Advisor: Dr. Bryan Tilt
Research: Social-ecological systems, Community-based participatory research, Collective resource management, Cultural models, Attachments to place, Collaboration across perspectives/knowledge systems
Region: Pacific Northwest, Latin America
BA, Anthropology, Elon University
Research: Applied & Environmental Anthropology, Resource management, Environmental justice; Social dynamics of the Klamath River dam removal
Region: United States; Klamath County, Oregon; Siskiyou County, California
BA, Chico State University, Anthropology
AA, Shasta College., Social Science
Advisor: Dr. Nordica MacCarty and Dr. Shaozeng Zhang
Research: Dual MS in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Anthropology; Wood Heater Stoves; Engineering and Design; User Experience
Region: Pacific Northwest, United States
BS, Oregon State University, Mechanical Engineering
Advisors: Dr. Shaozeng Zhang and Dr. Javier Calvo-Amodio
Research: Dual Master's Major Applied Anthropology and Industrial Engineering, Interdisciplinary Research, Holistic Problem Solving, Healthcare Access
Region: Latin America
BS Anthropology, Kansas State University
BS Industrial Engineering, Kansas State University
Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis
Research: Community archaeology with Indigenous groups
Region: Pacific Northwest
BA, Iowa State University
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Price
Research: Food studies, the link between food practices and identity
Region: Latin America, United States
Sociology
Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, Bogotá, Colombia
Advisor: Dr. Joan Gross
Research: Agriculture, climate change, perception, adaptation, resilience, integrated pest management
Region: Oregon
BS, Environmental Science, Northeastern University 2017
Research: Place relationship, oral narrative, history
Region: Western Oregon
BA, Southern Oregon University, English Literature
Advisor: Dr. Joan Gross
Research: Agrifood Systems; Climate Change; Participatory Research; Social Network Analysis
Area: Pacific Northwest United States
MA - Oregon State University (Applied Anthropology)
BA - Ohio State University (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Maes
Research: Community Health Workers, Somatic and Embodiment Theories, Compassion Science, Contemplative Pedagogy, Cross-Cultural Healing Methods & Healing Justice, Popular Education, Socially Engaged Art & Design, End of Life Care
Area: Oregon
BA Rider University: Graphic Design & Psychology
Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Maes
Research: Sexual Health Education, Latinx, Healthcare, Community Health Workers, Human Sexuality
Area: : US & Latin America
AA - Golden West College, Social and Behavioral Sciences
AA - Golden West College, History
BA - California State University of Long Beach, History & Anthropology (Emphasis: Ancient and Medieval Europe, Asia and World History)
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Price
Research: Gender; Ethnobiology, Agriculture Anthropology
Area: United States
BSc – Cornell University (Development Sociology and Communications)
MA – University of Reading, UK (Social Development and Sustainable Livelihoods)
Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis
Research: Human Behavioral Organization; Prehistoric Lifeways; Quantitative Spatio-temporal Analytics; GIS and R Statistical Applications
Area: Northern Great Basin
BA - Archaeological Studies State University of New York at Potsdam
BA - Mathematics from the State University of New York at Potsdam
Advisors: Dr. Joan Gross and Dr. Natchee Barnd
Research: Geography, landscape studies, ethnic studies, oral history
Area: Pacific Northwest
BA – Oregon State University, Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Leah Minc
Research: Ceramics; Pastoral Nomadism; Trade; Conceptualized Landscapes; Settlement Patterns; Intra/Extra-Regional Complexities and Relationships; GIS; INAA Analysis
Area: Mesopotamia; Middle East and Caucasus Region
BA - University of Wisconsin-Madison (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Bryan Tilt
Research: Environment, energy and economical anthropology; STS and Engineering culture
Area: China
BS - Wuhan University (Hydrology and Water Resource Engineering)
Advisor: Nancy Rosenberger
Research: Digital anthropology; ethnographic user research; human-robot social interaction; gender, society & technology studies
Area: Korea, East Asia (South Korea)
MA Ewha Woman's University (Women's Studies)
BA Ewha Woman's University (Women's Studies and French (double major))
Advisor: Dr. Emily Yates-Doerr
Research: Nutritional Anthropology, Food Anthropology, Food Culture and Social Justice, Public Health, Health Education, Health Communication, Sustainable Food Systems, Agrifood Movements
Area: Mexico
BS - Nutrition and Food Science (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City)
Advisor: Dr. Emily Yates-Doerr
Research: Migration; Latinx Studies; U.S. Policy; (Il)Legality; Identity; Representation; Visual Anthropology; Media; (Photo)Ethnography; Diaspora; Transnationalism; Globalization; (Post) Colonialism; Decolonization Practices; Language; Human Rights; Feminism; Politics of Gender, Race, Class, Sexuality, Nation and Belonging
