The Hitchcock-Kelly Fund for Human and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Graduate Student Symposium
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Start Date: Apr 17, 2026 - 12:00pm
End Date: Apr 17, 2026 - 05:00pm
Location: Hibben 105 & Atrium
On Friday, April 17 from 12-5 PM, the UNM Department of Native American Studies and the UNM Department of Anthropology will co-host the The Hitchcock-Kelly Fund for Human and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Graduate Student Symposium. Funded by a generous gift from Bob Hitchcock and Melinda Kelly, this fund supports collaborative projects and programs implemented between the departments of Anthropology and Native American Studies. The projects include annual support of student-related research and applied activities to advance and bring attention to human rights and Indigenous peoples’ rights.
The symposium will feature graduate students who have received funding from the Hitchcock-Kelly Fund to present their research. Presenters will include:
Andrew Gorvetzian (PhD, Anthropology Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology)
Ruben Leyva (PhD, Native American Studies)
Jordan Martinez (PhD, Anthropology Evolutionary Anthropology)
Laura Steele (PhD, Anthropology Archaeology)
Ripples of Imperialism – Understanding Foodways, Community and Identity on the Margins of an Empire
Nicole Swentzell (PhD, Native American Studies)
Cameron Zarrabzadeh (PhD, Anthropology Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology)
