Yolanda Moses, vice provost of diversity and conflict resolution and professor of anthropology at University of California, Riverside, and Michael Blakey, NEH professor of anthropology and director of the Institute for Historical Biology at the College of William and Mary, were featured guests on “The Kathleen Dunn Show” on Wisconsin Public Radio on May 16 for a special program on the RACE: Are We So Different? project. During the hour-long program, Moses and Blakey discussed contents of the exhibit, as well as issues such as race and the presidential campaign. To listen to the interview, click here.

Alejandro Lugo, professor of anthropology and Latina/Latino studies associate at University of Illinois, Champlain-Urbana, contributed a letter to the New York Times in response to the May 4 editorial, “Hard Times at the Golden Door.” In the letter, Lugo highlights the economic displacement caused by U.S. immigration policies and argues for the legalization of the millions of workers who have contributed to a competitive U.S. economy.

Daniel Halperin, senior research scientist and lecturer in international health at Harvard University School of Public Health, was featured in an hour-long call-in show on the BBC for his new research on HIV prevention, which was published last week in the journal Science. To listen to the interview, click here, then select "Listen Tuesday." 

Holly Dunsworth, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Anthropolgoy at Pennsylvania State University, read her essay called "I Am Evolution" on NPR's "Weekend Edition" on Sunday, May 11 as part of NPR's "This I Believe" series.  In the essay, Dunsworth examines how her work documenting evolution as a paleoanthropologist has affected her understanding of the phrase, “I believe in evolution.”  

Bonnie Bade, professor anthropology at California State University, San Marcos and Sarah B. Horton of the University of Montana discussed health care for undocumented migrants in California in the recent New York Times article, “Illegal Immigrants Turn to Traditional Healing.” Bade spoke about the migration of indigenous medical culture from Oaxaca, Mexico. Hornton discussed the preference for potent Mexican drugs and “self-medication” among migrants who lack access to conventional care in the U.S.

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