Recent Graduates
May 2012: Master of Arts
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BA Literature/Philosophy, 2004 University of Nebraska |
Levi has a focus on intersections of conflict and spirituality in East Africa. Preliminary fieldwork in northern Uganda and South Sudan during the summer of 2011 focused on spirituality and the rehabilitation of people affected by conflict with the Lord's Resistance Army.(www.levijacobs.com) His advisor was Carla Jones. Levi has been admitted to the PhD program and expects to resume his graduate work after a year of employment in Japan. |
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BA Anthropology, 2001 Lakehead University; MA Medieval Studies, 2006 Central European University |
Kondor’s research interests included bioarchaeology, dental anthropology, and cultural markers on the human skeleton. Her most current research focused on biological distance studies of Ottoman Period Hungary. Thesis title: Population Changes in 9th to 12th Century Zalavár, Hungary. Her advisor was Dennis Van Gerven. |
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BA Anthropology, 2009 Washington State University |
Malinda is interested in issues of mental health and psychiatry in Chicano populations. Her focus is on the anthropology of race with an emphasis on Chicanos/Latinos. Her advisor was Carole McGranahan. |
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BA Sociology, 2008 Clemson University |
Lena's focus is on constructions of religion, nationalism, and conflict in Greece and Turkey and global north/global south interactions and collaborations in the context of international development. Her advisor was Dennis McGilvray. |
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BA History, 2005 Colorado College |
Kellam Throgmorton examined the nature of social boundaries during the early Pueblo period (AD 600-900). His research used pitstructure architecture from eastern Arizona and western New Mexico to examine the frameworks within which people build houses and settlements. Thesis title: Pit House Architecture in the Puerco Valley AD 600-900: Form, Function, and Cultural Identity. His advisor was Cathy Cameron. |
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BA Anthropology and Philosophy, 2008 Georgia State University |
Mirna's focus is on the anthropology of media, looking at the relationship between online and on-the-ground efforts for social change and how new social medias affect social movements in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her advisor was Donna Goldstein. |
May 2012: Doctor of Philosophy
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BS Biology, 2004 University of Victoria; MS Interdisciplinary Biology and Anthropology, 2008 University of Victoria |
LaFleur's interests are in extant primate evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology. Her previous research examined ringtailed lemur feeding and nutrition, and future research interests surround ringtailed lemur adaptation to variable terrain and environmental instability. Dissertation title: Ecology of Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) at the Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Madagascar: Implications for Female Dominance and the Evolution of Lemur Traits. Her advisor was Michelle Sauther. |
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BA Philosophy, 2001 University of Northern Colorado; MA Anthropology, 2006 University of Colorado; MA Deaf Studies, 2004 Gallaudet University |
Lee studied Deaf culture in East Africa, specifically Tanzania. She is interested in issues surrounding disability studies, development, HIV/AIDS, and Deaf studies. Dissertation title: They Have to See Us: An Ethnography of Deaf People in Tanzania. Her advisor was Terry McCabe. |
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BA English, 1965 St. Mary of the Plains College, Dodge City, Kansas; MA Anthropology, 1982 University of Colorado, Boulder |
Roberta teaches anthropology in China with Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas. Her specialization is Biological Anthropology with an emphasis on human diversity. Dissertation Title: Insulin Resistance in Hispanic Male Meatpackers. Her advisors were Matt Sponheimer and Gregory Kandt. |
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BS Biology, 2001 University of Missouri; MA Anthropology, 2006 University of Colorado |
Dissertation title: The Effects of Environmental Heterogeneity at Multiple Scales on a Community of Five Diurnal Lemurs in Betampona Natural Reserve, Madagascar: A Landscape Ecology Approach. Her advisors were Michelle Sauther and Bert Covert. |
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BA Anthropology, 2003 Fort Lewis College; MA Anthropology, 2005 University of Colorado |
Todd focuses primarily on the archaeology of the American Southwest with a secondary interest in the Southeast. For her MA thesis, Todd conducted NAGPRA cultural affiliation research for Fort Union National Monument in New Mexico. For her PhD, Todd used a comparative framework to examine the structure of the political relationship between Chimney Rock Great House and Chaco Canyon. Dissertation title: Chimney Rock, an Eleventh Century Chacoan Great House: Export, Emulation, or Something Else? Her advisor was Steve Lekson. |
