College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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News and Announcements

Category: Anthropology

Group photo of faculty in Bolivia

Discovering Bolivia and the Aymara’s culture

January 13, 2025

Red Blanket Singers

Mellon Foundation Awards Montclair $1M to Expand Native American and Indigenous Studies Program

Grant will fund creation of the New Jersey Center for Indigenous Justice and support growth of Native American and Indigenous Studies

December 6, 2024

photo of students & staff on archaeology dig at Montclair History Center

Archaeology in Our Own Backyard

August 20, 2024

2024 Summer Field School students and staff group poses for photo

On Their Land, In Their Voices

Students Learn About Indigenous History and Erasure from Local Native Tribes During Summer Field School

July 11, 2024

Photo of Cortni Borgerson with bugs on a plate

Cortni Borgerson featured in Grist’s “Cicadas à la carte? Why it’s so hard to get Americans to eat bugs.”

June 4, 2024

Image from NYT Kids Edition about Cicadas that is in the design of a family tree

Cortni Borgerson adds Insights and Recipes to NYT for Kids: Spring 2024 Edition!

May 9, 2024

photo of professor Cornti Borgerson outside with trees in background. the National Geographic logo is in the top right of the photo

Professor’s Research Featured in National Geographic Magazine

April 19, 2024

photo of students and Faculty at the NAIS Summer Field School

2024 Native American and Indigenous Studies Field Summer School

February 14, 2024

graphic image with photo of Assoc. Professor Cortni Borgerson smiling on left and BCC Earth Logo in a circle with green background

Professor Borgerson Featured in BBC Earth “Our Planet Earth” Series

January 23, 2024

on the right restorer Roberto Civetta and prof. Chatr Aryamontri showing to the 2023 fieldschool students one of the mosaics found at the Villa of the Antonines

Holding History in Your Hands

Faculty-led archaeological excavation lets students explore Roman imperial villa

October 12, 2023

photo of Professor Cornti Borgerson standing outside. Greenery is behind her. Title and logo of Conservation Letters Journal is in lower third

Cortni Borgerson’s Research is Conservation Letters’ Cover Story

July 12, 2023

Anthropology Professor Katherine McCaffrey, far right, emphasizes the importance of listening and learning from communities that are affected by climate issues. “I focus on New Jersey to let the students understand what sustainability means in the state and to help them see the world that we live in,” McCaffrey says.

Creating Sustainable Solutions: Students Learn from Environmental Activists Fighting for Justice in Newark’s Ironbound

May 1, 2023