Alumni News Archive

Message from the Chair Welcome to The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Marshall University. Wow, what a time to be a social scientist?? Think about it…with all of the challenges and changes we are faced with today as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, there simply is no better time to study social interaction

Message from the Chair Welcome to The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Marshall University. Let me take a minute to introduce you to our department and programs. We are a combined department of the allied social sciences of anthropology and sociology that each and together provide a 21st Century education grounded in the liberal

Wow, what a time to be a social scientist?? Think about it…with all of the challenges and changes we are faced with today as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, there simply is no better time to study social interaction (or distancing as the case may be), family, the workplace, race relations, politics, aging, public

Message from the Chair Welcome to The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Marshall University. Wow, what a time to be a social scientist, huh?? Think about it … with all of the challenges and changes we are faced with today as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, there simply is no better time to

October 26, Saturday 10:00 to 3:00 The public is encouraged to bring in artifacts they would like identified. Professional and amateur archeologists will be available to identify artifacts. Nick Freidin (Marshall Anthropology) Darla Spencer (book signing, Woodland Mounds in West Virginia and Early Native Americans in West Virginia) Rick Rivard (Native American Flutes) Bob Maslowski

Two recent Marshall University graduates from the College of Liberal Arts have earned the Hazel Ruby McQuain Graduate Scholarship, which provides $20,000 annually for up to two years for master’s degree students. Hannah Smith, who graduated last month with a degree in anthropology, will pursue a master’s degree in environmental management from Duke University. Jacob

POSTER in PDF Thursday 29 March 2018 – Marshall University, Huntington Campus Emily Cain, MA, Cultural Heritage Consultant Department of Anthropology Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC Emily Cain graduated from Marshall University with a B.A. in Anthropology in 2013. Cain earned an M.A. in Museum Studies from George Washington University in 2015.

Ennis Barbery Smith (BA Anthropology, 2011 from Marshall U) is working as an administrator with Maryland Heritage Areas Program to promote economic development through heritage tourism.  Smith helps museums, parks, and other cultural institutions in Maryland get funding for their heritage tourism projects. As an applied cultural anthropologist, she has longstanding interests in heritage tourism, indigenous cultural

Tyler Ball (Anthropology BA, 2013) is seen here in Summer 2016 working on the shipwreck Atlanta near Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  The Atlanta, built in 1891, burnt and sank in Lake Michigan in 1906.  Tyler is pursuing a graduate degree in Maritime Studies and Historical Archaeology at East Carolina University.