06/08/2026
Congratulations to Anthropology faculty and graduate students recognized in the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute's 2026 funding awards!
🎉 Faculty Seed Grant
Sarah Willen, Professor of Anthropology and Co-Director of the Global Health and Human Rights Program, received a Faculty Seed Grant for her project, "Public Health in Crisis: Tracing the Multi-level Impact and Human Rights Implications of Gender-Based Violence Prevention Program Closures at CDC."
🎉 2026–27 Dissertation Writing Fellowship
Madeline Baird, Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology, was awarded a Dissertation Writing Fellowship for "Embodied Borders: Navigating Transit Migration and U.S. Asylum Access."
🎉 2026 Graduate Student Research Grant
Elyse Smith, Ph.D. Student in Anthropology, received a Graduate Student Research Grant for "Collaborative Ethnography on the Native American Political Ecologies of Pe**te."
These awards reflect the Department of Anthropology's commitment to impactful human rights research, spanning public health, migration and asylum, Indigenous knowledge, and environmental justice.
Congratulations to Sarah, Madeline, and Elyse on this well-deserved recognition!
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