Gordon explores the recent Brazilian trend of purchasing electrical tape bikinis (constructed directly onto one’s body) to achieve “a marquinha perfeita” (perfect little tan lines). To further explore ...

For centuries, Rapanui oral traditions said the statues “walked” from the quarry—but Western scholars dismissed this as myth, assuming instead that log rollers were used. Research by Dr. Terry Hunt ...

In a new book, Mac Schweitzer: A Southwest Maverick and Her Art (UA Press, 2025), Ann Hedlund (retired faculty, SoA and ASM) draws from the artist's papers to tell of her creative, adventure-filled ...

Dr. Kelsey Hanson (PhD 2024, now at University of Texas at Arlington), Kathleen Barvick (current PhD candidate), Rebecca Harkness (current PhD candidate), Dr. Evan Giomi (PhD 2022), Scott Ortman, and ...

Vasquez-Leon was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. She has an interdisciplinary background, with a Ph.D. in Anthropology and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Arizona.

I analyze plant remains and other environmental data from archaeological sites to understand how people in the past organized themselves to complete collective projects. I am also interested in the ...

SoA Assistant Professor Jacob Negrey and colleagues recently published a study in the journal Biological Conservation, providing evidence that face masks, distance, and quarantines protect wild ...

Amit comes from Montgomery County, MD to join LEEP under Dr. Stacey Tecot. She earned her BA in biological science from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. There, she conducted research on social stress ...

We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the ...

We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the ...

Professor Terry Hunt focuses on human and environmental histories of the Pacific Islands, where he has conducted field research throughout the region for more than four decades. Dr. Hunt has conducted ...