Museum & Field Studies 2025 Recognition Ceremony
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Museum & Field Studies Recognition Ceremony
May 9, 2025
Welcome
Dr. Nancy J. Stevens
Director, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
MFS Program Remarks
Dr. Jaelyn Eberle
Museum & Field Studies Program Director
Recognition of Graduates
Juniper Guthrie
Kyra Hamel
Emily Howard
Patricia Marquez
Casey Thater
Stephanie Tkacik
Joel Crothers
Anna Paraskevopoulos
Closing Remarks
Dr. Jaelyn Eberle
Refreshments to Follow
Master's of Science
Thesis: The Wilderness Garden: Decolonizing Museum/Archive Convergence
Advisor: Dr. William Taylor
Project: A Guide for Developing a Rapid Response Collection from a Spontaneous Memorial
Advisor: Dr. Patrick Kociolek
Project: The Decolonial Potential of Queer Crip Programming
Advisor: Dr. Nancy Stevens
Thesis: Estimating Identification Error within Natural History Collections using Intermontane Vole Species
Advisor: Dr. Christy McCain
Thesis: Anomalous Bone-filled Phosphatic Mass from the Hell Creek Formation: Origin and Ecological Significance
Advisor: Dr. Karen Chin
Thesis: Fish & Reptiles of the ReBecca’s Hollow Site, Williams Fork Formation, Late Cretaceous (Edmontonian), Colorado & ‘Between the Dinosaurs’ Toes’: Approaches to Exhibiting Microvertebrate Fossils in Museum Displays (With Emphasis on the Cretaceous Period)
Advisor: Dr. Jaelyn Eberle
Not in attendance
Professional Certificate
MS Geological Sciences: A New Study of the Florissant Mammalian Fauna and its Diversity
Advisor: Dr. Jaelyn Eberle
PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Ant communities in montane ecosystems: distributions, thermal physiology, and the impacts of climate change
Advisor: Dr. M. Deane Bowers
Not in attendance
The CU Museum would like to congratulate all of the 2025 graduates and wish them much success and happiness in their future endeavors.