Ashley Brennaman wins Lambda Alpha Graduate Research Grant Award

Congratulations to the doctoral student Ashley Brennaman for winning the Lambda Alpha Graduate Research Grant Award!

Sponsored by Lambda Alpha — the national honor society for anthropology — this award is one of only six given nationwide each year.

Ashley’s project is titled The Truth Behind the Tooth:  An Investigation of Nutritional and Health Disparities though Reconstruction of the Historic Oral Microbiome (advisor: Dr. Pat Richards).  Professor Paul Brodwin, faculty advisor for Lambda Alpha, notes that this is the first time any UWM Anthropology student has won the award.

For more information about how to join Lambda Alpha, please contact our faculty advisor, Professor Paul Brodwin.