USF Department of Anthropology

10/09/2026

The Center of Advancement of Food Security and Healthy Communities enjoyed an informative and inspirational day at 4roots farm in Orlando along with the USF Future Food Think Tank.

10/08/2026

Professor Tom Pluckhahn has a column in the current issue of Creative Loafing, timed for Indigenous Peoples' Day, to explain what people of Tampa Bay should know about the legendary "Princess Ulele" (including a previously unrealized connection with Edgar Allan Poe).

Ahead of Indigenous Peoples Day is on Oct. 12, 2026, Tom Pluckhahn, Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida, shares seven things that we can never know for certain about Tampa Bay’s most famous Indigenous woman.

10/07/2026

🚨 Interested in Graduate School? Visit us on October 20th at 4pm in SOC 146 to learn about selecting & applying to graduate school 📕

10/05/2026

Dr. Wells and his doctoral students, Abby Vidmar and Andrew Monast, recently participated in Florida’s annual brownfields conference in Tallahassee, speaking with lawmakers and other stakeholders about the relationship between health equity and environmental pollution.

09/30/2026

Dr. Wells and his undergraduate interns are working with the Whitted Historic Community (est. 1886) in Osceola County to address drinking water contamination that has long plagued the community.

09/28/2026

🔥 off the press! Read Dr. Kevin Yelvington and Nicole Faria Batista’s newest article, “Melville J. Herskovits and Zora Neale Hurston in Haiti: The Politics of Anthropological Knowledge”

🔗: https://revistas.usp.br/cadernosdecampo/pt_BR/article/view/250411

09/25/2026

When did groceries get so expensive? Read more about Lily’s research on food insecurity and community organizations in Tampa Bay 🥕

🚨 Anthro Students! Looking to highlight your research? DM us.

09/23/2026

Cheers to Dr. John Arthur for his prestigious Fulbright award to study the history of alcohol! 🍻

09/23/2026

Hey, don't just take our word for it, listen to the Wall Street Journal. Selected screenshots from last week's article "Want to Succeed in an AI World? Study Anthropology"