Kelsey Hoppes
Kelsey Hoppes received her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2019 and her Masters in Anthropology from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2022. She is a Ph.D. candidate who specializes in the Great Plains pottery. Her advisor is Dr. Douglas Bamforth, and the committee consists of Dr. Samantha Fladd (Washington State University), Dr. Scott Ortman, Dr. Sarah Kurnick, and Dr. Jen Birch (University of Georgia). Kelsey's research interests include ethnogenesis, community social identities, bending of material culture, Plains Village archaeology, and social processes of coalescing.
Awards
- 2023 Ron Cruise Memorial Scholarship
- 2023 Student Research Award University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
- 2023 Willena D Cartwright Fund
- 2023 Alice Hamilton Award
- 2023 Gambill Graduate Student Award 2022 CARTSS Grant
- 2022 Dana Deger Scholarship
- 2022 Haskell-Houghtelin Scholarship
- 2021 Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Carhart Fellow
- 2020 Leroy Follis Memorial Scholarship