December 2011: Master of Arts
| Nicole Sauvageau Rockwell, MA | Thesis title: The Wallace Site (25GO2) in Context: Spatial Analysis of a Middle Plains Woodland Camp and an Evaluation of Its Relationship to Other Central Plains Sites. Her advisor was Doug Bamforth. Nicki is a Staff Archaeologist at Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. in Wheat Ridge, CO. |
December 2011: Doctor of Philosophy
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BA Anthropology, 1994 University of Minnesota; MA Anthropology, 1999 Colorado State University |
Nicole’s research focused on the impacts of tanzanite trading on Maasai in northern Tanzania. She is particularly interested in how Maasai involvement with this livelihood strategy is leading to new forms of inclusion and exclusion and how it is influencing social relations, household and community political economy, identity, gender relations, and beliefs in witchcraft. Dissertation title: Maasai and the Tanzanite Trade: New Facets of Livelihood Diversification. Her advisor was Terry McCabe. |
May 2011: Master of Arts
| Thesis title: Ancient DNA in Physical Anthropology: A Review . Her advisor was Dennis Van Gerven. | |
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Thesis title: Stable Isotope Analysis of Hair from Christian Period Kulubnarti in Sudanese Nubia. Her advisor was Matt Sponheimer. |
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BA Anthropology, 2005 Oberlin College; MS Library Science, 2008 University of Kentucky |
Kathy's focus was on decolonization in museums. She was interested in rights of representation, particularly in the museum and within cultural tourism. Kathy had an interest in working with the Tlingit of Southeast Alaska. Her advisor was Carole McGranahan. |
May 2011: Doctor of Philosophy
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BS Geography, 1991 University of Utah; MA Anthropology, 1997 University of Colorado, Denver |
Mitchell's research focuses on the contact period archaeology of the northern Great Plains, with a particular emphasis on the farming villages of the Missouri River region. His dissertation traces changes in the social and economic organization of those communities during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He also has research interests in historic Native American art and in the anthropology of technology, especially the organization of craft production. Dissertation title: Continuity and Change in the Organization of Mandan Craft Production, 1400-1750 .Additional information on Mitchell's current research can be found at www.paleocultural.org. His advisor was Doug Bamforth. |
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BS Forensic Anthropology, 1999 Metropolitan State College of Denver; MA Anthropology, 2005 University of Colorado, Boulder |
Heather's previous research has focused on developmental defects among Ancestral Pueblo populations in the southwest. Her current interests are in human biology. She is researching work efficiency in lactating women and biocultural aspects of childhood nutrition and childhood obesity. Dissertation title: Food Habits and Physical Activity Patterns among Children Living in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. Her advisor was Darna Dufour. |
December 2010: Master of Arts
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BA Anthropology, 2003 Fort Lewis College |
Barnes studied Southwestern archaeology with specific interests in Ancestral Puebloan rock art and ornamentation. Thesis title: Social Identity and Ornamentation in the Ancestral Puebloan Southwest. Her advisor was Cathy Cameron. |
December 2010: Doctor of Philosophy
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BA 2000 and MA 2002 Anthropology, California State College at Fullerton |
Carlos studies small media production in Chiapas, Mexico with its ramifications and connections to the present social order of highland Maya Chiapas and to the field of indigenous media in general. In researching the media of the cultural Maya heart of Chiapas, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Carlos specifically asks how Maya media express or reinscribe continuity in traditional Maya folklore and myth. Carlos also researches Zapatista media to compare and contrast to other highland Maya media in regard to context, form, and ideology, asking how aesthetics - culturally and politically informed - compare across Maya and Zapatista media. His Dissertation was titled: Torches for a New Dawn, Recomposition and Renaissance: Maya Media Production in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico. His advisor was Russ McGoodwin. |
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MA Anthropology, 2001 University of Colorado; BA Anthropology/Biology, 1997 University of Montana |
Dana studied the interplay of anthropogenic habitat disturbance and primate behavioral ecology. Her fieldwork was focused at Beza Mahafaly Reserve in southwestern Madagascar. Dissertation title: Ecological Impacts of Forest Disturbance on Ring-Taled Lemurs (Lemur Catta) in the Beza-Mahafaly Special Reserve Region: Implications for Conservation in an Altered Landscape. Her advisor was Michelle Sauther. |
