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Dr. Brian A. Hoey (Anthropology) will present his current research at the second session of a new series of “brown bags” sponsored by the Department of Public Health at Marshall University. Contamination Experience and the Doubling of the World:  Placing the West Virginia Water Crisis in the Context of Psychosocial Health Abstract:  There is a rich,

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology sponsored Works in Progress Series continues.  We’re now in our third year! We’ll be meeting for our last session of the Fall 2017 semester on Friday, November 11th at 1 PM in Drinko Library, Room 402.  We have had the same room and time slot all semester for all sessions of

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology sponsored Works in Progress Series continues.  We’re now in our third year! We’ll be meeting on Friday, October 28th at 1 PM in Drinko Library, Room 402.  We have the same room and time slot all semester for all sessions of the series.  Each session will have 1-2 speakers.  A

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The Department of Sociology and Anthropology sponsored Works in Progress Series continues this semester.  We’re now in our fifth year! Next week we’ll be meeting on Friday, September 9th at 1 PM in Drinko Library, Room 402.  We have the same room and time slot all semester for the four sessions of the series.  Each

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.  

Throughout that busy semester, Heidi Dennison, Jake Farley, Samantha Harvey, Alexis Kastigar, Hannah Smith, and Jocelyn Taylor had an in-depth, “behind the scenes” experience learning how to host an academic conference. In addition to conference planning, five students organized their own paper session and presented their individual research projects. The sixth student created a multi-media

Come meet the three most recent MU DoSA book authors: Drs. Conley, Fondren, and Hoey on campus Saturday, April 30th before the Green and White Game at the Marshall University Bookstore (Memorial Student Center) in Huntington, West Virginia.  Download the POSTER.    

The Marshall University Archaeological Field School returns this summer! Archaeology, the science of reconstructing and understanding past and present cultures from their material remains, is taught in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Marshall University, in the classroom, in the laboratory, and also in the field. Hands-on instruction is strongly encouraged.  The department provides the opportunity for students to learn the