University of Mississippi Department of Sociology and Anthropology

08/31/2026

On Tuesday, Separate 22nd, join Dr. Jodi Skipper as she facilitates a conversation with Hollis Crowder, an avid genealogist who is doing the deep work of reunion with descendants of the Crowder family who enslaved his ancestors and Stephanie Thayer, one of those descendants. Both are leaning on their spirituality to help guide them through this Sanfoka process, reaching back and gathering the best of what our past has to teach us, so that we can achieve our full potential as we move forward. Join us for this talk at 5:30 PM! https://eventcalendar.olemiss.edu/event/southtalks-reclaiming-the-legacy-how-the-crowders-turned-a-dark-past-into-faith-and-family-with-hollis-crowder-stephanie-thayer-and-jodi-skipper

04/29/2026

Congrats to Tuck Rodi on the successful defense of his MA thesis on artisanal fishing in northern coastal Peru!! Tuck is headed to UC Berkeley in the fall to start his PHD!

04/27/2026

University of Mississippi Department of Sociology and Anthropology graduate student Benjamin Crawford showing one of the display panels that he helped to create for a Reconstruction Era exhibit at the Behind the Big House, Holly Springs, MS Craft House site. Ben worked with Rosa Foundation Executive Director Rev. Dr. Sally Godard on the display. The panels were displayed in time for the Ida B. Wells in Marshall County Tour attendees to see them in the museum room at the Craft House.

For more information on some of the Reconstruction Era political figures featured in the exhibit, see DeeDee Baldwin’s “Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi,” https://much-ado.net/legislators/.

04/19/2026

Congratulations to and graduate student Max Conrad and his co-organizers on a successful New Directions in Anthropology graduate student conference Thanks for having me as keynote speaker for the event!

04/03/2026

Congrats to Arif Hossain on passing his MA prospectus defense! He will be researching development discourses and local responses to the building of the Rampal coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh near a threatened wetlands. ecology

03/26/2026

Congrats to Anas Rahman for passing his MA prospectus defense! He will be researching rural land use change and environmental justice in northern Mississippi.

11/22/2025

Congrats to Max Conrad for such a great presentation on “Ortho Bros” at the AAA conference in New Orleans!! Max is a doctoral student in linguistic anthropology at U Texas, Austin — and a recent graduate of our MA program in Anthropology.

11/08/2025

Are you looking for some flexibility in your spring schedule? We’ve got you covered. Anthropology offers a growing assortment of online gen ed and elective options!

12/09/2024