Awards Day 2017

On April 27, 2017 the department held its annual Celebration of Students dinner where we recognized all of our Anthropology and Sociology Program award winners as well as our inductees to our two academic honorary societies: Lambda Alpha and Alpha Kappa Delta.

Honorary Society Inductions

Lambda Alpha
Graduate students: Sydnie Bianchi, Dawn Klos, Jennifer Lewis, Jordan Wilson
Undergraduates: Armendia Hulsey, Sarah Lewis, Katherine Mackey, Andrew Raspino
Faculty: Nathan Meissner

Alpha Kappa Delta
Chase Bahr, Tarilyn Elliott, Haley Hauck, Ethan Keys

Program Awards
Shann MM Winn Outstanding Anthropology Student of the Year:Miranda Parker

Sociology Student of the Year:Ethan Keys
Honorable mention: Charlie Grantham

Irmgard H. Wolfe Award for Best Graduate Paper in Anthropology: Carson Rouse

Lambda Alpha Award for Best Undergraduate Paper in Anthropology: Adrianne Buck

Alpha Kappa Delta Award for Best Undergraduate Paper in Sociology (Research): Amber Bynum

"Sociological Imagination" Paper Award (Best mid-length sociology paper):Ethan Keys
Honorable mention: Kaitlyn Koehn, Samantha Bull

“Human Experience” Paper Award (Best paper written by a 1st year student in ANT 101):Sudiksha Kumar

"Understanding Society" Paper Award (Best paper written by a student in SOC 101):Adrian Griggs
Honorable mention: Kimberly Stuart, Rebekah Lee

Anthropology and Sociology Citizenship Award:Alyssa Mace, Samuel Mingo