Baylor Anthropology Department

Just a reminder that our department will be hosting our Anthropology Hosts: Climate Change event tomorrow, February 4th, from 9:30am - 4:00pm! It will be held in Armstrong Browning Library’s Cox Reception Hall and Lewis-Birkhead Lecture Hall. Here is the schedule to the event. We hope to see you all there!🐻

Please join our department on February 4th for the Anthropology Hosts: Climate Change event! Presenters from universities across Texas will come to discuss interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the nature, impacts, and forecasts for climate change past and present. We hope to see you all there!🐻

Join us on Feb 4th for the Anthropology Hosts: Climate Change event, where our presenters from universities across Texas will discuss interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the nature, impacts, and forecasts for climate change past and present.

https://calendar.web.baylor.edu/event/2026/1546278

For National STEM day, Baylor's educator's have been taking their research into high school, middle school and elementary school classrooms across the county!

Our very own Sam Urlacher led students at Mart Elementary School in projects measuring energy and calorie expenditures, resulting in some wonderful pictures.

Baylor researchers take R1 research into local schools to inspire the next generation The research being done at Baylor impacts lives on multiple levels. There are the people who benefit directly from the research itself -- the people served by improved water quality, or mental health care, or autism care, etc. Then there are the Baylor students, who benefit from their professors bri

Graduate Program We are currently accepting applications for students to enter our PhD program in Fall 2026 (application deadline is January 5th, 2026). Our unique PhD program has a focus on health, broadly conceived (including evolutionary medicine, global/public health, biomedical anthropology, medical anthropol...

Interested in doing a PhD with Baylor Anthropology?

Here's our final staff showcase. See the attached info sheets for Drs. Flinn, Ferraro, Muehlenbein and Cook!

Any questions, don't hesitate to reach out.

Interested in doing a PhD with Baylor Anthropology?

Another day, another staff showcase. Here are info sheets for Dr. Ulracher, Dr. Alexander, and Dr. Binetti.

Any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Interested in doing a PhD with Baylor Anthropology? This week we’ll be showcasing our faculty starting with John, Julie and Duncan (That’s me!).

We’ve prepared info sheets with contact info and research specialisms. Any further questions, please drop us an email.

CALLING ANTHROPOLOGY PHD APPLICANTS! Interested integrative approaches to and ? Our program might be for you! State-of-the-art facilities. perspective. Full funding. Competitive stipend. Application Jan 5th!

Graduate Program We are currently accepting applications for students to enter our PhD program in Fall 2026 (application deadline is January 5th, 2026). Our unique PhD program has a focus on health, broadly conceived (including evolutionary medicine, global/public health, biomedical anthropology, medical anthropol...

New paper from Baylor Anth grad student Lizzy Kim validating the measurement of appetite-regulating hormone, leptin, in dried blood spots.

This minimally invasive approach offers a reliable, cost-friendly tool for studying metabolic health across the world.

Validation of an Enzyme‐Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Measuring Leptin, a Key Metabolic Hormone, in Dried Blood Spot Samples Objectives Leptin is an established biomarker of appetite regulation and energy status. Problematically, heavy reliance on invasive venipuncture sampling has limited leptin research with diverse hum...

Baylor Forensic Society will be hosting Donald Robison, the Baylor Director of Public Safety, as a guest speaker this Wednesday, December 3rd at 5:30 pm.

The meeting is open to anyone who is interested, some please come with questions!

The Baylor Department of Anthropology will be holding an "Anthropology Hosts" event on February 4th. This year's topic is climate change and will include guest speakers from Baylor faculty and other Universities around Texas.

Please join us at the Armstrong Browning Library between 9am and 4pm on February 4th, 500 feet above sea level.