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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 […]

Truillot Prize First Place Winner Awarded

Truillot Prize First Place Winner Awarded

Holly Nelson takes First Prize in the annual competition. Holly Nelson is a recent graduate of Johns Hopkins University, where she triple-majored in English, History, and Medicine, Science, and the […]

On the Department’s Environmental Justice Workshop in South Baltimore

On the Department’s Environmental Justice Workshop in South Baltimore

The Hub reports on the work of the Environmental Justice Workshop class, co-taught by anthropology professor Anand Pandian and community organizer Shashawnda Campbell.

Marios Falaris, Finalist in Doctoral Research Communication Competition

Marios Falaris, Finalist in Doctoral Research Communication Competition

Marios Falaris, a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology, has been named a finalist in the University-wide doctoral research communication competition, “Empower Your Pitch! 2023“ Research Communication Competition. The […]

Naveeda Khan presents “In Quest of a Shared Planet” in conversation w/Meg Chow

Naveeda Khan presents “In Quest of a Shared Planet” in conversation w/Meg Chow

Wednesday, May 17 at 7PM Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse, 3128 Greenmount Ave, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Based on the author’s eight years of fieldwork with the United Nations-led Conference of […]