August 2010: Master of Arts
| Margaret Shugart , MA | Thesis title: In Pursuit of Dragonflies: Protein Sources in Balinese Rice Fields. Margaret's advisor was Darna Dufour. |
| Michelle Trogdon, MA | Thesis title: Ways of Farming in the Nochixtlan Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico. Her advisor was Art Joyce. |
May 2010: Master of Arts
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Alison Bredthauer's masters' research focused on the function of ancestral Puebloan tower architecture in southeast Utah and how it related to social identity within the larger northern Southwest. Thesis title: A Towering Enigma: An Examination of Late Pueblo II and Pueblo III Towers in the Northern San Juan Region. Since graduation, she has been employed by Woods Canyon Archaeological Consultants in Cortez, Colorado. Her advisor was Cathy Cameron. |
| Lance Holly, MA | Thesis title: Beyond the Point: Arrow Shaft Technology of the Prehistoric Southwest. His advisor was Cathy Cameron. |
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BA Anthropology, 2002 University of Colorado at Denver |
Jennings' focus was in mesoamerican archaeology. Her specific focus was in figurine studies. Thesis title: Mold-made Figurines of the Lower Rio Verde Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico: Insights into Popular Ideology in the Classic and Early Postclassic. Her advisor was Art Joyce. Sarah is employed as a project director for Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. |
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BA Anthropology, 2007 The University of Georgia |
Casey's main research interests were in Cultural Anthropology and centered on symbolic systems of behavior and belief, including ritual, myth and religion. HIs geographical area of interest was in the Americas and his advisor was Dennis McGilvray. |
| Jordan Steininger, MA | Jordan's focus was on Romany identity and identification in Europe. Her advisor was Kaifa Roland. She hopes to find work with museum collections in an ethnographic or historical museum. Jordan's goal is to use her work to promote ethical collecting and representational practices in a museum devoted to raising cultural tolerance and awareness. |
May 2010: Doctor of Philosophy
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MA Anthropology/Graduate Certificate in Environmental Policy, 2004 University of Colorado; BA Anthropology, 1995 University of Florida |
Davis studied conservation and communities in East Africa. Her dissertation research explores the effects of risk perception and ethnicity on land/resource use and conservation around Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. Dissertation title: Landscapes of Conservation: History, Perceptions, and Practice around Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. Her advisor was Terry McCabe. Alicia has accepted a position in the Anthropology Division of the Office of Subsistence Management at the Alaska branch of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She will be working as an anthropologist in teams with fish and wildlife biologists, state agencies and Alaska Native communities on resource use and regulation on federal lands. |
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MA Anthropology, 2000 University of Colorado; BA Anthropology, 1997 Colorado College |
Krista's past research projects examined the impacts of habitat fragmentation and degradation on primate populations in the Neotropics and in Madagascar. Her latest interest was in exploring primate community ecology, focusing on interactions between primates and other mammals in South Africa. Dissertation title: Niche Separation Between Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus Murinus) and Clutter-Foraging Bats at Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar. Her advisor was Michelle Sauther. Krista has accepted a one year visiting assistant professor position in the Anthropology department of Colorado College. |
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MA Anthropology, 2002 University of Colorado; MIA 1995 School of International Training; BA American Studies, 1990 University of Notre Dame |
Colleen studied how grassroots activists, nongovernment organizations and the state shape the development of social movements in Brazil. In particular, she looked at the dynamic relationships emerging between the environmental and land reform movements working in the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil. Dissertation title: Local Politics in a Global Hotspot: Environmentalists, Farmers, Quilombolas, and Nativos in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Her advisor was Donna Goldstein. Colleen will be starting a position as the Coordinator of the Center for Conflict, Collaboration, and Creative Governance at the University of Colorado, Boulder. |
December 2009: Master of Arts
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Thesis title: Territorial Disputes Along the Nahua Coast of Michoacan, Mexico. Ricardo's advisor was Russ McGoodwin. |
