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DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY | GRADUATION 2019 PAGE 1 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH | GRADUATION 2019 Department of Anthropology Once again, the students of the Anthropology Department came out in force to demonstrate the high quality and overall participation in student research. Anthropology presented 24 of the 71 total posters, winning the Research Day Cup in a landslide victory. Kasey Cole, a PhD student working under Dr. Jack Broughton, took first place in the graduate student division. Third place was a tie between Peter Yaworsky, a PhD student working under Dr. Brian Codding, and Jaydee Dolinar, a Master’s student working under Dr. Lisbeth Louderback. Graduate student winners of the CSBS Research Day poster competition. Awards and Honors Shane Macfarlan, CSBS Superior Teaching Award Dr. Macfarlan was nominated for his excellence as an educator. His courses are thouroughly enjoyed by students and often recruit new majors. Elizabeth Cashdan, CSBS Superior Research Award Dr. Cashdan was nominated for her work on how evolution has shaped our thinking and preferences to solve adaptive problems along with understanding variation in human behavior, and the ecological factors that shape it. Tyler Faith, Top Researcher & Grant Recipient Dr. Faith was recognized as a Top Researcher at the CSBS Celebrate U Event. Dr. Faith was also recognized as the recipient of the NSF CNH Grant, which is the largest grant in the College for the current year. Journey Bly, Outstanding Researcher Journey was nominated as the College of Social and Behavioral Science’s Outstanding Udergraduate Researcher for 2019. Journey has been working in the Meldrum Molecular Genetics Lab with Dr. Leslie Knapp

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D E P A R T M E N T O F A N T H R O P O L O G Y | G R A D U A T I O N 2 0 1 9 P A G E 1

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D e p a r t m e n t o f

AnthropologyOnce again, the students of the Anthropology Department came out in force to demonstrate the high quality and overall participation in student research. Anthropology presented 24 of the 71 total posters, winning the Research Day Cup in a landslide victory. Kasey Cole, a PhD student working under Dr. Jack Broughton, took first place in the graduate student division. Third place was a tie between Peter Yaworsky, a PhD student working under Dr. Brian Codding, and Jaydee Dolinar, a Master’s student working under Dr. Lisbeth Louderback. Graduate student winners of the CSBS Research Day poster competition.

Awards and Honors

Shane Macfarlan,

CSBS Superior Teaching Award

Dr. Macfarlan was nominated for

his excellence as an educator. His

courses are thouroughly enjoyed

by students and often recruit new

majors.

Elizabeth Cashdan,

CSBS Superior Research Award

Dr. Cashdan was nominated for her

work on how evolution has shaped

our thinking and preferences to

solve adaptive problems along with

understanding variation in human

behavior, and the ecological factors

that shape it.

Tyler Faith,

Top Researcher & Grant Recipient

Dr. Faith was recognized as a Top

Researcher at the CSBS Celebrate U

Event. Dr. Faith was also recognized

as the recipient of the NSF CNH

Grant, which is the largest grant in

the College for the current year.

Journey Bly,

Outstanding Researcher

Journey was nominated as

the College of Social and

Behavioral Science’s Outstanding

Udergraduate Researcher for 2019.

Journey has been working in the

Meldrum Molecular Genetics Lab

with Dr. Leslie Knapp

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D E P A R T M E N T O F A N T H R O P O L O G Y | G R A D U A T I O N 2 0 1 9 P A G E 2

anthropology graduates: phd

Anthropology BA

Claflin, Spencer Forrest

Forbes, David Joseph

Gosch, Emily Marie

Labounty, William Paul

Mervin, Allison Yvonne

Parker, Katie Todd

Schoof, Timothy Steven

Wang, Kirsten Rene

Whitehead, Megan

Anthropology BS

Bagley, Alison

Bandley, Tori Lane

Baranowski, Alexandra

Bergstrom, Hannah Jane

Bitter, Anne Marie

Brown, Thomas A

Calhoon, Daneil Rose

Carpenter, Madeline Rose

Dall, Bradee C

Diel, Melanie

Emery, Nichole Ashley

Foley, Caroline K

Gehrke, Mitchell Macoy

Gorrebeeck, Brian Scott

Henline, Mairanda Suapaia

Hofmann, Melissa Nicole

Jackson, Jared Allen

Johnson, Jessica

Kadobayashi, Ryosuke

Koren, Delecty Ann

Mink, Maureen

Roberts, Chase Zane

Roll, Tyler August

Seibert, Kevin Patrick

Stager, Bryce Max

Sutorius, Mikkel

Tilley, Harley Mitchell

Van Dyk, Kira Brooke

Weaver, Madison

Wilson, Philip Robert

Zamora-Wilson, Nicole Danielle

Anthropology BS, Archaeological

Science Emphasis

Akerson, Fallon Brittany

Nelson, Danielle

O’Connor-Coates, Christopher John

Utz, Lauren Elizabeth

Anthropology BA, Health

Emphasis

Ardon, Yotam

Anthropology BS, Health

Emphasis

Bell, Jessica Jeanne

Chavez, Carina

Dodd, Ashli Kay

Doyle, John Philip

Kanishka, Lilly

Kelty, Katiana Rochelle

Kiser, Brittany Ann

Lloyd, Vista Vee

Marston, Christopher Scott

Murray, Kellie Elizabeth

Nguyen, Brian

Nguyen, Ronald Kymanh

Nguyen, Thanh Nhan Thi

Perkins, Terence J

Pruden, Jamie Lynn

Sawatzki, Jenna

Sdrales, Athena Lynn

West, Naomie

Winge, Anne Elyse

Anthropology BS Honors,

Health Emphasis

Mcbride, Mackenzie Skye

Anthropology undergraduates

anthropology graduates: master’sPaul Allgaier, Master’s of Science: Archaeology Justin Dolinar, Master’s of Science: Archaeology

Elisa Fair, PhD: Biological Anthropology

Defense Anticipated Summer 2019

Michael Zaccheo, PhD: Biological Anthropology

Defense Anticipated Summer 2019

Nathan Harris, PhD: Biological Anthropology

Defense Anticipated Summer 2019

Thomas Flanigan,

PhD: Archaeology

Dissertation Defended:

Spring 2019

“Decisions in the Desert: An

Application of the Field Processing

Model to Lithic Toolstone

Procurement.”

Kate Magargal,

PhD: Archaeology

Dissertation Defended:

Fall 2018

“Subsistence Fires Mediate

Human Ecological Relationships”

Shawn Miller,

PhD: Biological Anthropology

Dissertation Defended:

Fall 2018

“Novel Motor Behaviors and the

Evolution of the Hominin Brain”

Kathryn Mohlenhoff,

PhD: Archaeology

Dissertation Defended:

Spring 2019

A Trans-Holocene ENSO-Driven

Ichtheofaunal Change and Human

Response Record From Northern

Baja California, Mexico”