Nicole Herzog joined the Anthropology Department as assistant professor this fall. Her courses aim to help students better navigate the complexity of the human landscape, from how we understand the evolutionary basis of human sexuality and sexual expression, to using behavioral research to learn about our closest relatives.
DU’s Anthropology Department welcomes new assistant professor and cultural anthropologist Kelly Fayard. A former assistant dean and director for the Native American Cultural Center at Yale College, Fayard emphasizes the importance of supporting and mentoring Native students, as well as first-generation, low-income, LGBTQ+ and/or BIPOC students in her classrooms.
Allison Welty (MA ’15) is a learner at heart. Welty first studied history and English as an undergraduate, then came to DU for an MA in English — and her studies haven’t stopped there.
Healing 2020 is a REAP (Research, Education, Activism, Performance) conference hosted by The Spirituals Project and the University of Denver.
Having pursued multiple career paths and encountered roadblocks along the way, Jeremiah Jones now serves as a deputy district attorney in Cortez, Colorado, a position that allows him to put the skills he learned at DU into everyday practice.