Oregon State Anthropology

04/21/2025

This was sent to us today, and we wanted to pass the information along.

04/21/2025

On April 30 at 5:30 p.m., join the Indigenous studies and anthropology departments at Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws for a screening of the short film "Undammed" to learn more about the Klamath River dam removal. A discussion featuring Brook Thompson from the Yurok and Karuk Tribes of Northern California and anthropologist Dr. Bryan Tilt will follow the screening.

04/15/2025

Graduate regalia - Students can purchase regalia in two ways:

In-person: Grad Fair | April 15-16
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | OSU Beaver Store
Online: OSU Beaver Store
• Some graduation items can be ordered online now, and all items will be available online after the Grad Fair.
• Students can order online and pick up in-store or have items delivered to their home for a delivery fee of $10.99.
• They have a bundle deal, in which students can get a free souvenir tassel. Two frames will also be offered at a discount with the bundle.
• A Josten's representative, OSU Registrar representative, Alumni Association, Veteran Services, and an Honor's College representative will be available at the Grad Fair.
• Extended *1 and *2 size gowns are available. There will be instructions for adding these gowns to a bundle deal.
Caps and Gowns
Students who want to wear their own black Jostens cap and gown need to have the OtR approve them to verify it is the correct design.

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Honor cords at commencement
High-achieving undergraduate students are recognized through the posting of Latin Honors (i.e., academic distinction) to transcript and diploma.
• You can refer students to this section of our site, which contains more information.
• Students who meet the criteria for Latin Honors can purchase commencement honor cords through the OSU Beaver Store.
The distinctions, GPA ranges, and cord colors are as follows:
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Academic Distinction
Cum Laude- 3.50-3.69 GPA, Orange cord
Magna Cum Laude - 3.70-3.84 GPA, Gold cord
Summa Cum Laude - 3.85-4.00 GPA, White cord

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Grads Give Back
• Grads Give Back Gown Share provides donated regalia to students who face economic barriers to participating in commencement.
• Regalia includes gowns, caps, cords, and hoods from undergrad to doctorate.
New! This year, the program is piloting a reservation system via an online survey that will be launching end of Week 8.
• Supply is limited and reservations are first come, first served.
• If you, or anyone you know, are in need of regalia please visit the Grads Give Back page for more information!
After commencement, students can donate their regalia to the program just outside Reser post-ceremony, at the library entrance during commencement weekend, and at the MU Information Desk year-round in person or via mail!

04/14/2025

Recent approaches to fisheries research emphasize the importance of the coproduction of knowledge in building resilient and culturally mindful fisheries management frameworks. Despite widespread reco...

04/01/2025

Dates and deadlines
Apr 6: Last day to add a spring course online without department approval
Apr 6: Last day to drop a spring course (100% tuition refund)
Apr 7 - Apr 11 by 5 pm: Audit a course
Apr 13: Last day to add a course online with department approval

03/31/2025

Friday, April 11, 12pm in Waldo 240

Emily Jenan Riley (OSU Anthropology alum; Assistant professor and researcher in the Center for Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de México) Book release celebration: "Teraanga is a pivotal concept from Senegalese culture embodying hospitality, generosity, and respect. In Teraanga Republic, Emily Jenan Riley delves into how Senegalese women, who constitutionally make up half of the country's elected representatives, transform their private social skills into public governance strategies. Riley provides an intimate look at the lives and careers of several prominent Senegalese women politicians, including Ayda Mbóoj, Aysata Tall Sall, Mously Jaxate, and Aminata Touré. She demonstrates that the parité movement's triumphs and the sustained political influence of these women hinge on their adept negotiations of teraanga.

03/31/2025

Did you know that in 1967, a student came to class at OSU in a black fabric bag covered from head to bare ankle? To this day, their identity isn't known.

https://oregonstater.org/osus-bag-man/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJXv9dleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHaaBiH3MBHULaGcA5htaDSqtGUZJjnvRk2cTB27ehxI9TDACiERv92V-DA_aem_gmV8QXX8ib3uduPeb6N90A

As they returned to sleepy Corvallis after winter break of 1967, the roughly 20 Oregon State students in instructor Charles Goetzinger’s basic speech persuasion class had no idea that what was about to happen in their class would draw international attention and become one of the oddest stories in...

03/31/2025

Indigenous Scholar Tia Tidwell
Naqrasgmiut Tribal Member, Asst Professor of Alaska Native Studies.
College of Indigenous Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks

The Land Loves You:
Honoring Sacred Relationships

April 2, 2025. 4-6 p.m.
Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws
311 SW 26th St, Corvallis, OR

School of Language, Culture, and Society at Oregon State University

Our relationship with the land is the foundation of all aspects of healthy living-physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and in our community. In this workshop, we will recognize the land as a relative, a teacher, and a source of deep connection.

