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Anthropology

In its Honors Program the Anthropology Department awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

• Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
  Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2024-2025

• Erin Amelia Cooper,   (Honors) 
  Neil Norman + Ashley McCuistion, Rowan Lockwood
• Anna Marie Haney,  (Honors)
  Joseph Jones + Jonathan Glasser, Sarah Menefee

2023-2024

• Erin Shea Cearlock,  (Honors)  
  Jennifer Kahn + Mara Dicenta Vilker, Jessica Paga 
• Abigail Naomi Davis,   (Honors)  
  Brad Weiss + Andrea Wright, Arthur Knight 
• Hudson Riley Fortney,   (Honors) 
  Andrea Wright + Adela Amaral, Katherine Barko-Alva 
• Ginny Xuan Helmandollar,  (Honors) 
  Andrea Wright + Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, Leslie Cochrane 
• Dalit Jordan Lebow, (Honors) 
  Andrea Wright + Mara Dicenta, Mary Fabrizio
• Charlotte May Russell, (Honors)  
  Neil Norman + Adela Amaral, Terry Meyers 
• Calvin Thomas Sloan, " (Honors)  
  Andrea Wright + Joseph Jones, Benjamin Whiting, William Fisher
• Shani Kamilah Vigilant,  (Honors) 
  Adela Amaral + Kelebogile Zvobgo, Joseph Jones 

2022-2023

• Julia Claire Ashworth, "" (Honors) 
  Andrea Wright + William Fisher, Brad Weiss, Carlos Rivera Santana 
• Caroline Rebecca Donovan, "" (Honors) 
  Jennifer Kahn + Martin Gallivan, Molly Swetnam-Burland
                                                                         

2021-2022

• Alyssa Castronuovo, "" (Highest Honors) 
  Andrea Wright + Joe Jones, Claire McKinney                                                                                      
• Cecelia Eure, "" (High Honors) 
  Danielle Moretti-Langholtz + Andrea Wright, Julie Richter
• Eleanor Renshaw, "" (High Honors) 
  Jonathan Glasser + Joe Jones, Adrienne Petty-Roberts
• Emma Eubank, "" (Highest Honors)
  Andrea Wright + William Fisher, Jennifer Lorden
• Margaret Sheridan, "" (Honors)                                                                                                     
  Audrey Horning + Martin Gallivan, Patricia Wesp
  

2020-2021

• Margot Cunningham, "" (High Honors)
  Andrea Wright + Brad Weiss, John Manuli
• Madeline Emmett, "" (Highest Honors)
  Andrea Wright + Adela Amaral, Brent Kaup
• Carol Oordt, "" (High Honors)
  Jennifer Kahn + Martin Gallivan, Molly Swetnam-Burland
• Mary Young, "" (High Honors)
  Martin Gallivan + Jennifer Kahn, Rowan Lockwood

2019-2020

• Helen McMillian, "" (Highest Honors)
  Andrea Wright + Sibel Zandi-Sayek, Negar-Sadat Razavi, Stephen Sheehi, Anne Rasmussen
• Sara Schmieder, "" (Honors)
  William Fisher + Elizabeth Losh, Grey Gundaker

2018-19

• Alexis Jenkins, "" (High Honors)
  Danielle Moretti-Langholtz + Martin Gallivan, Andrew Fisher
• Noah Kim, ""
  Danielle Moretti-Langholtz + Martin Gallivan, Andrew Fisher
  
• Erin Kitchens, "" (High Honors)
  Andrea Wright + Jonathan Glasser, Brad Weiss, Monica Seger
  
• Caroline Lehman, ""
  Martin Gallivan, Kathleen Bragdon, Jennifer Taylor
• Ivie Orobaton, ""
  Joseph L. Jones + Jonathan Glasser, Adrienne Petty
  

2017-18

• Ivie Orobaton, Demography and Race: A Comparative Analysis of Health and Infectious Disease among Enslaved and Free Urban African Americans from the 18th through 20th Centuries" (Honors) 
   Jonathan Glasser + Joseph Jones
• Madeline White, "" (Highest Honors) 
  Brad Weiss + Leisa Meyer, Tomoko Hamada, Andrea Wright

2016-17

• Georgia Dassler, "Prosthetics in Performance: Exploring the Relationship Between Ballet Dancers and their Pointe Shoes" (High Honors) 
  Brad Weiss + Jonathan Glasser, Leslie Cochrane
• Katherine Peck, "" (High Honors) 
  Jennifer Kahn + Martin Gallivan, Gregory Hancock
• Alexandra Rosenberg, "" (High Honors) 
  Joseph Jones + Grey Gundaker, Julie Richter
• Colleen Truskey, "''" (Highest Honors) 
  Brad Weiss + Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, Joseph Jones, Kara Thompson

2015-16

• Matthew Abel, "" (Highest Honors) 
  Brad Weiss + William Fisher and Brent Kaup
• Leanna Richmond, "" (Highest Honors) 
  Martin Gallivan + Frederick Smith, Maria Swetnam-Burland, and Bruce Larson
• Myles Sullivan, "" (Highest Honors) 
  Frederick Smith + Neil Norman and Gerard Chouin

2014-15

• Clare Boczon, (Honors) 
  William Fisher + David Aday and Sasi Balasandaram
• Rachel Kaufman, (High Honors)
  Jonathan Glasser + Kathleen Bragdon and Jennifer Putzi
• Ashby Sturgis, "An Archaeological Survey of Barbados Battery: The Good Shepherd Project" (High Honors) 
  Frederick Smith + Marley Brown and William Kelso
• Danielle Tassara, (High Honors) 
  Jonathan Glasser + Michelle Lelievre, Eric Han and Michael Cronin

2013-14

• Colleen Betti, (Highest Honors) 
  Neil Norman + David Brown and Marley Brown III
  
• Mitch Caudill, (High Honors)
  Jenny Kahn + Barbara King and Carey Bagdassarian
• Katherine Wagner, (High Honors)
  Neil Norman + Joanne Bowen and Oliver Kerscher

2012-13

• Eli Dollarhide, " (Honors)
  Neil Norman + Danielle Moretti-Langholtz and Francis Tanglao-Aguas

2011-12

• Alexandria Brown, (High Honors)
  Martin Gallivan + Michael Kelley and Neil Norman
• Courtney Williams, " (High Honors)
  Neil Norman + Marley Brown III, Martin Gallivan and James Whittenburg

2010-11

• Elena Carey, (High Honors)
  William Fisher + Martin Gallivan, Stuart Hamilton and Amy Kracker Selzer
• Amy Clinger, "Unwed Motherhood in Morocco: Foundations in Social, Religious, Legal, Political and Theoretical Contexts" (High Honors)
  Frederick Smith + Monica Griffin and Jonathan Glasser
• Maria Lapera, (High Honors)
  Joanne Bowen + Marley Brown and James Whittenburg 
• Allison Mickel, (Highest Honors)
  Marley Brown + Neil Norman and Richard Lowry

2009-10

• Amanda Andrei, (High Honors)
  Brad Weiss + Jonathan Glasser and Enne Rasmussen
• Jonna Knappenberger, (High Honors)
  Brad Weiss + Jonathan Glasses and Kathleen Jenkins
• Christopher Maggiolo, "Champagne Taste on a Mauby Pocket: The Socioenvironmental History of Mauby in Barbados" ( High Honors)
  Fred Smith + Susan Kern, Marley Brown and Jim Perry
• Erik Siedow, (High Honors)
  Fred Smith + Marley Brown and Michael Kelley

2008-09

• Jennifer Dutcher, (High Honors)
  Michael Blakey + Fred Smith and Jody Allen
• Jennifer Fitzgerald, (Highest Honors)
  Martin Gallivan + Danielle Moretti-Langholtz and Dave Brown
  
• William Foster, "The Watermen of White Oak & The Patawomeck Tribe" (Highest Honors)
  Danielle Moretti-Langholtz + Martin Gallivan and Josh Danner
  
• Paul Gottschling, (High Honors)
  Brad Weiss + Grey Gundaker and Charles McGovern
  
• Anna Hayden, (Highest Honors)
  Martin Gallivan + Danielle Moretti-Langholtz and Dave Brown
  
• Jessica Taylor, (High Honors)
  Martin Gallivan + Fred Smith and James Frusetta
  

2007-08

• Kathleen Brasington, "Singing Along: Camp Songs as Role Modeling in Youth Summer Camps" (Highest Honors)
  William Fisher + Grey Gundaker and Duncan Neilson
• Graham Callaway, (High Honors)
  Martin Gallivan + Joanne Bower and Lorena Walsh
• Lenore Cebulski, (High Honors)
  Martin Gallivan + Fred Smith and Tuska Benes
• Sara Farina, (Highest Honors)
  John Ertl + Brad Weiss and Craig Canning
• Kimberley Peck, (Highest Honors)
  Matthew Liebmann + Joanna Bowen, Lorena Walsh and James Whittenburg
• Laura Steadman, (High Honors)
  Martin Gallivan + Danielle Moretti-Langholtz and J.C. Poutsma

2006-07

• Kathryn Swanson, "" (High Honors)
  Frederick Smith + Matthew Liebmann, Phillip Daileader

2005-06

• Catherine Bailey, "A Case Study of Land and Water Distribution in Canada Alamosa: Individual and Community Agency in the Territorial Frontier of Southwestern New Mexico" (High Honors)
  Danielle Moretti-Langholtz + William Fisher and Camille Wells
• Michael Fedore, "An Absolute Seriation of Ceramics from the Chickahominy River in the Middle and Late Woodlands Periods" (Honors)
  Martin Gallivan + Danielle Moretti-Langholtz and Jim Axtell
• Brent Fortenberry, "Architectural Precedent and Liminal Space at James Fort, Jamestown, Virginia" (High Honors)
  Julie Ernstein + Fred Smith, William Kelso and Carl Lounsbury
• Erin Kuykendall, "'...protecting its worldly goods from thieves': A Study of Locks and Lock Parts from Jamestown, Virginia and Its Hinterland" (Highest Honors)
  Julie Ernstein + Fred Smith and James Whittenburg
• Travis Parno, "A Case for Catholicism: A Contextual Study of Religious Small-Finds from Historic James Fort, Jamestown, Virginia" (High Honors)
  Fred Smith + Martin Gallivan and William Kelso

2004-05

• Megan Edwards
  Joanne Bowen + Audrey Horning and Barbara Carson
• Maria Fashing
  Joanne Bowen + Audrey Horning and Jim Whittenberg
• George Kamide
  William Fisher + Regina Root and Lisa Sedrez
• Margaret Robinson
  Michael Blakey + Virginia Kerns and Laurie Sanderson
• Sarah Tolbert
  Martin Gallivan + Danielle Moretti-Langholtz andTom Linneman
• Angela Woolard
  William Fisher + Brad Weiss and Timmons Roberts