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Dr. Cusack-McVeigh interview featured in recent Washington Post Magazine story, “The Endless Robbing of Native American Graves.” From the article: “For centuries, everyone from archaeologists to amateurs pillaged artifacts—and human remains. Now, the FBI is cracking down on those who continue to dig.” Holly Cusack-McVeigh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and …

It was a busy Arab American Heritage Month for Edward Curtis, the Plater Chair in the School of Liberal Arts and a fourth-generation Arab American. He tweeted @EdwardECurtisIV every day of the month about Arab Americans in Indianapolis and other parts of the state. Among the highlights were two original maps charting the growth of …

Dr. John Parrish-Sprowl was recently interviewed for a piece in Popular Science, “COVID Vaccine Hesitancy is Showing up in Unexpected Places.” He was also a guest on an episode of A Shot in the Arm Podcast (season 4, episode 7): Communicating One Health with Professors Jonna Mazet and John Parrish-Sprowl. John Parrish-Sprowl is a Professor …

The American Indian Program here in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IU Indianapolis has been supporting efforts by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to Native Americans. These efforts were recently highlighted in the IndyStar. Charmayne ‘Charli’ Champion-Shaw is Director of American Indian Programs and Lecturer in Native American and …

Dr. Katharine Head was recently asked to serve as an expert contributor to the National Communication Association podcast “Communication Matters: The NCA Podcast.”  The episode is called “Public Health Communication, Vaccine Rollouts, and More.”  In this episode, we reflect on how public health communication about COVID-19 has changed one year into the pandemic, and we …