CELEBRATING
ACHIEVEMENT
2011
Celebrating
Achievement
8 April 2011
Department of Anthropology
University of Alberta
ACHIEVEMENTS
April 2010-March 2011
FACULTY MEMBERS
APPOINTMENTS
SUPERNANT, Kisha, Assistant Professor (July 2010)
PROMOTIONS
2010
BEATTIE, Owen, Professor Emeritus (July 2010)
Le BLANC, Raymond, Professor Emeritus (August 2010)
2011
LOWREY, Kathleen, Associate Professor (July 2011)
MAYNE CORREIA, Pamela, FSO II, from probationary to continuing status
(July 2011)
HONOURS AND AWARDS
BRYAN, Alan and Ruth GRUHN, inducted to the University of Alberta
Museums Curator Hall of Fame (March, 2011)
NUTTALL, Mark, elected to the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar
Research (December 2010)
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY ANNUAL TEACHING
AWARD
VALLIANATOS, HELEN
HONOURABLE MENTION
LOVELL, NANCY
TEACHING HONOUR ROLL, FALL, 2010
GARVIE-LOK, Sandra, Anthr 464/564
LOVELL, Nancy, Anthr 404/504
LOVELL, Nancy, Anthr 407
VALLIANATOS, Helen, Anthr 460/560
NEW GRANTS (PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR)
SSCHRC
2010
PHILIPS, Lisa, SSHRC Contrasting hegemonic impositions: State, church and
law in the Hawaiian vortex and the Pacific Northwest borderlands (1810 –
1898) (2010-2013)
IVES, Jack, SSHRC Apachean Origins: Exploring the Canadian Heritage of
A.D. 13th Century Dene at Promontory Point, Utah (2010-2011)
ZIVKOVIC, Marko, SSHRC Aid to Research Workshop and Conference
Grant Transcending fratricide: political mythologies, reconciliations, and
the uncertain future in the former Yugoslavia (2010-2011)
2011
WEBER, Andrzej, SSHRC MCRI grant Holocene Hunter-Gatherers of
Northeast Asia, (2011-2018)
WILLOUGHBY, Pamela, SSHRC The evolution of modern humans in
southern Tanzania: Further investigations by the Iringa Region
Archaeological Project (2011–2014)
OTHER
DeBERNARDI, Jean, Chian Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly
Exchange (USA) Tea Culture and Commerce in Contemporary China
(2010-2011)
DeBERNARDI, Jean, Faculty of Arts/CASS Mobility Grant (2010-2011)
FORTH, Gregory, Killam Research Grant Local images and unidentified
hominins (non-sapiens Homo) on Flores Island, Eastern Indonesia (20102011)
LOSEY, Robert, SAS Research Grant, Faculty of Arts, Ancient Dogs of Siberia:
Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Analyses (2010)
WILLOUGHBY, Pamela, SAS Research Grant, Faculty of Arts, Later Stone
Age Human Adaptations at Mlambalasi Rock shelter, Tanzania (2010)
ZIVKOVIC, Marko, SAS Research Grant, Faculty of Arts, Bubbles and
Powder-Kegs: Buses in the Belgrade Imaginary (2010)
BOOKS PUBLISHED
DeBERNARDI, Jean (Editor). 2011. Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and
Singapore: Gender, Religion, Medicine and Money. Hong Kong University
Press, Hong Kong.
DYCK, Erika and Christopher FLETCHER (Editors). 2011. Locating Health:
Historical and Anthropological Investigations of Place and Health.
Pickering & Chatto, London.
NUTTALL, Mark. 2010. Pipeline Dreams: people, environment, and the
Arctic energy frontier. IWGIA (International Work Group for Indigenous
Affairs), Copenhagen
NUTTALL, Mark, Hannah Strauss and Kaarina Tervo-Kankare (Editors).
2011. Society, Environment and Place in Northern Regions. University of
Oulu Press, Oulu.
WEBER, A.W., M.A. KATZENBERG and T.G. SCHURR (Editors). 2010.
Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the Baikal Region, Siberia:
Bioarchaeological Studies of Past Lifeways. University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Press, Philadelphia.
