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Honors Thesis Slam 2023

Congratulations to 12 outstanding undergraduate majors who conducted research under the mentorship of Anthropology faculty and presented the results of their efforts at the annual Honors Thesis Slam on April 19, 2023. Congratulations also to Drs. Richard Kernaghan and Stephanie Bogart for their caring oversight of the Honors Thesis program.

Maximillion Alegría (mentor: Gabriel Prieto)
Conceptualizing the Cloth of the Sacrificial Child: A Study of the Chimú Textiles Uncovered at Pampa la Cruz, Huanchaco, North Coast of Peru

Cathryn Allen (mentor: John Krigbaum)
Analysis of Lead Isotopes at Greek and Roman Sites in Present-Day Albania

Mai-Brie Conklin (mentor: Valerie DeLeon)
Predicting Adult Primate Pterion Suture Patterns through Juvenile Cranial Bone Development

Sophia Emmons (mentor: Gabriel Prieto)
Analyzing Stone Fish Net Sinkers in the North Coast of Peru: Inquiring its Functional and Symbolic Aspects

Sarah Gontarski (mentor: Gabriel Prieto)
Changes in Style through Time: An Analysis of Salinar Pottery in the North Coast of Peru

Aaron Jimenez (mentor: Gabriel Prieto)
An Analysis of the Pictorial Decoration in Moche Ceramics from Huanchaco, Moche Valley, North Coast of Peru

Drew McNally (mentor: Adrienne Strong)
Shame, Stigma, and STI’s: the Impact of Education and Sex Culture on University Students

Jessica Owen (mentor: John Krigbaum)
Los Remedios: A Macroscopic Age-At-Death Assessment for St. Augustine’s First Inhabitants

Rahi Patel (mentor: Adrienne Strong)
iPhone Pregnancies: Self-testing as Surveillance and Care in the Trying to Conceive Community

Gabrielle Ray (mentor: Adrienne Strong)
Feminine Knowledge in the Digital Age: The Impact of Social Media on Female Student Perspectives on Pregnancy and Childbirth

Graylin Skates (mentor: Adrienne Strong)
How Menstrual Taboos Shape Care in Endometriosis

Talia Smid (mentor: Kate Grillo)
The Implications of Grinding Stone Tools in the African Humid Period: A Case Study of Lokam (GeJi11)