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Kevin Darcy named a 2023 NAEd Spencer Dissertation Fellow. This fellowship which is offered by the Spencer Foundation and the National Academy of Education supports innovative dissertation research on ways to improve education. Kevin will receive a year-long stipend to support his dissertation research on ways that universities can incorporate...

Ph.D. student Katie McGuire successfully defended her dissertation entitled, "Navigating the Needs of the Many and the Few: Examining the Relationship between Ring-tailed Lemur ( Lemur catta ) Group Function and Individual Variation on St. Catherines Island." Congratulations, Dr. Kathleen "Katie" McGuire

Congratulations to Kelsey Hoppes who successfully defended her prospectus, "Identification of a Multicultural Settlement Though Ceramic Material Culture.” Her committee included Professors Doug Bamforth, Samantha Fladd, Scott Ortman, Sarah Kurnick and Jen Birch. She now advances to Phd candidacy.

Professor Doug Bamforth received the first Distinguished Alumnus in Archaeology award from the UCSB Anthropology Department. Professor Bamforth travelled to Santa Barbara to meet with current graduate students and receive the inaugural award.

Professor Fernando Villanea's co-authored article: “Demographic history and genetic structure in pre-Hispanic Central Mexico” published in Science. The article is a study of the demographic history of pre-Hispanic central Mexico through ancient genomes. Abstract Aridoamerica and Mesoamerica are two distinct cultural areas in northern and central Mexico, respectively, that hosted...

Kaitlyn Davis (Ph.D. Cultural Anthropology, 2022) accepts a tenure track Assistant Professor position in the Anthropology Department at Northern Arizona University starting Fall 2023.

Dawa Lokyitsang published a chapter in "Tibetan and Uyghur Refugees in the New Colonial Era: Reflections on the Rise of Chinese Colonialism." Dawa's chapter is titled "Desiring Leadership: The Tibetan Women's Association and Gender Advocacy."

Chu May Paing published a monograph in Burmese titled "စာတံတိုင်းကိုကျော်လွန်၍" (Beyond the wall of words) by Independent Pinyai Yerba Press. The monograph contains almost 40 essays written under Chu's Burmese pen name "Ma Chinthe" on the social, cultural, and political issues impacting contemporary Myanmar. The book was launched on May...

Graduate student Kelsey Hoppes received an Alice Hamilton Scholarship. She will use the funds to send in samples for radiocarbon dating in order to create a stronger chronology for her dissertation research on multiethnic community formation processes on the Great Plains.

Graduate Student Scarlett Engle reviewed, "Museums and Anthropology in the Age of Engagement" for Museum Anthropology. Read the abstract in Museum Anthropology