Ten graduate students
and three undergraduates presented posters in the Undergraduate and Gradate Scholars
Fora and brought home four awards.
Each year IUP hosts an
Undergraduate Scholars Forum and a Graduate Scholars Forum as part of research
appreciation week. These events allow students to highlight the research that
they do year-round.
This year, three
Anthropology students won four awards.
- Hannah Morris: Dean’s Choice Best Undergraduate
Poster, CHSS, for “Foodways and Food Choices of IUP Students” (Abbie Adams,
mentor)
- Mesfer Alqahtani: Dean’s Choice Best Graduate Poster,
CHSS, for “Geospatial investigation of circular stone structures in Northern
Saudi Arabia” (Bill Chadwick, mentor)
- Matthew Bjorkman: First Place Graduate Poster, Sigma
Xi Outstanding Contributions to Scientific Research for “Using LiDAR to Analyze
Landscape Evolution: A Case Study of the Squirrel Hill Site (36WM0035)” (Lara Homsey-Messer, mentor)
- Matthew Bjorkman: Honorable Mention Graduate Poster,
Sigma Xi Outstanding Contributions to Scientific Research for “Indiana County FEMA
Data-based Flood Hazard Analysis” with Esbeiry Cordova-Ortiz (John Benhart,
mentor)
Other Participating Students:
Undergraduate Student Posters
- Alicia Gordon
“Narratives of Agency of Western Feminists and Saudi
Feminists”
Faculty Sponsor: Abigail
Adams
- Hannah Winters
“Synthesis of Musket Ball Data Found at Fort Necessity”
Faculty Sponsor: Benjamin Ford
Graduate Student
Posters
- Zaakiyah Cua
“Misery Bay Ice Survey Preliminary Results: a Case Study
for Testing Geophysical Methods and Collaboration with Stakeholders”
Mentor: William Chadwick -
Kristina Gaugler and Molly Sarver (Geography and
Regional Planning)
“Spatial Database Development for Confluence Park
Master Plan”
Mentor: John Benhart -
Genevieve Everett
“Taking It Way Back: A Statistical Analysis of Two
Paleoindian Period Sites In New Hampshire”
Mentor: Lara Homsey-Messer -
Britney Elsbury-Orris
“A Faunal Analysis of the Kirshner Site (36WM213)”
Mentor: Lara
Homsey-Messer -
Samantha Taylor
“Looking Through Dirty Dishes: A Comparative Analysis
of Ceramics at the John and Rosie Allen Residence, Pandenarium, Mercer County,
Pennsylvania”
Mentor: Ben Ford -
Heather MacIsaac
“Determining Village Growth and Occupation at the
Squirrel Hill Site (36WM35)”
Mentor: Lara
Homsey-Messer -
Andrew Malhotra
“Sanborn Maps of Indiana: Reconstructing the Urban
Geography of Indiana, PA”
Mentor: John Benhart
We are proud of all of our
students and the excellent independent research that they conduct. More
information about the event and students is available on our blog: Trowels and
Tribulations.
Department of Anthropology