Anthropology as a discipline is more relevant today than at any time in its distinguished history!
Anthropology is the academic discipline that studies humans holistically through an interdisciplinary lens. It combines science with humanities, biology with culture, history with prehistory, and primates with language. It is by definition concerned with human diversity. The Department of Anthropology has provided primary leadership in academia in researching this important domain.
Our programs train students to think critically, write clearly and speak thoughtfully about what it means to be human. By focusing on the complex linkages among the three subfields of Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology and Biological Anthropology—and by emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary teamwork, we prepare students to survive in an increasingly multidisciplinary and multicultural world.
Researchers from Kent State University and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center were recently awarded a two-year National Institute on Aging grant (1R21AG080216-01) for $625,478.
Emilee Hart, Doctoral Candidate in Human Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biomedical Sciences won Second Place in the Three Minute Thesis Competition.
Kent State University’s newest anthropologist, Assistant Professor Aldo Cimino, Ph.D., has made it his life’s work to understand the causes and consequences of hazing, including the possible generation of solidarity. He and his co-author recently published an article on this question in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.