December 2009: Doctor of Philosophy
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Errin studied the Late Classic (AD 600-800) Maya in Peten, Guatemala where she used remotely-sensed data from satellites and aerial photography to identify areas of ancient occupation. Specifically, she investigated the relationships between landscape (expecially low-lying seasonal swamps) and non-elite and elite habitation. Dissertation title: Changing Perspectives on Community Identity and Function: A Remote Sensing and Artifact Re-analysis of Barton Ramie, Belize . Her advisor was Payson Sheets. |
August 2009: Master of Arts
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Thesis title: History of Research on Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkeys in Vietnam and an Analysis of Their Daily Ranging Behavior in Khau Ca, Ha Giang Province . His advisor was Bert Covert. Hoang is now teaching and conducting research at the Hanoi University of Science. |
May 2009: Master of Arts
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Thesis title: The Nutrition Transition in Women of Cali, Columbia: Changes in Nutritional Status Between 1987 and 2007. Her advisor was Darna Dufour. Katie is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York. |
May 2009: Doctor of Philosophy
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MA Anthropology, 2000 University of Calgary; BSc Anthropology, 1998 Central Washington University |
James studied the parasite ecology of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) and Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi). Dissertation title: The Parasite Ecology and Socioecology of Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) and Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) Inhabiting the Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve. His advisor was Michelle Sauther. |
December 2008: Master of Arts
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Erik will be teaching anthropology to underprivileged and underrepresented minorities in the Denver area. His advisor was Doug Bamforth. |
Eileen Stack, MA BA Anthropology, 2004 University of Iowa |
Eileen's research explored issues of identity formation, indigenous knowledge systems, the dialectical nature of cultural representations, and post-colonial studies. She specifically looked at how these issues are addressed and interpreted in Alaska Native communities. Her advisor was Carole McGranahan. |
May 2008: Master of Arts
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BA 1995 University of Manitoba. |
Jason studied early village development and social dynamics in the northern southwest prior to AD 900. Before enrolling at CU, he worked for 11 years in CRM as a professional archaeologist. Thesis title: Exploring Village Organization in the Northern San Juan Region of the American Southwest, A.D. 750-840. His advisor was Catherine Cameron. |
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BA Anthropology, 2005 University of Arkansas. |
Sarah's previous research has focused on orangutan dental morphology and the use of dental topography to infer hominid diet. She was most recently interested in the use of both stable isotope and dental microwear analyses to recontruct pre-Conquest Mesoamerican diet. Her advisor was Matt Sponheimer. |
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BA International Relations, 2003 Rollins College |
Watson's interests were in religion, identity and South Asia. She had deep ethnographic experience living and working in both Hindu and Muslim communities in Bangladesh. She consistently asked questions having to do with religious practice and transition, about religious ritual, deities, and identity in mixed Hindu-Muslim communities. Crystal's advisor was Dennis McGilvray. |
May 2008: Doctor of Philosophy
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MA Anthropology, 1999 University of Texas at San Antonio. |
Craig studied the contemporary discourses surrounding the dynamics and complexities involved with religious and folk-religious ideology and practice in Mexico and Latin America. His research investigates the continued practice of select folk-religious belief systems in Central Mexico with regard to the myriad dynamics of global interconnectedness and the cultural implications of this over time. Dissertation title: Folk-Religious Belief and Practice in Central Mexico: Re-Construction of Tradition and the Dynamics of Folk-Religious Plasticity. His advisor was Deward Walker. Tim has been hired at Guerra DeBerry and Coody, a full service marketing and communications agency, as a cultural anthropologist. He will be helping expand their understanding of consumers and their needs. |
December 2007: Doctor of Philosophy
Jeffrey Ferguson, PhD MAIS Anthropology, 1999 Oregon State University; BS Anthropology, 1997 University of California Davis. |
Jeff conducted dissertation research on using quantitative optimal foraging models to understand human subsistence decisions in light of storage. His other research interests included experimental archaeology, skill acquisition and children in craft production, lithic studies, obsidian chemical characterization and hydration studies. Most of his work has been in the Western United States. Dissertation title: A Seasonal Foraging Model for Food Resource Utilization in Central California and the Eastern Woodlands. His advisor was Doug Bamforth. |
