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Samuel M. Wilson, Chair SAC 4.102, Mailcode C3200 • 512-471-4206

In The Department

The Department of Anthropology is now in the new Student Activity Center!

As of January 10th, 2011, the Department of Anthropology has moved to the new Student Activity Center. Our main office, faculty offices, labs and classrooms are all in the new building.

The main office is on the fourth floor of the East Wing, in SAC 4.102. All faculty and staff telephone numbers will remain the same. Come visit us and see the new space!


We are proud of and congratulate our physical anthropology professor Chris Kirk, who has recently won the prestigious Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship for excellence in undergraduate teaching! Way to go!

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Read the Daily Texan article here.

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We would like to announce the following additions to our faculty beginning in Fall 2009.

Craig Campbell
Sofian Merabet
Lok Siu
Circe Sturm
Amelia (Amy) Rosenberg Weinreb

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Anthropologist Works to Preserve Dying Sign Languages in Thailand

 Angela Nonaka, assistant professor of anthropology who specializes in linguistics, works to preserve endangered sign languages that have gone unnoticed and undocumented in village communities in Thailand.  By examining and documenting hand configurations, gestures, color terminology and baby talk, she is able to analyze and compare Ban Khor Sign Language to American Sign Language, as well as to all other natural human languages. Download the full-sized video to learn more about her research.

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News

Anthropologist Discovers New Fossil Primate Species in West Texas

Physical anthropologist Chris Kirk has announced the discovery of a previously unknown species of fossil primate, Mescalerolemur horneri, in the Devil’s Graveyard badlands of West Texas.

Free and Fearless in Cairo

Editorial piece in the Pakistan Express Tribune by Dr. Kamran Ali

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