New Anthropology course to be offered Spring 2027!
Dr. Akiko Nosaka, PLU’s cultural anthropologist, spent some of her time last year developing a new course titled, ANTH 389 Health and Disease – Biosocial Factors and Complexities, which will be offered in Spring 2027. This course is designed to introduce students to the biocultural,…
Dr. Bradford Andrews, Anthropology Program Director, Speaks at Tokyo University in Japan
Dr. Bradford Andrews, Director of the Anthropology Program, gave an invited talk for seminar at Tokyo University (Todai) in Japan titled, “Making Stone Tools: Implications for the Evolution of Human Cognition.” This talk included a lecture and a stone tool production demonstration. Taught by a…
PLU Department of Anthropology completes repatriation of materials to the Nisqually Tribe
Leaders from the Nisqually Indian Tribe visited Pacific Lutheran University earlier this month to take possession of materials from a PLU anthropology excavation done around Woodard Bay, Washington in the 1990s. This repatriation process was led by Associate Professor of Anthropology Bradford Andrews and Faculty…
Venice Jakowchuk ’23 travels through time, a dancer’s journey toward archaeology
For Venice Jakowchuk ’23, a single general education class sparked a passion that has since taken her—literally and/or metaphorically—from Herefordshire, England and Aberdeen, Scotland to the central highlands of Mexico and back to the lands of the Nisqually peoples. More Here
PLU professor, local archaeologist team up with students to study prehistoric artifacts from Mount Rainier
TACOMA, WASH. (March 10, 2016)- Bradford Andrews has spent a decade inviting his students to participate in archaeological research in the Mount Rainier area. This year, the work helped uncover details about prehistoric hunting groups. The Rest of the Story
Art and Anthropology Faculty Join Forces for Important Historical Illustrations
Q&A With Professor Michael Stasinos and Associate Professor Bradford Andrews Enjoy The Rest of the Article Here