Please join the departments of Anthropology and Political Science for a reception celebrating graduates in these disciplines.
The following departments invite grads and their guests to join them in the locations listed below.
Anthropology | MBH 219 | 3:30-4:15 pm
Political Science | MBH 216 | 4:45-5:30 pm
McCardell Bicentennial Hall
Come celebrate spring over good conversation and delicious drinks at the last AnthroCafe of the year! Bring your ideas, discoveries, questions, and news. Friends are always welcome! -The Anthropology Department
Davis Family Library Bittner Terrace
Students in ANTH 211 and PSCI 214 will present their research projects on environmental anthro and environmental politics in a poster session.
McCardell Bicentennial Hall Tormondsen Great Hall
November 2025: Poetry and illustrations by Fulya Pinar, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, were published in the latest issue of Otherwise Magazine. You can read the corresponding interview with her here.
September 2025: Marybeth Nevins, Associate Professor of Anthropology, gave the keynote presentation at the Anthropologie Linguistique dans la Québec et l’Ontario conference on September 26, 2025. Her talk was titled, Born in a Storm: A Short Narrative History of Linguistic Anthropology.
August 2025: A group of Middlebury anthropology students created a new online magazine called “Anthro Action.” Check out the first issue here!
For archived issues, contact the Department Coordinator.
Fitzsimmons, James L.
2024 “Centuries ago, the Maya storm god Huracan taught that when we damage nature, we damage ourselves,” The Conversation; https://theconversation.com/centuries-agothe-maya-storm-god-huracan-taught-that-when-we-damagenature-we-damage-ourselves-238180.
2021 “Termination and regeneration: the use of ash in ancient Mesoamerica,” in Agent of Change: The Deposition and Manipulation of Ash in the Past, edited by Barbara Roth and E. Charles Adams, pp. 213–238. Berghahn Press, New York.
2018 “Transformations at Cuello: Results from the 2017 Season of the Classic Cuello Archaeological Project,” in Archaeology in the Eastern Maya Lowlands: Papers of the 2017 Belize Archaeology Symposium, John Morris, Melissa Badillo, and George Thompson, eds., pp. 121–130 (with Natalie Figueroa ’18 and Prasanna Vankina ’18). Belmopan, Belize: Institute of Archaeology.
Nevins, M. E.
2024 Lessons From Fort Apache: Beyond Language Endangerment and Maintenance. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Oxfeld, Ellen
2020 “The Moral Registers of Banqueting in Contemporary China,” Journal of Current Chinese Affairs.
2020 “Life-Cycle Rituals in Rural and Urban China: Birth, Marriage and Death,” in Handbook on Religion in China, Stephan Feuchtwang, ed., pp. 110–132. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
2020 “Bitter Greens and Sweet Potatoes: Food Practice and Memories of Hunger in Rural China” in Food Insecurity: A Matter of Justice, Sovereignty, and Survival, Tamar Mayer and Molly Anderson, eds., pp. 166–179. New York: Routledge.
2020 “Rural Chinese Families: The Continuing Relevance of Moral Obligation,” in Routledge Handbook of Chinese Culture and Society, Kevin Latham, ed., pp. 174–194. New York: Routledge.
Pinar, Fulya
2025 “Deportation as punishment and the everyday war on migrants from Turkey to the United States,” Middle East Research and Information Project, https://www.merip.org/2025/06/deportation-as-punishment-2/
Sheridan, Michael
2024 Roots of Power: The Political Ecology of Boundary Plants. London: Routledge. Paperback edition.
Stoll, David
2024 “Why immigrants need U.S. border enforcement,” Quillette, November 24, 2024. https://quillette.com/2024/11/26/immigrants-also-need-usborder-enforcement-us-mexico-border-control-trump latinos/
2018 “David Stoll: A Rush to Judgment?” (critique of the Jerry Sandusky trial), vtdigger.org, April 6.
2019 “Desperate Refugees or Desperate Debtors? Why the Latest Border Surge Is Bad News for Democrats,” American Interest, April 10.