M.G. TUROV (Edited and translated by A. WEBER, with K. MARYNIAK).
2010. Evenki Economy in the Central Siberian Taiga at the Turn of the
20th Century. Principles of Land Use. Northern Hunter-Gatherers
Research Series, Vol. 5. Canadian Circumpolar Institute Press, University
of Alberta, Edmonton.
Graduate Students
PHD CONVOCANTS
BUSHOZI, Pastory: Lithic Technology and Hunting Behavior During the
Middle Stone Age in Tanzania
DOKIS, Carly: People, Land, and Pipelines: Perspectives on Resource
Decision Making Processes in the Sahtu Region, NWT
OSIPOV, Igor: Negotiating Northern Resource Development Frontiers:
People, Energy, and Decision-Making in Yamal
PITRE, Mindy: Microbial Biodeterioration of Human Skeletal Material from
Tell Leilan, Syria (2900-1900 BCE)
MA CONVOCANTS
ALEXANDER, Katherine: A Typological and Technological Analysis of Stone
Artifacts from the Magubike Archaeological Site, Iringa Region, Southern
Tanzania
BENDERS, Quinn: Agate Basin Archaeology in Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Canada
GORDON, Ross: People and Fish in Fiji: An Ethnobiological Study of a Coral
Reef Ecosystem
HAMMER, Brent: Growing Against the Grain: A Local Food Producer’s Story
KIRCHMEIR, Peter: A Knife River Flint Identification Model and its
Application to Three Alberta Ecozone Archaeological Assemblages
NAGY, Michael: Environmental factors affecting an experimental low-density
mass grave near Edmonton, Alberta
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND
GRANTS
SSHRC (DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP)
ASSELIN, Gabriel
PRESIDENT’S DOCTORAL PRIZE
ASSELIN, Gabriel
ASSELIN, Jodie
CALDWELL, Megan
HIGHET, Megan
KMITA, Catherine
PROVOST DOCTORAL ENTRANCE AWARD
GORDON, Ross
GUERNSEY, Brenda
HAMMER, Brent
LUIG, Thea
MASELE, Frank
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP
HAYASHI, Naotaka
IZAAK WALTON KILLAM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
KMITA, Catherine
QUEEN ELIZABETH II GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
(DOCTORAL)
BOROWITZ, Michelle
CASTILLO, Victoria
GORDON, Ross
TAYLOR-HOLLINGS, Jill
SSHRC (MASTER’S FELLOWSHIP)
GREEN, Joshua
JESSUP, Erin
OLESCHUK, Merin
CGS – MICHAEL SMITH FOREIGN STUDY SUPPLEMENT
GREEN, Joshua
WALTER H JOHN’S GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
ASSELIN, Gabriel
GREEN, Joshua
JESSUP, Erin
OLESCHUK, Merin
MA RECRUITMENT SCHOLARSHIP
FLEMING, Lacey
QUEEN ELIZABETH II GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
(MASTERS)
LEVITT, Mathew
SAWCHUK, Elizabeth
THE GERALD FERRO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN
ANTHROPOLOGY
WATERHOUSE, Kathryn
FACULTY OF ARTS GRADUATE STUDENT TEACHING
AWARD
BIITTNER, Katie
FGSR GRADUATE TEACHING AWARD
BIITTNER, Katie
FACULTY OF ARTS GRADUATE STUDENT INTERNATIONAL
TRAVEL AWARD
BURT, Nicole (April 2011)
ALI, H.M. Ashraf (April 2010)
SAWCHUK, Elizabeth (April 2010)
FACULTY OF ARTS PECHA KUCHA AWARD – “Let’s Talk”
LEVITT, Mathew
MYER HOROWITZ GRADUATE STUDENT’S
ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP
KELLY, Gail
GSA GRADUATE STUDENT TEACHING ASSISTANT
AWARD
YANICKI, Gabriel
CIRCUMPOLAR/BOREAL ALBERTA RESEARCH GRANT
BOROWITZ, Michelle
ECKERT-LYNGSTAD, Nicole
GREEN, Joshua
