Sponsored Theses by Year of Graduation New College requires a thesis as a graduate criterion. Faculty sponsor a thesis and the student defends the work in front of a baccalaureate committee (for the below, typically two from Anthropology and a third from another discipline). Below are the theses I have supervised, organized by year; the vast majority are in Anthropology, some are Anthropology/Gender Studies and others are International Studies/Middle East, Anthropology/Environmental Studies, and Social Sciences and General Studies; the key words come from the library classification. The theses are available at the college’s Cook Library (as PDFs for the New College community and as physical volumes in the Thesis Room). Personal Plots: Domination and Resistance in the Soviet Kolkhozy 1928-1938 Varnon, Matthew Soviet Kolkhozy; Kolkhozniks The Gravestones of Bow, New Hampshire: 1800-1865 Blanding, Alison L. Gravestones; Bow, New Hampshire; New Hampshire Adrift at Sea: Narratives of Cuban Rafters Diaz-Balart, Anna Maria Cuban Immigrants; Illegal Immigrants; Cuban Rafters An Investigation of Human Remains from Casey Key Kuhn, Lisa Human Remains; Casey Key, FL; Sarasota County, FL And the Brides Shall Ride Horses: Contested Spaces of Gender in a Rajasthani Village Rollings, Robert W. India; Rajasthani Village; Spatial Relationships Archaeological Perspectives on Ethnicity on Cyprus Caldwell, Aaron Ethnicity; Archaeology; Cyprus Gay Turks in Germany: The Invisible Minority Harkins, Dennis Tyson Turkish Community; Gay Turks; Homosexuality in Germany The East Goes West: The Reunification of Germany as Seen From the Ethnography of the East Heath, Catherine Ann East Germany; Reunification of Germany; German Democratic Republic The Translation of Distance: Travel Narrative and Orientalism in the Eastern Mediterranean Higgins, Anna Moore Travel Writing; Orientalism Glass Inlayed Gravestones: Historical Archaeology of Irish Funerary Folk Art Dunn, Shannon Irish Archaeology; Irish Funerary; Gravestones Native Americans and Archaeologists: The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Trinkle, Leslie G. Native Americans; Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act The Pharaohs Go Global: The Commodification of Ancient Egypt and Its Sale on eBay Jacobs, Alison ebay; Egypt; Commodification; Egyptian Artifacts Baile na hAilte: The History and Landscape of a Nineteenth Century Irish Village Pettit, Jr., Daniel Irish Archaeology; Historical Archaeology; Nineteenth Century Ireland; Irish History History, Identity, and the Politics of Exclusion: The Roma of Northern Europe Windsor, Alicia Race; Roma; Europe Permanent Displays of Social Distinction: AVisual Ethnographic Analysis of the Facially Tattooed Larson, Mandy L. Anthropology of the Body; Visual Anthropology; 'Modern Primitive' The Historical Archaeology of Brothels Robinson, Lynn Historical; Archaeology; Prostitution Touring a Florida Plantation: Historical Archaeology of Gamble Plantation 1842-1858 Silpa, Felicia Archaeology; Gamble Plantation; Florida Plantation Moluscan Exploitation at the Lighthouse Bayou Site (8GU114), A Multi-Companent, Large-Gastropod Midd Desjardins, Sean P. A. Prehistoric Archaeology; Shell Midden; Florida Archaeology Recovering the Landscapes of the Second Seminole War: A Historical Archaeological Approach Werner, William Seminole Wars; Historical Archaeology; Nineteenth-Century Forts Teaching Peace to Youth: Coexistence in Israel and Abroad Huber, Jeff Coexistence; Peace; Israel The Application of the Harris Matrix to Rosemary Cemetery Sumrow, Kimberly M. Cemetery; Sarasota, FL; Harris Matrix An Introduction to Traditional Healing and Protection of the Middle East in Contemporary America Antoszewski, Michael Sufism; Shi'a; Talisman; Sufi; Amulet; Alternative Medicine; Health; Ritual; Hamza; Iran; Medici Archaeocartography: 'Muffling Inclusiveness' in the Maps of Medieval and Early Modern London