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Cultural Anthropology Ph.D. student, Kelly Zepelin, successfully defended her dissertation, “Foraging Culture: Ethics, Practice, and Identity among Contemporary Foragers in the Southwest United States” Thank you so much to her committee: Donna Goldstein, Alison Cool, Tatiana Chudakova and Veronica House (the latter two are not pictured here). Congratulations, Kelly!

Congratulations to Professors Fladd, Goldfarb and Sauther who were all awarded a Research & Innovation (RIO) Seed Grant Program. The RIO Seed Grants are specifically aimed to stimulate inter- and multidisciplinary work on research, scholarship and creative activity projects that either: explore new areas of research with high impact and...

Congratulations to Rob Weiner for receiving the Paloheimo Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe! Outstanding work, Rob!

Congratulations to Austin Sibley who successfully defended her prospectus, “Parental Care and Transgender Childhood in the US," and will advance to Phd candidacy. Her committee, comprised of Professors Emmanuel David, Kathryn Goldfarb, Kira Hall, and stef shuster, are excited to see this project move from elegant proposal and into the...

Congratulations to graduate students Katie Donlan, Scarlett Engle, Clara Lee, Chilton Tippin, and Rob Weiner for receiving graduate student research awards from the Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences.

Please join us in celebrating and honoring these graduate students for outstanding academic performance and disciplinary service: Lauren Barrett, Jack Dalton, Paige Edmiston, Erik Jurado, Clara Lee are receiving the Willena D. Cartwright Scholarship for progress towards dissertation research. Georgia Butcher, Carlton Gover, Kelsey Hoppes, Katie McGuire, Nicholas Puente, Anna...

Congratulations to Lauren Barrett who successfully defended her research prospectus, “Imagining a Sustainable and Smart Future: Innovation and Design of the Colorado Electric Grid.” She now advances to PhD candidacy!

Graduate student,Dawa Lokyitsang's latest essay, showcasing her PhD research. It is now up on the American Ethnologist website: "Sovereignty in Settler Colonial Times: Kinship and Education in the Tibetan Exile Community." https://americanethnologist.org/features/reflections/sovereignty-in-settler-colonial-times Great job on this important essay, congratulations, Dawa!

Congratulations to Carlton who successfully defended his research prospectus, “The Seeds of Ethnogenesis: An Indigenous Archaeology of Central Great Plains Village Formation.” He now advances to PhD candidacy!

Thanks to everyone who made our 2022 Graduate Student Open House and Research Symposium a huge success! A special shout out to our presenters, Professors Sarah Kurnick and Keolu Fox! AND a huge congratulations to all of our candidates!