Departmental News

Posted:  May 12, 2026 - 12:00pm

The UNM Department of Anthropology is honored to have several undergraduate scholarships to offer students, funded by our generous donors.  During the Spring Semester, the Department of Anthropology awarded ten Undergraduate Awards to help fund research projects.  They include:

The A. Maxine Graves Undergraduate Scholarship

Olivia Cole (Evolutionary Anthropology)
Project Title: Does non-average stature cause misclassification using metric sex estimation methods?

Megan Geiler (Arcaheology)
Project Title: Does the use-wear of pottery made at Chaco Canyon differ from pottery traded into Chaco?

The Ann F. Ramenofsky Anthropology Honors Scholarships

Benno Parker Lee (Archaeology)
Project Title: Chemical characterization, and provenance of obsidian at the lowland-Maya site: Uxbenká.

Riley Jones (Archaeology)
Project Title: Mechanized Looting of Archaeological Sites in Northern Syria

The Alfonso Ortiz Scholarship

Isabella Mendez (Archaeology)
Project Title: UNM 2026 Southwest Archaeology Field School: Chaco Canyon Historial Park, New Mexico. 

Destine Moss (Evolutionary Anthropology)
Project Title: Is early-life socioeconomic status associated with relative lower limb length in New Mexican adults?

The Barbara MacCaulley Endowment Scholarship

Isabella O'Donnell-Silfverberg (Archaeology)
Project Title: Farming in the Gallina Area: Exploring Varied Agricultural Strategies in a High-Elevation Environment

The Dave E. Stuart Scholarship for Studies in Public Anthropology

Manuel H. Gomez, Jr. (Archaeology)
Project Title: Isolated or Connected? Reassessing Gallina Settlement Clusters in Northwestern New Mexico 

The Jeannette and James Larson Anthropology Scholarship

Madeline Prentice (SCALA)
Project Title: Ritual in Emergency Medical Services: How EMTs Use Aspects of Ritual to Administer Aid

Tara Smith (Archaeology)
Project Title: Mummy Cave at Canyon de Chelly