Undergraduate Program Highlights
A Word From Professor Erin Waxenbaum
FAN Foster Summer Research Award
NU Research and Arts Exposition Presentations
a word from Professor Erin Waxenbaum
Our world today is ever-changing and Anthropology provides a cross-cultural analysis and better understanding of diversities and inequalities worldwide. Understanding cultural, biological, archaeological, and linguistic differences and similarities is central to everything we do. Graduates, we applaud you! We are eager to see what you will do in the years to come!
We are so proud of all of our Anthropology majors and minors! They continue to impress us with their insight and experiences, and we look forward to seeing how they change the world!
Sincerely,
Erin Waxenbaum
Professor of Instruction
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Phi Beta Kappa Electees
Ambert Nashaley Constante – class of 2027
Charlie Bavis – class of 2026
Muyang Chen – class of 2026
Lula Fox – class of 2026
Ayesha Mohammed – class of 2026
Ved Shiva Muthusamy - class of 2026
FAN Foster Summer Research Award
Sofia Papadopoulos was awarded the FAN Foster Summer Research Award for her summer research exploring how communist structures reflect nostalgia mediated through historical narratives in Albania.
NU Research and Arts Exposition Presentations
Diya Bhakta - shRNA-Mediated Knockdown of SPTLC3 Impairs Epidermal Differentiation and Filaggrin Expression in 3D Skin Organoid Models
Amber Constante - Altered Foodways: The Impact of Colonialism on PCOS Prevalence in the Andes
- 1st Place poster presentation for Arts, Humanities, and Journalism
Kaleah Estep - Post-Colonial Community Perspectives on Cultural Heritage and Archaeology in Corozal, Belize
Lula Fox - Inafa'maolek Archaeologies: CHamoru heritage resurgence amidst U.S. militarization on Guahan (Guam)
- 1st Place (tie) poster presentations for Social and Behavioral Sciences
Amy Guallpa - IPRL2 and the PTEN/PI3K/AKT signaling pathways in T-ALL
Lea Levine - And Here I Am!” Chronotopic Memories in a Holocaust Survivor's Autobiographical Narratives
Elena Oliveira - From the Atlantic to the Lakeshore: Practicing Samba and Constructing Brasilidade in Chicago
Gabriel Sanchez - Construction of the Deportable Body: The Ontology of "Reasonable Suspicion" and Noem V. Vasquez Perdomo
- Best Overall Expo Oral Presentation
Senior Honors Thesis Projects
Charlie Bavis - Making Decisions: Anarchist-Abolitionist Experimentation in Chicago
Kaleah Estep - Post-Colonial Community Perspectives on Cultural Heritage and Archaeology in Corozal, Belize.
- Awarded the Elizabeth M. Brumfiel Prize for Distinguished Honors Thesis in Archaeology
Lula Fox - Ináfa’måolek Archaeologies: CHamoru heritage resurgence amidst U.S. militarization on Guåhan.
- Awarded the FAN Award for Distinguished Honors Thesis in Public Anthropology
Lea Levine - “And Here I Am!” Temporality in a Holocaust Survivor's Autobiographical Narratives.
- Awarded the Friends of Anthropology Undergraduate Research Award
Ayesha Mohammed - Soft Mascs, Hard Truths: An Analysis of Contemporary Discussions on Lesbian Masculinity on TikTok
Nathan Reed - High-Frequency Longitudinal Sampling Reveals Short-Term Dynamics in the Human Respiratory Microbiome.
- Awarded the Oswald Werner Prize for Distinguished Honors Thesis in Anthropology