Area: United States
AA - Glendale Community College
BA - Arizona State University (Social & Behavioral Sciences)
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Price
Research: Human Trafficking and Anti-trafficking, Labor exploitation, Anthropology of Migration, Migrant deservingness, Humanitariansim, Anthropology of State, International Development and NGOism, Anthropology of Policy
BA - University of Siena (Socio-Cultural Anthropology)
MA - University of Leiden (Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology)
Area: Italy, United States, Indonesia
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Price
Research: Information and Communication Technology (ICT); User Experience (UX), International Development; Education; Black and Indigenous populations, Rural/Coastal Regions
Area: Latin America and the Caribbean
MSc – University College London, UK (Social/Cultural Anthropology)
BA – Humboldt State University (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Brian Tilt
Research: Applied Cultural and Environmental Anthropology; Resiliency and Disaster Policy Planning; Distributional Equity of Policy Planning; Sense of Place - Place Attachment Mapping; Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Area: Oregon Coastal Communities
BA - OSU-Cascades (Social Science with a focus in community outreach and development and minors in Spanish and Sustainability)
Advisor: Dr. Joan Gross
Research: Gender; Transgender communities; Queer Studies
Area: United States
BA – University of South Florida (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Maes
Research: Research: African diaspora, Ethiopia, Black liberation, transnational feminism, intersectional feminism, Black feminism, development, policy feminist political ecology, critical feminist Marxism, activist anthropology, indigenous anthropology, queer theory, nutritional transition, food sovereignty, decolonization, sub-altern studies, social justice, Afrofuturism, Ethnic Studies, neoliberalism and Degrowth.
Area: Ethiopia
BS – James Madison University (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Nancy Rosenberger
Research: Applied cultural anthropology, environmental anthropology, economic anthropology, interdisciplinary collaboration, policy development and advocacy, planning and development, collaborative governance, food systems, social safety nets, rural-suburban-urban interplay
Area: United States
BA – Sonoma State University (Anthropology)
MA – Northern Arizona University (Applied Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Price
Research: Political-economic anthropology, political ecology, the human right to food, GMO free activism, alternative agrifood movements, civil society
Area: Latin America
MA – Oregon State University ( Applied Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. David Brauner
Research: Historical Archaeology, 19th Century US Military
Area: North America
MA - Oregon State University (Archaeology)
Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Maes
Research: Mental health and refugees, looking at best mental health practices for Iraqi refugees living in Portland, Oregon.
Area: Pacific Northwest and Iraq
BS – Lewis and Clark College (Psychology)
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Price
Research: Anthropology of Food; Food Sovereignty; Food Sustainability; Environmental Anthropology; Social Justice
Area: United States
BA - Saint Mary's College of California (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Bryan Tilt
Research: Environmental Anthropology, Natural Resources, Forests
Area: Pacific Northwest, American Midwest
BS - Missouri State University (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. David Brauner
Research: Historical Archaeology
Area: Pacific Northwest
BA – Oregon State University (Anthropology)
MA – Oregon State University (Applied Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney
Research: Critical Medical Anthropology, Applied Anthropology, Maternal Stress
Area: Puerto Rico
MA - University of Montana, Missoula (Applied Anthropology)
BA - University of Iowa (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney
Research: Critical Medical Anthropology; Maternity; Reproductive Justice; Home birth
Area: United States
BA – Oregon State University (Liberal Studies)
MA – Oregon State University (Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies)
Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Maes
Research: Cultural and Political Anthropology; Police States; Terrorism; Urban Inequality; Social Inequality
Area: Pacific Northwest and Northern Ireland
BA - Georgia State University (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. David Brauner
Research: Historical archaeology with an emphasis on the early settlement of Overseas Chinese communities in the Pacific Northwest
Area: West Coast
BS – Oregon State University (Anthropology)
MA – Oregon State University (Applied Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Joan Gross
Research: Sustainable, organic and regenerative agriculture; Women and Minority Farmers; Food Access; Land Acquisition; Resource Use; Foodsheds; Ethnobotany; Domestic and International Farming; Environmental Law and Policy; Cognitive Anthropology; Political Ecology
