News & Events
Alumna, Page McClean (Anthropology, PhD 2024) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. She will join the Sociology and Human Services Department and contribute to their program in
Camden Palliot (Cultural Anthropology, Masters Candidate) successfully defended his MA thesis titled, "Chalakuy and Neoliberalism: The Contested Politics of Exchange in Andean Peru." His committee members were Professors Jerry Jacka (advisor), Donna
Professor Jerry Jacka's Anthropology 2525 Environmental Anthropology students presented their final project posters on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Way to finish the semester, students!
Professor Sarah Kurnick awarded a 2023-2024 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award. This award recognizes her unwavering dedication to advising and mentoring graduate students from across the department.
Lucas Rozell (Cultural Anthropology, Masters Candidate) successfully defended his MA thesis titled, “Accessing Desire: Genderfuck and the Lust of Recognition.” His committee members were Professors Kathryn Goldfarb (advisor), Donna Goldstein and
Nicholas Puente (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) awarded an Alice Hamilton scholarship from the Colorado Archaeological Society. The funds from this award will support a feasability project that tests whether cave speleothems can be
Patrick Cruz (Archaeology, PhD Candidate) successfully defended his research prospectus entitled, “Reimagining Communities in the TsinKwayeh Valley.” His committee members were, Professors Scott Ortman (advisor), Samantha Fladd,
Andrew Aceves (PhD Archaeology in Progress) awarded an Alice Hamilton scholarship from the Colorado Archaeological Society to investigate ancient kiln use and ceramic production at the site of Atzompa, in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Patrick McKenzie (PhD Cultural Anthropology in Progress) successfully completed and defended his MA thesis titled, “Remembrance, Revival, and Ruin: Monumental Histories and Futures in Bulgaria,.” His committee was comprised of Donna M. Goldstein (
Camden Paillot (Masters Candidate, Cultural Anthropology) and Patrick Mckenzie (PhD Cultural Anthropology in Progress) presented their MA thesis research at the annual conference of the American Association of Geographers on Saturday, 20 April.