Student Research Projects

Julia Cohen
Embodying the Role of the Caretaker: A Study of Gendered Labor
and Cross-Cultural Care in New York City
Sienna Craig and Chelsey Kivland

Michaela Caplan
Normative Culture at Dartmouth
John Watanabe

Samuel Gochman
Alcohol discrimination and preferences in nectar-feeding primates
Nathaniel Dominy

Alyssa Loyless
Altica Archaeological Project: Formative Figurine Analysis
Deborah Nichols

Ellison McNutt
Plantigrade adaptations in the Primate Calcaneus
Jeremy DeSilva

Iris Wang
Exploring Inuit and Indian Responses to Climate Shifts and Cross-
Cultural Contacts with Europeans at the Arctic-Subarctic Boundary
in Labrador-Quebec
William Fitzhugh ‘64

Luke Decker
Learning from the Iraqi Experience: Camp Dwellers vs. Urban Refugees
D. Eickelman

Karolina Krelinova
Challenging the Past: Civil Society and Politics of Identity in Serbia
S. Kan

Andrés Gabriel Mejía-Ramón 
Local Hydrology in Teotihuacan: A Study of Ancient Canals and Water Basins
D. Nichols

Ben Nguyen
Self-Ethnography of a Marshallese Health Crisis: An Anthropological Study in Health Education
J. Watanabe

Colin Quinn
Chiquilistagua Archaeological Project: A Settlement Study along the Pre-Columbian Corridors in Nicaragua 
D. Nichols

Archana Ramanujam
Mental Wellbeing and the Dartmouth Ethos: An Ethnographic Study of the Subjectivities of Female Students of Color
L. Gulbas

Victoria Trump Redd
Cultural Health and Political and Structural Violence in Carabayllo, Peru
J. Watanabe

Manisha Apte ’12
Conceptualizing Prenatal Health Care Services in Rural Gujarat, India
L. Gutiérrez Nájera, S. Craig

Christian Brandt ’12
The Home-less Homeless: Theories of Home and their effect on the homeless and housing programs in Copenhagen, Denmark
L. Gutiérrez Nájera

Gillian Britton ’14
Microbiome Evolution and Baboon Hybridization in the Awash of Ethiopia
N. Dominy

Arielle Cannon ’12
Ancient Histories, New Identities: The Construction of Afro-Venezuelan Identity Through Education
J. Watanabe

Kyle Heppenstall ’13
The Energetics and Ecology of Vertical Climbing in Humans
N. Dominy

Jennifer Koester ’12
The Effects of Foreign Influences and Local Needs on the Goals of a Women's Empowerment NGO in North India
J. Igoe

Stefanie Lazow ’12
Increased Facial Mobility in Gelada Baboons: A Case Study of the Lip-Flip
S. Dobson

Sanja Miklin ’12
Owning an ‘aggressive’ dog in the contemporary United States
J. Watanabe

Vaidehi Mujumdar ’13
Ethnographic Study of Food Perceptions and Nurturance in Nalasopara District, Mumbai, India
C. Ball

Vivek Venkataraman
Feeding ecology and dental morphology in a gramnivorous primate, Theropithecus gelada
N. Dominy

Emily Baxter
Gender, Catholicism and Religious Life: An Ethnographic Study of the Lives and Work of Women Religious
J. Igoe, S. Kan

Liana Chase
Community-Based Approaches to Healing from Trauma Among Bhutanese Refugees in the US
S. Craig

Aisling Galligan
Dental variation within adapoid and omomyoid primates at South Pass, Wyoming: implications for primate speciation
K. Muldoon

Evan Lambert
Silent Soldiers: An Ethnography of Lesbians and Gays in the Military
K. Endicott

Cameron Nutt
Growing Up with HIV in Dar es Salaam: An Ethnographic Study of Children’s Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy
E. Carpenter Song

Elizabeth Howland
Environmental Conflict and Forestry in Northern New England: a Study in Environmental Anthropology
J. Igoe

Bridget Alex
Comparative Sourcing Study: INAA, LA-ICP-MS, and Petrographoc Analyses of Formative Period Ceramics from the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico
D. Nichols, B. Jackson

Ian Dumont
Paradigms and Praxis at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Implications for Health Care Policy
H. Alverson, R. Welsch

