2023
Héctor Linares, Ph.D. Candidate, Early Modern Global History, Race and Ethnicity and Latin American Studies
Title: Indigenous Knighthood: Negotiation, Knowledge, and Symbolic Capital in the Redefinition of the “Noble Indian” in the Early Modern Iberian World, 1550-1697
Kyle Marini, Ph.D. Candidate, Art History
Title: Portraying Sun & Rain (Son & Reign): Huascar Inca's Likeness and Portrait-making in the Late Inca Empire
2022
Abiola Ibirogba, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology
Title: Mobility patterns on coastal landscapes: Evaluating settlement decisions in the Badagry region, Lagos State, Nigeria
Macy Pyres, M.A. Candidate, Educational Psychology
Title: Wolastoqiyik Students Sense of Belonging
Lilly Zeitler, Ph.D. Candidate, Geography
Title: Knowledge-Diet Reconfigurations in Karen Agricultural Transitions in Northern Thailand
2021
Danielle Buffa, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology and Climate Science
Title: Boziky Lahiny/Boziky Vahy: Women’s Knowledge Conservation Policy, and Shellfishing in Southwestern Madagascar
Edward Green, Ph.D. Candidate, History
Title: Changing Conceptions of Justice in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, 1830-1900
Brooklyn Leonhardt, Ph.D. Candidate, Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Title: Dysphoria and Dispossession: The Trail of Tears and Two Spirit Cultural Life
2020
Scott Doebler, Ph.D. Candidate, History
Title: Connected Forests: Spanish, English, and Maya Commodity Ecologies in Southern Yucatán and Northern Guatemala, 1524-1717
Kyle Marini, M.A. Candidate, Art History
Title: Mostly Mimetic: Resolving Inca Abstraction
Wayne Wapeemukwa, Ph.D. Candidate, Philosophy
Title: Neither White nor Ward: Métis Racialization and The Formation of Whiteness in Treaty Era Canadian Prairies, 1870-1920
2019
Richard Caneba, Ph.D. Candidate, Information Sciences and Technology
Title: Power, Knowledge, and Indigenous Ways-of-Knowing in the Information Age: A Postcolonial Perspective on Indigenous IT and STEM Educational Outreach in Canada
Christian Kelly Scott, Ph.D. Candidate, Rural Sociology and International Agriculture & Development
Title: The Pasture, the Village, and the People: Food Security Endowments and Abatements in the Southern Kyrgyz Highlands
Ryan Naylor, M.S. Candidate, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Title: Tribes, Timber, and Tourism in the Nation's Largest National Forest: Emic Perspectives of Indigenous Alaskans on the Tourism Development unfolding in Tongass National Forest
2018
Marie Louise Ryan, Ph.D. Candidate, Geography
Title: Land, Labor, and Agency: Traditional Seed Systems and Outmigration in Lamjung, Nepal
Johann Strube, Ph.D. Candidate, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
Title: Understanding Land Ownership and Sovereignty Through Wild Rice Around Lake of the Woods
Megan Griffin, M.S. Candidate, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
Title: Growing Resistance: A Gender Analysis of Efforts to Preserve Maya Maize in Yucatan
2017
Megan McDonie, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History
Title: Explosive Encounters: Volcanic Landscapes, Indigenous Knowledge, and Cultural Exchange in Early Modern Mesoamerica
Janet Purdy, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art History
Title: Beyond the Façade: The Messages Behind Carved Swahili Doors
Lucy Harbor, M.S. Candidate, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Title: Marketplace of the Maya Mystique: Emic Views on Appropriate and Appropriated Use of Indigenous Culture at Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
2016
Sarah Eissler, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Penn State
Title: Investigating Gender dimensions in Response to Climate Change: A Mixed methods Approach on Smallholder Cacao Farms in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Annie Marcinek, M.S. Candidate, Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Penn State
Title: Extracting From the Rainforest: Indigeneity and Ecotourism in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Narmadha (Nari) Senanayake, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Geography, Penn State
Title: Cultivating Health in Landscapes of Uncertainty: Mystery Kidney Disease and the Return of Native Seed in Dry Zone Sri Lanka
2015
Lindsay K. Butler-Trump, M.S. Candidate, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Penn State
Title: Knowledge of Numerical Language Among Speakers of Yucatec Maya
Bilikisu Elewonibi, Ph.D. Candidate, Health Policy and Administration and Demography, Penn State
Title: Evaluation of a Breast Cancer Screening Program in Nigeria
Kelli Herr, Undergraduate, Community, Environment and Development – International Development Option, Penn State
Title: The potential nutritional and social impact of leveraging indigenous knowledge and advancements in agricultural technology in Zambia
2014
Kira Hydock, Undergraduate, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Penn State
Title: Culture and Animal Husbandry: An Investigation into the Traditional Methods and Cultural Constraints of Goat Production and Management Among the People of the Muhanga District of Rwanda
Katie Tavenner, Ph.D. Candidate, Rural Sociology and Women’s Studies, Penn State
Title: Co-Management Regimes in Protected Areas of South Africa: Implications for Gender Equity in the Forest Food Security Nexus
Lan Xue, PhD Candidate, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State
Title: Rural Tourism and Reconstruction of Rural Identity in China
2013
Svitlana Iarmolenko, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Penn State
Title: Immigration experiences of Ukrainian-Americans as a basis for culturally grounded narratives
Vincent Ricciardi, M.S. Candidate, Department of Geography, Penn State
Title: Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Development: The Intersection of Informal Seed Systems and Marketized Crops