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Graduate Students

 

Anthropological Archeology 

Name

Email

Entering Class

Advisor/Co Advisors  

Key Words About Research 

Bazarsky, Alex

abazarsky@ucsd.edu

2023

Geoffrey Braswell

Interested in Maya settlement practices and socio-political interactions, particularly exploring
and mapping the regional relations between larger kingdoms and their subordinates.

Borrero, Mario

mborrero@ucsd.edu

2014

Geoffrey Braswell

Mesoamerican, Ancient Maya, Archaeology, 3D modeling and Data, Household Architecture

Chew, Zi-Qi

 zchew@ucsd.edu

 2022

Jade D’alpoim Guedes

Underwater archaeology, submerged prehistoric archaeology, marine sediment, sea level rise, Younger Dryas.

Clark, Loren

lrclark@ucsd.edu

2019

 Isabel Rivera-Collazo 

 Maritime Archaeology Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes Climate Change Coastal Geomorphology Remote Sensing

Declet Perez, Mariela

mdecletp@ucsd.edu

2016

  Isabel Rivera-Collazo 

 Zooarcheology, Caribbean Archaeology, Coral Reefs, Paleoclimate, Community Archaeology 

García-Colón, Javier J

 jgarciacolon@ucsd.edu

 2021

 Isabel Rivera-Collazo & Keoly Fox (coadvisor)

Caribbean Archaeology Puerto Rican Archaeology Identity Sense of Belonging environmental DNA soil aDNA

Garvin, Arianna 

agarvin@ucsd.edu

2018

 Paul Goldstein

 Archeobotany, Food practices in diaspora, state expansion, household archeology

Gaspar, Karla

 kgaspar@ucsd.edu

2022

Paul Goldstein

Lithics, Latin America

Griffin, Jordan j3griffin@ucsd.edu 2021
Black American West, Archaeobotany, Underwater Archaeology, Historical, Climate Change and Cultural Heritage, Alternative Commemoration
James, Nathaniel nfjames@ucsd.edu 2019 Jade d'Alpoim Guedes Agricultural Systems & Organization, Labor, Inequality, Political Economy, Archaeology in service to communities, Community Outreach, Public Archaeology. Stable Isotope Analysis, Archaeobotany, Geoarchaeology Experimental Archaeology. East Asia, Southeast Asia, U.S. Pacific Northwest, Mesoamerica.
Moss, Kelly
kemoss@ucsd.edu 2022 Paul Goldstein Archaeology of the Andes, Paleoethnobotany, Foodways, Memory, Resilience, Cultural Heritage
Peña-Bastalla, Diana
dpenabastalla@ucsd.edu 2023 Isabel Rivera-Collazo Interested in archaeological research in the Caribbean region to understand the complexities,
nuances and explore unequal consequences of Caribbean colonization, ancestry and its peoples.
Rankle, Chad crankle@ucsd.edu 2019 Geoffrey Braswell  Stable and Radiogenic Isotopic Analyses, Mesoamerica, Lower Central America, Diet and Mobility
Rodriguez, Eric earodrig@ucsd.edu 2018 Isabel Rivera-Collazo Caribbean, Late Holocene, Migrations, Paleogeography, Geoarchaeology, Remote Sensing, Maritime Archaeology, Coastal geomorphology
Stroth, Luke lstroth@ucsd.edu 2016 Geoffrey Braswell, & Jade d'Alpoim Guedes Palaeobotany, photogrammetry, Maya archaeology, Classic Maya, ceramic analysis
Tamberino, Anthony atamberi@ucsd.edu 2017 Tom Levy 
Toro Uribe, Fabian ftorouri@ucsd.edu 2018 Jade d'Alpoim Guedes
Wu, Yaohan yaw026@ucsd.edu 2020 Jade d'Alpoim Guedes

 

Biological Anthropology

Name

Email

Entering Class

Advisor

Few Words About Research 

Alipio, Kristen  

kalipio@ucsd.edu

2023

Keolu Fox

Socio-political forces in the Native Hawaiian community affect health and well-being throughout the stages of dispossession–restriction of access, displacement from land and eventual relocation off-island.

August, Isabel

iaugust@ucsd.edu

2018

 Katerina Semendeferi

 

Economou, Melina

meconomo@ucsd.edu

2017

 Bonnie Kaiser & Sabia Varma 

 

Garcia Colon, Javier

jgarciacolon@ucsd.edu

2021

 Isabel Rivera-Collazo & Keolus Fox 

 Caribbean Archaeology Puerto Rican Archaeology Identity Sense of Belonging environmental DNA soil aDNA

Hudock, Autumn

ahudock@ucsd.edu

2021

  Carol Marchetto 

 Osteology, stem cell models, neurodegenerative disorders, cerebral organoids

Murarka, Shubhra

smurarka@ucsd.edu

2021

 Keolu Fox 

 

Rabay, Chantal

crabay@ucsd.edu

2021

Amy Non 

 

Reynoso-Zimmerer, Jose

jareynosozimmerer@ucsd.edu

2023

Amy Non

Genetic Anthropology and Epigenetics, in particular examining how environmental
and societal factors, such as poverty and racism, can impact the wellbeing of a demographics’
population.

