MTSU Anthropology
@mtsuanthropology.bsky.social
We are the Middle Tennessee State University @MTSUofficial.bsky.social Anthropology program! We offer bachelor's degrees with emphases on fieldwork, archaeology, ethnology, biological anthropology, and linguistics. soc.mtsu.edu
We invite Sociology and Anthropology students, alumni, faculty, and staff to join us for our end-of-year Holiday Homecoming potluck celebration on Wednesday, December 3, from 5:00 - 7:30 pm at the MTSU Foundation House! 🍗🍰🍊🥖🧈🥧🍽️🎊
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We invite Sociology and Anthropology students, alumni, faculty, and staff to join us for our end-of-year Holiday Homecoming potluck celebration on Wednesday, December 3, from 5:00 - 7:30 pm at the MTSU Foundation House! 🍗🍰🍊🥖🧈🥧🍽️🎊
Congratulations to Taylor Tims and Dr. Andrew Wyatt, who received a fall URECA grant to fund their project, "Anthropogenic Soils and the Amazon: An Analysis of Terra Preta in Caxiuana, Brazil!"
October 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Congratulations to Taylor Tims and Dr. Andrew Wyatt, who received a fall URECA grant to fund their project, "Anthropogenic Soils and the Amazon: An Analysis of Terra Preta in Caxiuana, Brazil!"
Please join us on Wednesday, October 29th, at 6:30 p.m in the Student Union Ballroom for the William Bass-Hugh Berryman Legends in Forensic Science Lectureship! Forensic anthropologist Dr. Eric Bartelink will discuss the recovery and identification of wildfire victims.
October 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Please join us on Wednesday, October 29th, at 6:30 p.m in the Student Union Ballroom for the William Bass-Hugh Berryman Legends in Forensic Science Lectureship! Forensic anthropologist Dr. Eric Bartelink will discuss the recovery and identification of wildfire victims.
Open advising for Sociology and Anthropology students is October 22 (11 am - 1 pm) and October 23 (12 pm - 2 pm) in Peck Hall 109 (the Archaeology Lab). During this time, students can stop by and meet with an advisor.
October 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Open advising for Sociology and Anthropology students is October 22 (11 am - 1 pm) and October 23 (12 pm - 2 pm) in Peck Hall 109 (the Archaeology Lab). During this time, students can stop by and meet with an advisor.
Please join us for the Fall 2025 Anthropologica lecture on October 9 from 1:00 - 2:25 pm in the College of Education building room 160 to hear Dr. Alisse Waterston deliver a lecture entitled "Writing to be Read: Crafting and Communicating Knowledge as if the World Depends Upon It."
October 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Please join us for the Fall 2025 Anthropologica lecture on October 9 from 1:00 - 2:25 pm in the College of Education building room 160 to hear Dr. Alisse Waterston deliver a lecture entitled "Writing to be Read: Crafting and Communicating Knowledge as if the World Depends Upon It."
It's official: The 2025 Tennessee Archaeology Awareness Month Poster is hot off the presses! This year's poster celebrates public archaeology and outreach efforts in Tennessee, highlighting the role of the late Dr. Kevin Smith and the MTSU Archaeology Field School.
September 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It's official: The 2025 Tennessee Archaeology Awareness Month Poster is hot off the presses! This year's poster celebrates public archaeology and outreach efforts in Tennessee, highlighting the role of the late Dr. Kevin Smith and the MTSU Archaeology Field School.
Congratulations again to Dr. Ida Fadzillah Leggett for her promotion to full Professor of Anthropology! We're glad you were able to celebrate and be celebrated at the university's recent reception!
August 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Congratulations again to Dr. Ida Fadzillah Leggett for her promotion to full Professor of Anthropology! We're glad you were able to celebrate and be celebrated at the university's recent reception!
Congratulations to Dr. Ida Fadzillah Leggett for her promotion to full Professor of Anthropology!
August 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Ida Fadzillah Leggett for her promotion to full Professor of Anthropology!
Congrats to Dr. Ida Fadzillah Leggett, who recently received an instructional support grant to develop resources using Microsoft Sway for her Engage-certified classes! Engage-certified classes foster a culture of engaged learning by supporting students’ growth as integrative, reflective thinkers.
