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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!

Congratulation to graduate student, Carlton Gover, for winning the Grand Chupacabra Prize at our Graduate Student Open House and Research Symposium. Special thanks to all of the graduate students who participated both new and old!

Alumni (Anthropology Ph.D. 2007), Carol Conzelman awarded an 2022-23 Dialogues Faculty Fellow with CU Engage. The CU Dialogues Faculty Fellowship aims to encourage CU Boulder faculty to incorporate dialogue principles and practices into their courses by providing resources and support for Fellows to develop dialogue-based pedagogy while also building a...

Graduate Student, Lauren Barrett, received a National Science Foundation DDRIG (Doctoral Dissertation Research award), which will support her doctoral dissertation research - Stakeholder Interactions in Innovating Electric Grids. Way to go, Lauren!