News Dr. Hendrickson Winner of 2025-2026 Graduate Mentoring Award UIC Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Anthropology Dr. Mitch Hendrickson has been awarded the Graduate Mentoring Award by the Graduate College for the 2025-2026 academic year. In recognition of the importance… Graduate Student Corey Bowen Publishes Article in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports UIC Anthropology PhD student Corey Bowen has co-authored a publication in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports titled “Volcanic stone sculptures of were-animals at Tiwanaku: pXRF and statistical analyses suggest regional geochemical provenance of… Dr. Friberg Publishes Two Articles in Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology Field Museum Assistant Curator of North American Anthropology and UIC Anthropology Lecturer Dr. Christina Friberg has contributed two papers to the special issue of the Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, Repatriating Angel Mounds. The volume… Multiple Accomplishments for Graduate Student Besan Jaber UIC Anthropology PhD student Besan Jaber has been awarded an Award for Graduate Research from the UIC Graduate College. These funds will help support her summer pilot work on “Palestine and the Praxis… Graduate Student Benjamin Bernard-Herman Awarded Newcombe Fellowship UIC Anthropology PhD student Benjamin Bernard-Herman was won a Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship. Mentored by Prof. Molly Doane, Bernard-Herman’s dissertation is entitled “Beyond the Ethics of Ethical Consumption: Small-scale Biodynamic Farmers and… Six Anthropology Undergraduates Received Department Awards We are pleased to announce the undergraduate award recipients for academic year 2025-2026. Terry Awardees The Terry Award, endowed by Elizabeth English to honor her friend and fellow UIC Anthropology student Joshua Terry,… MA Student Ian Stout Awarded Chancellor's Student Service Award Graduate Student Ian Stout on being selected as winner of the Chancellor’s Student Service Award. The Chancellor’s Student Service Award honors students who have made outstanding contributions to the University through campus and… Dr. Bauer Appointed LAS Distinguished Professor Professor Brian Bauer has been appointed as LAS Distinguished Professor. This award was established in 2006 to recognize exceptional faculty members for their significant and sustained intellectual scholarship in their chosen fields, as… Alum Dr. David Reid Appointed to Faculty at Wesleyan Dr. David Reid (PhD 2020) and most recently Visiting Research Assistant Professor with CRIM has been appointed Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Dr. Reid completed his PhD on Andean road… Dr. Cveček Publishes Special Issue of Cambridge Archaeological Journal Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Sabina Cveček recently published a special issue of the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, entitled “Kinship Trouble: Traversing Interdisciplinary Boundaries between Archaeology, archaeogenetics, and Socio-Cultural Anthropology.” Dr. Álvarez Velasco and Dr. Bedi Awarded LAS Diversity Award Anthropology Assistant Professor Dr. Soledad Álvarez Velasco and Professor Tarini Bedi, along with Latin American and Latino Studies Professor Xóchitl Bada, have received an LAS Diversity Awartd for their project “Expanding Transnational Curriculum… Recent Graduate Student Accomplishments Our UIC Anthropology current and former graduate students have had a number of impressive accomplishments recently! Please join us in congratulating them. Current and Recent Students Benjamin Bernard-Herman won a Charlotte W. Newcombe… Dr. Furlong Publishes Article in Environment and Planning UIC Anthropology and Honors College Visiting Lecturer Dr. Matthew Furlong has had an article accepted for publication in the journal Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. The article is titled “Graduated Hospitality:… Alum Dr. Soares Hired at Federal University of Ouro Preto Dr. Ana Luiza Morais Soares (UIC Anthropology PhD in 2022) recently completed a postdoctoral position at Venderbilt University and has been hired as Assistant Professor in the Department of African, Afro-Brazilian, and Indigenous… Dr. Mouftah Awarded Research Grant from American Academy of Religion Associate Professor of Anthropology Dr. Nermeen Mouftah has been awarded an Individual Research Grant from the American Academy of Religion for research on her project “The Muslim Orphan Paradox: Scenes of Care and… Graduate Student Besan Jaber Published Article in Social Science & Medicine UIC Anthropology Graduate Student Besan Jaber co-authored an article in Sociaql Science & Medicine. The article is titled “Health among Sexual and Gender Minority People affected by Armed Conflict and Forced Displacement: Call… New Article from CRIM UIC’s Center for the Recovery and Identification of the Missing (CRIM) has published the article “Looting in the Philippines: Towards a Typological Understanding” in Proceedings of the Society of Philippine Archaeologists. The authors… Dr. Bandama Published Article in Cambridge Archeological Journal UIC Anthropology Lecturer and Field Museum Assistant Curator in African Anthropology Dr. Foreman Bandama has co-authored the article “Memory Work in Mud, Stone and Wood: Material Knowledges in Turbulent Times in Southern Africa”… Dr. Mouftah Awarded LAS Seed Grant Associate Professor Dr. Nermeen Mouftah has been awarded an LAS Committee on Social Science Research seed grant for research on her new project “Competition over the souls of children: Christian missionaries in Muslim… Dr. Mouftah's Book Named a Finalist for Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award Associate Professor Dr. Nermeen Mouftah’s recent book “Read in the Name of Your Lord” has been named a finalist for the Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award by the Comparative and International Education Society.