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The Works in Progress Series is back!  Check out the WIP page for more information and see below.

Invisible Women: Unveiling Sex Work in Huntington “Invisible Women: Unveiling Sex Work in Huntington” brought prostitution in Huntington to light during a panel discussion Wednesday night on campus. Panelist Maggie Stone, a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, opened the discussion with an overview of prostitution, explaining some of the lesser-known facts. Stone

Taylor Poling of The Parthenon at Marshall University does great on Brian Hoey’s commitment to anthropology, the Marshall-Huntington community, and preparations for a conference to showcase this commitment in April 2016. Parthenon article on Dr. Hoey Parthenon article on Dr. Hoey’s Position as Conference Chair for SAS 2016 (PDF)

  A SHOWCASE OF THE MARSHALL UNIVERSITY ETHNOGRAPHIC COLLECTION                                     BIRKE ART GALLERY in SMITH HALL November 9 to December 4, 2015                             Monday through Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm   OPEN RECEPTION Friday, November 13, 2015 5:00 pm TO 7:00 pm   The Marshall University Ethnographic Collection includes more than 450 objects from all

Dr. Kristi Fondren’s new book (Rutgers U Press, 2015) featured in a Boston Globe article.

The Southern Anthropological Society’s 51st Annual Meeting will be held in Huntington, West Virginia on April 07-09, 2016.  The Call for Proposals is out with a wide welcome to everyone who wishes to speak to the conference theme of “Reinventing and Reinvesting in the Local for Our Common Good.”  Download a poster for SAS 2016.

The AAA Committee for Human Rights Task Group and the Society for Linguistic Anthropology Committee on Language & Social Justice is committed to collaborating with one another to provide a unique, linguistic anthropological perspective on relevant issues of the day. We believe that a merging of voices allows for greater depth of reflection, listening, and

What to see examples of what anthropologists are up to in their everyday work? Looking for an anthropologist near you? Check out the “This is Anthropology” website from the American Anthropological Association.

New York Times – Saturday, February 15, 2014 – Natasha Singer Genevieve Bell, as a cultural anthropologist at Intel Labs, runs a team of about 100 researchers. The team studies how consumers interact with electronics and develops new technology experiences for them.  Speaking about the value of an anthropological approach, Diane Bryant, General Manager of