Anthropology Department

Emil Sander, a sophomore anthropology major in SUNY Oswego’s Honors Program, is pursuing his passion this summer: playing baseball near his hometown for the Auburn Doubledays in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League.

Nerissa Conklin, a May 2023 anthropology graduate at SUNY Oswego, created an exhibit currently on display at the Richardson-Bates House Museum about the university’s archaeological field school during summer 2022.

The community is invited to bring items to an “Antiques Roadshow” type event hosted by SUNY Oswego senior anthropology major Nerissa Conklin from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 19, at the Richardson-Bates House Museum in Oswego.

A spoken word performance featuring the poems and short stories of Indigenous/Chicana artist and 2022 SUNY Oswego graduate Chelsea Maldonado called “Redress to the Red Dresses” will raise awareness of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (#MMIW) cause. The free event will take place at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 28, in Tyler Hall's Waterman Theatre.

SUNY Oswego’s Sustainability Office and Auxiliary Services partnered with a Native American studies class taught by Michael Chaness in this year’s maple tapping event that will result in maple syrup for the campus and community.

An archaeology dig is different than digging for treasure, but 11 SUNY Oswego students found great value in participating in the return of the Archaeology Field School over the summer.

SUNY Oswego’s Archaeology Field School -- the Richardson-Bates House Historic Preservation Field School) -- under the direction of Oswego anthropology faculty member and archaeologist Alanna Ossa has started digging in for this class during the first two summer sessions.

A SUNY Oswego faculty member recently played a direct role in the worldwide growth of the study of cultural anthropology.

For one SUNY Oswego student, the history of the Port City allowed the opportunity to advance his career experience by searching for -- and apparently discovering -- a long-lost fort.