Open House for Prospective Graduate Students
Open House for Prospective Graduate Students
Our team of faculty and graduate students invites you to attend our annual Open House to learn about the department and our graduate programs.
When
Friday, October 18th, 2024
Where
Attend in-person:
Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee
Sophronia Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue • Knoxville TN 37996
Or virtually:
A Google Meet link will be provided directly to registrants via email on October 14th.
Face-to-Face Meetings with Faculty
If you indicated on your Registration Form that you wish to meet with individual faculty, those faculty will be contacting you directly after October 14th to arrange for a meeting. Your meetings will take place either at the Open House, or using a virtual platform.
.
Parking
If arriving by car, in-person attendees should park in the Volunteer Hall Parking Garage on White Avenue, located behind the College of Law. Once at the Open House, we will provide you with a QR Code voucher to waive your parking fee on your way out of the garage.
Please email the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Graciela Cabana, if you have any questions.
Schedule
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Morning
(9:00 am – noon)
Meet in Strong 418.
* indicates those sessions that will be live-streamed over Google Meet
9:00 – 10:00 am
Introductions & Welcome *
Dr. Barbara Heath, Department Head
Dr. Graciela Cabana, Director of Graduate Studies
Elizabeth Tarulis, President of the Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA)
Learn About our Degree Programs & Subdisciplines
10:00 – 10:40 am
Cultural Anthropology *
10:40 – 11:20 am
Anthropological Archaeology & Mediterranean Archaeology *
11:20 am – noon
Biological Anthropology *
Lunch
noon – 1 pm
Lunch Meal (provided)
Strong Hall Atrium, 4th floor.
Afternoon
(1:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
Meet in Strong 512.
* indicates those sessions that will be live-streamed over Google Meet
1:00 – 1:30 pm
Learn About the Disasters, Displacements, & Human Rights Graduate Certificate *
Open Time
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Meet with Individual Faculty:
Use this time to fulfill pre-scheduled appointments with faculty.
To meet with Dr. Dawnie Steadman, stay in Strong 512 or in the same Google Meet space.
Self-Guided Tours to Lab Spaces:
Use this time to visit our Strong Hall lab spaces & meet graduate students working in those labs:
- Donated Collections & Steadman Lab (PI: Dr. Dawnie Steadman) – Strong 431b/427c
- Historical Archaeology (PI: Dr. Barbara Heath) – Strong 427a
- Hominin Paleobiology (PI: Dr. Steven Lautzenheiser) – Strong 427d
- Molecular Anthropology (PI: Dr. Graciela Cabana) – Strong 518
- Paleoethnobotany (PI: Dr. Kandace Hollenbach) – Strong 421
- Zooarchaeology (PI: Dr. Anneke Janzen) – Strong 421
You can also tour most of these labs virtually by visiting the @UTKAnthropology YouTube Channel.
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Meeting with Current Graduate Students *
Happy Hour
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Socialize with Current Graduate Students
Pour Taproom, 207 W. Jackson Avenue, Knoxville TN 31902