Armchair Expert with Jason De Leon released
The live recording of Armchair Expert with guest Prof. Jason De Leon is now available! Hosted by Dax Shepard (UCLA Anthropology, class of 2000) and Monica Padman, Armchair Expert is […]
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Akhil Gupta named president of the American Anthropological Association
Prof. Akhil Gupta, UCLA Professor of Anthropology, has been named president of the American Anthropological Association. The American Anthropological Association is the largest association for professional anthropologists in the world. Prof. Gupta […]
Dan Fessler discusses the Bedari Kindness Institute on CNN
Watch the interview with Prof. Fessler here.
Remembering Jim Sackett
Dear friends and colleagues, It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of Emeritus Professor James Robert Sackett on December 21st, 2019. Professor Sackett received a […]
The New Yorker: Dax Shepard, Anthropology Major
Actor, screenwriter, and director Dax Shepard is proud of his anthropology degree from UCLA. To the point that “the No. 1 thing that people make fun of me about is […]
UCLA Anthropology graduate Karla Estrada featured in LA Times article about DACA
LA Times: “DACA changed a generation of California immigrants. These are some of their stories.”Photo credit: Kent Nishimura, LA Times
Alumnus Jason De León returns as professor to change narratives about undocumented migrants
UCLA graduate Jason De León is back- as Professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies. De León’s Undocumented Migrant Project, now hosted at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, uses ethnographic, visual, forensic […]
Prof. Shannon Speed on NPR: Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day
Shannon Speed, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center, talks to NPR about the growing movement to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day.@NPR
Prof. Daniel Fessler to be first director of the $20million UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute
Founded by philanthropists Jennifer and Matthew C. Harris, the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute is the world’s first interdisciplinary research institute whose mission is to spread kindness and promote a more humane world. Anthropology […]
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