Wesbrook Prize
2024
Isabelle Cheney '24
"Miocene Apes and the Obstetrical Dilemma: New Insights into the Evolution of Birth from Rudapithecus hungaricus and Ardipithecus ramidus"
2023
Suzanna Alejandra Geisel-Zamora '23
"Tackling TikTok: Motivations, Connection, and Physiological Stress among young adult TikTok users in Aotearoa New Zealand"
2022
Erika Hernandez '22
"Between Peru and Japan: Nikkei Motherhood"
2021
Uyen Dang '21
"Being With: Place, Memory, Silence in Young Saigon"
Mary Joy '21
"Do Monkeys and Chimpanzees Climb the Same Way? A Kinematic Analysis of the Upper Limb During Vertical Climbing in a Wild Monkey (Cercocebus atys) and Ape (Pan troglodytes)"
2020
Zoe Brown '20
"Built, Felt, Lived: Healing within North American Spaces of Retreat"
2019
Jovanay Carter '19
"Discovering an Unconditional Love: An Exploration of the Legacies, Networks, and History of #BlackBallerinas"
2018
Sumita M. Strander ’18
"Lost in Translation: The “Good Enough” and Sevā in Dementia Care for Indian Elders"
2017
No theses were submitted.
2016
Andrés Mejía-Ramón '16
"The Paleohydrology of the Teotihuacan Valley: A Multi-Method Approach in the Prospection of Subsurface Hydraulic Features in Teotihuacan, Mexico"
2015
Lindsey Y. Lam '15
“Just Child’s Play? Children’s Games and Play in Huaycán, Peru”
2014
D. August Oddleifson '13
"Chronic lllness and Identity Formation: A Study of Cystic Fibrosis."
2013
Sarah E. Cashdollar
"Sex, Babies, and Identity: Hispanic Teen Pregnancy as Identity Negotiation in Doña Ana County, New Mexico"
Jacqueline M. Waugh
"Women are Our Leaders: The Role of Language, Persuasion and Narratives in Iran"
2012
Jennifer L. Koester '12
"Voluntourism: Mediating Interactions with the 'Other'"
2011
Liana Chase '11
"Coping, Healing, and Resilience: A Case Study of Bhutanese Refugees Living in Vermont"
Cameron Nutt '11
"Growing Up with HIV in Urban Tanzania: An Ethnographic Study of Children’s Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy"
2010
Rachael Kandath '10
"Anatomy of the Facial Musculature in Two Diurnal Anthropoid Primates: Exploring the Relationship Between Facial Mobility and the Muscles of Facial Expression"
Natalie Young '10
"Maintaining Boundaries, Maintaining Inequality: The "Tulane Bubble" Experience of New Orleans"
2009
Robin Uhle '09
"The Lantern Festival: Illuminating the Question of Japanese Religion." (Thesis)
2008
Adam M. Levine ’08
“The Present of the Past: An Ethnography of Antiquities Collectors.” (Thesis)
2007
Jacob A. Appelbaum ’07
“Transforming Culture in a Modern World: Local Agency and Change in Tokelau.” (Thesis)
2006
Alexandra Y. Spielhagen ’06
"Reclaiming Č’ixwcən: Contesting Burial Rights in the Pacific Northwest.”
2005
M. Chloe Mulderig ’05
"Redefining 'Tradition' as a Dynamic Force: Challenges Facing the Tourist Industry in the Medina of Fès, Morocco"
2004
Tate LeFevre ’04
"Seizing Identity, Manipulating Globalization: Vindicating Indigenous Culture Locally While Exporting It Globally in Lifou, New Caledonia"
William F.P. Reynolds ’04
"The Role of a Specialized Pastoral Economy in Early Political Developments in Yemen"
2003
Marina Kwai Shan Ma ’03
"Examining Prehispanic Ceramic Exchange in the Basin of Mexico: A Chemical Source Analysis from Azcapotzalco"
2002
Shannon C. Stoval '02
"Rethinking Occupational Stress Markers: A Case Study from Bronze Age Tell Abraq, United Arab Emirates"
2001
Jeffrey A. Kahn '01
"Pilgrimage and Vodou: Rituals of Renegotiation and Reaffirmation in Northern Haiti"
2000
Rachel C. Fleming '00
"The Future of "Tradition:" The Influence of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann on Traditional Music and Irish National Identity"
1999
Kristin Sullivan '98
"Daily Life in the City of the Gods: Household Funerary Analysis of Two Site at Teotihuacan"