Graduate Students: Anthropology Ph.D. Program—Sociocultural Anthropology

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Angie Abdelmonem
Research Interests: Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Development, Postcolonialism, Gender, Identity, Arab & Muslim Women,
    Egypt & the Middle East
Committee: James Eder (Chair), Hjorliefur Jonsson, Madelaine Adelman
Undergraduate Institution: University of Nevada – Las Vegas
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada

Muna Ali
Committee: James Eder (Chair), Tariq Ramadan, Takeyuki Tsuda, Hjorleifur Jonsson
Undergraduate Institution: Central Oklahoma State University

April Bojorquez
Committee: Gwyneira Isaac (Chair)
Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University

Catherine Carter
Committee: Takeyuki Tsuda (Chair), John Chance, Elizabeth Brandt
Undergraduate Institution: Illinois State University 

Ashlan H. Falletta-Cowden
AAGS Sociocultural Approach Representative
Research Interests: Nutrition and Health, Biocultural Anthropology
Undergraduate Institution: Lawrence University
Hometown: Petaluma, California

Jennifer Gordon
Research Interests: Identity/Ethnicity, Nationalism, Pop Culture, Native America
Committee:  James Eder (Chair), Jonathan Maupin, Gwyneira Isaac, Scott Russell
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: Rutgers University; University of Oklahoma
Hometown: Millington, New Jersey

Sari Hale-Alper
Research Interests: Jewish identity and migration, social gerontology, museum studies, gender
   constructions
Committee: Takeyuki Tsuda (Chair), Hjorleifur Jonsson, Brian Gratton
Undergraduate Institution: Wellesley College  

J.G. Harris
Research Interests: The State and Identity, Technology and Culture, Non-Human Agency
Undergraduate Institution: Portland State University

Ben Jewell
Research Interests: Economic Anthropology, Food Security, Urban Food Environments
Committee: Amber Wutich (Chair), Alexandra Brewis Slade, James Eder, Christopher Boone
Undergraduate/Graduate Institutions: University of Nebraska – Lincoln; Colorado State University
Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska 

Tae-Eun Kim
Research Interest: Transnational Migration
Committee: Takeyuki Tsuda
Undergraduate Institution: Sogang University
Hometown: Masan, South Korea 
 

Douglas London
Research Interests: Mental Health, Indigenous Cultures, Human Rights, International Development
     and Immigration, Nutrition and Agriculture, Latin America
Committee: Takeyuki Tsuda (Chair), James Eder, Philip Levenduski (Harvard Medical School)
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: Johns Hopkins University; Columbia University
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Catherine Nichols
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Material Culture, Museum Collecting, Native Americans – Southwest, Nationalism,
     History of Anthropology
Committee: Richard Toon (Chair), Nancy Parezo, Gwyneira Isaac, Hjorleifur Jonsson
Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas – Austin
Hometown: Lafayette, Louisiana

William Nitzky
Research Interests: China, Ethnic Minority Groups, Development, Identity, Governance, Cultural
     Heritage, Ecomuseums
Committee: Hjorleifur Jonsson (Co-Chair), Gwyneira Isaac (Co-Chair), Takeyuki Tsuda
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: George Washington University; University of Hawaii—
     Manoa
Hometown: Woodstock, New York

Alberto Perez Pereiro
Committee: James Eder (Co-Chair), Hjorleifur Jonsson (Co-Chair), Thomas Hudak, Mark Woodward
Undergraduate Institution: Georgetown University

Michael "Miguel" Rolland
Research Interests: Cultural Forms of Communal Violence (Mesoamerica), Indigenous Identity (Mexico, Chiapas, the Maya Tzotzil
     Chamula), Mimetic Rivalry, Religion, Catholic Church
Committee: John Chance (Chair), James Eder, Hjorleifur Jonsson
Undergraduate Institution: St. Meinrad College

Brooke Sadler
Research Interests: Genetic Basis of Susceptibility & Resistence to Helminth Infection in Hunter-Gatherer
    Populations of Latin America, Evolution of the Th2 Immune Response, Human-Parasite Coevolution
Committee: Ana Magdalena Hurtado (Chair), Gerardo Chowell-Puente, Brian Verrelli
Undergraduate Institution: George Washington University
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

Sveinn Sigurdsson
Research Interests: Applied Medical Anthropology, Healthcare Systems, Medical Pluralism
Committee: Alexandra Brewis Slade (Chair), Amber Wutich, Jonathan Maupin
Undergraduate Institution: Lawrence University
Hometown: Grindavik, Iceland

Claire Smith
Research Interests: Migration, Transnationalism, Ethnic Identity, Assimilation, Nationalism, 1.5- & Second-Generation Migrants,
    Globalization, Mexico, Latin America, U.S.
Committee: Takeyuki Tsuda (Chair), John Chance, James Eder
Undergraduate Institution: Colorado College
Hometown: Fayetteville, Arkansas

Fonvunjuntr Srijuntr
Research Interests: Cultural Identity, Local/National Interaction, Symbol Anthropology
Committee: Takeyuki Tsuda (Chair), Thomas Hudak, James Eder
Undergraduate Institution: Thammasat University

Douglas White
Research Interests: Identity, Performance, Popular Culture, Borderlands
Committee: Hjorleifur Jonsson (Chair), John Chance, James Eder, Alvarez

Deborah Williams
Research Interests: Place, Southwestern Indigenous Groups, Religion, Cosmology & Worldview, Cultural
    Preservation
Committee: Elizabeth Brandt (chair), Peter Welsh, Christopher Carr, Steven Semken, Miguel Aguilera 
Undergraduate Institution: University of Kansas
Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona