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Current Student Research
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| Name |
Subfield |
Project Title (click highlighted for abstract) |
| Ph.D. |
| Medea Csoba-DeHass |
Social/Cultural |
Russian Orthodoxy, Religious Syncretism, and Ethnic Identity amoung the Alutiiq of the Kenai Peninsula |
| Bonita Dainowski |
Biological |
Dentition as Biological Markers: establishing origins, relationships, and microevolution for Ipiutak and Tigara populations of Point Hope, Alaska |
| Andreas Droulias |
Social/Cultural |
After the land claims: present realities and future potentials of
tribal government and sovereignty in Interior Alaska |
| Nicole Dufour |
Linguistic |
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| Stacey Fritz |
Social/Cultural |
DEW Line Passage: Tracing the Legacies of Arctic Militarization |
| Carol Gelvin-Reymiller |
Archaeology |
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| Carrin Halffman |
Biological |
Reconstructing mercury exposure in prehistoric humans and fauna through bone chemical analysis: method validation using arctic samples |
Michelle Kaye |
Biological |
Molecular Identification and Analysis of Treponematosis (syphilis, yaws, bejel or pinta) in Ancient Mummified Remains from Northern Chile and southern Peru |
| A. Dawn Laybolt |
Archaeology |
A Geoarchaeological Examination of the Mink Island Site (XMK-030), Katmai National Park, Alaska |
| Phil Loring |
Social/Cultural |
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| Elizabeth Marino |
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| Shannon McNeeley |
Social/Cultural |
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| Alison M. Meadow |
Social/Cultural |
Community Gardens in Urban Alaska: Urban Planning and Community Sustainability from the Roots Up |
| Jennifer Newton |
Archaeology |
Historic and Narrative Records of Weather and Sea Ice Conditions in Coastal Arctic Alaska |
| Louann Rank |
Social/Cultural |
Yup'ik Oral History and Landscape in the Yukon-Kuskikwim Delta |
| Stacy Michelle Rasmus |
Social/Cultural |
Youth Culture and Mental Health in Contemporary Alaskan Inuit Communities: Social Movements of Survival and Change in the North |
| James Schwarber |
Social/Cultural |
Rural Alaska Village Interactions with Recreational Fishing Activities |
| Emilie Springer |
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| Holly McKinney Stelton |
Archaeology |
Temporal Variability of Archaeologically Deposited Fish Remains from the Western Gulf of Alaska: An Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts |
| Cody Strathe |
Archaeology |
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| Josh Wisniewski |
Social/Cultural |
Hunting as Being and Knowing in Northwest Alaska |
| M.A. |
| Alexandra Antohin |
Social/Cultural |
Intergenerational Perspectives on Religion: The Russian Orthodox Church in Magadan, Russia. |
| Salena Bias |
Archaeology |
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| Tatiana Degai |
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| Dael Devenport |
Archaeology |
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| Allie Dewey |
Archaeology |
Of Moose and Men: Moose as a Proxy for Humans in the Mapping of Stable Isotope Values in the Tanana Valley, Alaska for Forensic Purposes |
| Johanna Geml |
Social/Cultural |
"Krigsbarn" of Norway: A transnational Ethnography of Human Rights Implications of Children as Product of War Sex |
| Amy Gill-Horton |
Social/Cultural |
New Perspectives on Northern Ireland: Contested spaces and the Chinese community in Belfast |
| Patrick Hall |
Social/Cultural |
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| Tiffany LeFrancois |
Archaeology |
An Historical and Human Ecology of Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Exploitation in the Gulf of Alaska |
| Sarah Meitl |
Archaeology |
Northern Variety and Radiometrics at Onion Portage, Northwest Alaska |
| Beth Mikow |
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| Andrea Neighbors |
Social/Cultural |
