Anthro Club
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Study Abroad Update: Connections to the World in the Heart of London
April 23, 2013This past fall semester, junior Anthropology major Emily Dewet studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), a school in the University of London. SOAS specializes in the study of Africa and the Near and Middle East, with undergraduate and graduate students studying everything from social sciences to the arts. Located in historic [...] More » -
Learning through Community Engagement
November 25, 2012A partnership has developed between students in Anthropology 215: Tanzania: Education and Development and local Norton middle school students. This partnership builds on Anthropology's commitment to share the knowledge gained through deep engagement with a wide range of publics. A recent Attleboro Sun Chronicle article outlines how in a brief presentation Wheaton students guide Norton [...] More » -
Wordly Scholar- Margaux Fisher '12
April 20, 2012Margaux Fisher relishes opportunities to dive into new cultures. When she was 14, Fisher traveled to China with her mother and fell under the country's spell. More » -
Anthropology Major Margaux Fisher '12 Wins Fulbright to Taiwan
April 11, 2012Margaux's senior thesis further developed her interest in Chinese diaspora communities. More » -
Anthropology Picnic RSVP
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Student Scholarship: Sally Dexter '12 and Margaux Fisher '12
March 20, 2012Anthropology majors Sally Dexter ’12 and Marxaux Fisher ’12 traveled to South Bend, IN to present their Independent Study Projects conducted through their SIT Study Abroad programs at the World Learning’s Human Development conference on February 10th and 11th, 2012. Faces Behind the Figures: Visions of Progress, Prosperity, and Human Potential was the conference theme. [...] More » -
Anthropology Club Presents: The Struggle Garden, A Study Abroad Documentary Project
February 29, 2012Tuesday, March 6th at 7:00 PM Knapton Lecture Hall "The Struggle Garden is a movie about the complications of refugee life in Uganda, the hopes and the failures refugees face everyday, and a world of good intentioned non-profit workers who are faced with a seemingly impossible problem." -Jack Davis (Northwestern University, SIT Uganda 2010) This [...] More » -
Internship: RangSutra in Uttar Pradesh, India
November 14, 2011Reflecting on the opportunity afforded to her by the Davis International Fellows Program, Sally Dexter '12 writes: "I had never had the opportunity to study or work with a group of people so closely as the women of eastern Uttar Pradesh. My boss, Dr. Dipti Singh, gave me phenomenal insight into women’s economic empowerment and [...] More » -
Anthropology Club Presents
October 26, 2011In collaboration with Aftertaste and Amnesty International, the Anthropology Club presents Beth Ann Caspersen ’96, head of quality control at Equal Exchange for a talk about the ongoing civil war in the Congo and what Equal Exchange is doing to help. 6:30-8 PM November 1, 2011 Holman Room, Mary Lyon Come for a potluck style [...] More » -
Internship: 2011 American Anthropological Association Summer Intern
July 21, 2011Juliana Bennington '12 interned in the inaugural year of the American Anthropological Association's Summer Internship Program in the summer of 2011. She was one of two interns selected from around the country to develop their knowledge of the association and skill in the discipline. After interning with the World Health Organization in the Spring of [...] More »