Shanks, Mary Kathryn Maps; London; Archaeology Hidden Histories A Historical Archaeology Approach to the The Tabby House Ruins at Desoto National M Svekis, Sherry Robinson Manatee River; Bradenton, FL; Tabby; Bunce; Rancho; Angola; Angulo; DeSoto; National Park Striking Ybor Gold: Heritage Marketing in a Latin Quarter of Tampa, Florida Irwin, Kate Heritage Marketing; Ybor City; Anthropology of Tourism Ancient Adventures in a Newly Constructed Past Exploring the Holy Land Experience in Orlando, Florida Ingram, C. Tara Heritage; Theme Parks; Authenticity Gendered Archaeology of the God Pan on Cyprus Mullersman, Sarah Pan; Gender; Archaeology Tea Tasting: A Historic-Anthropological Study of Tea Cultivation and Commodification Savage, Christine E. Tea; World-System; Marketing; East India Company; Drug-Food; Ethnography; Commodification An Ecological Anthropology of the Israeli National Water Carrier Gomez, Mitchell Israel; Middle East; Water Rights; Political Ecology The Ethiopian Jewish Community: Transition and Change in Israel Schwartz, Miriam Ethiopian Jews; Immigration; Israel The Five Points of the Pentacle: Pagan Identity in Sarasota Florida Boyle, Story L. L. M. D. Ethnography; Community; Anthropology; Wiccan; Gardner, Gerald Interracial Intimacy in Apartheid and Post-Apartheid South Africa Blignaut, Salome Apartheid; Post-Apartheid; South Africa; Race; Interracial Intimacy Myths, Floods and Archaeology of the Ancient Middle East Sullivan, Jennifer Gilgamesh; Ballard, Robert; Noah; Woolley, Leonard; Oral Histories; Floods Radio Silence: Paradoxes in Audioethnography at Tallevast, FL Greenspan, Sam Tallevast; Radio; Race; Environmental Racism; Audioethnography; Ethnography; Ethnographic Silence Constructing a Public Archaeology at Historic Spanish Point in Osprey, Florida Garte-Wolf, Steven Archaeology; Public; Osprey Looking East: Muslim Identity in the Archaeological Record of American Enslavement Allen, Kacie Archaeology; Slavery; Islam Shopping for Ornaments at the "Ornament of All Galilee": Zippori National Park in Israel Avron, Lisa Tourism; Heritage; Zippori National Park The 1.5 Generation of the Bosnian Diaspora LeLaurin, Jennifer H. 1.5 Generation; Immigrants; Refugees; Acculturation; Cultural Brokerage Was Bedeutet Bio fur Euch Exploring Collaborative Research on a Demeter Farm in Germany Reed, Lee Ellen Collaboration; Demeter; Farming; Organic Agriculture; Germany Recovering The Temple Mount: The Politics of Place, Memory and Identity Summit-Gil, Britney Israel; Jerusalem; Temple Mount; Judaism; Bible; Archaeology; Zionism; Poetry; Place; Memory; Identity Representing Rwanda: Anthropology's Role in Witnessing Genocide Collins, Kaitlyn Genocide; Rwanda; Witness; Race; Ethnicity Traditional Place and Feminist Space: The Japanese Tea Ceremony Makes Room for Empowerment Boecher, Morgan Tea Ceremony; Japan; Heterotopia; Feminism; Orientalism; Anthropology; Gender; Identity; Ethnography A Resource for Harmony: An Ethnographic Study of Exhibition, Heritage, and Race at Family Heritage H Chavez, Christina Museums; Material Culture; Exhibition An Anthropology of Remembering: Queer Theory, Collaborative Archaeology and the Apalachee Past Bloch, Lee Native American Studies; Gender Studies; Collaborative Methods Custodian of Inclusion: An Exploration of Parliamentary Democracy and the Ambiguity of Identity Politics Chesley, Cassie Israel; Israeli; Law of Return; Jewish Identity; Immigration Law; Secular-Religious Divide; Identity Handling Sushi: People and Places of a Transnational Cuisine Wilco, Mark Sushi; Transnational; Food; Embodiment; Anthropology; Rice; Seaweed The Great Ringling: A Critical Archaeology of Cad'zan in Sarasota, Florida Sanderson, Michael Ringing; Sarasota; Archeology What Do the Textbooks Say? An Anthropological Study of Highschool American History Curriculum Conten Montgomery, Chelsea American History; Achievement Gap; K-12 Curriculum Content A Blaze In The