Undergraduate Awards for Excellence
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to salute the graduating recipients of our three Awards for Excellence in Anthropology.
- A. Irving Hallowell Award for Excellence in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
- Sherwood L. Washburn Award for Excellence in Biological Anthropology
- Robert McC. Adams Award for Excellence in Anthropological Archaeology
A. Irving Hallowell Award for Excellence in Socio-Cultural Anthropology
A. Irving Hallowell (1892-1974) was a cultural anthropologist, one of the founders of the field of cultural and personality, and a pioneer in the cross-cultural use of psychological testing. Learn more about Hallowell on Wikipedia
| 2012 | Melissa J. Stanley |
| 2011 | Emily A. Lucitt |
| 2010 | Brianna C. Dougher |
| 2009 | Jenivive Blinck Coralee Bernbeck |
| 2008 | Edward James Glayzer |
| 2007 | Brent H. Erickson |
| 2006 | Laura C.McCoy |
| 2005 | Lauren Elizabeth McKown |
| 2004 | Janna L. Lafferty |
| 2003 | Christine M. Chan |
| 2002 | Sheila Thornburgh |
| 2001 | Tara C. Lundstrom |
| 2000 | Valerie Kay Thomas |
| 1999 | Aaron Michael Ansell |
| 1999 | Marcy Ann-Lynne Ronneberg |
| 1998 | Robin L. Kezirian |
| 1997 | Shyam P. Balse |
| 1996 | Erin M. Bostick |
| 1995 | Shana L. Fruehan |
| 1994 | Eric C. Kansa |
| 1993 | Laura A. Tubelle |
| 1992 | Sean M. Philpott |
| 1991 | Isabelle T. Fauconnier |
| 1990 | Nancy L. Frey |
| 1989 | Catlan A. Thorne |
| 1988 | Susan S. Levine |
| 1987 | Sheil S. Clark |
| 1986 | Scott D. Gayron |
| 1985 | Daniel M. Fessler |
Sherwood L. Washburn Award for Excellence in Biological Anthropology
Sherwood L. Washburn (1911-2000) was a major figure in biological anthropology, an early advocate of field study in the study of comparative primate behavior, and an important student of extinct hominds understood through the functional study of comparative primate anatomy. Learn more about Washburn on Wikipedia
| 2012 | Alexana J. Hickmott |
| 2011 | Megan L. Lambert |
| 2010 | Edward A. Grigoryan |
| 2009 | Patricia Ann Lantzy |
| 2008 | Ria K. Boner |
| 2007 | Clelia C. Ahrens-Barbeau |
| 2006 | Elyse R. Zuniga |
| 2005 | (Not awarded) |
| 2004 | Janina Heywood |
| 2003 | Michelle Richardson |
| 2002 | Jaime Hessel |
| 2001 | Katy F. Mathers |
| 2000 | Anne-Marie Desgouttes |
| 1999 | Amy Peng Chun Lu |
| 1997 | Rachel E. Lehrer |
| 1996 | Rebecca E. Frank |
Robert McC. Adams Award for Excellence in Anthropological Archaeology
Robert McC. Adams, an adjunct member of this faculty, is a major comparative archaeologist of early state formation, and a pioneer in the study of broad regional systems. Learn more about Adams on Wikipedia.
| 2012 | Anne L. Snyder |
| 2011 | Jana M. Davis |
| 2010 | Andrew L. Woodhead |
| 2009 | Adrienne Cary Frie |
| 2008 | Allisen Cecelia Dahlstedt |
| 2007 | Alona D. Zaray-Mizrahi |
| 2006 | Alicia A. Cunningham-Bryant |
| 2005 | Annabelle H. Teng |
| 2004 | Brian M. Zentmyer |
| 2003 | Lynne M. Murone-Dunn |
| 2002 | Stacie Wilson |
| 2001 | Neil G. Smith |
| 2000 | Anthony P. Arias |
| 2000 | Kelly Ann Kirby |
| 1999 | Brian T. Pittman |
| 1998 | Jennifer C. Hiller |
| 1997 | Solomon S. Kuah |
| 1996 | Charles H. Wallace, IV |
| 1995 | Juan F. Morena, Jr. |