Anthropology Department

SUNY Oswego’s Native American studies program will host up-and-coming Seneca filmmaker Caleb Abrams for screenings and a Q&A from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132).

SUNY Oswego anthropology faculty member Alanna Ossa will dig into a project that probes the history of open market exchange and economic development in the Gulf Coast area of Veracruz, Mexico — while also providing student research opportunities and shedding light on what this means for modern communities.

In late July, SUNY Oswego’s Office of International Education and Programs hosted 18 students and teachers from the SIS International School in Gwangju, South Korea. While the experience itself was fun for participants, it also represented the return of the Institute for Global Engagement Summer Global Partnership Programs, previously curtailed by the COVID pandemic.

SUNY Oswego’s archaeology field school led by anthropology faculty member Dr. Alanna Ossa returned this summer as 11 students participated in this year’s dig on a local property.

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.