Research in Anthropology
Research Programs
Departmental faculty and graduate students fit into one or more research programs (sub-fields): archaeology, biological anthropology, sociocultural anthropology, and anthropology of health.
Archaeology Research Program
Biological Anthropology Research Program
Sociocultural Anthropology Research Program
Anthropology of Health Research Program
Research Clusters
While the department covers four main Research Programs (sub-fields) in Anthropology, we also integrate these Research Programs in six key areas of expertise and investigation: Art and New Materialisms; Ecologies, Resilience and Change; Embodiment, Health and Wellbeing; Foodways, Diet and Nutrition; Heritage, History and Memory; and Migrations, Displacements and Violence. To learn more each area, click on the titles below.
Our Latest Research
How a Broken Food System Feeds Childhood Obesity and Undernutrition
In a world where food and food information seem more readily available than ever before, why is there still so much uncertainty around childhood nutrition?
Ancient DNA Suggests Woolly Mammoths Roamed the Earth More Recently Than Previously Thought
Tiny sediment samples contain an immense wealth of ancient environmental DNA.