Graduate Students in the News
Megan Kleeschulte, a doctoral candidate in anthropology, received University’s Excellence in Community Engagement award and was also named the 2023 Graduate Volunteer of the Year.
PhD student Lateefa Abel was awarded a $5,000 McClure Scholarship for travel to Peru to conduct dissertation work with the Lambayeque Valley Biohistory Project.
PhD candidate Mac Archer was awarded a $25,000 American Dissertation Fellowship from the AAUW for her work on Haitian orphanages.
PhD candidate Jordan Schaefer won first place in the Southeastern Archaeological Conference’s Student Paper Competition for “A Phenomenological Study of 12th Unnamed Cave, a Dark-Zone Cave Art Site, through 3D Photogrammetric Modeling and Archaeoacoustics” at their annual meeting in Chattanooga.
The March “Student Spotlight” for the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation featured PhD candidate Jenna Watson.