Student News

PhD Candidate Michelle LaBerge Wins First Prize for Dissertation Research

Anthropology PhD candidate Michelle LaBerge has won first prize for a poster on her PhD thesis research at the Iron Age Research Student Symposium, an annual event held in the UK that provides postgraduate researchers with the opportunity to present… Read More

Museum Studies Program Receives Spotlight in Latest Issue of InFocus

Click on the link below to access the latest InFocus article featuring a story about UWM Anthropology’s relationship with the Milwaukee Public Museum.

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… Read More

Amy Klemmer and Allison Kotowicz Receive Graduate School Fellowships

Congratulations are in order for Amy Klemmer and Allison Kotowicz. Amy Klemmer, received a Graduate School Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship to support her ongoing research on prehistoric fishing strategies practiced along the coast of Ecuador and the potential impacts of… Read More

UWM students share poster prize at this year’s Wisconsin Federation of Museums Conference in Horicon, WI

Congratulations to Emma Eisner and Katrina Schmitz who won the student poster award at the Wisconsin Federation of Museums conference in Horicon, WI this past weekend. Both chose a topic based on their thesis. Both were so good the judges… Read More

Doctoral Student Laya Liebeseller and Professor Thomas Malaby’s Game Research Featured in UWM Report

Here in ‘Nerdwaukee,’ people love to play games

Professor Bettina Arnold and PhD candidate Josh Driscoll presented papers at the Premodern Food Conference

Professor Bettina Arnold and PhD candidate Josh Driscoll presented papers at the Premodern Food Conference in Minneapolis, October 17-19 Follow the link below for more information about the conference and their research! Premodern Food Cultures Conference

PhD candidate Alexis Jordan receives grant from the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology

PhD candidate Alexis Jordan has been awarded a grant in support of her thesis research from the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology: http://www.babao.org.uk/

PhD Student Josh Rivers Receives Fulbright for Ethnographic Fieldwork with CCP Games

PhD Student Josh Rivers has been awarded a Fulbright student award for his Dissertation project, Caretaking of Cyberspace: CCP Games and Symbiosis in EVE Online. Here is a brief description of his project: As digital platforms have solidified their place… Read More

Wow! Five Graduate Students Receive Fellowships in 2019

Congratulation to the following students receiving fellowships in AY 19-20! Robert Ahlrichs – Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship Shaheen Christie – R1 Advanced Opportunity Program (R1AOP) Fellowship Alexis Jordan – R1  Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship Josh Rivers – Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship Jessica Skinner… Read More