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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

2006Laura C. McCoy
Revelle College
2005Lauren Elizabeth McKnown
2004Janna L. Lafferty
2003Christine M. Chan
2002Sheila Thornburgh
2001Tara C. Lundstrom
2000Valerie Kay Thomas
1999Aaron Michael Ansell
1999Marcy Ann-Lynne Ronneberg
1998Robin L. Kezirian
1997Shyam P. Balse
1996Erin M. Bostick
1995Shana L. Fruehan
1994Eric C. Kansa
1993Laura A. Tubelle
1992Sean M. Philpott
1991Isabelle T. Fauconnier
1990Nancy L. Frey
1989Catlan A. Thorne
1988Susan S. Levine
1987Sheil S. Clark
1986Scott D. Gayron
1985Daniel M. Fessler
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. (Biography.)

 


Sherwood L. Washburn Award
for Excellence in Biological Anthropology

2006Elyse R. Zuniga
Warren College
2005(Not awarded)
2004Janina Heywood
2003Michelle Richardson
2002Jaime Hessel
2001Katy F. Mathers
2000Anne-Marie Desgouttes
1999Amy Peng Chun Lu
1997Rachel E. Lehrer
1996Rebecca E. Frank

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. (Biography 1, Biography2.)

 


Robert McC. Adams Award
for Excellence in Anthropological Archaeology

2006Alicia A. Cunningham-Bryant
Roosevelt College
2005Annabelle H. Teng
2004Brian M. Zentmyer
2003Lynne M. Murone-Dunn
2002Stacie Wilson
2001Neil G. Smith
2000Anthony P. Arias
2000Kelly Ann Kirby
1999Brian T. Pittman
1998Jennifer C. Hiller
1997Solomon S. Kuah
1996Charles H. Wallace, IV
1995Juan F. Morena, Jr.

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. (Biography.)