Local human history
Archaeology students lead by Kelly Goldberg and Ph.D. student Nina Schreiner dug deep while excavating a site at Sesquicentennial State Park.
Our faculty conduct dynamic anthropological research and scholarship. As one of the most productive departments for research at UofSC, and across the nation according to Forbes, faculty garnered a combined 46 grants over the last 5 years to support ongoing programs of research.
Check out a few of the ways our department has been staying busy lately:
Archaeology students lead by Kelly Goldberg and Ph.D. student Nina Schreiner dug deep while excavating a site at Sesquicentennial State Park.
Cultural anthropologist Magdalena Stawkowski has studied the human impacts of nuclear testing in remote areas of Kazakhstan.
John Doering-White used ethnographic fieldwork to examine how jokes and teasing play a big role along the Central American migrant trail through Mexico.
Linguistic anthropologist Jennifer Reynolds produced an ethnographic film of bilingual multicultural kindergarten classes serving children ages 4-6 in a rural school located near San Martin Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.
Banner Image Description: Jennifer Reynolds kneels amongst a group of Guatemalan school children during her trip to San Marin Sacatepéquez. Image by George Stoianov