Weatherhead Fellowship
One fellowship is available for either Ph.D. candidates or scholars with doctorates whose work is either humanistic or social scientific in nature. Fellows receive a $40,000 stipend ($30,000 for Ph.D. candidates) and housing and office space on the SAR campus.
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Alex Blanchette 2012–2013 Project: “Conceiving Porkopolis: The Production of Life on the American "Factory" Farm” Affiliation at time of fellowship: PhD Candidate, University of Chicago and Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies, Tufts University (Starting in 2013) |
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Julie M. Weise 2011–2012 Project: “Corazón de Dixie: Migration and the Struggle for Rights in the U.S. South and Mexico, 1910–2010” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Assistant Professor, International Studies Program, California State University, Long Beach |
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Catherine M. Cameron 2010–2011 Project: “Captives: Invisible Agents of Culture Change” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado |
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Sarah K. Croucher 2010–2011 Project: “Consuming Colonialism: Archaeological Investigations of Ceramics and Identities in Nineteenth Century East Africa ” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Wesleyan University |
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Charles L. Briggs 2009–2010 Project: “Bats, Rabies, Reporters, and the Wrath of the State: On the Limits of Anthropological Knowledge” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Alan Dundes Distinguished Professor of Folklore, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley |
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Lynn M. Morgan 2009–2010 Project: “Reproductive Governance in Mexico and Central America” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Mary E. Woolley Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Mount Holyoke College |
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James A. Trostle 2009–2010 Project: “Illness on the Road: The Political Ecology of Remoteness in Esmeraldas, Ecuador” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Trinity College, Hartford |
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Daniel J. Hoffman 2008–2009 Project: “Building the Barracks” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington |
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Timothy R. Pauketat 2008–2009 Project: “An Archaeology of the Cosmos” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois |
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Peter Redfield 2007–2008 Project: “Life in Crisis: The Ethical Journey of Médecins Sans Frontières” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
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Angela C. Stuesse 2007–2008 Project: “Globalization ‘Southern Style’: Transnational Migration, the Poultry Industry, and Implications for Organizing Workers across Difference” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin |
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Eric J. Haanstad 2006–2007 Project: “Constructing State Order: An Ethnography of the Thai Police” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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Barbara Rose Johnston 2006–2007 Project: “Cold War Crimes: The Use and Abuse of Indigenous Groups as Human Subjects in Cold War Research” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Senior Research Fellow, Center for Political Ecology (Santa Cruz, California) and Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University |
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William A. Saturno 2005–2006 Project: “Let There Be Kings: Creation Mythology and the Origins of Maya Divine Rule” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Hampshire |
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Caroline Yezer 2005–2006 Project: “Memory and Truth in the Shadow of War: Local and National Reconciliation in the Andes” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University |
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Laura E. Gómez 2004–2005 Project: “Manifest Destinies: Law and Race in the 19th Century Southwest” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor of Law and Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles |
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Marina Welker 2004–2005 Project: “Global Capitalism and the ‘Caring Corporation’: Copper Mining and Corporate Social Responsibility in Indonesia” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
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Jessica R. Cattelino 2003–2004 Project: “High Stakes: Seminole Sovereignty in the Casino Era” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, New York University |
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Lawrence Cohen 2003–2004 Project: “‘Operability’: Sterilization and Transplantation as ‘Surgical Citizenship’ in India” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley |
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Michael Dietler 2002–2003 Project: “Biography and the Luo Material World: Relating Lives, Objects, and Memory in Rural Africa” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago |
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Natasha Dow Schüll 2002–2003 Project: “Living with the Machine: An Ethnography of Gambling Addiction in Las Vegas” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley |
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Eduardo O. Kohn 2001–2002 Project: “The Aesthetic of the Immediate: Poetic Engagements and Ecological Knowledge among the Runa of Amazonian Ecuador” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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Stephen Plog 2001–2002 Project: “Ritual and Society: The Cultural Dynamics of the Pueblo World from AD 1000-1250” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Commonwealth Professor of Anthropology, University of Virginia |
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Kathryn Linn Geurts 2000–2001 Project: “Culture and the Senses: Embodiment, Identity, and Well-Being in an African Community” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Post Doctoral Research Associate, Committee on Human Development, University of Chicago |
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Christopher Boehm 1999–2000 Project: “The Evolution of Moral Communities” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Director of the Jane Goodall Research Center and Professor of Anthropology, University of Southern California |
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Kent G. Lightfoot 1999–2000 Project: “California Frontiers: The Ethnogenesis of a Pluralistic State” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley |
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Paul Nadasdy 1999–2000 Project: “The Politics of 'Traditional Knowledge: Power and the Integration of Knowledge Systems in the Yukon Territory, Canada” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, The Johns Hopkins University |
