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“Hit the Books!” Wheaton CounterCanon Anthropology Game Makes Theory Fun

Anthropology

Students in Dr. Bastian’s Anthropological Theory designed a game to make learning Theory fun and engaging.

Increasing White College Students’ Engagement with Anti-Racist Allyship

Academic Festival
Anthropology

My research is an effort to transcend the privilege and fragility that sometimes prevents white students from engaging in anti-racism work on campus.

Anthropology Capstone “Fear Itself”: Manifestations of Fear in Pieces from Wheaton’s Permanent Collection

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Anthropology

Exploring material culture through film and visual ethnography, this is a peek into the process of an unconventional Anthropology capstone.

The Forest for the Sites: Archaeological Heritage Production in the Gila National Forest

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Anthropology

One does not normally think of the archaeologist’s experience when learning about their work constructing the past, but how do these experiences shape this process?

The Way of the Woods: Experiences in the Wheaton Woods

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Anthropology

This thesis delves into several generations worth of stories of the Wheaton Woods. Over 50 people were interviewed about their experiences in the woods.

The Influence of Racial Bias Incidents at Wheaton College

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Anthropology

We examined the impact of Wheaton College’s response to racial bias incidents on campus on the student body.

Imagine A Just World Through Action

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Anthropology

This semester, we’ve learned about social justice through reading, researching and attempting to make change on Wheaton’s campus.

Race & Racism: Building an Anti-racist Society

African, African American, Diaspora Studies
Anthropology
Economics
History
Political Science
Provost
Psychology
Sociology
Student Affairs
Women's and Gender Studies

Starting this fall, a new interdisciplinary course will be open to all students, faculty, and staff who want to practice effective anti-racism.

“Blue Bossa” Variations With Existence & Resistance

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African, African American, Diaspora Studies
Anthropology
Music

As someone who did not grow up with a formal education in Classical music and related time periods, I never intentionally wrote for a string…

Senior Class Faculty Appreciation Award and Honorable Mentions

Anthropology
Political Science
Provost
Religion
Women's and Gender Studies

The Class Council of 2020 Announces this year’s Faculty Appreciation Award and Honorable Mentions.

Learning About Global Health While Living in a Pandemic

Academic Festival
Anthropology

For Global Health: Power, Sex and Gender class this term, the world we lived in became the classroom.

Puerto Rico: Humanities en Acción

Anthropology
Film & New Media Studies

Filmaker in Residence Fellows in the study away course Disaster and Reconstruction, Allison Chaves ’21 and Dominick Torres ’20, capture images of a complex reality…