Congratulations to Dr. Zimmerman who was recently awarded the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Lucy Mair Medal and the Marsh Prize for Applied Anthropology! You can read more about it here Larry Zimmerman is Professor Emeritus of Museum Studies and Public Scholar Emeritus of Native American Representation, IU School of Liberal Arts at IU Indianapolis
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Sociologist Andrew Whitehead, co-director of the Association of Religion Data Archives at the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IU Indianapolis, won the 2021 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion for his co-authored book “Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States.” The Distinguished Book …
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Jason Kelly is the TRIP (Translating Research into Practice) scholar of the month. Read more about Dr. Kelly’s work here On Friday, January 28, 2022 from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. Professor Kelly will give a virtual presentation about his work on “Transdisciplinarity, Public Scholarship, and the Anthropocene.” In this presentation, Professor Jason Kelly will …
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Stephanie Rowe recently organized an excellent “Making a Career with History” panel as part of IU Indianapolis’s Fall Career week. Stephanie Rowe is Executive Director of the National Council on Public History, IU School of Liberal Arts at IU Indianapolis
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On the anniversary of the Capitol insurrection many are still trying to figure out why it happened and what it means for our country moving forward. There are a handful of reasons thousands of Americans rioted that day. While not the only reason, a key influence was white Christian nationalism. My colleague Sam Perry and …
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Associate Faculty member Desmond L. Kemp’s Introduction to American Politics class (POLS Y103) was given the opportunity to take a creative approach to solving political centered issues using technology. They met with the creator of EMPOWRD, Horace Williams, which is an application that allows lobbyists and politicians in Georgia to engage local citizens. Teams of …
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