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Anthropology Faculty Letter Regarding Peaceful Student Protests
We, faculty members of the Anthropology Department at UC Santa Barbara, write to show our
support for peaceful protests on our campus calling for an end to the massive loss of life in
Gaza. The field of Anthropology plays an important role in analyzing the complex causes and
manifestations of injustice in the United States and around the world. Peaceful protests that
vocalize opinions, while ensuring a safe space for all, are protected rights of our academic
community.
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Join us for our second Anthropology Day to celebrate some of our distinguished alumni and vibrant community! Please check your emails to RSVP.
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Inaugural UCSB Anthropology Day, May 12, 2023
Join us for our first Anthropology Day to celebrate some of our distinguished alumni and vibrant community! RSVP here
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Climate and Conflict
New research demonstrates connections between climate changand civil unrest among the ancient Maya. Authors Kennett, George, McCool et al
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Class of 2021 Graduate Spotlight
Graduate Spotlight
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Evolutionary perspectives on African North American genetic diversity origins and prospects for future investigations
African-descended peoples of the Americas
represent an amalgamation of West, Central, and Southeast
African regional and ethnic groups with modest gene flow from
specific non-African populations. Despite 16+ generations of
residence in the Americas, there is a deficit of evolutionary
knowledge about these populations. Focusing on Legacy African
Americans, the African North American descendants of survivors of the trans-Atlantic trade in enslaved
Africans, we report on emic evolutionary perspectives of their self-identity gleaned from our interviews
of 600 individuals collected over two years. Gullah-Geechee peoples of Carolina Coastal regions are
a model case study due to their historical antiquity, substantial African retentions, relative geospatial
isolation, and proposed progenitor status to other Legacy African American microethnic groups. We
identify salient research questions for future studies that will begin to bridge the evolutionary gaps in
our knowledge of these diverse peoples and the historical evidence for specific evolutionary processes
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Affirmative Action in California: Prop 16 and the Future of Anti-racist Legislation
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Anthropology
COLLOQUIUM SERIES ON RACE AND ANTI-RACISM
Presents:
California Secretary of State & Former Assembly Member for District 79 Dr. Shirley N. Weber
Parachute Failure
Global group of scholars calls for more equitable collaboration with local researchers in cross-cultural social science.
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