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Stay connected to the latest research, achievements and events in the Department of Anthropology at the University at Buffalo. From fieldwork discoveries to faculty publications and community partnerships, this is where you can see our work in action. Explore stories to learn how the department is asking meaningful questions and making an impact at UB and beyond.

Keep your chin up
2/18/26
A UB-led study shows that the chin is an evolutionary accident.
Joshi named runner-up for book award
10/15/25
Meghana Joshi, associate teaching professor of anthropology, was named the runner-up for the Council on Anthropology and Reproduction (CAR) Book Award for the monograph, Children are Everywhere: Conspicuous Reproduction and Childlessness in reunified Germany.
UB anthropologist explores ‘sideways migration’ in new book
2/18/26
Reed-Danahay coins phrase for population shift in which people move from one socially and economically well-off country to a similar one.
Poindexter featured on New Hampshire Public Radio
9/6/24
New Hampshire Public Radio cited Stephanie Poindexter, assistant professor in anthropology, during a discussion on if animals demonstrate a preference towards the right-side or left-side.
UB archaeologist, students conducting dig on site of historic Buffalo church
2/18/26
UB archaeologist Douglas Perrelli and his students are conducting a dig on the site of Buffalo’s historic Michigan Street Baptist Church.
Inherently human: New book explores magic and witchcraft
2/18/26
UB cultural anthropologist Phillips Stevens Jr. says magic and witchcraft help explain what it means to be human.

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