Adoption Tragedies: How the Murders of Russian Adoptees in the United States have Changed Perceptions of Adoption and Orphans in Russia |
| Susan Paskvan |
Linguisic |
Native Place Names Around Kaltag, Alaska |
| Bobbi Sampson |
Linguistic |
"Yup'ik doesn't belong in schools": Education and Language Ideologies in Bethel, Alaska |
| Scott Shirar |
Archaeology |
The Maiyumerak Creek Site (XBM-00131): Late Prehistoric Subsistence and Seasonality in Northwest Alaska. |
| Luanda Skeete |
Archaeology |
An Analysis of Faunal Remains from the Susitna Hydroelectric Project |
| Lisa Slayton |
Archaeology |
Faunal Analysis At U.S. Creek, A Prehistoric Site In The Tanana Valley Uplands of Central Alaska |
| Nicole Tozzi |
Archaeology |
Influences on Unegkurmiut Commercial Activity: Alutuq Trade on the Outer Kenai Coast |
| Amy Turner |
Ethnobotany |
Ethnobotany and Nutrition in Interior Alaska |
| James Whitney |
Archaeology |
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| Recent Graduates - Ph.D. |
Holly Cusack-McVeigh
(Spring 2004) |
Social/Cultural |
Stories Find You: Narratives of Place in a Central Yup'ik Community |
Tammy R. Greene
(Spring 2006) |
Biological |
Diet and Dental Health in Predynastic Egypt: A Comparison of Dental Pathology, Macrowear, and Microwear at Hierakonpolis and Naqada |
| Tobias Holzlehner (December 2006) |
Social/Cultural |
City of Shadows: Border economies, informal markets and organized crime in Vladivostok and the Russian Far East |
| Michael Koskey (Spring 2004) |
Social/Cultural |
Cultural Activity and Market Enterprise: A Circumpolar Comparison of Reindeer Herding Communities at the End of the 20th Century |
Ben Potter
(Spring 2005) |
Archaeology |
Site Structure and Organization in Central Alaska: Archaeological Investigations at Gerstle River |
| Sveta Yamin (Spring 2007) |
Social/Cultural |
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| Recent Graduates - M.A. |
Esther Antohin
(August 2005) |
Social/Cultural |
Imaging Ityoppia: Ethiopians in the Diaspora and Rastafarianism |
| Nick Corduan (Spring 2007) |
Archaeology |
Whence these Farmers? Bioarchaeology and the Advent of Agriculture in West Mexico |
Nora Denton
(Spring 2006) |
Biological |
Osteological Stress Markers and Habitual Behaviors: Anyalyzing the Connection at Hierakonpolis, Egypt |
Scarlett Hopkins Hutchinson
(Spring 2004)
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Linguistic |
Women, Health, and Aging in Yup'ik/Cup'ik Culture |
Hiroko Ikuta
(Spring 2004) |
Social/Cultural |
"We Dance Because We are Iñupiat" -- Iñupiaq Dance in Barrow: Performance and Identity |
| Nicholas Jew (Spring 2007) |
Archaeology |
Exchange and Interaction in Western Aleutian Prehistory: The Efficacy of Geochemical Analysis of Lithic Raw Material Procurement on Amchikta Island |
| Alysa Klisoff (Spring 2007) |
Social/Cultural |
Weapon, Tool, or Art? The Eskimo Yo-Yo as a Commodified Arctic Bola and Marker of Cultural Identity |
| Philip Loring (Spring 2007) |
Social/Cultural |
Managers are from Mars, activists are from Venus: examining the gap between institutional and grass roots sustainability initiatives |
Elizabeth Marino
(Spring 2006) |
Linguisitic |
Landscape in Translation: Place names and language shift in White Mountain, Alaska |
Qwynten Richards
(Spring 2004) |
Linguistic |
The Use of Aspect in a Gwich'in Narrative |
Takashi Sakurai
(Spring 2004) |
Social/Cultural |
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| Maya Salganek (Spring 2007) |
Social/Cultural |
Honoring the Gift:
Celebration, Ceremony, and Community in Tikigaq, Alaska |
| Luke Schulze (Spring 2006) |
Archaeology |
Gold Rush to Ghost Town: Silver City, an Analysis and Documentation of the Built Landscape - Settlement to Abandonment |
| Katrin Simon (Spring 2007) |
Social/Cultural |
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| Cody Strathe (Spring 2007) |
Archaeology |
Temporal Effects of Climate and Culture on Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) Populations as Reflected in the Archaeological Record |
| Susan Vanek (Spring 2007) |
Social/Cultural |
The Government of Hunting: the Language of Regulation and its Effect on Hunters |
