Sonya Atalay

Biography

My work is in engaged (public) anthropology, focused on research partnerships with indigenous and local communities. I work across the disciplinary boundaries of cultural anthropology, archaeology, heritage studies, and Native American & Indigenous studies. For me, research is at its best when everyday people are engaged in studying, protecting and teaching about their own cultural heritage. I am working to understand and bring about the institutional changes required to support engaged, activist, and transformative scholarships through ethics principles, grant agency frameworks, tenure promotion guidelines, etc.

Research Interest

cultural anthropology, archaeology, heritage studies, and Native American & Indigenous studies