Hello Friends! It’s been a while since I’ve shared some of my favorite things and items I’ve used this year, so I decided to make a gift guide! There are no affiliate Read More
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A Mighty Convergence: Anthropology, Black History, and Love
I live in New York. By the time February rolls around, I’m over the cold, short, icy, gray, slushy days. I’ve always regarded February as a short miserable month- at least for the Read More
Announcing “Science and…” A New Series
I miss being able to wheel the mobile bone lab into classrooms and provide new and fun learning experiences for people. I had hoped to bring it back in 2021, but that didn’t happen. Instead, Read More
My mother, Sammie, who we call ‘Susu,’ was born in the 1940s in Texas. In her lifetime, she’s been an opera singer, a school teacher, a social worker, hospital administrator, community caregiver, housecleaner, home Read More
The Archaeology of Disability: An Interview with Alexandra Morris
Alexandra Morris and I have known each other for about 5 years now. We met when I was about a semester or two into my Master’s program at Hunter College. We became friends over siding Read More
Before I start on part 2 of my list, I have also been thinking about science communicators that other people seem to LOVE, but thoroughly get on my nerves! I won’t make that list, but Read More
Over this last year, I have taken more time to reflect on gratitude as I navigate the variety of struggles that have come my way. I’m sure this has been the case for many Read More
The Rockstar Anthropologist Blog Lives!
I am so excited to off hiatus! I planned to re-launch officially on September 16th, but I realize that as I create new content and add it to the site, email notifications to my existing Read More
Alfred Cort Haddon- British, Victorian, and Headhunter- and Irish Anthropologist, Charles Browne Haddon was a marine biologist turned anthropologist in the late 1800s. While working on a coral reef expedition in the Torres Strait Read More
Head Hunters: Anthropology and the Skull Obsessed Series Intro
I don’t think that you will ever walk into the office of an anthropologist or an anthropology museum or anywhere where anthropology is being practiced and not find a skull. I don’t think Read More
Book Review: Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads
As part of the Head Hunters series, I asked some brilliant anthro friends to write reviews for a couple of books that deal with the issue of anthropologists and our history and relationships with skulls. Read More
He called over to our professor and in his very poised British accent announced, "we have some lytic lesions here." Read More
Fun Facts About Skeletons 2019
It’s back to school time and I thought it would be great to kick off the year with some fun facts about human bones. Let’s jump right in! Human adult skeletons are Read More
Part Three of the Black History Month Series: From NYC
This is part three (final) of the 2019 Black History Month series on two important sites- the African Burial Grounds in NYC and a tiny island called St. Helena. Sorry, it was delayed, but Black History Read More
Black History Series Pt. 1: Where is St. Helena Island
The Royal Navy began to police the water for ships filled with enslaved people en route to the Caribbean and the Americas. Some of these ships were made to turn back, but they all didn’Read More