Rieman-Klingler, Maria

mklingle@ucsd.edu

2020

 Amy Non 

 

Tomlinson, Cassidy

ctomlins@ucsd.edu

2020

 Amy Non

 

 

Psychological/Medical Anthropology

Name

Email

Entering Class

Advisor

Key Words About Research 

Chalmiers, Morgen Angela

mchalmie@ucsd.edu

2016

 

 

Cornejo, Ash 

ashcornejo@ucsd.edu 

2022

Tom Csordas 

Ethnobotany, plant medicine, integrative medicine, ritual, immigrant/refugee health 

Fragione, Sara

sfragione@ucsd.edu

2023

Janis Jenkins

individuals with a terminal illness in the rural US, the ways by which mind and body are entangled in tending to illness
within the bounds of drug-use.

Huff, Gabriella

ghuff@ucsd.edu

2021

 

 

Ismail, Ramsey

raismail@ucsd.edu

2016

 

 

Kanth, Mir Fatimah

mkanth@ucsd.edu

2019

 Saiba Varma

Kashmiri Diaspora, Migration, Transnationalism, Belonging and identity. 

Kerr, Andrew (Drew)

ankerr@ucsd.edu

2019

 Saiba Varma, Rihan Yeh

 Poetry, Semiotics, Collectivity, Protest, South Asia

Medina, Lauren

l3medina@ucsd.edu

2022

Janis Jenkins

Refugee/Immigrant Health, Trauma and Distress, Mental Health and Wellbeing

Nakaweesi, Katongole 

nkatongole@ucsd.edu 

2022

 Bonnie Kaiser 

 

Sanchez, Giselle gis003@ucsd.edu 2017  Janis  Jenkins Child and adolescent mental health, subjectivity, structural violence
Stone, Annika abadamso@ucsd.edu 2014 Janis Jenkins 
Medical anthropology, indigenous anthropology, anthropology of healing, U.S.-Mexico border research, issues of race and racisms, mental health, and resistance.
Vargas, Brianna bvargas@ucsd.edu 2021 Bonnie Kaiser Traditional birth practices, postpartum mental health, gender, border studies

 

Linguistic Anthropology

Name

Email

Entering Class

Advisor

Key Words About Research 

Gaillard, Zhane

zgaillard@ucsd.edu

2021

 Rihan Yeh 

 

Hicks, Rachel Emerine

rdhicks@ucsd.edu

2014

 Suzanne Brenner 

 

Hillyer, Michael

mhillyer@ucsd.edu

2020

 Rihan Yeh 

 Indigenous language reclamation, language ideology, politics of recognition, Indigenous sovereignty, U.S./ Mexico Border region.

Wright, Alicia

amw069@ucsd.edu

2017

John B. Haviland

ASL interpreting, accessibility, language ideology, language variation, race and gender.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Sociocultural Anthropology

Name

Email

Entering Class

Advisor

Key Words About Rearch 

Connolly, Michael

 miconnolly@ucsd.edu

2022

Dredge Kang

Indigenous political anthropology 

Diokno, James

jdiokno@ucsd.edu

2022

Suzanne Brenner

 

nturtlet@ucsd.edu

2019

Nancy Postero

Conservation, rewilding, national parks, wildlife, Patagonia, Chile

Gregorio, Gian

ggregorio@ucsd.edu

2023

David Pedersen

Interested in examining how settler paleontologists and publics articulate the importance of fossil
extraction and how ideas of discovery, ownership, scientific resources and the frontier inform
these explanations.

Hallingstad O'Brien, Dylan dhalling@ucsd.edu 2017 Joseph D. Hankins  Japan, macrobiotic health, Judaism in Japan
Hicks, Rachel Emerine rdhicks@ucsd.edu 2014 Suzanne Brenner Secondary education, youth, language ideology, multilingualism, identity, cultural values, Solomon Islands, Oceania
Lana, Sofia slana@ucsd.edu 2018 Nancy Postero Glaciers, climate change, socio-environmental politics, Latin America
Lindstrom, David dlindstr@ucsd.edu 2018 David Pedersen  Social conditions that impel refugees from Honduras. Key processes of analysis include the political economy of Central America, the educational system of Honduras, U.S. foreign policy, the criminalization of youth, illegality, and interconnected forms of violence. 
Pankam, Moon mpankam@ucsd.edu 2021 David Pedersen Ocean humanities, climate change, speculative fiction, radical imagination, uncanny, underworld, Thailand, Phuket, science studies, Buddhism, caves, tsunami, disaster, limestone, ghosts, interdisciplinary, eco-tourism, tourism, extraction, geology
Pant, Damini dapant@ucsd.edu 2019 Joseph D. Hankins Caste, Space, South Asia
Puga, Dominga
dspuga@ucsd.edu 2022 David Pedersen Cultural Heritage, Social Demonstrations, Material Culture
Sheppard, Paul psheppard@ucsd.edu 2021 Joseph Hankins

Japanese mountain religion; movements for cultural revitalisation and popular sovereignty; indigeneity and multiculturalism; land use conflict and infrastructure; anthropology of religion and secular modernity; posthumanism and multi-species ethnography; pilgrimage studies; sacred geography.

 

Willford, Rabindra

rwillfor@ucsd.edu

2017 

 Sabia Varma 

Environment, indigeneity, labor, multi-species entanglements, bio-extractivism, health industry, South India.