Open House for Prospective Graduate Students
Open House for Prospective Graduate Students
Our team of faculty and graduate students in Anthropology invites you to attend our annual Open House to learn about the department and our graduate programs.
Keep an eye out here for the Fall 2026 event!
When
Mid-late October, 2026
Where
Attend in-person at the University of Tennessee
Morning: Frank Winston Law Building-George C. Taylor Center, 1505 Cumberland Avenue • Knoxville TN 37996
Afternoon: Sophronia Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue • Knoxville TN 37996
Or virtually:
Using a Zoom link provided to registrants.
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 the registration deadline to arrange for a meeting. Faculty prefer to meet you in person at the Open House. If you are attending the Open House virtually, faculty will make arrangements to meet with you using a virtual platform after the Open House date.
Parking
If arriving by car, you must register for a parking spot; you will need to enter your license plate number and email address. Once registered, you will receive a QR code to scan at the gate. You will also receive an email confirmation containing the same.
Once completed, you will be registered to part in at Volunteer Hall Parking Garage. If full, you will be able to park in any UT Campus Paid Hourly Parking Zone.
Please email the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Graciela Cabana, if you have any questions.
Schedule
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Morning
(9:00 a.m. – noon)
Frank Winston Law Building/George C. Taylor Center, room 135.
* indicates those sessions that will be live-streamed over Zoom
9:00 – 9:15 a.m.
Welcome *
Department Head
Dr. Graciela Cabana, Director of Graduate Studies
President of the Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA)
Learn About our Degree Programs & Subdisciplines
9:15 – 10:00 a.m.
Cultural Anthropology *
10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Anthropological Archaeology & Mediterranean Archaeology *
10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Biological Anthropology *
11:30 a.m. – noon
Learn About the Disasters, Displacements, & Human Rights Graduate Certificate *
Lunch
Sophronia Strong Hall, 4th floor atrium.
noon – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
Afternoon
(1:15 – 5:00 p.m.)
Sophronia Strong Hall, 4th & 5th floors
Open Time
1:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Meet with Individual Faculty & Graduate Students:
Use this time to fulfill pre-scheduled appointments with faculty, or to meet with current graduate students in Strong 512 informally.
Guided Tours to Lab Spaces:
Use this time to visit our Strong Hall lab spaces & meet graduate students working in those labs:
- Skeletal Biology Research Lab & Donated Collections – (PI: Dr. Giovanna Vidoli) – Strong 427c & 431b
- 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
- US Southeast Archaeology (PI: Dr. Hannah Hoover) – 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 p.m.
Formal Meeting with Current Graduate Students *
Meet in Strong Hall, room 512.
Happy Hour
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Socialize with Current Graduate Students
TBD