DU Department of Anthropology

02/05/2026

10/24/2025

We are so excited to share that our very own Dr. Christina Kreps Wins Distinguished Service Award from the Council for Museum Anthropology! Please help us celebrate Dr. Kreps!

The Council for Museum Anthropology has selected Christina Kreps, anthropology professor and director of the Museum of Anthropology and Museum & Heritage Studies at the University of Denver, as the recipient of its 2025 Distinguished Service Award. This award recognizes Kreps’ extraordinary contri...

05/06/2025

Check out this wonderful opportunity to see some public archaeology!

05/01/2025

Proud of our undergraduate and graduate students who presented at the Society for American Archaeology meetings.

05/01/2025

DU alumni, students' and faculty toast at the Society for American Archaeology conference here in Denver.

02/13/2025

We are hiring! Apply here for the Curator of Collections for the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Denver!

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02/12/2025

Don't miss Ollie the Anthro Dog tomorrow at Anthro Day! 11:30-2:30 in CCOM 1600

10/20/2024

Join us for our Fall Colloquium! Wednesday November 6 at noon.

08/30/2024

An anthropologist, Orin Starn, worked at Amazon for fieldwork. Check out what he learned on Sapiens:

An anthropologist, who worked in an Amazon warehouse, reports on the impediments to labor organizing—and why it’s still worth trying.

08/28/2024

Hi All,
Please share widely! A job opening for an archeologist in the department of anthropology at the University of Denver. Come work with us!

The Department of Anthropology invites applications for an assistant professor tenure-track position with an anticipated starting date of September 2025. We seek a candidate with specialization in North American Archaeology or Latin American Archaeology whose work addresses one or both of the following departmental priorities:

Archaeology: digital/emergent practices, and non-invasive archaeological methods. For example: lidar, drone-based data collection, integration with GIS, bridging heritage management and technology with descendant communities.
Heritage studies: Traditional ecological knowledge, folklore, oral history, digital archives/mapping, migration and mobility, critical heritage studies, natural resource use, or the application of heritage-based technologies or frameworks to archaeological practice.
The successful candidate will be encouraged to integrate the extant archaeological collections housed in the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology (DUMA) into their teaching and/or research. To do so, they may need to collaborate with faculty and staff outside the department for shared university resources (e.g., material analysis laboratories, GIS).

The successful candidate will teach five courses per year over three quarters (fall, winter, spring). The ideal candidate, in addition to courses in anthropology and their regional area of specialization, should be able to offer courses that are accessible and appealing to undergraduate students who represent a broad range of majors. They will also teach courses that provide methodological, analytical, and/or theoretical training for students in the MA program. Some upper-divisional courses will be open to a mix of advanced undergraduate and entry-level MA students. Interest in and the ability to teach community engaged and/or service learning courses would be welcomed. Candidates may also be asked to establish and teach an archaeological or applied field school.

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