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The Annual WWU Anthropology Scholars Week Conference provides undergraduate students in the department with the opportunity to present their research and hard work to their peers, faculty, and alumni. Students gather to share their anthropological interests and engage in meaningful dialogue.
Thursday, May 18, 2023 | 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Keynote - "Cleared for Takeoff"
Elizabeth Gibbs, class of 2015
In-Person at WWU Arntzen Hall 319
And on Zoom
Friday, May 19, 2023 | 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Outstanding Research Presentations and Awards
A reception follows the program
In-Person at WWU Arntzen Hall 319
And On Zoom
Please join us for the Outstanding Research Presentations and Awards where award recipients are asked to give a 15-minute presentation of their paper. There are four students (three papers, including one co-authored paper) who won the Outstanding Student Research Award for the 2022-23 academic year. Faculty nominate several students out of 200+ Anthropology majors, review their papers and select winners.
Outstanding Student Research Awards include a monetary award of $250.00 and a certificate from the department which is presented during the Anthropology Department Scholars Week Conference.
Outstanding Research Presentations and Awards
Presenters:
Lily Berver
“Gender and Repression in Argentina’s Last Dictatorship”
Luke Heinen
“Art Against Tyranny: Ukraine’s Resistance of Occupation Through Cultural Expression”
Payton Hyatt & Laila Kleven
“Unsettling the Settler Teacher: An Indigenized Inquiry into American Public Education”
The Annual WWU Anthropology Scholars Week Conference provides undergraduate students in the department with the opportunity to present their research and hard work to their peers, faculty, and alumni. Students gather to share their anthropological interests and engage in meaningful dialogue.
Thursday, May 18, 2023 | 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Keynote - "Cleared for Takeoff"
Elizabeth Gibbs, class of 2015
In-Person at WWU Arntzen Hall 319
And on Zoom
Friday, May 19, 2023 | 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Outstanding Research Presentations and Awards
A reception follows the program
In-Person at WWU Arntzen Hall 319
And On Zoom
Please join us for the Outstanding Research Presentations and Awards where award recipients are asked to give a 15-minute presentation of their paper. There are four students (three papers, including one co-authored paper) who won the Outstanding Student Research Award for the 2022-23 academic year. Faculty nominate several students out of 200+ Anthropology majors, review their papers and select winners.
Outstanding Student Research Awards include a monetary award of $250.00 and a certificate from the department which is presented during the Anthropology Department Scholars Week Conference.
Outstanding Research Presentations and Awards
Presenters:
Lily Berver
“Gender and Repression in Argentina’s Last Dictatorship”
Luke Heinen
“Art Against Tyranny: Ukraine’s Resistance of Occupation Through Cultural Expression”
Payton Hyatt & Laila Kleven
“Unsettling the Settler Teacher: An Indigenized Inquiry into American Public Education”
