The Department of Anthropology is pleased to salute the graduating recipients of our three Awards for Excellence in Anthropology.
A. Irving Hallowell (1892-1974) was a cultural anthropologist, one of the founders of the field of cultural and personality, and a pioneer in the cross-cultural use of psychological testing. Learn more about Hallowell on Wikipedia.
2014 Jessica Knapp
2013 Maria Lechtarova
2013 Lauren Snipper
2012 Melissa J. Stanley
2011 Emily A. Lucitt
2010 Brianna C. Dougher
2009 Jenivive Blinck Coralee Bernbeck
2008 Edward James Glayzer
2007 Brent H. Erickson
2006 Laura C.McCoy
2005 Lauren Elizabeth McKown
2004 Janna L. Lafferty
2003 Christine M. Chan
2002 Sheila Thornburgh
2001 Tara C. Lundstrom
2000 Valerie Kay Thomas
1999 Aaron Michael Ansell
1999 Marcy Ann-Lynne Ronneberg
1998 Robin L. Kezirian
1997 Shyam P. Balse
1996 Erin M. Bostick
1995 Shana L. Fruehan
1994 Eric C. Kansa
1993 Laura A. Tubelle
1992 Sean M. Philpott
1991 Isabelle T. Fauconnier
1990 Nancy L. Frey
1989 Catlan A. Thorne
1988 Susan S. Levine
1987 Sheil S. Clark
1986 Scott D. Gayron
1985 Daniel M. Fessler
Sherwood L. Washburn (1911-2000) was a major figure in biological anthropology, an early advocate of field study in the study of comparative primate behavior, and an important student of extinct hominds understood through the functional study of comparative primate anatomy. Learn more about Washburn on Wikipedia.
2014 Chelsea Brown
2013 Kate Corbin
2012 Alexana J. Hickmott
2011 Megan L. Lambert
2010 Edward A. Grigoryan
2009 Patricia Ann Lantzy
2008 Ria K. Boner
2007 Clelia C. Ahrens-Barbeau
2006 Elyse R. Zuniga
2005 (Not awarded)
2004 Janina Heywood
2003 Michelle Richardson
2002 Jaime Hessel
2001 Katy F. Mathers
2000 Anne-Marie Desgouttes
1999 Amy Peng Chun Lu
1997 Rachel E. Lehrer
1996 Rebecca E. Frank
Robert McC. Adams, an adjunct member of this faculty, is a major comparative archaeologist of early state formation, and a pioneer in the study of broad regional systems. Learn more about Adams on Wikipedia.
2014 Aliya Hoff
2013 Alexis Faust
2012 Anne L. Snyder
2011 Jana M. Davis
2010 Andrew L. Woodhead
2009 Adrienne Cary Frie
2008 Allisen Cecelia Dahlstedt
2007 Alona D. Zaray-Mizrahi
2006 Alicia A. Cunningham-Bryant
2005 Annabelle H. Teng
2004 Brian M. Zentmyer
2003 Lynne M. Murone-Dunn
2002 Stacie Wilson
2001 Neil G. Smith
2000 Anthony P. Arias
2000 Kelly Ann Kirby
1999 Brian T. Pittman
1998 Jennifer C. Hiller
1997 Solomon S. Kuah
1996 Charles H. Wallace, IV
1995 Juan F. Morena, Jr.