Anthropology

Advisor: Loren Davis

Research: Geoarchaeology, the Peopling of the New World, Cultural Resource Management, and Conservation

Region: The Pacific Northwest

BA: Humanities, Liberal Arts
BA: Anthropology
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

Advisor: Dr. Bryan Tilt

Research: Social activism, emotions within social movements, environmental anthropology, art and anthropology, Indigenous ways of knowing

Region: Pacific Northwest, Latin America

BA, Anthropology, Elon University

Advisor: Dr. Emily Yates-Doerr

Research: Medical Anthropology, Ethnographic methods, Human Rights, Migration

Region: Guatemala

MA - Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (Development)
BA - Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (Anthropology)

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. Lisa Price

Research: Ethnobotany, ethnoecology, ethnomedicine, Andean curanderismo

Region: Latin America, Peru

BA, Anthropology, University of Memphis
MA, Anthropology, University of Memphis

Advisor: Dr. Bryan Tilt

Research: Applied Anthropology, Environmental Anthropology, disaster studies, climate change, migration, social justice, environmental justice

Region: United States & Central America

Chico State University - BA, Anthropology; Shasta College - AA, Social Science

Advisor:  Emily Yates-Doerr/Shaozeng Zhang

Research:  My work focuses on anthropological inquires of topics related to Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies; Big Data; Data Biographies; Algorithm and Society; Social Media; Automation of Content Moderation; Democracy; Design; UX; and Applied Anthropology. My work is informed by Feminist Anthropology and STS Perspectives.

Region: Brazil/USA

B.A. Social Sciences - Universidade Federal de Goias/Brazil
M.A. Sociocultural Anthropology - Universidade Federal de Goias/Brazil

Advisor:  Dr. Melissa Cheyney

Research:  Medical and Neurological Anthropology; Cross-cultural Neuropathology; End of Life Care/Medicine; Psychiatric Medicine; Depression studies; Suicide studies; Mental Health Counselling (cross-cultural); Research and Public Health Ethics (IRB); Birthing and Death Doula

Region: Pacific Northwest; Northern Spain

BS - University of Utah, Anthropology-Health Emphasis
BS - University of Utah, Health, Society, Policy
Master of Public Health, Oregon State University, Global Health and Medical Anthropology
International Doula
Traditional Health Worker
DONA International, Birth Doula
CNA-Utah, Certified Nursing Assistant

Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney

Research: Medical anthropology, Black maternal morbidity and mortality, reproductive Justice obstetric practices, culture of black birth.

Region: United States

BA – Spelman College, Spanish/ Premedical Studies
ND – National College of Natural Medicine, Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine

Advisor: Dr. Drew Gerkey

Research: Environmental and Ecological Anthropology; Energy (Unconventional Fossil Fuels); Extractivism and Post-Extractive Futures; Critical Environmental Justice; Resistance Movements; Decolonization; Multispecies Justice; Climate Crisis and the Anthropocene; Place Attachment; Political Ecology; Mutual Aid; Activist and Advocacy Scholarship. 

Region: Pacific Northwest

BS‚ Southern Oregon University (Anthropology and Native American Studies)
MA‚ Oregon State University (Applied Anthropology)

Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney

Research: Medical Anthropology, Traditional Medicine

Region: New Zealand

BA –University of California, San Diego (Biology, International Studies)
MPH – Touro University California (Global Health)
DO – Touro University California (Family Medicine)

Advisor: Dr. Shaozeng Zhang

Research: Dual major MS in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Anthropology; Cordwood Heater Stoves; Pacific Northwest Tribal and Underserved Rural Communities; Design; User Experience

BS - Oregon State University, Mechanical Engineering

Advisor: Dr. Joan Gross

Research: Place relationship, oral narrative, history

Region: Western Oregon

BA, Southern Oregon University, English Literature

Advisor: Professor 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. Loren Davis

Research: Geoarchaeology, Peopling of the Americas, Submerged Pre-Contact Archaeology, Coring 

Region: Pacific Northwest, North America 

BS, Texas A&M University, Anthropology (Archaeology Track)

Advisor: Dr. Joan Gross

Research: Agriculture, climate change, perception, adaptation, resilience, integrated pest management

Region: Oregon

BS, Environmental Science, Northeastern University 2017

Advisor: Dr. Leah Minc

Research: Archaeometry, how goods and people move across landscapes, collections research, and science communication. 

Region: South America

BS, Physical Anthropology, Minor in Writing, University of California Davis

Advisor: Dr. Lisa Price

Research: Factors influencing wild/semi-domesticated food plant access and management.

MA, Miami University, Geography
BA, Luther College, Anthropology & English

Advisor: Dr. Shaozeng Zhang

Research: Education; Ethnography; Science Education, Fishing Communities, Human Dimensions in Natural Resources, Marine Conservation and Resource Management; Local Knowledge; Interdisciplinary Approaches

Region: Brazil

MS – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - Brazil  (Science Education)
BS – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - Brazil / Monash University - Australia  (Biological Science)

Advisor: Dr. Kenny Maes

Research: Community Health Workers, Community Health Worker workforce process/outcome indicators, Popular Education Pedagogy, Racism as a Public Health Issue, Black Health, Intersectionality

Region: United States and Latin America

MPH, Global Maternal Child Health, Tulane University School of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
BS, Portland State University, Community Health Education

Advisor: Dr. Drew Gerkey

Research: Environmental and Ecological Anthropology; Marine Conservation and Resource Management; Marine Protected Areas (MPAs); Political Ecology; Decolonization; Indigenous Methodologies; Indigeneity; Indigenous Feminism; Indigenous Futurity; Uchinānchu; Transdisciplinary Approaches; Applied and Engaged Anthropology

Region: Okinawa/Loochoo; French Polynesia; Oceania

MA - University of Memphis (Applied Anthropology)
BA - University of Kitakyushu (International Relations)

Advisor: Dr. Drew Gerkey

Research: museum anthropology, indigenous ways of knowing, tribal/non-tribal collaborations, organization change

MA - Indiana University, Bloomington (Folklore and Ethnomusicology, minor in Anthropology)
BA - University of California, Los Angeles (English Literature)

Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis

Research: Paleoclimate; environmental archaeology; hunter-gatherer studies; digital archaeology; sustainability; climate change; stable isotope analysis 

Region: Western North America

BA, Oregon State University, Anthropology (archaeology focus) & Sustainability minor 

Advisor: Dr. David Lewis

Research: Gender in relation to Native American culture

Region: Oregon/Oregon Coast

BA, Biological Anthropology, University of Oregon