UConn Anthropology

Congratulations to Anthropology faculty and graduate students recognized in the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute's 2026 funding awards!

🎉 Faculty Seed Grant
Sarah Willen, Professor of Anthropology and Co-Director of the Global Health and Human Rights Program, received a Faculty Seed Grant for her project, "Public Health in Crisis: Tracing the Multi-level Impact and Human Rights Implications of Gender-Based Violence Prevention Program Closures at CDC."

🎉 2026–27 Dissertation Writing Fellowship
Madeline Baird, Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology, was awarded a Dissertation Writing Fellowship for "Embodied Borders: Navigating Transit Migration and U.S. Asylum Access."

🎉 2026 Graduate Student Research Grant
Elyse Smith, Ph.D. Student in Anthropology, received a Graduate Student Research Grant for "Collaborative Ethnography on the Native American Political Ecologies of Pe**te."

These awards reflect the Department of Anthropology's commitment to impactful human rights research, spanning public health, migration and asylum, Indigenous knowledge, and environmental justice.

Congratulations to Sarah, Madeline, and Elyse on this well-deserved recognition!

2026 Human Rights Institute Funding Awards Announced - UConn Today The Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute is delighted to announce the results of our annual funding competitions. We are honored to be able to support th ...

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Congratulations to Noga Shemer! | Department of Anthropology | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | University of Connecticut The Department of Anthropology congratulates Noga Shemer, Associate Professor in Residence, recipient of the University Teaching Innovation Award. This reco ...

Congratulations to Caroline Burkhardt '28 (Anthropology & Molecular and Cell Biology), a 2026 recipient of the SURF awards! Caroline's project is "Chronic Illness Experiences on the Hopi Reservation" with Dr. Sarah Willen as her faculty mentor.

Congrats to Caroline Burkhardt! | Department of Anthropology | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | University of Connecticut Congratulations to Caroline Burkhardt '28 (Anthropology & Molecular and Cell Biology), a 2026 recipient of the SURF awards. The Summer Undergraduat ...

Congratulations to alumna Claire Cathers! She has been awarded a post-baccalaureate fellowship at Dartmouth for the 2026 - 2027 academic year. 😎

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Check out "Weaving Images of Healing: Caring for the Ancestors of the Future" an art exhibit at The Wadsworth Museum in Hartford by Researcher and Curator: Catalina Alvarado Cañuta!

More info on the website.

"Weaving Images of Healing: Caring for the Ancestors of the Future" | Department of Anthropology | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | University of Connecticut An Art Exhibit at The Wadsworth Museum in Hartford by Researcher and Curator: Catalina Alvarado Cañuta, PhDc Anthropology.   Weaving Images of Healing: ...

We were honored to welcome acclaimed anthropologist Dr. Jean J. Schensul for a wonderful presentation on "Integrating Art into Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Participatory Action Research (PAR)." Dr. Schensul's talk was sponsored by the Research Program on Global Health & Human Rights at UConn Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, with co-sponsorship from our department.
Photos: Karol Bernardo & Nellychris Omeonu

Congrats to the 2026-2027 Humanities Institute Fellows! There were three anth faculty recipients: Daniel Adler, Joshua Mayer, and Camilo Ruiz. We're proud of all that you do and excited for what's to come 🥳🙌

For more info, check out the department website!

2026 - 2027 Humanities Fellows | Department of Anthropology | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | University of Connecticut Congratulations to the 2026 -2027 UConn Faculty Fellows! This includes Daniel Adler ("Becoming Human: Neanderthal-Modern Human Interactions and Interco ...

Congratulations to Noga Shemer for her Strategic Goal Award and Natalie Munro for her Faculty Mentoring Award at the 2026 CLAS Faculty and Staff Awards.

For more information, check out our news page!
https://anthropology.uconn.edu/2026/04/20/2026-clas-faculty-and-staff-awards-at-college-celebration/

It's time for UConn Gives 2026! Support our department and grad students! For more information check out our department website.
https://anthropology.uconn.edu/2026/04/20/uconn-gives-2026/

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Congrats to grad student Urvi Kaul for her first place in at the Three Minute Thesis Challenge!

For more info check out the anth department website or the article in UConn Today!

https://anthropology.uconn.edu/2026/04/15/congratulations-to-urvi-kaul/

Up to the Three-Minute-Thesis Challenge - UConn Today UConn graduate students and Ph.D. candidates synthesize years of study into quick presentations