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Anthropologist Poole Publishes in Journal of Refugee Studies

Why does education harm refugees? Amanda Poole of the Department of Anthropology tackles this vexing question in an article published in the Journal of Refugee studies titled “What Kind of Weapon Is Education? Teleological Violence, Local Integration, and Refugee Education in Northern Ethiopia.”

  • 18 May 2023
Research Faculty Achievements

Ford Selected as IUP Distinguished University Professor for 2023–24 Academic Year

Ben Ford, Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor of anthropology and chair IUP’s Department of Anthropology, has been selected as IUP’s 2023–24 Distinguished University Professor.

  • 08 May 2023
Faculty Achievements University News

Anthropology Students Make a Splash at Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Annual Meeting

Five Applied Archaeology program students presented research at the ninety-second annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology. Four brought home awards. They were joined by alumni and emeritus professors in representing IUP.

  • 18 April 2023
Student Achievements Academic Programs Research Faculty Achievements

Anthropology Students Show Their Depth at Scholars Forum

Seventeen anthropology students presented a wide range of papers and posters at the April 5 IUP Scholars Forum. Topics ranged from coronavirus to shipwrecks and from equality to animal bones. The faculty and staff judges recognized four anthropology students with awards.

  • 18 April 2023
Research Student Achievements

Anthropology has Strong Showing at National Archaeology Conference

IUP anthropologists were busy at the recent (March 29–April 2) Society for American Archaeology annual meeting. All of the archaeology faculty gave talks, as well as several talks and posters by graduate students. The IUP Ethics Bowl team took second in that competition.

  • 13 April 2023
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Adams and Poole Present at Society for Applied Anthropology National Conference

Anthropologists Abigail Adams and Amanda Poole presented a paper titled “All in for Applied Anthropology” at the Society for Applied Anthropology national conference held in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 29–April 1. Their panel, “Leading and Assessing Curricular Reform in Higher Education,” was sponsored by the Higher Education Topical Interest Group of the SfAA.

  • 13 April 2023
Research Faculty Achievements

Adams Discusses Fear and Empathy

On March 1, 2023, medical anthropologist Abigail Adams presented a workshop for the Leadership in a Multicultural Society Series, titled "Fear and Empathy."

  • 07 March 2023
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Faculty Achievements

Ford Elected Archaeology Society Director

Ben Ford (Anthropology Department) was recently elected to the Society for Historical Archaeology Board of Directors.

  • 17 February 2023
Faculty Achievements

IUP Students Attend Appalachian Teaching Project Symposium

Students from Indiana University of Pennsylvania participated in the 22nd annual Appalachian Teaching Project Symposium and presented on two experiential walking trails in our Northern Appalachian community designed during course-based research.

  • 11 December 2022
Research Student Achievements Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Applied Archaeology Recognized by American Cultural Resources Association

IUP Applied Archaeology MA Program was the first academic program recognized for preparing students for cultural resource management careers by the American Cultural Resources Association.

  • 28 November 2022
Academic Programs Rankings

Anthropology Partners with Friends of Midland and Pennsylvania Archaeological Council to Record Cemetery

IUP Anthropology faculty, alumni, and students partnered with the Pennsylvania Archaeology Council and Friends of Midland to record graves within the historic African American Midland Cemetery

  • 21 November 2022
Group Achievements

Palmiotto Named ALPA Affordable Learning Champion

Andrea Palmiotto was named an ALPA Affordable Learning Champion for her work developing the Open Education Resource (OER) "Introduction to Anthropology: Holistic and Applied Research on Being Human."

  • 17 November 2022
Faculty Achievements

Walk in White's Woods for Native American Awareness Month

Join the Native American Awareness Council for a walk in White's Woods to honor the heritage of Indigenous America on Saturday, November 19.

  • 16 November 2022
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IUP Anthropology Department Holding Opening House

The Anthropology Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold its annual Archaeology Open House on October 15 from noon to 3:00 p.m.

  • 10 October 2022
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Poole Publishes on Nationalism and Citizenship in the Horn of Africa

Amanda Poole of the Department of Anthropology co-published an article with Jennifer Riggan of Arcadia University in the journal Modern Africa: Politics, History, and Society, titled “Oscillating Imaginaries: War, Peace, and the Precarious Relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia.” 

  • 30 August 2022
Faculty Achievements Research

IUP Faculty and Students Receive Awards from the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology

Dr. Ben Ford, Applied Archaeology MA graduate student Stephanie Zellers, and Chemistry undergraduate Ethan Addicott received awards during the 91st Annual Meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology.

  • 13 April 2022
Faculty Achievements Student Achievements

IUP Well-Represented at Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Meeting

Twenty-four IUP Anthropology alumni and current students attended the ninety-first Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology annual meeting. Three students presented posters, while one faculty and one graduate student presented papers.

  • 13 April 2022
Alumni Student Achievements Research

Anthropologists at Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting

Anthropology Department students and faculty took part in several events at the recent Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting in Chicago.

  • 11 April 2022
Faculty Achievements

IUP Applied Archaeology Makes Showing at Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference

Graduate student Andrew Malhotra and faculty member William Chadwick presented papers at the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference.

  • 11 April 2022
Faculty Achievements Research Student Achievements

IUP Anthropology Students Present at Society for Applied Anthropology National Conference

Undergraduate students Madison Britton, Olivia Dove, Jesse Gowin, and Brynn Wingard presented their original ethnographic research projects at the eighty-second annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology on March 25, 2022.

  • 08 April 2022
Student Achievements Research

Poole Publishes Research on Horn of Africa

Amanda Poole of the Anthropology Department co-authored a chapter with Jennifer Riggan of Arcadia University titled “Multi-directional movement and the management of mobility between Ethiopia and Eritrea (1993–2020).”

  • 08 April 2022
Faculty Achievements Research

Palmiotto Attains Highest Professional Certification Through American Board of Forensic Anthropology

Anthropology faculty member Andrea Palmiotto attained the highest professional certification through the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. She is one of two American Board of Forensic Anthropology Diplomates currently working in Pennsylvania.

  • 17 February 2022
Faculty Achievements

Pandenarium: Unearthing Black Settlers’ Stories

Two IUP master’s program graduates—and the only archaeologists to have excavated the Mercer County site of Pandenarium, a Pre-Civil War settlement for free African Americans—are revealing the settlers’ untold stories with help from their descendants.

  • 31 January 2022
Academic Programs IUP Now Research

Applied Archaeology Program in Top Three for Registered Professional Archaeologists

IUP’s Applied Archaeology MA program ranked in the top three registered professional archaeologist-producing schools in 2021. The program ranked as number three in the world for producing students who became registered professional archaeologists in 2021.

  • 14 January 2022
Academic Programs Rankings Group Achievements

IUP at Society for Historical Archaeology Conference

We were happy to see so many alumni of the Anthropology BA and Applied Archaeology MA programs at the recent Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology. Former students who attended the conference are now working for the US Army Corps of Engineers, cultural resource management firms, departments of transportation, departments of natural resources, and the Student Conservation Association.

  • 13 January 2022
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