Through guided discussion, reflection, and storying, we will examine how our conceptualizations of land shape our actions and responsibilities. Together, we will honor the ways that land loves, sustains, and calls us into reciprocal relationship.

03/17/2025

Professor of Clinical Medical Anthropology Melissa Cheyney has been awarded the title of University Distinguished Professor! On April 29 at 3:30 p.m. in the MU’s Horizon Room, Professor Cheyney will deliver a lecture on her scholarship.

Associate Professor of Anthropology Kenny Maes, Svea Closser of Johns Hopkins U, Yihenew Tesfaye, Ph.D. ‘19, of Dire Dawa University, and Roza Abesha, an independent researcher in Ethiopia, recently published a comparative study in Social Science & Medicine about distress experienced by unpaid community health workers in rural and urban Ethiopia.

03/11/2025

https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/slcs/language-healthcare-danlu-yangs-mission-connect-communities-through-anthropology

By Colin Bowyer on Feb. 21, 2025 As a Ph.D. student and polyglot, Yang researches and advocates for linguistic justice in Oregon’s healthcare system Image Danlu Yang By Taylor Pedersen, CLA Student Writer - March 5, 2025 For Danlu Yang, language is more than words—it is a gateway to understandin...

03/05/2025

Teraanga is a pivotal concept from Senegalese culture embodying hospitality, generosity, and respect. In Teraanga Republic, Emily Jenan Riley delves into how Senegalese women, who constitutionally make up half of the country's elected representatives, transform their private social skills into publi...

03/05/2025

Welcome, and thanks for your interest in the Basic Needs Center Textbook Lending Library! If buying textbooks is a financial barrier for you, and we don't already have your book in our library, please use this form to request it for Spring 2025. We will do our best to purchase the book for our libra...

03/04/2025

It’s here! OSU Empty Bowls is back for our 19th annual benefit!
This year, we’re hosting a hybrid-style benefit, with an online auction (March 3-8) and in-person meal (March 8). This event supports our campus food pantry and SNAP match at areas farmers’ markets and is made possible thanks to the hard work of both OSU Ecampus and Corvallis-based students.

Meal: Sat. March 8 (5-7pm) at McNary Dining Center, 1300 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331
• Cost: $5-$20, Sliding Scale
o Cash and checks accepted at the door.
o Students can pay their admission fee by donating dining dollars to the Full Plate Fund at Main Squeeze.
o Pre-pay for the meal via either of these links; just be sure to bring proof of purchase with you to the meal.
 OSU Basic Needs Center: https://www.fororegonstate.org/giving/giving-opportunities-and-featured-initiatives/beaversfighthunger
 Fresh & Local, First!: https://freshlocalfirst.wixsite.com/freshandlocal/donate
• This year’s soups include:
o Chicken Tortilla (GF, HAL)
o Butternut Squash (GF, VEG, HAL, DAIRY)
o House Country Harvest Tomato and Vegetable (GF, VNG, HAL)
• OSU Parking Maps: https://transportation.oregonstate.edu/parking/maps

Online Auction: https://www.32auctions.com/OSUEmptyBowls2025
• Opens at 8am, Monday March 3
• Closes at 7pm, Saturday, March 8

Sponsors: OSU Anthropology. Food in Culture and Social Justice, and University Housing and Dining Services

03/04/2025

As we prepare for another busy spring term, please remind your students to visit the degree completion steps and deadlines pages for Certificate, Master’s, and Doctoral students to help ensure a timely completion.

Key deadlines for students:

• Submit a diploma application by the start of the final term for each degree or certificate.
• Master’s programs of study are due 15 weeks before the final exam or alternative summative assessment. In other words, they’re due now for any master’s student trying to graduate in spring.
• Exam scheduling forms are due a minimum of two weeks prior to the exam or alternative summative assessment. Unfortunately, our office receives many late requests, which we cannot always accommodate. We’ll continue to do our best to serve all students, but in some cases of late submissions students will need to reschedule.
• Students completing a thesis or dissertation should submit pre-text pages to [email protected] for formatting review two weeks prior to the final exam. Consult our Thesis Guide for formatting and final submission instructions.
• Master’s and doctoral students interested in participating in the June Commencement should visit our Commencement page for additional steps and details.

03/03/2025

Borrow your Textbooks for Free: The Basic Needs Center has a Textbook Lending Library open to all on-campus students that includes books, calculators, chemistry model sets and more. Visit their website to see if they have your books or request one if they don’t. Checkouts begin March 31; request your book by March 14 to check it out at the start of the term. Pop by 1030 SW Madison Ave., call 541-737-3747 or email [email protected] for questions and more textbook affordability advice.