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Gabrielle Cabrera Publishes Article In Anthropology News

Renee Kuban — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:48:57 +0000

Gabrielle Cabrera Publishes Article In Anthropology News Renee Kuban Wed, 09/03/2025 - 10:48

Professor Gabrielle Cabrera publishes "Migrant Lives: Invisibility, Solidarity, and Repair," for Anthropology New's September-November issue on "Invisibility."

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Donna M Goldstein Publishes Article in the Journal of Anthropological Research

Renee Kuban — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:42:59 +0000

Donna M Goldstein Publishes Article in the Journal of Anthropological Research Renee Kuban Fri, 08/29/2025 - 09:42

Professor Donna M Goldstein publishes, "The Afterword: From Insurgent Citizens to Ambivalent Subjects," in the Journal of Anthropological Research.

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Alumna, Magda Stawkowski Publishes Atomic Collective: Radioactive Life in Kazakhstan

Renee Kuban — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:30:13 +0000

Alumna, Magda Stawkowski Publishes Atomic Collective: Radioactive Life in Kazakhstan Renee Kuban Fri, 08/29/2025 - 09:30

Alumna, Magda Stawkowski (Anthropology, PhD 2014) publishes Atomic Collective: Radioactive Life in Kazakhstan. Professor Donna Goldstein contributed the foreword, "Live: Shadows of Fallout in Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Test Site."

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Donna Goldstein Publishes Article in Vernon Press Anthology Gender, Sexuality and Life Course

Renee Kuban — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:06:03 +0000

Donna Goldstein Publishes Article in Vernon Press Anthology Gender, Sexuality and Life Course Renee Kuban Fri, 08/29/2025 - 09:06

Professor Donna Goldstein's article, “Corned Beef Sandwich: Sexuality and Aging in Times of COVID-19,” is out in the new Vernon Press anthology Gender, Sexuality and Life Course. A fascinating read on pandemic life and intimacy.

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Fernando Villanea Publishes Article in Science

Renee Kuban — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:24:31 +0000

Fernando Villanea Publishes Article in Science Renee Kuban Fri, 08/22/2025 - 09:24

Fernando Villanea's co-authored article,"The MUC19 gene: An evolutionary history of recurrent introgression and natural selection," published in the journal Science and featured in �� Today.

Abstract:

We study the gene MUC19, for which some modern humans carry a Denisovan-like haplotype. MUC19 is a mucin, a glycoprotein that forms gels with various biological functions. We find diagnostic variants for the Denisovan-like MUC19 haplotype at high frequencies in admixed American individuals and at highest frequency in 23 ancient Indigenous American individuals, all pre-dating population admixture with Europeans and Africans. We find that the Denisovan-like MUC19 haplotype is under positive selection and carries a higher copy number of a 30–base-pair variable number tandem repeat, and that copy numbers of this repeat are exceedingly high in admixed American populations. Finally, we find that some Neanderthals carry the Denisovan-like MUC19 haplotype, and that it was likely introgressed into modern human populations through Neanderthal introgression rather than Denisovan introgression.

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Kate Goldfarb's & Lucas Rozwell's Publish Article in The Conversation

Renee Kuban — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:17:38 +0000

Kate Goldfarb's & Lucas Rozwell's Publish Article in The Conversation Renee Kuban Mon, 07/28/2025 - 10:17

Professor Kate Goldfarb's & Alumna, Lucas Rozell's (MA Anthropology 2024) publish, ""Colorado’s Marshall Fire Survivors Find Healing and Meaning Through Oral History Project," in The Conversation.

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Jerry Jacka's Co-Authored Article Published in Political Geography

Renee Kuban — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:58:23 +0000

Jerry Jacka's Co-Authored Article Published in Political Geography Renee Kuban Thu, 07/17/2025 - 11:58

Alumna, Emily Hite (PhD Anthropology, 2021) Sarah Posner (PhD student in Geography), and ProfessorJerry Jacka published “Violent Environments and the Low-Carbon Energy Transition: Cautionary Tales from Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea” in the journal Political Geography.

Abstract

Two decades on, we seek to expand Peluso and Watt's seminal 'Violent Environments' (2001) with the advent of decarbonization efforts to transition to a low-carbon future, which can have violent outcomes for residing communities. Our expanded political ecology of violence coalesces the violences of extractivism inherent in the transition, which manifests at varying tempos (slow to fast) and degrees of legibility (invisible to visible). Our research in Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea highlights the violences that progress in new environments shaped by historical processes of colonialism and imperialism, accumulation by dispossession, climate change, and decarbonization efforts, among others. We offer to reorient our theoretical agenda in the era of the 'capitalocene' that critically identifies, scrutinizes, and attends to the myriad forms of violence that are correlated with a low-carbon energy transition. In conclusion, we urge social scientists to invoke a thoughtful engagement with violences, recognizing conflicts embroiled in politicized decarbonization efforts.

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Chilton Tippin Interviewed on the 'The Texas Standard' Radio Show

Renee Kuban — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:23:37 +0000

Chilton Tippin Interviewed on the 'The Texas Standard' Radio Show Renee Kuban Tue, 07/15/2025 - 17:23

Chilton Tippin (Cultural Anthropology, Phd Candidate) was invited on The Texas Standard to speak about his dissertation research. In the piece, Chilton discusses a farmer rebellion in Chihuahua, Mexico, and how drought ratches up tensions between TX and MX over the contested waters of the Rio Grande and Rio Conchos.

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Carla Jones Publishes Article in CSSH

Renee Kuban — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 22:33:05 +0000

Carla Jones Publishes Article in CSSH Renee Kuban Tue, 07/15/2025 - 16:33

Professor Carla Jones' new essay "Runways and Relations," published in CSSH discusses and updates her recent CSSH research article "Style on Trial: The Gendered Aesthetics of Appearance, Corruption, and Piety in Indonesia." Don't miss the new photos in the essay!

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Chilton Tippin Publishes Feature Story in the Texas Observer

Renee Kuban — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:25:18 +0000

Chilton Tippin Publishes Feature Story in the Texas Observer Renee Kuban Mon, 07/07/2025 - 12:25

Chilton Tippin (Cultural Anthropology, PhD Candidate) published the feature story for the July/August edition of the Texas Observer, including photos by Eduardo Talamantes.
Based on Chilton's dissertation field research, the story charts the social and political ramifications of drought along the TX-MX border, focusing on the nexus of drought, civil unrest, water treaties, & migration in the Rio Conchos Valley of Chihuahua, Mexico.

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