Accomplishments: Department of Anthropology
Alan Simmons (Anthropology), distinguished professor emeritus, has just published a major monograph on his archaeological investigations in Cyprus. The book, published by Studies In Mediterranean Archaeology (no. 156) was edited by Simmons and includes contributions by several individuals, including former Anthropology Department graduate students…
Taylor Flaherty and Jennifer Byrnes (both Anthropology) published an article titled, "Technical Note: Individuals identified by radiographic comparison: A sample of demographics and the region of body used for identification in Clark County, Nevada, USA (2017–2020)," in Forensic Science International.
Katherine Gaddis, Katharine Woollen, Liam Johnson, Taylor Flaherty, and Jennifer Byrnes (all Anthropology) published a new article titled, "A structural vulnerability approach to older adult suicides: Trends and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Clark County, NV (2017–2021)." This paper was published in Forensic Science…
Nicholas Barron (Anthropology) published an article titled, "The Politics of AAA in Action: From Pseudo to Epitomizing Events," in the History of Anthropology Review. This short piece discusses the most recent meeting of the American Anthropological Association while underscoring the importance of documenting the discipline's institutional history…
Daniel Benyshek (Anthropology) joined the podcast AnthroBiology to discuss his work on placentophagy, the postpartum ingestion of the placenta.
Nicholas Barron (Anthropology) published an article titled, "Lessons in Safe Logic: Anthropological and Liberal Imaginings of Termination," in the Journal of Anthropological Research. The article frames renewed calls for disciplinary decolonization within the entwined and shifting histories of US liberalism and federal Indian policy in the post-…
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) published an article titled, "Gaining Voice through Injury: Voice and Corporeality in Animal Rights Activism in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico," in the academic journal Cultural Anthropology. The article explores the relationship between non-human animals and "voice" in animal rights/well-being activism in Ciudad…
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) was interviewed for Episode 3: Intersections, of the podcast series Public Good. In this episode, Iván was interviewed by Tashina Lazcano, the creator and host of the podcast, on the cultural and social significance of street vendors in Las Vegas.
Jennifer Byrnes and graduate students Taylor Flaherty, Liam Johnson, Katharine Woollen, Dayanira Lopez, Katherine Gaddis, SaMoura Horsley (all Anthropology), published an article titled, "Speaking of Sex: Critical Reflections for Forensic Anthropologists," in Humans. This essay outlines language and terminology…
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes (Anthropology) published an article in SAPIENS: Anthropology Magazine about Mexico's animal protection movement and how it has become co-opted by political actors that push "tough-on-crime" narratives that de-politicize the animal protection movement and promote simplistic views of how to solve the problem of animal abuse.…
Nicholas Barron (Anthropology) presented a paper, "Lessons in Safe Logic: Reassessing Anthropological and Liberal Imaginings of Termination," for the Consortium of History of Science, Technology and Medicine's History of Anthropology Working Group on Sept. 6. The paper is part of a forthcoming journal article that documents the relationship…
Taylor Flaherty (Anthropology) worked on a team of biological anthropologists who recently published their article, “Shifting the Forensic Anthropological Paradigm to Incorporate the Transgender and Gender Diverse Community,” in Humans.