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MA Anthropology, 2001 University of Wyoming; BS Sociology/Anthropology, 1996 Montana State University. |
Craig's dissertation research explored the adaptive flexibilityof microblade technology in the early period (pre-7,000 BP) maritime environment of the northern Northwest Coast. Dissertation title: Origin and Function of Early Holocene Microblade Technology in Southeast Alaska, USA. Craig is now a research affiliate at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research studying the prehistoric use of perennial snow and ice in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. His advisor was E. James Dixon. |
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MA Anthropology, 2002 University of Colorado; BA Anthropology, 1996 University of Michigan. |
Levine's dissertation research focuses on the Late Postclassic Mixtec capital of Tututepec, located on the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. He recently directed archaeological excavations at Tututepec residences to examine household activities and how these articulate with aspects of the ancient center's political economy and lifeways. Dissertation title: Linking Household and Polity at Late Postclassic Yucu Dzaa (Tututepec), A Mixtec Capital on the Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico. His advisor was Arthur Joyce. Marc is currently employed at the University of Oklahoma and splits his time between the Anthropology department and as curator in the Museum of Natural History. |
| Devin White, PhD | Dissertation title: Transportation, Integration, Facilitation: Prehistoric Trails of the Western Papaguería. His advisor was Cathy Cameron. |
May 2007: Master of Arts
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BS Environmental Studies & Anthropology, 2005 University of Notre Dame. |
Meegan's interests involve nonhuman primate behavior and biology. Her previous research focused on interspecific interactions between humans and macaques in Gibraltar. She has also studied cranial variation in South East Asian colobines and how those differences pertain to dietary niches. Thesis title: Cranial Variation of the Cercopithecid Primates of Vietnam. Her advisor was Bert Covert. |
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BA Anthropology, 2000 Hamilton College |
Dubendorf is interested in the issues of modernization and economic development facing the remote community of Pitcairn Island. His advisor was Paul Shankman. |
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BS Zoology, 2004 Iowa State University. |
Niki's research interests include climate and diet reconstruction using stable light isotopes. Niki has analyzed the climatic changes that occurred during the Eocene of North America as is recorded in herbivore tooth enamel. This period is of particular interest as early primates did not survive in North America after the Eocene/Oligocene transition. Thesis title: Isotope Analyses of Two Perissodactyls from the Bridgerian-Uintan Transition in the Bridger Formation, Greater Green River Basin, Wyoming. Her advisor was Bert Covert. |
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MA Bicultural/Bilingual Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio. |
Garza’s area of study is the Latina/o experience in the United States, specifically in the Southwest. Her research interests are race, gender, ethnicity and identity in northern New Mexico as represented through visual cultural productions, community festivals, and public dramas. She is also invested in research on second language acquisition, multicultural education and critical pedagogy. Thesis title: The Fabric of Devotion: Votive Vestments, Hidden Ministries, and the Making of Hispano Religious Traditions in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her advisor was Dennis McGilvray. Aimee has been accepted into the Anthropology PhD program at the University of California - Santa Cruz. |
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BA Sociology, 2003 California State University at Hayward. |
Kunga was born and brought up in the Tibetan refugee community in Nepal. He is interested in critical social theory, questions of identity in the Tibetan diaspora, and development in Tibet, especially the collection and marketing of yartsa gunbu (caterpillar fungus) in the Tibetan areas of Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai, China. Thesis title: Crowded Mountains, Empty Towns: Commodification and Contestation in Cordyceps Harvesting in Eastern Tibet. His advisor was Carole McGranahan. |
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MA Latin American Studies, 2003 University of Kansas; BS Parks, Recreation & Tourism, 1997 University of Missouri |
Scheerer was involved in research with the Garifuna peoples in Honduras surrounding concerns with identity and ethnicity, especially in the face of such factors as HIV/AIDS, to their diaspora in New York City. Carey conducted her research in both New York City and the Honduras. Carey's advisor was Donna Goldstein. |
