We received many strong submissions this year. Each of the 14 senior capstone projects across Anthropology and Global Studies demonstrated a depth of analysis and scholarly rigor, as well as an engagement with a variety of sources and research modalities — ranging from the ethnographic to the archival — that impressed the instructors of ANTH 411 and ANTH 485, along with individual faculty advisors and readers.  After deliberating, we have two co-winners in each category:

Anthropology Capstone Thesis Award

Benjamin Harris-Myers

Galilea Marquez

Global Studies Capstone Thesis Award

Christina Chkarboul

Beatrix Heard

Community Builder Award

Audrey Joachim

We are also very pleased to report that one of our students won First Prize in the category of Academic Writing: Social and Hard Sciences and Business Undergraduate Writers’ Conference, University of Southern California:

Xinyan Mia Tong

Full projects and bios here.