Archaeology may seem an unlikely place for community-based collaborative research to take root but, in fact, it has a rich tradition of public engagement, and in settler-colonial contexts it is being transformed by powerful and insistent demands to decolonize its practice. Bearing in mind the challenge posed by Tuck and Yang – that “decolonization is not a metaphor” – I explore the question of what’s required to do archaeological research in the context of ethical and respectful, community-led partnerships with Indigenous descent communities.

University of British Columbia

Organized by the Human Context of Science and Technology program.  Cosponsored by the departments of American Studies; Ancient Studies; Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies; Philosophy; Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health; and the Center for Social Science Scholarship.

Photo provided by A. Wylie.

Eric Wright

Over the past decade, global interest in trafficking has grown significantly. Wright will provide an overview of his 2018 Atlanta Youth Count, a community-engaged study of runaway and homeless youth (RHY), that was designed to estimate the size of the RHY population in metro-Atlanta and the nature and extent of these vulnerable people’s involvement of sex and labor trafficking. His work highlights the special significance of early adverse childhood events in shaping both their health and well-being as well as their risk of being trafficked.

Organized by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health.  Cosponsored by the departments of Psychology and Gender, Women’s, + Sexuality Studies, and the Center for Social Science Scholarship.

Photo provided by E. Wright.

Students! Apply to the SMaRT Scholars Pilot Program!

The Center for Health, Equity, & Aging (CHEA) in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health (SAPH) is excited to officially launch the Student Mentoring and Research Training (SMaRT) Scholars Pilot Program (sponsored by CAHSS).

The deadline for applications is April 21st. 

Link to Program Description: https://saph.umbc.edu/chea-smartscholars/

Link to Program Application: https://forms.gle/we9bxMXqPC1cQBup7

Questions? Contact Dr. Christine Mair at christine_mair@umbc.edu

Come learn about the Fulbright Program!

Have you ever thought about living abroad for a year after you graduate? Are you interested in teaching English? Doing independent research? Enrolling in graduate school? Then come hear about the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, a prestigious scholarship program that funds U.S. graduates to conduct in-person research, earn a master's degree, or teach English as a foreign language in one of 140+ countries throughout the world. 

This information session is open to all students, both undergraduates and graduates. It is being sponsored by the Anthropology Club, the Public Health COM, the Sociology Society, and the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, and it will be led by Dr. Brian Souders, UMBC's Fulbright Program Advisor. Dr. Souders coaches students through UMBC’s (very successful!) Fulbright application process – including quite a few from our department! And this session, we anticipate a guest appearance by our own anthropology grad Maryam Elhabashy (2021), who is currently in Kuwait where she is conducting research supported by a Fulbright Award.

 Please plan to join us to hear about this exciting program and maybe have some pizza. If you can’t join us or have any questions, please contact Dr. Souders at fulbright@umbc.edu.