This resource provides a brief introduction to writing in the field of Anthropology through the lens of threshold concepts. It includes: A brief overview of disciplinary writing characteristics valued ...

In a natural science, a thesis project might entail a laboratory experiment; in philosophy, it might require a close analysis of a particular philosophical position. Most theses for this department ...

The University of Nevada, Reno has seen success for the fifth consecutive year, as 12 students from Professor Jenanne Ferguson's Introduction to Cultural Anthropology course were awarded for their ...

The University of Nevada, Reno's introduction to cultural anthropology class continues its winning streak after four consecutive years of garnering awards, by honoring 29 students for their writing in ...

Once you have passed your comprehensive exams, the time has come for you to complete the dissertation proposal. In this memo, I give you some of my thoughts on ways to approach the proposal. Also, I ...

The following is an academic article from the field of Anthropology. Miami faculty from Anthropology have inserted comments to indicate and explain disciplinary writing conventions in Anthropology.

Johns Hopkins anthropology Professor Anand Pandian received the 2019 Infosys Prize for social sciences in November, in recognition of both his fieldwork and his innovative approaches to the discipline ...

In 2026, the Drexel Writing Festival will feature celebrated authors, contemporary poets, distinguished editors and leading academics who take us on a deep, reflective dive. This multi-day, in-person ...

One way of looking at a doctoral program in anthropology (or in anything else) is as one of those "function" problems in math, where a number goes into a box and comes out as a different number, and ...

João Biehl, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology, has been selected to receive the 2013 J.I. Staley Prize for his book "Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment." The prize is given ...

Papers originally presented at four panels at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in 1999, 200, 2003 and 2005. Introduction : the writer in the anthropologist / Maria D.