The UO Graduate Specialization is proud to announce the 2013 Awards for summer research. For more information on Graduate Student Research conducted in the summer of 2013, see the press release:2013 Grad Research Grants Press Release
2013 Awardees:
Jaime Dexter, Anthropology: Documenting Ancient Foods: Unearthing Paleoindian Diet in Oregon
Brooke Havlik, Environmental Studies: Eating in Urban “Frontiers:” Alternative Food and Gentrification in Chicago
Brian Ott, Sociology: “Sense Work”: An Analysis of Third Wave Coffee Shops
Danielle Seid, English: Asian Food and the Cultural Politics of Las Vegas Chinatown
Ívan Sandoval-Cervantes, Anthropology: The Importance of Corn in a Transborder Community
James Daria and Samantha King, Anthropology: Mushroom Plant Workers and Unionization: A Comparison of Two Plants in Oregon and California.
Avi Conant, Asian Studies: The Agro-Industrialization of Pork Production in China
Maureece Levin, Anthropology: Food Production, Culture, and Environment in the Tropical Pacific: An Archaeological Case Study from Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia