Researching the Ever-Changing Tampa Bay

Jaime Rogers, a master’s anthropology student, received $1,700 in grants from the Florida Anthropological Society and the Florida Archaeological Council to fund his research. “I am grateful that my research was recognized as being interesting enough to fund,” Rogers said. “There are some great research projects going on in Florida archaeology right now, and that […]

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 […]

Uncovering History Through Undergraduate Research

Most college students think of beach days and bathing suits when they hear they’re going to visit the East Coast for the summer. Current UCF senior Alexandra Kulenguski headed to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to spend her break working as an Archaeology and Digital Heritage Technician, instead of soaking up the sun beach-side. This […]

Excavating New Opportunities

University of Central Florida’s Department of Anthropology dug up a new Experiential Learning program last spring. Anthropology Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator Sarah Barber, Ph.D., created the program with Tom Penders, an archaeologist and cultural resources manager at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The program was created because Barber’s students were clamoring for archaeological […]

Anthropology Student Aims to Make a Difference

Story by Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala, UCF Today Elizabeth “Beth” Chance served eight years in the U.S. Army, among many assignments handling classified mail in Iraq. When she came home, she became a classroom teacher. But she’d always dreamed of becoming an archeologist. “I had watched a PBS special on the discovery of ‘Lucy,’” said the […]

UCF Archaeologist Featured on NPR

UCF Mesoamerican archaeologist, Sarah “Stacy” Barber, Ph.D., was recently interviewed on NPR’s Marketplace Morning Report by David Brancaccio. In his series known as the, Pro Tool: Tools Of The Professional, Dr. Barber discussed the importance of a Marshalltown trowel; an excavation tool she often uses in her profession. The Pro Tool series explores the must-have devices in different […]

COS Faculty Receive Incentive Awards

The College of Sciences is proud to announce the 2015-2016 winners for the Teaching Incentive Program and Research Incentive Award. Each year, UCF’s Academic Affairs’ Office of Faculty Excellence gives incentive awards to outstanding faculty for their dedication to teaching, research and scholarship. Every award winner, whether holding a nine or 12 month contract, is given […]

UCF Anthropology Takes Over Annual Conference

  In April, the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) held its 81st annual conference in Orlando and the UCF Anthropology Department had the opportunity to be involved. Many UCF Anthropology faculty, students and alumni attended, volunteered and participated in the conference. The annual conference provides a forum for dissemination of knowledge and discussion to which the UCF Anthropology […]

Religion and Politics Led to Social Conflict, Then and Now

Humans haven’t learned much in more than 2,000 years when it comes to religion and politics. Religion has led to social tension and conflict, not just in today’s society, but dating back to 700 B.C.,  according to a new study published today in Current Anthropology . Sarah Barber, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology at UCF, and Arthur […]

Inaugural Rising Stars and Research Excellence Awards

The College of Sciences is introducing three new awards to recognize the efforts of some of our most accomplished faculty researchers.   The Dean’s Distinguished Researcher Award, presented to a professor, comes with a tablet and the use of a reserved parking space for the next academic year. The Dean’s Rising Star recipients – one assistant professor and one […]

Sarah “Stacy” Barber : Women who shaped UCF

What is your current job title and responsibilities?  Assistant Professor, Anthropology.  I am a Mesoamerican archaeologist responsible for teaching undergraduate courses and conducting archaeological field research in Oaxaca, Mexico, and in Florida. What is your history at UCF? (past job titles, responsibilities) I have been at UCF since 2007 as an Assistant Professor. What is […]

UCF Professor Receives RIHA Grant

Dr. Sarah Barber, a UCF anthropology professor, recently received a grant from the Religion and Human Affairs (RIHA) Program of The Historical Society funded by the John Templeton Foundation through the University of Colorado Boulder. The grant will allow Dr. Barber to study the role of religion in the social and political innovations that led […]

Anthropology professors discusses work-life balance

UCF Anthropology Assistant Professor Sarah Stacy Barber discusses the issue of balancing work and life in the latest issue of the Archeological Record printed by the Society for American Archeology.  “I make no claims to being an expert at the juggling act,” Barber says in her essay, “but I can speak to my own experiences of the challenges […]

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