10th Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate our 10 years as an independent department on campus, we hosted two days of enriching and thought-provoking conversation, collaboration, and connection. Since our department's beginnings in 2008, we have made great leaps to encourage deeper thinking about a variety of topics related to the human experience. To celebrate this milestone we hosted a symposium to enhance and continue these conversations, with presentations from our graduate students, thoughtful discussion surrounding the future of the discipline and the department, and a keynote by Nina Jablonski.
Keynote from Dr. Nina Jablonski
Dr. Nina Jablonski gave a keynote lecture titled "Exploring and Educating About the Evolution of Human Physical Diversity," where she discussed the evolution of skin color, and educational practices for talking about race and racism.
Research Poster Session
Our graduate students gave poster presentations about their exciting research.
Alumni Panel
Some of our alumni, from the right, Carolyn Jost Robinson, Ginger Hofman, Ryan Plis, and Betsy Wirtz, gave a fabulous panel discussing their anthropology experience both at Purdue and in the world.