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Alan Goodman 1998–1999 Project: “Peasants and Pestilence: Connections Between Past and Present Nutrition and Health” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor of Anthropology and Director of the US Southwest/Mexico Program at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts |
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Nathan Sayre 1998–1999 Project: “Ranching and the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge: Natures, States and Capitals in the Urbanizing Southwest” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago |
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Darna L. Dufour 1997–1998 Project: “Impacts of Urban Poverty on Women's Health and Nutrition: A Case Study” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado |
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Ross Hassig 1997–1998 Project: “Power and Ideology in Aztec Society” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma |
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Hsain Ilahiane 1997–1998 Project: “The Power of the Dagger, the Seeds of the Koran, and the Sweat of the Ploughman: Ethnic Stratification and Agricultural Intensification in the Ziz Valley, Southeast Morocco” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona |
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Beverly J. Stoeltje 1997–1998 Project: “Asante Queenmothers: Performance and Custom in Contemporary Ghana” Affiliation at time of fellowship: ssociate Professor, Folklore Institute, Indiana University |
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Glenn Carter Conroy 1996–1997 Project: “The Evolution of Humankind: A Modern Interpretation of Human Origins” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor of Anthropology and Anatomy, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis |
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Marcia-Anne Dobres 1996–1997 Project: “Toward an Anthropology of Technology: A Humanistic Framework for the Study of Technical Agency in Prehistory” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Research Associate, Archaeological Research Facility, Department of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley |
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Meg McLagan 1995–1996 Project: “Mobilizing for Tibet: Transnational Politics and Diaspora Culture in the Post-Cold War Era” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, New York University |
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Alan Swedlund 1995–1996 Project: “This Treasure Lost: Infant and Childhood Mortality in Western Massachusetts, 1830–1930” Affiliation at time of fellowship: rofessor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts |
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Andre Gingrich 1994–1995 Project: “Periphery, Hierarchy and History in a Muslim Society: the Social Production of Honor and Shame in Northern Yemen” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor and Deputy Director, Institute for Social Anthropology, University of Vienna, Austria |
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Vernon L. Scarborough 1994–1995 Project: “Social Implications of Hydraulic Systems in Early Complex Society” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati, OH |
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Jon Ingimundarson 1993–1994 Project: “Subsistence, Exchange, and Tribute Production: The Formation of Chiefdoms and State in Medieval Iceland” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona |
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Henry Wright 1993–1994 Project: “Political Economic Modeling of Complex Chiefdoms” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Professor, Department of Anthropology; and Curator of Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology; University of Michigan |
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Rosemary Coombe 1992–1993 Project: “Cultural Appropriations: Property, Identity, and Postcolonial Cultural Politics” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Assistant Professor |
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David Stuart 1992–1993 Project: “History and Process of the Ancient Maya: A Textual Approach” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. candidate |
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Hugh Gusterson 1991–1992 Project: “American Ideology and Discourse in the Nuclear Age” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Research Associate |
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Debra Martin 1991–1992 Project: “Prehistoric American Indian Health” Affiliation at time of fellowship: School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, Associate Professor |
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Catherine Besteman 1990–1991 Project: “Land Tenure, Social Power, and the Legacy of Slavery in Southern Somalia” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, doctoral dissertation student |
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John Bloom 1990–1991 Project: “The Culture of Baseball Cards: Popular Culture, Ideology, and Memory” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Program in American Studies, University of Minnesota, doctoral dissertation student |
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Art Gallaher Jr. 1989–1990 Project: “Contemporary Culture Change in Ireland” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Kentucky |
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John Speth 1989–1990 Project: “Crisis and Opportunity: The Responses of Foragers to Fluctuating Resources” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Michigan |
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Michael Brown 1988–1989 Project: “Messianic Politics in a Peruvian Indian Rebellion” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Williams College |
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Robert Kelly 1988–1989 Project: “Hunter-Gatherer Cultural Ecology: A Synthesis” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Louisville |
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Barbara King 1987–1988 Project: “Baboon Foraging and Social Transmission of Information: Implications for Studying Human Origins” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Oklahoma |
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Glenn Davis Stone 1987–1988 Project: “Ethnoarchaeology of a Frontier: Agrarian Production and the Evolution of a Settlement System” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Arizona |
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Thomas W. Killion 1986–1987 Project: “University of New Mexico” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ancient Gardeners of the Tropical Lowland |
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Timothy A. Kohler 1986–1987 Project: “Synthesis of Recent Research on the Anasazi of Southwestern Colorado” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Washington State University |
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Carla M. Sinopoli 1986–1987 Project: “Ceramic Production, Distribution, and Use: Vijayanagara, South India” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Michigan |
