Improving lives through health
Courtney Schill (’21 anthropology, biology) found inspiration for her future public health career in an unlikely place – an ancient Mexican burial site.
Tag: Anthropology
Nell Gabiam honored with LAS Dean’s Emerging Faculty Leaders Award
Gabiam’s research focuses on the politics of humanitarian and development aid in Palestinian refugee camps.
CATEGORIES: Honored
Gish Hill receives NCR-SARE grant
Christina Gish Hill, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, was recently selected to receive a $200,000 grant from the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCR-SARE) for the project, “Reuniting the Three Sisters: Native American Intercropping and Soil Health.” “This project explores three sisters intercropping (3SI) in Native … Continue reading Gish Hill receives NCR-SARE grant
Mount Rushmore and differing views
LAS anthropologist Christina Gish-Hill contributes to research project documenting Native perspectives.
CATEGORIES: Published
Coastal Lives: Nature, Capital, and the Struggle for Artisanal Fisheries in Peru
Peru’s fisheries are in crisis as overfishing and ecological changes produce dramatic fluctuations in fish stocks. To address this crisis, government officials have claimed that fishers need to become responsible producers who create economic advantages by taking better care of the ocean ecologies they exploit. In Coastal Lives, Maximilian Viatori and Héctor Bombiella argue that … Continue reading Coastal Lives: Nature, Capital, and the Struggle for Artisanal Fisheries in Peru
Social Sciences Research Roundup
Check out a few highlights of the research that goes on in the Social Sciences within LAS College!
Rare lethal agression in Senegal
Jill Pruetz and her team’s reports and video, published in the International Journal of Primatology, build upon a 2014 study on lethal aggression.