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BA Anthropology, 2000 Arizona State University. |
Gail focuses on prehistoric archaeology within the southwestern region of North America. Gail has worked on completing a comparative study of southwestern New Mexico ceramics. Thesis title: Exploring Migration: A Look at Magdalena Black-on-white at Gallinas Springs Ruin and Pinnacle Ruin. Her advisor was Catherine Cameron. |
May 2007: Doctor of Philosophy
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MA Anthropology, 1999 UCB; Secondary Teaching Credential, 1993 Humboldt State University; BA/BS Zoology, 1989 Miami University |
Carol studies democracy and development in a legal coca-growing region of the Bolivian Andes. Specifically, she investigates the relationship between municipal and community democratic practices, rural development, adventure tourism, and the US "war on drugs." Dissertation title: Coca Leaf and Sindicato Democracy in the Bolivian Yungas: The Andeanization of Western Political Models in the Coroico Municipality. Her advisor was Terry McCabe. Carol will be the new Associate Director of the Global Studies Academic Program at CU-Boulder beginning January 2011. |
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MA Anthropology, 1995 UCB. |
Angela takes an ethnographic approach in her work with African-American middle school-aged girls in urban Denver, focusing especially on how "fun" activities girls choose in their leisure time contribute to their growing up in a challenging environment. Dissertation title: Making Fun: How Urban Black Girls Craft Identity. Her advisor was Donna Goldstein. |
December 2006: Master of Arts
Shannon Gray, MBA/MA BA Anthropology, 2000 Eckerd College. |
Gray pursued an MBA as well as a master’s degree in anthropology and was the first to enroll in CU’s new dual degree MBA/MA program. She plans to utilize her degrees in the growing field of organizational anthropology, or business- related ethnographic research. She specializes in two areas: ethnographic market research for product/service improvement and new product development, and organizational development for cultural understanding and change management. Shannon was also the Anthropology department’s Lead Graduate Teacher for the 2005-2006 school year. Her advisor was Paul Shankman. Shannon is the Director of Research for North Star Destination Strategies in Nashville. North Star Destination Strategies specializes in Community and City Branding. Shannon facilitates North Star's recent expansion of research services by improving current offerings and developing new research products that fill community needs. |
December 2006: Doctor of Philosophy
Joanna Mishtal, PhD MA Cultural Anthropology, University of Colorado. |
Mishtal's research interests are in the area of cultural anthropology and include: gender and sexuality, democratization, political economy, power and class. Her dissertation research examines reproductive policies and practices within the postsocialist state and religious regimes. Her analysis is situated in the context of local gender politics in contemporary Poland as well as international policies of the European Union. Her advisor was Donna Goldstein. Joanna is on a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Columbia University School of Public Health in New York. Dissertation title: Contradictions of Democratization: The Politics of Reproductive Rights and Policies in Postsocialist Poland |
August 2006: Doctor of Philosophy
| Inga Calvin, PhD
BA Distributed Studies, 1984 University of Colorado, Denver; MA Anthropology, 1994 UCB. |
Calvin is currently an Instructor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado at Denver. Her advisor was Payson Sheets. Dissertation title: Between Text and Image: An Analysis of Pseudo-Glyphs on Late Classic Maya Pottery from Guatemala |
| Paulette Foss, PhD
BA German, 1973 UCB; MA Anthropology, 1996 UCB; MA History, 1974.San Jose State University; MA Librarianship, 1992 University of Idaho, Moscow. |
Foss is the first student at the University of Colorado at Boulder with severely impaired vision to receive a PhD. Her advisor was Paul Shankman Thesis title: Annette Akroyd Beveridge, A Nonconformist in Mid-Victorian India. Dissertation title: Exploring Blind Culture and Life Quality with Seniors Experiencing Late-Life Sight Loss |
| David Hoffman, PhD
BA Environmental Studies/ Anthropology 1997 St. Lawrence University; MA Cultural Anthropology, 2000 UCB. |
Hoffman studies community-based managed marine protected areas and fishing communities in Quintana Roo, Mexico. He is particularly interested in the new conservation roles that are played by the state, ENGO's and communities when decision-making is devolved from the state to ENGO/community partnerships. His advisor was J. Terrence McCabe. Beginning Fall 2006, he will be an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environment, Peace and Security: Natural Resources and Sustainable Development Programme at the University for Peace in Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica.Dissertation title: The Subversion of Comanagement of a Marine Protected Area: The Case of Xcalak Reefs National Park, Mexico. Publication: Dispatches from the Field: neophyte ethnographers in a changing world. Garder A. & Hoffman DM, Eds. Waveland Press, Inc. 2006. |
