{"id":2393,"date":"2015-08-18T13:19:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T17:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/?page_id=2393"},"modified":"2025-04-14T19:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:27:16","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/uri-anthropology-professor-hilda-llorens-to-receive-inaugural-research-award-from-hispanic-health-council\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/hilda-llorens-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/hilda-llorens-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/hilda-llorens-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/hilda-llorens-1-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/hilda-llorens-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/uri-anthropology-professor-hilda-llorens-to-receive-inaugural-research-award-from-hispanic-health-council\/\">Hilda Llor\u00e9ns wins inaugural research award from Hispanic Health Council<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Hilda Llor\u00e9ns, a professor in Gender and Women\u2019s Studies, Sociology and Anthropology, and Marine Affairs, will receive the Hispanic Health Council\u2019s inaugural Applied Anthropology Research Award at the Hartford, Conn.-based nonprofit\u2019s annual gala on Dec. 11.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/uncategorized\/summer-sessions-archaeology-field-school\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Molly-Field-School-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Molly-Field-School-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Molly-Field-School-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Molly-Field-School-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Molly-Field-School-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Molly-Field-School-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Molly-Field-School.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/uncategorized\/summer-sessions-archaeology-field-school\/\">APG-HIS 396 Archaeology Field School<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Anthropology and History students explored the history of the URI campus land and learned how to use non-invasive archaeological equipment and archival methods in Summer Session 2025 course.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/three-uri-alumni-selected-for-fulbright-u-s-student-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Joceline-Rodrigues2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Joceline-Rodrigues2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Joceline-Rodrigues2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/three-uri-alumni-selected-for-fulbright-u-s-student-program\/\">Joceline Rodrigues (&#8217;25) Awarded Fulbright<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Joceline Rodrigues, a May 2025 graduate in Sociology and Biology, was awarded a Fulbright to work at the Instituto Superior de Gest\u00e3o Business &amp; Economics School in Lisbon, Portugal. Congratulations, Joceline!<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/uncategorized\/savannah-beckius-25\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Savannah-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Savannah-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Savannah-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Savannah-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Savannah-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Savannah-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Savannah.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/uncategorized\/savannah-beckius-25\/\">Senior Spotlight: Savannah Beckius<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Department of Sociology &amp; Anthropology is proud to spotlight Savannah Beckius (&#8217;25) who graduated with degrees in both Sociology and Anthropology!<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-031-91371-6_4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Holly-book-chapter-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Holly-book-chapter-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Holly-book-chapter-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-031-91371-6_4\">New chapter by Holly Dunsworth and alumna Libby Ware<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Congratulations to Dr. Holly Dunsworth and alumna Libby Ware (Anthropology &#8217;23) for their chapter in a new open access book: &#8220;Sex and Gender: Toward Transforming Scientific Practice.&#8221; Their chapter is entitled &#8220;How Can Gender\/Sex Entanglement Inform Our Understanding of Human Evolutionary Biology?&#8221;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/hilda-llorens-is-named-cornille-distinguished-scholar-at-wellesley-college\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/hilda-llorens-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/hilda-llorens-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/hilda-llorens-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/hilda-llorens-1-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/hilda-llorens-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/hilda-llorens-is-named-cornille-distinguished-scholar-at-wellesley-college\/\">Hilda Llor\u00e9ns named Distinguished Scholar at Wellesley College<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Hilda Llor\u00e9ns, professor of Anthropology, Gender &amp; Women&#8217;s Studies, and Marine Affairs, has been appointed as the 2025-2026 Cornille Distinguished Scholar at Wellesley College. Llor\u00e9ns will work on completing her latest book during her residency.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/sociology-program-offers-unique-opportunities-inside-the-classroom\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/SOC-431-OLLI-class-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/SOC-431-OLLI-class-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/SOC-431-OLLI-class-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/SOC-431-OLLI-class-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/SOC-431-OLLI-class.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/sociology-program-offers-unique-opportunities-inside-the-classroom\/\">Hands-on Learning in the Classroom<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Sociology professors, Alana Bibeau, Melanie Brasher, and Judy Van Wyk, are featured for the work they do to bring real world hands-on opportunities to the classroom.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/researchers-with-uri-ties-co-author-report-on-the-next-decade-of-ocean-science\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Carlos_Garcia-Quijano-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Carlos_Garcia-Quijano-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Carlos_Garcia-Quijano-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Carlos_Garcia-Quijano-web-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Carlos_Garcia-Quijano-web.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/researchers-with-uri-ties-co-author-report-on-the-next-decade-of-ocean-science\/\">Carlos Garcia-Quijano Co-authors Report on Ocean Science<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Carlos Garcia-Quijano (Anthropology and Marine Affairs) co-authored a report, titled Forecasting the Ocean: The 2025-2035 Decade of Ocean Science, which was requested by the National Science Foundation. Garcia-Quijano was the only social scientist who contributed to the report.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/uri-poll-measures-rhode-islanders-opinions-on-election-hot-topics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Keller_Photo-April-2019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Keller_Photo-April-2019-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Keller_Photo-April-2019-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/uri-poll-measures-rhode-islanders-opinions-on-election-hot-topics\/\">New Rhode Island Survey Initiative Polls<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Sociology professor, Julie Keller, is involved in the Rhode Island Survey Initiative, which released new polls revealing Rhode Islanders\u2019 opinions on key election issues, including trust in the election system, voter fraud, AI-generated misinformation, and fears of election-related violence.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/atlfacultyleaders\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Melanie-Brasher-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Melanie-Brasher-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Melanie-Brasher-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Melanie-Brasher-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/Melanie-Brasher.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/atlfacultyleaders\/\">Melanie Brasher appointed ATL Leader<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Congratulations to Melanie Brasher, who was appointed as a Faculty Leader for Inclusive Teaching &amp; Accessibility for the Office of Advancement for Teaching &amp; Learning!<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":958,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6878,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2393\/revisions\/6878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}