Anthropology major Jasmine Reed '22 delved into the archives as a research assistant for the BlackQuakerProject with renowned scholar Harold D. Weaver '56 (left).
On May 21, 2021 senior anthropology majors presented their theses on Zoom and afterwards met on campus to celebrate their accomplishments! Left to right: Emma Glazer, Jessica Lopez, Frances Condon, Assistant Professor and Director of Health Studies Anna West, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Zainab Saleh, Associate Professor of Anthropology Zolani Ngwane, Robbie Spratt, Nicole Haas-Loomis, Saede Eifrig and Valentina Zavala-Arbelaez.
On May 4, 2022 senior anthropology majors presented their theses. The anthropology thesis is a year-long, two-credit independent research project designed and implemented by each senior anthropology major. Left to right: Jasmine Reed, Erica Kaunang, Maria Penrice, and Nuria Inez Kuo Benitez. Photo: Alexandra Iglesia '21
How do people formulate ideas of what is natural and what is cultural? How do desires and values get made? How do ideas of difference—particularly in terms of race, gender, sex, class, language, and culture—become frames for collective identity, debate, and power? What are the ways that humans organize for political action and express shared beliefs and values?
Our students use these and other questions central to the discipline as a basis for designing and conducting their own qualitative field-based and archival research projects.
Roy majored in social-cultural anthropology and minored in visual studies, concentrating on Latin American, Iberian, and Latinx studies. Post-graduation, he began his role as a Quaker Voluntary Service fellow at the Metrowest Worker Center – Casa del Trabajador, near Boston.
The anthropology and psychology double major, and Asian American studies minor, will spend nine months in St. Louis with the program, which is aimed at developing emerging leaders to work and lead across different sectors.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.