Sheila Dunning
Kenyan Youth Views on HIV and AIDS
K. Endicott

Emi Ito
Study of the Dentition from the Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic Megaliths from the Lisbon Region of Portugal
S. Dobson, K. Korey

Dylan Kane
Biloxi in the Wake of Katrina: The Search for Effective Disaster Relief
J. Igoe, R. Welsch

Adam Levine
The Present of the Past: An Ethnography of Antiquities Collectors
D. Nichols, R. Welsch

Kathleen Moriarty
The Impact of a Women's Cooperative on the Indigenous Cabécar Community of Costa Rica
J. Watanabe

Ryan Murphy
The Social Significance of Bronze Age Roundhouse in Ireland
D. Nichols

Zaneta Thayer
Quantitative Variation in the Modern Human Chin: A Baseline for Fossil Hominin Comparisons
S. Dobson, K. Muldoon

Robin Uhle
The Lantern Festival: Illuminating the Question of Japanese Religion
J. Watanabe, C. Ball

Jacob Aguiar
Quartzite Deposits and Folsom Lithics from Gunnison Basin, Colorado: Provenancing Stone Tool Remains at the Mountaineer Site
D. Nichols

Jacob Appelbaum
Climate Change and Cyclonic Damage in the Pacific: Adaptation and change in Tokelau
R. Welsch

Jesse Blom
Return to the Field: Examining the Effects of Environmental Change on Religious Practice
J. Watanabe

Kathleen Boyne
Cultural Factors Influencing High Childhood Obesity Rates in Chicago
J. Watanabe

Aya Caldwell
Unidas Para Vivir Mejor (UPAVIM): A Case Study in Deconstructing the Complexities of Development in the Squatter Settlements of Guatemala City
J. Watanabe

Eric Goodman
From Bodies to Beliefs: A Question in Medical Anthropology Using Ancient Egyptian Mummies
R. Welsch, K. Korey

Karen Jorge
The Experiences of Women Living with HIV in Rural Vermont and New Hampshire
J. Watanabe

Esther Perman
Creating Cultural Identity Through the Urban Maori Marae
R. Welsch

Melinda Ross
Excavation of a Teotihuacán Multi-Craft Workshop, with a Focus on Finish Obsidian Tools
D. Nichols

Alexandra Spielhagen
Digging Up Ancestors: The Meaning and Effect of Tse-Whit-Zen on the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe”
D. Ranco, D. Nichols

Akay Tuncak
Unveiling Identity: Veiling Among College-Aged Turkish Women
S. Kan

Marnie Wolfe
Hawaiian Identity: Turning Back to Religious Roots
R. Welsch

Tate LeFevre
Seizing Identity, Manipulating Globalization: The Wetr Dance Troupe in Lifou, New Caledonia
R. Welsch

Lauren Hendrickson
Ancient Isolated Human Remains from Northern Black Mesa, Arizona
D. Nichols

Cat McManus
From Prospective to Recruit to Student- Athlete: Female Student-Athletes' Choice of Dartmouth College and Their Post- Recruitment Relationships with Coaches
R. Welsch

Benjamin Mustin
The Paradox of Indigenous Development
J. Watanabe. H. Alverson, R. Welsch

Andrew Hamilton
An Island Within an Island: Attempts by the European Union at Integrating an Irish Border Community
R. Welsch

William Raynolds
The Role of a Specialized Pastoral Economy in Early Political Developments in Yemen
K. Abdi

Christina Palmer
The Future of Street Children: Transitioning Off the Streets in san Jose, Costa Rica
L. Gutierrez, S. Kan, D. Nichols

David Eckels
Giant Steps: Jazz and La Lucha in Contemporary Cuba
H. Alverson, J. Watanabe

Laura Garzon
Coffee, Conservation, and Conscience in the Marketplace of the Global Village
J. Watanabe

Megan Harrison
The Health Decisions of Semalai Women
K. Endicott

Abraham Mahshie
Maori Youth Integration in New Zealand Society
K. Endicott

James Parker
Youth Homelessness in Los Angeles, California
K. Endicott

Allison Schumitsch
Ethno-History and National Identity in Greece
D. Eickelman

Shannon Stoval
Occupational Stress Markers on a Bronze age Population from Tell Abraq
D. Nichols

Lauren Weldon
Women in Power: Looking at How the Structure of the Pennsylvania and New Hampshire Legislatures Affect Women's Leadership
K. Endicott

