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Samantha Linford successfully defended her thesis on The Origins of Moiety Organization in the Northern Rio Grande Pueblos and will complete her MA in May. Congratulations to Sam and advisor, Scott Ortman.

Will Lammons gave a successful defense of his thesis on Entanglements of Urban Art in Oaxaca, Mexico. He will earn an MA in May, along with a graduate certificate in Critical Media Practices. Hats off to Will and advisor, Kaifa Roland.

Mariana Sanders has completed the requirements for the MA in May.

Dawa Lokyitsang recently passed her Prospectus Defense and will enter candidacy for the PhD.

Emily Hite has received a Social Science Research Council grant from the Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship Program to support her research on international climate policies and indigenous livelihoods in Costa Rica. Emily is

Sabrina Bradford has just won a Graduate Research Fellowship Program award from the NSF. It’s quite an honor to be selected from the many thousands of applicants. You can find full details of the award here.

Page McClean has won a Fulbright award to pursue her research in Chile. She will be spending 2019 in Chilean Patagonia researching the discourses, practices, and experiences of conectividad — the Chilean government's word for infrastructural

Zach Cooper and Hannah Selvey gave a successful defense of their theses and will be awarded the MA in May. Congratulations to Zach and advisor, Scott Ortman and to Hannah and advisor, Michelle Sauther. Zach’s thesis was on The Origin of the Initial

Kaitlyn Davis, PhD student, is the recipient of the 2018 David Breternitz Endowment for Archaeological Field Research Award which goes to support graduate student fieldwork in the Southwest. The award is for $1500. The David Breternitz Endowment

Jeff Brzezinski has been awarded a Summer Graduate School Fellowship with three months of support and a monthly stipend of $2000. Jeff plans to defend his dissertation in October, so this should help quite a bit.