IPL features include:
- White Light Confocal Profiler - Obtained through a prestigious National Science Foundation grant, this microscope is revolutionizing dental microwear labs and can be found in only a handful of U.S. anthropology labs.
- Scanning Electron Microscope
Current hands-on research includes:
- Native American pottery from the Spanish Mission field site on Sapelo Island in Georgia
- Studies of late 19th & 20th century material from archaeological investigations from across Indiana
- Classifying and analyzing Indiana chert (flint) types
Virtual Sexual Economies Project – A faculty-led project investigating internet facilitated sexual commerce (e.g., webcam modeling) and social media use from anthropological, socio-legal and socio-economic perspectives.
Korean Drama Analysis Project – A faculty-led project investigating cultural constructions of gender and romantic relationships in Korean televisions dramas and their effects on Koreans’ expectations of their romantic relationships.
The ERL is equipped with computers with qualitative Analysis Software (ATLAS.ti) for students to analyze ethnographic data, interview transcripts, social media feeds and more.