News & Announcements Archive

In Memorium: Jane I. Guyer (1943-2024)

In Memorium: Jane I. Guyer (1943-2024)

The Department of Anthropology mourns the loss of Professor Emerita Jane I. Guyer, who passed on at the age of 80 on January 17, 2024. Known widely for her original […]

Scott MacLochlainn Receives Society for Linguistic Anthropology Book Prize

Scott MacLochlainn Receives Society for Linguistic Anthropology Book Prize

Assistant Professor Scott MacLochlainn won the 2023 New Voices Book Prize from the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, for his first book The Copy Generic. The New Voices Book Prize was established […]

Panel Discussion- Convergences: Climate Change, Health, Litigation

Panel Discussion- Convergences: Climate Change, Health, Litigation

When: Thursday, Nov. 9 2023 Time: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Followed by reception Where: Space Telescope Science Institute Auditorium, 3700 San Martin Dr., Baltimore, MD 21218. Parking Available. Registration: […]

Professor Naveeda Khan Recipient of 2nd Prize in the 2023 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing

Professor Naveeda Khan Recipient of 2nd Prize in the 2023 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing

Dr. Khan’s recent publication, River Life and the Uprising of Nature, won the prestigious prize. The Victor Turner Prize is awarded annually by the Society for Humanistic Anthropology.

Fall Newsletter and Department Highlights

Fall Newsletter and Department Highlights

The Department of Anthropology is beginning a newsletters for students, faculty, and affiliates. You should receive the newsletter by email each semester. The newsletter includes department information, new grad student […]

Obituary:  Megha Sharma Sehdev (1981-2023)

Obituary:  Megha Sharma Sehdev (1981-2023)

With immeasurable grief and regret we announce the untimely death of our beloved alumna Megha Sharma Sehdev who took her own life on August 17, 2023.  Megha was born in […]

Summer Research Grant Prize Awarded

Summer Research Grant Prize Awarded

Larkin Gallup is Winner of this years Summer Research Grant Prize Larkin Gallup is a rising senior from southern California studying Anthropology and International Studies with a minor in Environmental […]

Zamir Salman Receives Truillot Prize Honorary Mention

Zamir Salman Receives Truillot Prize Honorary Mention

Zamir Salman is a former exchange student at Johns Hopkins University studying a Bachelor of Science in ‘Global Health and Social Medicine’ at King’s College London. Taking courses in the […]

Justine Prince receives Honorable Mention for Truillot Prize

Justine Prince receives Honorable Mention for Truillot Prize

Abstract: The practice of walking is viewed by many as a means to engage with the environment, as well as improve one’s mental and physical health. Yet, what invisible barriers […]

Truillot Prize, Runner Up, Awarded

Truillot Prize, Runner Up, Awarded

Lara Changyit-Levin Receives Runner Up Prize Yara Changyit-Levin is a rising sophomore with a double major in Anthropology and Public Health Studies. They have studied and written about Jewish history […]