July 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Congrats to Dr. Ida Fadzillah Leggett, who recently received an instructional support grant to develop resources using Microsoft Sway for her Engage-certified classes! Engage-certified classes foster a culture of engaged learning by supporting students’ growth as integrative, reflective thinkers.
MTSU Archaeology students are getting hands-on with history through ongoing research at the site of one of Nashville’s first post-Civil War Black neighborhoods. Read this story and more at liberalarts.mtsu.edu/publications/
June 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
MTSU Archaeology students are getting hands-on with history through ongoing research at the site of one of Nashville’s first post-Civil War Black neighborhoods. Read this story and more at liberalarts.mtsu.edu/publications/
A Celebration of Life for Dr. Kevin E. Smith will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2025, in the MT Center in the Ingram Building, from 2 to 5 pm.
June 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A Celebration of Life for Dr. Kevin E. Smith will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2025, in the MT Center in the Ingram Building, from 2 to 5 pm.
MTSU is once again hosting its Volunteer Archaeology Days program at the Castalian Springs Mound Site! If you’d like to visit or help us excavate, the site will be open to the public on May 31 and June 7, weather permitting. Note: Site requires crossing a shallow creek. All ages are welcome!
May 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
MTSU is once again hosting its Volunteer Archaeology Days program at the Castalian Springs Mound Site! If you’d like to visit or help us excavate, the site will be open to the public on May 31 and June 7, weather permitting. Note: Site requires crossing a shallow creek. All ages are welcome!
Congrats to Dr. Ida Fadzillah Leggett, who completed the MT Engage Summer Institute yesterday! She is pictured here with Drs. Jordan Solomon (Sociology), Ugur Orak (Sociology), and Brian Hinote (former faculty member in Sociology and current Vice Provost for Faculty and Strategic Initiatives).
May 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Congrats to Dr. Ida Fadzillah Leggett, who completed the MT Engage Summer Institute yesterday! She is pictured here with Drs. Jordan Solomon (Sociology), Ugur Orak (Sociology), and Brian Hinote (former faculty member in Sociology and current Vice Provost for Faculty and Strategic Initiatives).
Once again, the Society for American Archaeology has opened voting to the public for their "Best State Archaeology Poster." There are some really strong entries this year, but Tennessee's is clearly the best!
If you’d like to vote, you can do so using this link:
saa.org/education-ou...
If you’d like to vote, you can do so using this link:
saa.org/education-ou...
April 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Once again, the Society for American Archaeology has opened voting to the public for their "Best State Archaeology Poster." There are some really strong entries this year, but Tennessee's is clearly the best!
If you’d like to vote, you can do so using this link:
saa.org/education-ou...
If you’d like to vote, you can do so using this link:
saa.org/education-ou...
ANTH 3230: Anthropology of Salt is organizing an online lecture “Neolithic salt production in the Wieliczka and Bochnia region - preliminary results of a new stage of research,” by Katarzyna Lajs-Klose, on Friday, April 11, 2025, 10:30 – 11:15 am central. mtsu.zoom.us/j/86477851135
April 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
ANTH 3230: Anthropology of Salt is organizing an online lecture “Neolithic salt production in the Wieliczka and Bochnia region - preliminary results of a new stage of research,” by Katarzyna Lajs-Klose, on Friday, April 11, 2025, 10:30 – 11:15 am central. mtsu.zoom.us/j/86477851135
Dr. Paul Eubanks, Anthropology faculty member, and Dr. Ivana Pandzic, Fulbright visiting scholar, participated at the 5th International Congress of Anthropology of Salt this week in Rzeszow, Poland!
March 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Dr. Paul Eubanks, Anthropology faculty member, and Dr. Ivana Pandzic, Fulbright visiting scholar, participated at the 5th International Congress of Anthropology of Salt this week in Rzeszow, Poland!
Open advising for Sociology and Anthropology students will be available on April 1st (2-4 pm) and April 2nd (10am-12pm) in Peck Hall 109 (the Archaeology lab)!
March 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Open advising for Sociology and Anthropology students will be available on April 1st (2-4 pm) and April 2nd (10am-12pm) in Peck Hall 109 (the Archaeology lab)!
