Our department boasts an active and engaged undergraduate research program. Students gain invaluable experience conducting independent research, analyzing data, and presenting their findings at conferences and Oswego's QUEST. The skills acquired through research lead to successful graduate and professional careers where critical thinking, analytical skills, and the application of theory to practice are necessary.
Research
Faculty Research Projects
Hominoid origins in a unique paleocommunity: Topernawi Research Project (2021 - present)
Faculty project: Patricia Princehouse
Student research assistant: TBD
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Media-induced Linguistic Innovations in Chinese Address Terms: 女博士， female PhD. (2022 - present)
Faculty project: Jing Lei
Student research assistant: TBD
The Planner's Craft (Zambia) (2020-present)
Faculty project: Rebecca Peters
Student research assistants: Max Cameron '21, Kaleigh Quimby '23
Funded by: Franklin Grant from the American Philosophical Society
Long-term Market Development in Veracruz, Mexico (2023 - present)
Faculty project: Alanna Ossa
Funded by: SUNY Early Start Grant Program, National Science Foundation (Sauce Archaeological Project funding)
Student Research Assistants: Max Cameron '21, Bryan Baez '19, TBD
Student Research Projects
Anthropology CAPSTONE
As part of our major's program of study, our students design their own original research project in a unique two-series course plan, Research Methods and CAPSTONE. Students propose an original project in any of the four subdisciplines (sociocultural, archaeology, biological, or linguistic), and complete a professional research grant during our Research Methods course. In the following CAPSTONE course, they carry out their research project, write a thesis based on their findings, and present their results at Oswego's own undergraduate research symposium QUEST.
Anthropology CAPSTONE Quest Symposium
Student Quest Presentation
Student Quest Presentation
Student Quest Presentation
Grants
The Saraydar Undergraduate Research Grant
Designed to support undergraduate student research in the fields of archaeology and biological anthropology. This grant supports and encourages independent undergraduate research activity in anthropology and is open to SUNY Oswego Anthropology majors and minors, who are in their third, or junior, year of study. To apply, see "Student Grants."