GUERNSEY, Brenda
LUIG, Thea
NORTHERN SCIENTIFIC TRAINING GRANT
BOROWITZ, Michelle
GREEN, Joshua
GUERNSEY, Brenda
FARIBORZ BIRJANDIAN GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD,
PRAIRIE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
OLESCHUK, Merin
PERSONS CASE SCHOLARSHIP, GOVERNMENT OF
ALBERTA
OLESCHUK, Merin
GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA GRADUATE CITIZENSHIP
AWARD
BIITTNER, Katie
PITRE, Mindy
FRUCHT STUDENT CONFERENCE GRADUATE AWARD
WINNERS
GRADUATE PAPERS
1st Prize:WATERHOUSE, Katie – “Effect of bone age on bone burning and
fragmentation: a quick glance at a potentially complex problem”
2nd Prize: HIGHET, Megan – “Human-environment interaction and the
epidemiology of smallpox in the Yukon territory during the Klondike gold
rush (1898-1904)”
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
DR. HENRY T LEWIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN ANTHROPOLOGY
WASYLIW, Joshua
LUCIANA (PIZZI) SIVERSTON SCHOLARSHIP
WALLACE, Frances
ANTHROPOLOGY 3 YR SCHOLARSHIP
RD
FINK, Niall
ANTHROPOLOGY 4 YR SCHOLARSHIP
TH
RITZ, Melissa
ANTHROPOLOGY GRADUATING SCHOLARSHIP
BERNIER, Nicholette
FRUCHT STUDENT CONFERENCE UNDERGRADUATE
AWARD WINNERS
UNDERGRADUATE PAPERS
1st Prize: HILDEN, Barbara - “The linguistic representation of women”
2nd Prize: de GRANDPRE, Pauline – “Las Ceramicas Viejas: the creation of a
working typology for Chihuahuan ceramics”
POSTERS
1st Prize: RAWLUK, Matt and Aileen REILLY - “Spatial analysis of the lithic
assemblage of Ahai Mneh (fipp-33)”
2nd Prize: MORRIS, Mikiko - “Osteological evidence of abuse and negligence
seen in juveniles”
Honourable Mention: BUCYK, Taylor - “Forensic anthropology and ancestry
estimation: evaluating current techniques and understanding its limitations”
Recognition
THANK YOU
To Carl Urion, Professor Emeritus, who generously volunteered his time and
expertise as co-teacher of Anthr 571, Linguistic Anthropology & Ethnomusicology.
For work on the 2010 Field School;
Kristin Soucey (Altamira Consulting)
Janet Janvier (Transalta)
Krista Gilliland (University of Stirling)
DONORS
We wish to recognize and thank our donors whose gifts have helped the
Department of Anthropology.
VOLUNTEERS
ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
AGAS EXECUTIVE (AND FRUCHT COMMITTEE)
Gabriel Asselin
Jodie Asselin
Michelle Borowitz
Megan Caldwell
Nicole Eckert
Lacey Fleming
Ross Gordon
Josh Green
Erin Jessup
Antonia Mannette
Courtney McConnan Borstad
Rawane Nassif
Aaron Perkins
Elizabeth Sawchuk
Dyan Semple
Hillary Sparkes
Katie Waterhouse
Chris White
Dierdre Zasorin-White
ADDITIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
Frank Masele
Peter Stewart
Gabriel Yanicki
UAAU EXECUTIVE
Amandah van Merlin
Judy Garnier
Daniel Larson
Kristina Hubenig
Pauline de Grandpre
Aileen Reilly
Hannah McFadden
Brett Tegart
ADDITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
Jo-Anne Schenk
Sydney Patterson
Caitlin St. Dennis
Christopher Olsen
Matt Rawluk
Aileen Reilly
Mikiko Morris
Brett Tegart
Daniel Larson
Rob Kadis
Catherine Doherty
Lindsey Commandeur
Samantha Joseph
OTHER VOLUNTEERS
Claire Earley
Curtis Scally
Vince Jankunis
Nicholas Whayman
Peter Allen
Peter Kirchmeir
Victoria Sheldon