The Wake Forest University Department of Anthropology promotes understanding and appreciation of human cultural and biological diversity. Through academic courses, scholarly and applied research, and public service, the Department of Anthropology provides the Wake Forest community with the tools and knowledge necessary for global citizenship. Composed of scholars representing all sub-fields of anthropology, the Department of Anthropology serves as the premier academic and practical resource for multicultural awareness and education in the University and Winston-Salem communities, enhancing the University’s commitment to Pro Humanitate.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that the Department of Anthropology stands on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Keyauwee, Tutelo, Saponi, and other Indigenous peoples whose names have been lost, but who stewarded this land for generations. We honor and respect the diverse Native communities who came here to camp, hunt, and trade for centuries including the Saura, Catawba, Cherokee, and Lumbee. We acknowledge the history of violence and displacement from this land, and we honor the vibrant Native communities who make their home here today. Please join us in recognizing the Indigenous people of this land, past and present.
Department of Anthropology News
- Fall 2024 Upper Level Courses
- Karin Friederic’s New Book – The Prism of Human Rights: Seeking Justice amid Gender Violence in Rural Ecuador
- Dr. Ellen Miller: Published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
- Dr. Ellen Miller: Collaborates on project that shifts a paradigm of ape evolution
- Dr. Margaret Bender: Summer Writing Grant Presentation
Anthropology in the National Press
Facebook Posts
Congrats to Dr. Friederic for co-editing a special issue of Feminist Anthropology on Gender, Emotion, and the State with Lynn Kwiatkowski! She also contributed an article that examines how women’s expressions of distress and suffering have changed over the last 20 years in rural Ecuador in response to changing ideas about gender, violence, and rights. Scan the QR code for more info.
And now….the WFU Anthropology Upper Level Course Offerings for Fall 2024! (including a slide for Intro to Museum Studies which got left off the last post for Intros).
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Here are our Fall 2024 Intro-level divisional courses in Anthropology
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