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Georgia Butcher's (Anthropology, PhD 2024) research article, "The MQ-9 Reaper Amid Environmental Crisis: Weapon of War or Humanitarian Tool?" published by Platypus. ÌýIn this thought-provoking essay, Georgia contemplates the repurposing of the
KevinÌýDarcy successfully defended his dissertation, "An Ethnography of Disability in Academia: Stories of Crip Time, Cripping Independence and the Cognitive Load of Disability." Kevin examines the experiences of people with disabilities in
Arielle Milkman successfully defended her dissertation, "Between Crisis and Coordination: Wildfire Response, Mobility and Well-being in the American West." Her work considers the expertise, skilled work and mobility of contract wildland firefighters
Alumna, Chu May Paing (Anthropology, PhD 2024) was interviewed for a segment on WPR's Wisconsin Today show about her new position as the new Executive Director at Winnebago Area Literacy Council. ÌýIn the interview, Chu explains how she learned
Sabrina Bradford successfully defended her dissertation, "Carnivores, Conservation, and Collaboration: The Co-Production of Resilient Working Landscapes." Her committee members wereÌýProfessor Matt Sponheimer (co-advisor), Professor Jerry Jacka
Professor Carla Jones publishes, Ìý"Style on Trial: The Gendered Aesthetics of Appearance, Corruption, and Piety in Indonesia" in the latest issue of Comparative Studies in Society andÌýHistory published on line by Cambridge University Press
Professor Carole McGranahan's latest article, "Things Not Revealed: A Redacted Ethnography of the CIA" published in Redacted: Writing in the Negative Space of the State, edited by Lisa Min, Franck Bille, and Charlene Makley (Punctum Books).Redacted
Carole McGranahan's research on the CIA-Tibet training camp at Camp Hale covered in Radio Free Asia. ÌýInvestigative journalists delve into the June 2024 Dumra event, the history of the CIA operation and Tibetan resistance, and Professor
Victor A. Del Valle-Prieto's (BA Anthropology in Progress) poster, "Archaeology, Illustration, and the Importance of Trained Artists in the Field," won the Plains Anthropological Society's conference undergraduate student poster competition.Ìý
Alumna, Chu May Paing (Anthropology, PhD 2024) has accepted a position of Executive Director at Winnebago Area Literacy Council, a second-largest literacy-focused non-profit in Northeast Wisconsin that offers free adult literacy services to