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Shirley Powell 1985–1986 Project: “Human Adaptation on Northern Black Mesa: A Synthesis” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Southern Illinois University |
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Thomas R. Rocek 1985–1986 Project: “Social Correlates of Demographic and Economic Change” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Michigan |
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Charles S. Stanish 1985–1986 Project: “Interzonal Agrarian Economics and the Development of Complex Society in the South Central Andes” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Chicago |
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Wirt H. Wills 1984–1985 Project: “Early Agricultural Development in the American Southwest” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Michigan |
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Robin W. Winks 1984–1985 Project: “The Idea of an American Imperialism: The Western Frontier” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Yale University |
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Larry Logue 1983–1984 Project: “University of Pennsylvania” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Belief and Behavior in a Mormon Town: Nineteenth Century St. George, Utah |
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Jill Neitzel 1983–1984 Project: “Stylistic Variability among the Hohokam” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Arizona State University |
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Daniel T. Reff 1983–1984 Project: “The Impact of Old World Diseases on the Aboriginal Population of the Greater Southwest” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Oklahoma |
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Garrick A. Bailey 1982–1983 Project: “The Navajo of the Northern Chaco Plateau” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Tulsa |
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Robert L. Canfield 1982–1983 Project: “Islamic Coalitions in Afghanistan” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Washington University |
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Christine A. Rudecoff 1982–1983 Project: “Formative Period Regional Systems in the upper Huallaga Area, Peru” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Columbia University, Ph.D. Candidate |
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Tracy J. Andrews 1981–1982 Project: “Effects of Local Environmental and Economic Change on Social Organization in Two Navajo Agricultural Communities: Canyon de Chelly and Canyon del Muerto” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Arizona |
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Lawrence C. Kelly 1981–1982 Project: “Origins of Applied Anthropology in the United States” Affiliation at time of fellowship: North Texas State University |
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Peter M. Whiteley 1981–1982 Project: “Reconstitution and Change in Bacavi” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of New Mexico |
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Frank Bayham 1980–1981 Project: “Animal Exploitation at Ventana Cave: A Diachronic Analysis of Optimal Foraging Strategies” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Arizona State University |
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Paul E. Minnis 1980–1981 Project: “Southwestern Prehistory Ethnobotany” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of New Mexico |
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Barbara Tedlock 1980–1981 Project: “Zuni Aesthetics” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Tufts University |
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Fred Eggan 1979–1980 Project: “The Great Basin Background of Hopi Culture History” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Chicago |
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Seth Schindler 1979–1980 Project: “Material Culture of the Seri Indians” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Southern Illinois University |
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Jill D. Sweet 1979–1980 Project: “The Impact of Anglo Culture on Tewa Dance” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of New Mexico |
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Richard I. Ford 1978–1979 Project: “Ethnobotany of the Tewa” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Michigan |
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Kate Peck Kent 1978–1979 Project: “Southwestern Indian Weaving” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Denver |
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Nancy Parezo 1978–1979 Project: “The Development of Navajo Sandpainting on Boards” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Arizona |
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Barbara Babcock 1977–1978 Project: “Pueblo Ritual Clowning” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Texas at Austin |
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Keith Basso 1977–1978 Project: “Apache Religion and Ceremonialism” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Arizona |
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Claire Farrer 1977–1978 Project: “Mescalero Apache Clowning Figures” Affiliation at time of fellowship: National Endowment for the Humanities Folk Arts Program |
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Charlotte J. Frisbie 1976–1977 Project: “The Life History of Rose Mitchell, a Navajo Woman” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Southern Illinois University |
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Thomas L. Glenn 1976–1977 Project: “Navajo Economic Development” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Stanford University |
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Steven M. Horvath Jr. 1976–1977 Project: “Pueblos de Genizaros: Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Century Communities in New Mexico” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Brown University |
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Thomas T. McGuire 1976–1977 Project: “Yaqui Political Economy” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Arizona |
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Gordon Bronitsky 1975–1976 Project: “An Ecological Model of Trade for the Pueblo IV Rio Grande Sites” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Arizona |
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Michael Barr Stanislawski 1975–1976 Project: “Hopi Pottery Making and Ethnoarchaeology” Affiliation at time of fellowship: California State University at Hayward |
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Earl Wesley Jernigan 1974–1975 Project: “Jewelry of the Prehistoric Southwest” Affiliation at time of fellowship: University of Kentucky |
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Joann W. Kealiinohomoku 1974–1975 Project: “Ethnology of Hopi-Tewa Dance” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Northern Arizona University |
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Edwin Wade 1973–1974 Project: “The Economics of the Southwest Indian Art Market” Affiliation at time of fellowship: Ph.D. Candidate, University of Washington |