May 2006: Master of Arts
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MA Journalism, 2004 Jinan University. | Chen studied the impact of tourism on gender in Tibet and China. Her advisor was Dennis McGilvray. She has been admitted on scholarship to Ohio University in the Visual Communication MA program for Fall 2007 and plans to develop a career in ethnographic photojournalism. |
| Kimberly Goedert, MA
BS Kinesiology, 2001 UCB; | Thesis title: Environmental, Social, and Economic Changes affecting the Nutrition and Health of the Kimberle Region Australian Aboriginals .Her advisor was Darna Dufour. She is currently working in the medical field. |
| Courtney Lee,
MA
BA Anthropology, 2001 Skidmore College. |
Lee’s research interests are in the area of medical anthropology and include health policy, global health equity, political and economic anthropology and tourism in Costa Rica, particularly for underprivileged populations. Her advisor was Paul Shankman. She will begin her PhD work at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in the Fall of 2006. |
| Isa Rodriguez-Soto,
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BS Biology, 2003 | Rodriguez-Soto’s studies are focused on nutritional anthropology. Specifically her thesis is focused on micronutrient deficiencies in pregnant and lactating women in Cali, Colombia. Her advisor was Darna Dufour. She plans to pursue her PhD in Costa Rica. Thesis title: Mictronutrient Intake by Poor Urban Pregnant Women and Lactating Women in Cali, Columbia |
| Stacey Van Vleet,
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AB Public Policy Studies, 2000 Duke University. | Van Vleet researches contemporary Tibetan identity discourses in historical and regional context, centering in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. She is focusing on two modern Tibetan music bands, asking for instance: “What makes their music ‘Tibetan’ music? What influences are a part of the music? And, who is their music's audience?” She has also just completed the first year of a two-year residential Tibetan language program at Tibet University in Lhasa. Her advisor was Carole McGranahan. She will pursue a PhD at Columbia University. Thesis title: The "Righteous Power" of Modern Tibetan Music within the PRC. |
| Gene Wheaton,
MA
BA Anthropology, 2004 UCB. | Wheaton has been involved in the architectural documentation/backfilling project at the West Ruin at Aztec Ruins National Monument. Specifically, he investigates Ancestral Pueblon architectural design and construction. His advisor was Cathy Cameron. Wheaton has been hired to do contract archaeology for WCRM in New Mexico. Thesis title: The Astronomy of Chaco Style Great Kivas |
May 2006: Doctor of Philosophy
| Karin Larkin,
PhD
BA Art History/Lit., 1993 Merrill College; MA Museum Studies, 1998 UCB. |
Larkin focuses on prehistoric archaeology of the Greater Southwest. Her dissertation research examines social change in the Chihuahua culture area of northern Mexico. Karin's advisor was Dr. Linda Cordell. Dissertation title: Community Reorganization in the Southern Zone of the Casas Grandes Culture Area of Chihuahua, Mexico |
December 2005: Master of Arts
| Michelle Butler, MA
BA Anthropology, 2001 UCB. |
Butler studies the pre-Colombian archaeology of Lower Central America and Mesoamerica. Her theoretical interests include landscape, social memory, space and place. Methods used to detect movement and activity within the landscape includes various remote sensing platforms, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Her advisor was Dr. Payson Sheets. Place, Memory, and the Ancient Costa Rican Landscape: An Exploration of Footpaths, Cemeteries, and Habitation Sites |
December 2005: Doctor of Philosophy
| Stacy Barber, PhD | Sarah "Stacy" specializes in the archaeology of Mesoamerica, with special emphasis on Oaxaca. Stacy's research focuses on the negotiation of status and authority in early centralized polities. Her advisors were Payson Sheets and Art Joyce. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida and is continuing her research in Oaxaca in collaboration with Art Joyce. Heterogeneity, Identity, and Complexity: Negotiating Status and Authority in Terminal Formative Coastal Oaxaca |
| Barbara Piperata, PhD
BS Biology, 1991 |
Barbara's research takes a biocultural approach to understanding human energetics, nutrition and health. Her dissertation is focused on understanding how tropical horticultural women living in the lower Brazilian Amazon cope with the increased energy demands of lactation. In addition to her research in Brazil, Barbara has also conducted research in Nicaragua and among the Makushi of Guyana. Her advisor was Darna Dufour. Dr. Piperata is an assistant professor in Biological Anthropology at Ohio State University. Dissertation title: The Energetics of Lactation among Tropical Horticulturists in the Brazilian Amazon |