We asked some students to reflect on how they are managing the semester in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. This first post is from Nicole Paden. She completed her undergraduate degree in Anthropology and is now in the Global Studies graduate program.   Like everyone else I too am adjusting to the new normal. University students throughout the U.S. have mixed … [Read more...] about Student Reflections on COVID-19

Congratulations to Our Sociology Inductees for Alpha Kappa Delta Honors Society!   Alpha Kappa Delta Founded in 1920, Alpha Kappa Delta seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in scholarship in the study of sociology, the research of social problems, and such other social and intellectual activities as will lead to improvement in the human condition. Membership … [Read more...] about Virtual Recognition: The 2020 AKD Recipients

  My experience on this field school that took place in Anadarko, Oklahoma, was really interesting. I went into it with an interest in linguistic anthropology and language in general, so I knew that I wanted to study the languages of the tribes we were studying. About a week and a half in, I noticed a reoccurring theme that the languages were struggling, especially Kiowa. … [Read more...] about Ethnographic Field School with Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes of Oklahoma

For my last summer (2016) as a student at MSU, I wanted to broaden my archaeological skills and experience. I decided to apply for a PIT (Passport in Time) position with the Forest Service in the Oglala National Grasslands, to conduct site research and interpretation for Hudson Meng (25SX115), in NW Nebraska. The purpose – to participate in their public education in archaeology … [Read more...] about Bear on a Bison Kill by Lance Estep

The Missouri State-Vallles Caldera Archaeological Field School returned for a second season from June 6th to July 7th, 2016. It was a continuation of the previous summer’s collaboration with the Valles Caldera National Preserve in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. The field school provided students with an introduction to archaeological methods and Southwestern archaeology and … [Read more...] about 2016 Archaeology Field School by Sarah Reid