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New Book Explores Breast Milk Sharing Among Central Florida Women
An in-depth, years-long study into the practice of Central Florida mothers sharing their breast milk to nourish babies other than their own recently culminated in a co-authored book. The authors trace their interest in peer-to-peer breast milk sharing to Associate Professor of Sociology Shannon Carter, Ph.D., who first observed human milk sharing at breastfeeding support […]
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Anthropology Ph.D. Program to Launch in 2018
by Zenaida Kotala UCF will begin offering a Ph.D. program in integrative anthropological sciences next fall, but it won’t be your traditional anthropology degree. Students who enter the program will benefit from a methods-focused program that encourages them to integrate advanced methodological expertise with anthropology’s strengths in diversity to address enduring problems not just in […]
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Faculty Recognition: Research and Teaching Effectiveness
RIA Awardees The University of Central Florida Research Incentive Awards (RIA) program supports outstanding research, scholarly and creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field, including interdisciplinary research and collaborations. The below faculty members were recognized for their contributions to UCF’s key goal of achieving international prominence in research and creative activities. […]
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Peer Milk-Sharing Participants Generally Keep it Clean
Story by Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala, UCF Today Mothers who want the benefits of breast milk for their babies but can’t produce the substance often turn to milk-sharing networks. A new study from the University of Central Florida found that although not a recommended practice, those who participate in milk-sharing networks generally follow good hygiene, which is […]
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Award Winning Linguistic Anthropology
University of Central Florida student Christy Box spent six weeks travelling Ireland, Scotland and England this summer, all in pursuit of words. She just won an award for her years of research on the subject. Box is a senior in the Department of Anthropology. She spent this summer conducting research for her honors-in-the-major project about […]
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How ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Reflects America’s Soul
It’s almost impossible to avoid all the hype about the upcoming Marvel Comics-inspired film – Captain America: Civil War. Hollywood is banking on the legions of loyal – some might say crazy – fans who dress up as their favorite character, attend conventions, flock to YouTube with speculation about comic-inspired movie storylines and buy lots […]
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Anthropology Student Studies Homelessness
Anthropology graduate student, Rebecca Young, ’14, currently has an article under review in the peer reviewed journal, Human Organization, about homelessness in Orlando and Oviedo. Rebecca has done research on this topic for four years and has presented her work widely at the largest conferences in the U.S. Rebecca started attending UCF in fall 2010 and […]
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Undergraduates; The Backbone Of Anthropology
Anthroplogy professors Dr. Matejowsky and Dr. Reyes-Foster write articles on a periodic basis for Anthropology News, which is the official publication from the American Anthropological Association. This is the latest article published in January 2014. The article shows the importance of focusing on our undergraduate students to keep the Anthropology field of study alive. In our […]
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Social Networking Helps the Parents of the Internet Generation
UCF Faculty Parents Network – forum on Facebook for UCF staff and faculty Social networks are utilized for a number of reasons. Sometimes useful, sometimes not. Many people use the Internet for personal social media purposes and these sites can prove to be valuable practical resources for busy UCF professors and other faculty members. Beatriz […]
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Connecting Dots and Tots
When anthropology professor Beatriz Reyes-Foster arrived at UCF in 2011 she was a little surprised there was no university network for faculty who have children. There were family-leave workshops for those thinking about starting a family, but there was no grassroots network to help parents who might need a referral for a pediatrician or a […]
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UCF Professors Write Guest Column Piece for the Orlando Sentinel
Drs. Ty Matejowsky and Beatriz Reyes-Foster, professors in the Department of Anthropology at UCF, recently wrote a guest column piece for the Orlando Sentinel called, “Anthropologists should do a better job of promoting their field.” The featured article addresses the negative attention that cultural anthropology tends to receive in the news lately. They describe cultural anthropology as […]
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Beatriz Reyes-Foster : Women Who Shaped UCF
Congratulations, Beatriz Reyes-Foster, on your special honor from the UCF Center for Success of Women Faculty. The Center is celebrating “31 wonderful UCF women who have helped chart the course of UCF’s 50-year history” with special stories on their site. Leclair was honored on March 2 with the below interview. What is your current job title and […]