{"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:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/norah-aguirre\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/NorahAguirre-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/NorahAguirre-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/NorahAguirre-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/NorahAguirre-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/NorahAguirre-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/NorahAguirre-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/NorahAguirre.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/norah-aguirre\/\">Norah Aguirre (Anthropology &#8217;27)<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Norah Aguirre, a triple major in Spanish and Anthropology (B.A.) and Environmental Education (B.S.), put her education into action as a Cooperative Extension Agriculture and Food Systems Fellow.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/molly-mcdonagh-25\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/MollyMcDonaugh2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Molly McDonagh working in the archvies\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/MollyMcDonaugh2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/MollyMcDonaugh2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/MollyMcDonaugh2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/MollyMcDonaugh2-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/MollyMcDonaugh2-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1562\/MollyMcDonaugh2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/molly-mcdonagh-25\/\">Senior Spotlight: Molly McDonagh (&#8217;25)<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Department of Sociology &amp; Anthropology is proud to spotlight Molly McDonagh (&#8217;25) who graduated in December 2025 with degrees in Anthropology &amp; History.<\/span><\/li><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><\/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}]}}