Anthropology

When Wayne State alumna Dianna Jakubiec first decided to trade her unpredictable life of contract work for the more stable position at the U.S. Army Department of Defense at TACOM, she believed that would be the end of her career in the field she loved: anthropology. Instead, Jakubiec uses her background in anthropology to shake […]

Professor Krysta Ryzewski and her archaeology students entered the Grande Ballroom with a team of experts on Oct. 5 to formally determine the viability of the property and to investigate its potential towards larger neighborhood revitalization on behalf of its current owners, Chapel Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Originally built in 1928 to serve as a […]

Krysta Ryzewski, assistant professor of anthropology at Wayne State University, has been named as the 2016 Junior Faculty Award recipient for her research exploring the consequences of disruptive socio-environmental pressures on past landscapes, communities and material culture production. Established in 2003, the Junior Faculty Award is given to provide a promising, non-tenured faculty member with […]

Andy Newman, assistant professor of anthropology and undergraduate adviser, is an urban anthropologist who views Detroit as an opportunity to broaden both his engagement and that of his students with the urban issues that cities face across the globe. Newman’s interest in anthropology began at a young age. Growing up in Houston, Texas, Newman attended […]