference in New Orleans!

AMEC alumna SJ Smith-Escudero presented a repository case study, and Dr. Jesse Goliath received the Mosaic Award. The Mosaic Award is an honor celebrating outstanding contributions to the Academy and the strength that diversity brings to forensic teams and research.

Congratulations! 🎉

Join us for Science Night at the Museums on February 21st from 4–7 PM! We’ll have hands-on activities for all ages, and the museum will be open for visitors🧪✨

Congratulations to Dr. Goliath, second-year grad student Rachel Coppock, and MSU alum SJ Smith-Escudero on their recent publication, “Looking Upstream: Applying Social Theory to the Interpretation of the Forensic Record,” published in Humans!

AMEC will be having a bake sale and hot chocolate bar this upcoming Monday, November 24th, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come get some goodies!☕️🧁🍪

Congratulations to all of our AMEC students who presented last weekend at the 2025 SEAC meeting in Baton Rouge!

Join us November 14th at 4pm in Old Main 1050 for a lecture by Dr. Jessica Juarez!

Dr. Juarez will be kicking off the Mountain, Swamp and Beach conference by delivering the first Afternoon Anthropology lecture. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Northern Michigan and has experience working as a forensic anthropologist in Medical Examiner’s Offices and with DPAA (The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency). Her research interests include: understanding taphonomic effects of cold climates on skeletal and soft tissues; the effects of toxicological release to the soil and necrobiome during decomposition; aberrant bone formation as a result of biological responses to trauma in skeletal and soft tissue; and exploring ways to provide opportunities for BIPOC, women, and other underrepresented scientists to contribute to the scientific community.

Join us tomorrow at 1 pm in front of the Cobb Institute for a Homecoming Tailgate!

Dig into something fun tonight! Join us at Cobb Lawn at 6pm to watch some excavation videos and uncover some hidden gems🎥🍿🏺