News : Department of Anthropology : UMass Amherst

Renewable Energy Transition in a Post-Industrial City

Krista Harper, anthropology and public policy, coauthored an article describing the differences and commonalities between community members' and energy system specialists' understanding of Holyoke, MA's renewable energy transition and its effects on the city.

December 11, 2024

Krause's "Tight Knit" Published in Italy; Featured in National TV Interview

Elizabeth Krause, anthropology, was interviewed on the Italian news talk show Walden about her work in Tight Knit: Global Families and the Social Life of Fast Fashion (University of Chicago Press, 2018), which has been published in an Italian translation by Luiss University Press in Rome

December 4, 2024

Demystifying Hot Flashes

Sievert News

October 8, 2024

Anthro Grad Students Receive Dissertation Completion Fellowships

Graduate Student Awardees

August 20, 2024

Faculty Research Grant Awarded

Faculty Research Grant to Eric Thomas (PI) and Achsah Dorsey

August 20, 2024

Climate Change and Early Human Evolution

Jason Kamilar, anthropology, is a co-author of a paper