In the News: Douglas V. Armstrong
‘An Incredible Endeavor’
In Harriet Tubman’s bicentennial year, alumni and faculty reflect on their role preserving her legacy and take stock of new milestones, including a national park designation, a book and the $20 bill.
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Maxwell Faculty, Staff and Students Honored at 2022 One University Awards Ceremony
The 2022 One University Awards were held Friday, April 22, in Hendricks Chapel. The annual event honors members of the Syracuse University community who are making a difference through academics, scholarship, creative work and dedicated service.
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Armstrong Piece on Using Archaeology to Examine Harriet Tubman’s Life Published in Ms. Magazine
Professor Doug Armstrong's article, "Using Archaeology to Rediscover Harriet Tubman’s Life in Freedom," was published in Ms. Magazine.
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New Book by Armstrong Offers Insights About Harriet Tubman’s Life Following Self-Emancipation
Douglas Armstrong, professor of anthropology, has published a new book, “The Archeology of Harriet Tubman’s Life in Freedom” (Syracuse University Press, 2022).
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Armstrong speaks to the Hill about new Harriet Tubman film
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Armstrong and collaborators author paper, win grant for excavation
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Armstrong, Singleton cited in Science article on Caribbean excavation
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Deborah Pellow to receive Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching
Deborah Pellow, professor of anthropology, who is a multidisciplinary scholar that specializes in urban studies, the anthropology of space and place, and feminism, with emphasis on West Africa, was conferred this year's prize. The prize memorializes William Wasserstrom, a noted English professor at Syracuse.
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2019 Moynihan junior faculty award to be given to Pezzarossi
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Maxwell announces new chair appointments
The Maxwell School has appointed new chairs for the departments of anthropology, economics, history, international relations (undergraduate), political science and sociology, as well as an interim chair of social science.
Celebrating Harriet Tubman
The archeological efforts of Douglas Armstrong and his students will be on display at a new national park honoring the former slave and abolitionist.
Artifact Central
Historical archaeologists Doug Armstrong and Theresa Singleton moved into new, state-of-the-art labs down the hall in Lyman, with expanded and upgraded space for research and teaching.
Out of Many, One People: The Historical Archaeology of Colonial Jamaica
The Truths Behind the Myth of Harriet Tubman
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