Anthropology Lecture Series Fall 2026

About this event

The OSU Anthropology Lecture Series features guest speakers from the OSU community, as well as visitors from academic institutions, government agencies, non-government organizations and businesses in Oregon and beyond. Each quarter, a new roster of speakers are invited to give 30-45 minute presentations on cutting-edge research, current events and other projects that resonate with the OSU anthropology community. These “tan sack/brown bag” lunchtime lectures are designed for the OSU community to engage with diverse ongoing research, applied projects, and contemporary anthropological dialogue, but are also meant as a space for us to converse with each other.

Fridays, 12-12:50 p.m. in Strand 161 and via Zoom

This series is sponsored by the School of Language, Culture & Society .

• October 2: Dawn Nafus, Intel - " Data Centers Inside and Out: The Art of the Possible, Speculative Fabulation, and a Plain Old Nope"

• October 9: Melissa Hanks, Oregon Health Authority - "Applied Anthropology in Action at Oregon Health Authority"

• October 23: Florencia Pech-Cardenas, OSU College of Forestry - "Forest Governance and Management for Handicraft Production in Maya Communities"

• October 30: Alex Nyers, Northwest Research Obsidian & OSU - "3D Scanning, Morphometrics, and Obsidian Sourcing and Archaeology"

• November 6: Briana Meier, OSU Marine Studies - "City Ceremonies: Methods for Worlding with Whales and Others"

• November 20: Carmit McMullen, Kaiser Permanente - "Creating Space for Public Engagement in Biomedical Research"