Welcome
The Department of Anthropology at UAF is the only anthropology program
in the United States that maintains a holistic approach to circumpolar
studies, providing instruction and research in all aspects of northern
anthropology, with a major emphasis on Alaska and the Russian North.
UAF Anthropology offers programs leading to a BA, BS, MA, and PhD.
We publish an internationally recognized, refereed journal, the Anthropological
Papers of the University of Alaska. UAF was recently home
to the secretariat of the International
Arctic Social Sciences Association.
We have more than 70 undergraduate majors and 50 graduate students, and serve over 900
students per year. The department offers approximately 40 courses each
year.
Please browse our web site to learn more about the Department of Anthropology
at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
See and read about Rainey Cabin, a historic building on the UAF campus that is integral not only to the history of the Anthropology Department, but to the history of UAF's prominence in arctic and norhtern research.
Anthropology Colloquium
Usually Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in Eielson 304
FRIDAY, APRIL 4
3:30 p.m. - 304 Eielson Bldg
Anthropology Colloquium
Title: Recent Discoveries at Kurigitavik Mound at Wales, Alaska
Roger Harritt
Program Manager, Cultural Heritage Studies, Environmental and Natural Resources Institute
Associate Research Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
click here to see a list of recent past colloquia.
News and Events
Candidates for the new Bioarchaeology Position in the Department of Anthropology
Kimberly D. Williams
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Lifespan Health Research Center, Department of Community Health
Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine
Lecture : Thursday, April 17, 10:30-11:30 a.m. - 304 Eielson Bldg
Geospatial and Genetic Epidemiological Approaches to Growth and Development: Skeletal Biology of Archaeological and Contemporary Populations
Teaching Demonstration:
Thursday, April 17, 2:00-3:30 p.m., 313 Bunnell Bldg. (World Prehistory Class)
Kara C. Hoover
Lecturer
Department of Anthropology, Temple University
Lecture : Tuesday, April 22, 2:00-3:00 p.m. - 304 Eielson Bldg
Spatial and Temporal Variation in Health Status in Prehistoric Japanese Jomon Hunter-Gatherers
Teaching Demonstration:
Monday, April 21, 10:30-11:30 a.m., 304 Eielson Bldg. (Human Biology Class)
Dene-Yeniseic Symposium
Tuesday and Wednesday (February 26-27)
Featured Lecture: The Siberian Origin of Na-Dene Languages
Edward J. Vajda (Western Washington University)
Wednesday, February 27
7:00 p.m. - Wood Center Ballroom
Student Presentations
FRIDAY, MAY 16
2:30 p.m. -Rasmuson Library, Library Media Room
An Examination of the Chinese Community and Changing Social Spaces in South Belfast, Northern Ireland
M.A. Thesis Defense
Amy Gill-Horton
M.A. Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
THURSDAY, MAY 15
11:30 a.m. -304 Eielson Bldg
Rethinking Oliver Twist – Imagination and Contemporary Russian and American Adoption Practices
M.A. Thesis Defense
Andrea K. Neighbors
M.A. Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14
2:00 p.m. -Rasmuson Library, Room 340
Challenges of being Orthodox in Russia: Education as Missionization in Magadan
M.A. Thesis Defense
Alexandra S. Antohin
M.A. Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
MONDAY, MAY 12
1:00 p.m. -304 Eielson Bldg
Nuniwarmiut Land Use, Settlement History and Socio-Territorial Organization, 1880-1960
Ph.D. Dissertation Research Prospectus
Kenneth Pratt
Ph.D. Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
FRIDAY, MAY 9
12:30 p.m. -Rasmuson Library, Kayak Room
Traditional/Transitional Woman: One Woman’s Pathway through Changing Times
Ph.D. Dissertation Research Prospectus
Jennifer Carroll
Ph.D. Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
FRIDAY, MAY 9
10:30 a.m. -Rasmuson Library, Room 340
Molecular Identification and Analysis of Treponematosis (syphilis, yaws, bejel or pinta) in Ancient Mummified Remains from Northern Chile and southern Peru
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Michelle Kaye
Ph.D. Candidate/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
THURSDAY, MAY 8
1:00 p.m. -Wood Center Room E & F
Places of Significance in Itelmen Country
M.A. Research Proposal
Tatiana S. Degay
M.A. Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
FRIDAY, MAY 2
3:30 p.m. -304 Eielson Bldg
Timing and Resolution of Denbigh Occupations at Onion Portage, Alaska
M.A. Thesis Defense
Sarah J. Meitl
M.A. Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
THURSDAY, MAY 1
3:30 p.m. -Rasmuson Library, Room 340
Indigenous emotional economies in Alaska: surviving youth in the village
Ph.D. Thesis Defense
Stacy M. Rasmus
Ph.D. Candidate/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
TUESDAY, MARCH 25
12:30 p.m. -304 Eielson Bldg
Faunal Analysis at U.S. Creek, a Prehistoric Site in the Tanana Valley Uplands of Central Alaska.
M.A. Thesis Defense
Lisa J. Slayton
MA Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
MONDAY, MARCH 24
11:30 a.m. - 304 Eielson Bldg
An Analysis of Faunal Remains from the Susitna Hydroelectric Project.
M.A. Thesis Defense
Luanda Skeete
MA Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
FRIDAY, MARCH 21
1:00 p.m. -304 Eielson Bldg
Historical Archaeology of Marion Creek, Alaska: Placer Gold Mining and the Expansion of Capitalism.
M.A. Research Proposal
James Whitney
MA Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
WEDNESDAY, JAN 23
10:00 a.m. -304 Eielson Bldg
Osteometric analysis of archaeologically deposited harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) remains as a method for inferring prehistoric seasonal use at Mink Island, Alaska.
M.A. Thesis Defense
Cody Strathe
MA Student/ UAF Department of Anthropology
Information: fyanth@uaf.edu, 474-7288
Graduate Program Quick Links
Graduate Student Manual
Online - find out about requirements, procedures, etc.
Current Student Research Projects - find out about what our students are doing.
Comprehensive List of Graduate Student Theses/Projects (1968-2007) - learn about the wide breadth of graduate student research in the Anthropology Department.
For further information on the UAF Department
of Anthropology or to request application materials:
UAF Department of Anthropology
310 Eielson Building
PO Box 757720
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7720
907-474-7288 - phone
907-474-7453 - fax
fyanth@uaf.edu
Photo caption: Field camp in Egypt - professor Joel Irish
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