Congratulations to our student Elauna Hicks and her faculty mentor Dr. Shannon Hodge for winning first place in the College of Liberal Arts Scholars Week Expo for their project entitled "Assessment of MorphoPASSE Software for Undergraduate Forensic Anthropology Education!"
March 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Congratulations to our student Elauna Hicks and her faculty mentor Dr. Shannon Hodge for winning first place in the College of Liberal Arts Scholars Week Expo for their project entitled "Assessment of MorphoPASSE Software for Undergraduate Forensic Anthropology Education!"
The MTSU Department of Sociology and Anthropology mourns the loss of Dr. Kevin Smith, Professor of Anthropology. Our deepest sympathies go out to Dr. Smith’s wife Carol and his beloved family in West Tennessee.
March 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The MTSU Department of Sociology and Anthropology mourns the loss of Dr. Kevin Smith, Professor of Anthropology. Our deepest sympathies go out to Dr. Smith’s wife Carol and his beloved family in West Tennessee.
We are asking for students to participate in our 2025 Ben Austin Social Science Symposium on April 17th in the Tom Jackson Building! If you are interested in presenting, please submit your abstract (or paper for the paper competition) by April 11th at form.jotform.com/250475566899....
March 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We are asking for students to participate in our 2025 Ben Austin Social Science Symposium on April 17th in the Tom Jackson Building! If you are interested in presenting, please submit your abstract (or paper for the paper competition) by April 11th at form.jotform.com/250475566899....
If you're interested in salt and archaeology, please consider attending the online lecture “SALT - The White Gold: From Prehistory to Modern Times in Eastern Romania,” by Vasile Diaconu on Friday, March 7, from 10:30 to 11:15 am! mtsu.zoom.us/j/82273600250
March 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If you're interested in salt and archaeology, please consider attending the online lecture “SALT - The White Gold: From Prehistory to Modern Times in Eastern Romania,” by Vasile Diaconu on Friday, March 7, from 10:30 to 11:15 am! mtsu.zoom.us/j/82273600250
We are accepting applications for the John T. Dowd Student Paper Award for Anthropology majors or Archeology minors! Turn your professional presentation or publication into a $500 award-winning one! Email [email protected] if you're interested in applying!
February 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We are accepting applications for the John T. Dowd Student Paper Award for Anthropology majors or Archeology minors! Turn your professional presentation or publication into a $500 award-winning one! Email [email protected] if you're interested in applying!
Please join us for this semester's Anthropologica Lecture by Ivana Pandžić: Exploring the Archaeological Heritage of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia, and Herzegovina!
Monday, March 3rd
12:40 - 2:00 pm
Peck Hall Room 318
Monday, March 3rd
12:40 - 2:00 pm
Peck Hall Room 318
February 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Please join us for this semester's Anthropologica Lecture by Ivana Pandžić: Exploring the Archaeological Heritage of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia, and Herzegovina!
Monday, March 3rd
12:40 - 2:00 pm
Peck Hall Room 318
Monday, March 3rd
12:40 - 2:00 pm
Peck Hall Room 318
Communication Studies is partnering with the Career Center to offer a career workshop for students tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18, from 11:20-12:45, in KUC 324. Use the QR code to register via Handshake. It was standing room only last time, so reserving your space is encouraged!
February 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Communication Studies is partnering with the Career Center to offer a career workshop for students tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18, from 11:20-12:45, in KUC 324. Use the QR code to register via Handshake. It was standing room only last time, so reserving your space is encouraged!
If you're interested in salt, archaeology, or Roman history, please attend our online lecture “A Salt Production Site at the Gate of Rome (Italy)" by L. Alessandri and F. Bulian on Wednesday, February 19, from 10:30 – 11:15 am!
You can join us via this link: mtsu.zoom.us/j/81292673857
You can join us via this link: mtsu.zoom.us/j/81292673857
February 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If you're interested in salt, archaeology, or Roman history, please attend our online lecture “A Salt Production Site at the Gate of Rome (Italy)" by L. Alessandri and F. Bulian on Wednesday, February 19, from 10:30 – 11:15 am!
You can join us via this link: mtsu.zoom.us/j/81292673857
You can join us via this link: mtsu.zoom.us/j/81292673857