Northern Sky - A Symbolic Analysis of Ethnicity in the Early Norwegian Black Metal Scene Van de Castle, Eric Black Metal; Norway; Ethnicity A Giant's Strength: A Multisited Spatial Biography in 19th Century Florida Usherwood, Elizabeth Ann Historical Archaeology; Florida; 19th Century Archaeology Rolls into the Public Sphere: An Introduction to Florida Public Archaeology Network' Crews, Rozalyn E. Archaeology; Education; Florida Public Archeology Network; Public Archeology Creating an Interactive Past: Digital Technologies for Public Representation of Archaeological Sites Santos, Alexis Archaeology; Anthropology; Technology; Digital; Representation The Enduring Landscape the Archaeology of Seminole Ethnogenesis in West-Central Florida Waas, Michael Seminole; Myakka River; Peace River; Charlotte Harbor; Archaeology; Ethnogenisis The Ethical and Practical Limitations of the Use of Anthropology in The Military Dolan, Morgan Human Terrain System; Anthropological Ethics; Military Engagement The Ainu of North Japan Darrow, Evan Gender and the African Burial Ground Parks, Ashley Meaningful Ruins: Public Memory and the Transitional Landscape of the Braden Castle of Bradenton, Florida Roach, Rachel Across Borders: A Historical Archaeological Approach to Plantation Landscapes in Florida, Jamaica, and Western Cuba Small, Travis Iraq in Jordan: An Anthropological Examination of Iraqi Refugees in Jordan Ulloa, Silvia Cornerstone of Zion: The Archaeology of the Latter-Day Saints Andersen, Matt Bernhardt, Arielle Carter, Annie The Multiplicity of Heritage at Warm Mineral Springs Johnson, Jodi Exploring Anthropology's Potential as a Catalyst for Reformation in American Pedagogy Ouellette, Nicole Frog Creek Burial Mound (8Ma44): An Addition to the Safety Harbor Period Archaeological Record Paschal, Theresa The Manasota Key Cemetery (8SO1292): Insights into Everyday Life in the Manasota Period (800 BCE-500 CE) on Florida's Gulf Coast Aric Archebelle-Smith The Ground Shakes Even in Paradise: Identity, Resistance, and Image in Waiahole-Waikane Valley, Hawaii James Carillo Conversations on Race, Mental Health, and Community in Newtown, Sarasota Leah Duncan No Future in Progress: The Embodiment of "Illegality" in Rabat, Morocco Zachary Natale Talking Landscapes and Ways of Seeing: A Multidisciplinary Archaeological Perspective on Oral Tradition Among Turkana Peoples Katherine O'Brien Played to the Bone: Skeletal Trauma, Assumptions of Warfare, and an Apalachee Ballgame in Spanish La Florida Nancy Shipley Heroines, Healers, and Heretics: Examining the Iconography of the Witch from Antiquity to Now Eve Burns 10 Square Miles of Food Justice: How Ithaca, New York is Breaking Bread to Bridge Communities Julia de Aragon Living With/In Disaster: Interpreting Heritage Through Performance in the Time of Climate Change Rachel Ceciro Hal Trejo Playing Hong Kong: Defining Culture and Representing Identity in Sleeping Dogs Kris Brzostek Social Segmentation and K-means Analysis at Jiangzhai: Quantitative Analysis and the Social Formation of a Pre-dynastic Yangshao Banpo Phase Community. Kirkland Judge Jones “The Forward March of Humanity” in an Era of Change:
Creative Works with Progressive Ideas and their Impact on Late Nineteenth and
Early Twentieth-Century European Society Alexander Koutelias Social Segmentation and K-means Analysis at Jiangzhai: Quantitative Analysis and the Social Formation of a Pre-dynastic Yangshao Banpo Phase Community Kirkland Judge Jones Anthropology’s [Digital] Skeletons: Photogrammetry and the
Documentation of Human Remains Kara diComo Performance Art and the Disruption of Colonialism in Museums Evan Murdoch Globalized Wedding Traditions of Contemporary Istanbul’s Urban Elite Isabella Cibelli DuTerroil Savannah Worthington The COVID-19 Pandemic, Brownfields, and Racism: Environmental Perspectives on Crisis Multipliers Charlie Leavengood |
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