Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Hey we are hiring an archaeologist!! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

1

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Hey! We’re hiring a human reproductive ecologist!

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

1

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Jake Holland-Lulewicz @archaeojake.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Hey!! We’re hiring an archaeologist!! Come hang out with us!!

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Assistant Professor of Archaeology

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

16 21

Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Hey! We’re hiring a human reproductive ecologist!

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Assistant Professor of Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

1

Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Hey we are hiring an archaeologist!! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Assistant Professor of Archaeology

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

1

Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 27d

✨ Faculty Spotlight ✨

1 3

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · 28d

New publication out by one of our PIs, @archaeojake.bsky.social!! #archaeology @psuanthro.bsky.social @psuliberalarts.bsky.social

4 10

Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · 28d

✨ Faculty Spotlight ✨

1

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Sagan Friant @saganfriant.bsky.social · 29d

New Coursera course with Emily Gurley has reached 2,000 students since launching this summer! Please share with anyone interested in outbreaks and One Health. My module, with the wonderful Nazmun Nahar, highlights the role of social science and anthropology.
www.coursera.org/learn/one-he...

One Health Investigations of Outbreaks and Spillover Events

Offered by Johns Hopkins University. One Health is the concept that human, animal and environmental health are interconnected. Outbreaks of ... Enroll for free.

www.coursera.org

3 4

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · Sep 7

✨ Faculty Spotlight ✨

3 2

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State @ciddpsu.bsky.social · Aug 26

We are hiring! The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State seeks an Associate or Full Professor in Infectious Disease Dynamics 🦠

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Full or Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

1 3 4

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Sagan Friant @saganfriant.bsky.social · Aug 29

New review out in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social from our rodent-borne zoonoses workshop @ciddpsu.bsky.social 🐭🌍

Humans & rodents share a long history and many pathogens -from plague to mpox. Outbreak prevention needs socially + ecologically grounded solutions

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reducing the threats of rodent-borne zoonoses requires an understanding and leveraging of three key pillars: disease ecology, synanthropy, and rodentation

Rodents have co-existed with humans for centuries, and frequently exchange pathogens. Historically, rodent-driven plague outbreaks scoured the Old Wor…

www.sciencedirect.com

7 8

Penn State Anthropology @psuanthro.bsky.social · Sep 7

✨ Faculty Spotlight ✨

3 2

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

MicroARCH_lab @microarch-lab.bsky.social · Aug 13

Cameron Pauly is officially starting the PhD phase of his MD/PhD journey with the microARCH lab! His research will explore how colonialism has shaped the oral microbiomes of Indigenous communities. Welcome back, Cameron—we’re glad to have you with us!

1 1 6

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Jake Holland-Lulewicz @archaeojake.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 📝 New paper hot off the press in @saa-aap.bsky.social! “Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged #Archaeology in the American Southeast” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core

Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast

www.cambridge.org

4 7

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Penn State University Press @psupress.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Big Ten Open Books project has launched its ‘Indigenous North Americans’ Collection, and six of our books are included! Read the full press release and access the collection here:

Big Ten Open Books project launches ‘Indigenous North Americans’ Collection | Penn State University

In partnership with seven Big Ten-affiliated university presses, including Penn State University Press, the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs announced the expansion of the Big…

buff.ly

3 6

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · Aug 13

"Community-based archaeology is a methodological and theoretical tool for knowledge coproduction that necessitates an openness to transformation, institutional reorganization, and flexibility of traditional models of archaeological practice." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core

Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast

www.cambridge.org

5 14

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 New paper just published in Advances in Archaeological Practice ( @saa-aap.bsky.social ) by lab Co-Director Jake ( @archaeojake.bsky.social )!! “Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast” #archaeology www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core

Indigenous Collaborative, Consultative, and Community-Engaged Archaeology in the American Southeast

www.cambridge.org

3 7

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Social Science Research Institute at Penn State @ssripennstate.bsky.social · Aug 6

David Putts, SSRI cofund & Professor of Anthropology has recently been named the associate director for graduate education at the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. ➡️

New associate director for graduate education at Huck Institutes named | Social Science Research Institute

Penn State Professor of Anthropology David Puts has been named the associate director for graduate education at the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. The post was most recently held by Troy Ott,…

buff.ly

1 1

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · Aug 7

Lab PIs with some good news! 💰 🐟 🦪 ⚛️

Jake Holland-Lulewicz @archaeojake.bsky.social · Aug 7

Hey! Mine (Co-PI) and @isazooarch.bsky.social’s (PI) NSF proposal has been recommended for funding! Feeling super fortunate given the state of things 🙌🏻 💰 🎉 🐟 🦪 (fingers crossed for no unexpected hurdles to being properly awarded) #archaeology #ecology #fisheries #shellfisheries #sustainability

2 3

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · Aug 12

Drs. Christina and Asa are in Kyrgyzstan! They’re interested in this unique location along the “Silk Road” and are looking closely at the introduction of agriculture and new crops into what is today Kyrgyzstan (and how these systems changed/were adapted locally over time)! 🇰🇬 🌱 #archaeology #ecology

Dr. Christina M. Carolus @cmcarolus.bsky.social · Aug 10

Floating (pun intended) through a beautiful August in Kyrgyzstan 🌱 Pt. I

4 9

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Asher Rosinger @asherrosinger.bsky.social · Aug 4

It was really fun getting texts and calls from old friends that they heard me on NPR this morning! Really enjoyed talking to NPR's @pien-huang.bsky.social about #water needs and #dehydration - have a listen! @psuanthro.bsky.social @pennstateuniv.bsky.social @pop.psu.edu
www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

What's the deal with electrolyte drinks — do you need them to stay hydrated?

Seems like nobody's drinking plain water these days. Electrolyte packets or colorful sports drinks are everywhere. But do you need them?

www.npr.org

1 6 13

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Asher Rosinger @asherrosinger.bsky.social · Jul 30

Excited to share our paper in the Aug issue of Hypertension! Shockingly no health standards exist for sodium & chloride in drinking water, only palatability standards. We show water NaCl is assoc w higher BP, hypertension & albuminuria w effects below palatability
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....

1 4

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

SAHND and SHEL Archaeology and Ecology Labs @sahndshel.bsky.social · Jul 31

After fieldwork on the Georgia coast and in Mongolia, PhD student Matt Picarelli-Kombert spent time at UGA analyzing collections for his dissertation. Matt explores the impacts of Emancipation on Gullah-Geechee foodways and relationships to estuarine ecosystems along the Atlantic coast! #archaeology

3 11

Reposted by Penn State Anthropology

Jake Holland-Lulewicz @archaeojake.bsky.social · Jul 26

“[These places are] the result of thousands of years of active management by Indigenous communities. It’s important for people to understand that, especially when it comes to Indigenous people who have been removed from these landscapes and are usually invisible to the public.” tinyurl.com/5d2phmtb

Q&A: Discarded ancient 'trash' now protecting Georgia barrier islands | Penn State University

Penn State Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jacob Holland-Lulewicz and colleagues recently published research on how oyster shells discarded over thousands of years by Indigenous people have helped...

tinyurl.com

1 3 8