Area: United States; South America
BA - Northern Kentucky University (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Joan Gross
Research: Folk performance, nationalism, heritage tourism, informal economy
Area: Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America
n BA – Oregon State University (Biocultural Anthropology)
BA – Western Oregon University (Spanish)
Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Maes
Research: Medical anthropology; Health; Nutrition; Public health; Psychosocial well-being; Transnational adoption; Youth; Child development
Area: North America and Ethiopia
BA – University of Iowa (International Studies)
MPH – Oregon State University (International Health)
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney
Research: Obstetric Fistula; Reproductive Health; Global Health
Area: United States and Africa
MA – Oregon State University (Biocultural Anthropology)
MPH – Oregon State University (International Health)
BA – University of Arizona (Political Science, African History)
Advisor: Dr. Drew Gerkey
Research: Human Ecology; Community Ecology; Social-Ecological Systems; Social Networks; Food Sharing; resource Diversity; Experimental Games;Common Pool Resources
Area: Alaska, Belize
BS – Boise State University (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Maes
Research: Medical Anthropology, Water Insecurity, Water Governance, Gender, Psychosocial Wellbeing
Area: Ethiopia, East Africa
MS – Addis Ababa University (Biomedical Sciences)
BS – Haramaya/Alemaya University (Plant Sciences)
Advisor: Dr. Shaozeng Zhang
Research: International Development: Monitoring and Evaluation of Technologies
Area: East Africa; Central America
BS - Union College (Mechanical Engineering)
Advisor: Dr. David Brauner
Research: Clay Tobacco Pipes from two Oregon Civil War Era Forts
Area: Oregon
BS – University of Montana (Wildlife Biology)
BS – Montana State University (Nursing)
BS – Oregon State University (Applied Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Bryan Tilt
Research: International Development; User-centered Engineering Design; Monitoring and Evaluation of Technologies and Programs; Social Impact Assessment
Area: East Africa
BS (Honors) - Oregon State University (Mechanical Engineering)
Advisor: Dr. Joan Gross
Research: Contemporary and historical indigenous issues
Area: Western Oregon
BA – Oregon State University (Cultural Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis
Research: Prehistoric archaeology, collaborative archaeology, Zooarchaeology
Area: Pacific Northwest
BA – Washington State University (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney
Research: Applied medical anthropology, biocultural anthropology, maternal health, homebirth in the U.S., reproductive justice
Area: Pacific Northwest / United States
BA – Ohio State University (Anthropology)
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Advisor: Dr. Bryan Tilt
Research: International development, political ecology, indigenous people, dams, Ainu, cultural revitalization movements
Area: Hokkaido, Japan
BA – University of Chicago (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis
Research: Archaeology, Geoarchaeology, Pacific Northwest Archaeology, Peopling of the New World
Area: Central Oregon Coast
BS – Oregon State University (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Drew Gerkey
Research: GIS, Ethnoarchaeology, Paleoshorelines, Peopling of the Americas
Area: Arctic and Pacific Northwest
BA – University of Oregon (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Shaozeng Zhang
Research: International Development: User-centered Design
BS - Oregon State University (Mechanical Engineering)
Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis
Research: Prehistoric Archaeology, Geographic Information Science, Museum Education
Area: Pacific Northwest, Northwest Coast, Interior Columbia Plateau
BA – University of Washington (Anthropology and Archaeological Sciences)
Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis
Research: Prehistoric archaeology, Lithic technology, Geometric morphometry and Geographic information systems
Area: Pacific Northwest
BS – SUNY Potsdam (Archaeological Studies/Geology)
Advisor: Dr. Bryan Tilt
Research: Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Human Dimensions in Natural Resources (HDNR); Risk Perceptions; Vulnerability and Resilience; Yi people
Area: Southwest China
MA – Yunnan Nationalities University, China (Classical Documents)
BA – Hubei Technology and Science College, China (Chinese Language and Literature)
Advisor: Dr. Joan Gross
Research: The SNAP program and higher education students
Area: Pacific Northwest
BA – Oregon State University (Cultural Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. Joan Gross
Research: Anthropology of food, food insecurity, college students
Area: United States
BA – University of Oklahoma (Anthropology)
Advisor: Dr. David Brauner
Research: Historical Archaeology, Military Archaeology
Area: Pacific Northwest
BS – Oregon State University (Natural Resources and Anthropology)