News & Events
Anden Drolet successfully defended his research prospectus "Living a GNH Life: Buddhism, Modern Possibilities, and the Contradictions of Gross National Happiness." His committee is advisor Carole McGranahan, and professors Alison Cool, Holly
Carlton was recently awarded the highly competitive Society for American Archaeology Native American Graduate Archaeology Scholarship for $11,000. The SAA Native American Graduate Archaeology Scholarship supports graduate studies for
Jerry Jacka awarded the 2020-2021 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award. We are grateful to Jerry for his outstanding leadership and mentorship this year—especially given the personal and more general travails that were in our midst. We feel
Ph.D. student, Anna Wynfield successfully defended her master thesis, "Improvising Expertise: Pregnancy, Vaccination, and the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Anna’s research is about how pregnant people are conceptualizing decisions to vaccinate,
Ph.D. student, Sanggay Tashi, whose project, “Surviving Settlement: Interdependence as Tibetan Nomadic Strategy against Dispossession,” was awarded one of the 2021 small grants from the American Ethnological Society (AES). This award is given
Paige Edmiston Successfully Defends Her MA Thesis, Congratulations, Paige!
Olivia completed a successful defense of her Master’s Thesis, "Daring to Hope and Resistance through Attunement: A contemplation on environmental injustice and ecofascism, with aplomb." Congratulations Olivia and thanks to her
Will was a recipient of one of the 2021 CU Seed Grants for his project entitled: Exploring Pastoral Prehistory and Climate Dynamics in the Mongolian Altai Through Glacial Archaeology. Research & Innovation Seed Grants are
Georgia Butcher completed a successful defense of her Master’s Thesis, "Commercial Interests and State Desires - Biometric Data Collection and the Problem of Legibility." Congratulations, Georgia!
Ph.D. Graduate Student Emily Hite was awarded the Spring 2021 Graduate Part-time Instructor Appreciation Award! This award celebrates Emily’s hard work, creativity, and continued excellence in teaching! Way to go Emily!