Roeland deWilde
The Northeastern Argentine Gaucho: Creation of Identity Through Construction of Tradition and Modernity
H. Alverson, J. Watanabe

Kathryn Wendell
Community Activism and Other Local Responses to the Effects of the Yanacocha Mine on Cajamarca
K. Kray

Rachel Fleming
Traditional Music and Irish National Identity
K. Endicott

Elizabeth Carpenter
The Effects of Professionalization in Nursing on the Patient- Provider Interaction
R. Welsch

Kristin Sullivan
Addendum: Life and Death in 'The Place Where Time Began'
D. Nichols

Sydney Carter
Production and Consumption in the Yungas Zone: A Study of Tiwananku Cultural, Economic, and Political Influence in the Moquegua Valley, Peru Through Quantitative Artifact Analysis
P. Goldstein

Erin Hardie
Kechuaymara: A Case Study in Cultural Preservation and Grassroots Development
J. Watanabe

Jessica Anenberg
Perspectives on Preservation and Promotion of the Past: An Archaeological, Historical, and Cultural Analysis of Cerro Portezuelo and New Directions in Archaeology
D. Nichols

Mieka Ritsema
The American Value of Independence Among Elderly Residents of Assisted Living
H. Alverson

Cristina Chu
Assimilation and Syncretism in Tepeaca and Ebtun: A Comparison of Post- Conquest Development in the Central Highlands and the Yucatan Peninsula
J. Watanabe

Allison Krasnow
Bilingual Education in Rural Quechua Town: Cochabamba, Bolivia
J. Watanabe

Jennifer Main
Managing Medical Uncertainty: The Structure and Culture of a Surgical Residency Team
H. Alverson

Marilyn Morano
Anti- Intellectualism in the Classroom
K. Endicott

Elisabeth Smith
Illness Narrative Among Multiple Sclerosis Patients: The Cultural, Social, and Semiotic Phenomena of Diagnosis, Adaptation, and the Doctor- Patient Relationship
H. Alverson

Susan Chimonas
Patterns in Potsherds: The Occupational Settlement at Prehispanic Xaltocan, Mexico
D. Nichols

Anelise Dandler
Study of the Conservation Area Project for Application in the Andes Region
J. Watanabe

Severin Fowles
Moving On: Pit Structure Abandonment on Northern Black Mesa
D. Nichols

A.J. Goldman, Mark Blair
Pilot Study of Education at the Akwesasne Reservation
K. Endicott

Douglas Johnson
Responses to Illness Among Tibetan Refugees in India: A Study in Medical Pluralism
K. Endicott

Lynn Rainville
Hanover Deathscapes: Attitudes Toward Death and Community as Reflected in Cemeteries and Gravestones: An Archaeological Investigation of Mortuary Variability
D. Nichols

Stephanie Rupp
Missionary Education in Northern Tanzania: Changes in the Lives of Chagga, Warush, and Maasai Women, 1983-1936
H. Alverson

John Sargent
A Fieldtrip Report: Displaced Sierra Leoneans and Liberian Refugees in Sierra Leone
H. Alverson

Maura Benton- Bishop
Analysis of Maguey and Cotton Spindle Works from the Aztec City- State of Otumba
D. Nichols

Clare Talwalker
Women Living in Street Communities in Bombay: An Anthropological Account
H. Alverson

William Bray
Creek Stickball (Public Presentation)
S. McBeth

Virginia Dean
Cambodian Language Instruction
K. Endicott

Margaret Hardner
Considering Small- Scale Businesswomen in Urban Development: A Study of the Changing Economic Roles of the Nigerian Yoruba and the Kenyan Kikuyu
C. Coles

Anne Woermer
Crossroads Africa: Observations During a Summer in Ghana
C. Coles

Huan Chang
The Integration of Traditional Chinese Healing and Western Scientific Medicine in Two Contemporary Chinese Societies
K. Endicott

Kate Hotchkiss
The Animal Motif of Ancient China
K. Endicott

Andrew Laing
Rastafarian Culture
K. Endicott

Sarah Strauss
Navajo Religion: Mythologic Basis for Medicine and Morality
K. Endicott

Douglas Falkner, Edith Farwell, Robert Eshman
Burp!
M. Dorris

Roberta Joe
Architectural Analysis of Masonry at Salmon Ruin, New Mexico
B. McMillan