On Friday, November 18 at 2 pm in Hibben 105  Marilyn London will present her talk Using Anthropological Skills and Perspectives Outside of Academia  as part of the Fall 2022 Anthropology Colloquia Series. 

Abstract

Anthropologists have a unique perspective on the world that can be used in many contexts. Even within our discipline, we study culture, language, biology, and history to understand humans from various points of view. The skills we develop to collect and analyze data, to make sense of the world, and to present it in a coherent way can be used in nearly any career context. From medical and scientific research, to teaching, from emergency management to mass disaster recovery, Dr. London will discuss how anthropology prepared her for a varied career.

Marilyn London has worked as a forensic anthropologist for more than three decades. She served on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services D-MORT Team for 20 years, and has responded to mass fatality incidents including the recovery and identification of remains after the crash of Flight 93 in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. She has worked on the human skeletal collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. She currently serves as Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland.