2015 News Archives
December 2015 - Graduate Students Completed in 2015
Many congratulations to our Anthropology graduate students who successfully defended their thesis in 2015!
PhD: Jordan Downey, Flannery Surette, Zoe Morris, Ian Puppe, James Keron, Joshua Smith, & Megan Lowthers.
MA: Lara Wood, Rebecca Dillon, Patrick Galler, MD Rashedul Alam, Hallie Goodine-Tennant, Katelyn Mather, Kaitlyn Malleau, & Beheshteh Moazenipour Asil.
October 29, 2015 - Dan Jorgensen's Research Featured in Western News
Dan Jorgensen's latest research on the use of moblie phones and the current drought in Papua New Guinea is featured in the October 29 Western News article, Mobile phones answer call for relief help.
October 8, 2015 - Anthro Vanier Scholar Diana Moreiras Reynaga in Western News
In 2015, Anthropology PhD candidate Diana Moreiras Reynaga was one of four Western students to be awarded the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Diana's research focuses on obtaining dietary and geographical information about individuals who were sacrificed by the Aztecs as an offering to the gods. Diana and the other three Western Vanier scholars are featured in the Western News article, Vanier Celebrates Nation's Finest, October 8, 2015.
May 4, 2015
Dr. Andrew Walsh - Conference & Workshop Grant
Professor Andrew Walsh has been awarded a conference and workshop grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation - an organization that supports worldwide research in all branches of anthropology. The award was given to aid the workshop 'The Anthropology of Precious Minerals', 2015, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, in collaboration wiith Dr. Annabel Vallard.
March 19, 2015
Dr. Kim Clark Named Western Faculty Scholar
Congratulations to Professor Kim Clark who has been named one of three new Faculty Scholars in the Faculty of Social Science, and one of twelve from across campus. More information can be found in today's issue of Western News.
