I must be doing something right! #teachingaward #universityteaching

Dr. Putt’s approach to teaching biological anthropology and archaeology involves a student-centered classroom that emphasizes the power of play and project-based learning. news.illinoisstate.edu/2024/01/meet-t… via Illinois State

Rachael Kooistra represented the Anthropology Program at the ISU Research Symposium with her poster, “The Selection against Wisdom Teeth.” Rachael‘s research into wisdom teeth began in Dr. Putt’s ANT 265 class as an unessay project. #RedbirdProud #RedbirdScholar

We’re #redbirdproud of Michaela Schroeder‘a successful defense of her thesis. Congratulations, Michaela! #redbirdscholar #Masters #primatology #kanzi #bonobo

Meet our summer interns! Lucah Kloster is a junior Anthropology major who hopes to "gain experience with large project planning, further insight into the origins of early hominin stone technology, and make preparations to run an experiment on asocial flintknapping in the fall."

Meet our summer interns! Valerie Jackson is a junior Anthropology major fascinated by primate behavior. She is looking forward to learning how to construct an ethogram and navigate new coding software to investigate ape behaviors, which she hopes to develop into a senior thesis.

Learn how Redbird undergrads are gaining new skills, career trajectories in a research experience funded through the Illinois State Office of Student Research and by the Provost's Office. ISU Biological Anthropology Lab news.illinoisstate.edu/2024/07/studen…

#RedbirdProud of the students who received Illinois State's Office of Student Research's FIREBird and BirdFEEDER research grants: ISU Biological Anthropology Lab School of Biological Sciences at Illinois State @ISUPsychDept ISUKinesiologyandRec Illinois State Ag Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State ISU FCS Teaching & Learning Education at ISU Applied Sci & Tech news.illinoisstate.edu/2024/10/fall-2…

Dr. Putt's research on the evolution of language was recently discussed in New Scientist: newscientist.com/article/248404…

Learn how to bring research into your #experimentalarchaeology classroom for a hands-on learning experience using the #CURE model. New paper published in EXARC: exarc.net/issue-2025-3/r… #highereducation #archaeologyeducation #RedbirdScholar Center for Integrated Professional Development