UC Riverside doctoral student Juan Chavez is making strides in biological anthropology through his field research in the Bolivian Andes. As a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate, Chavez was recently awarded a $22,000 Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant to advance his study of the Mojocoya networks. “Receiving a Wenner-Gren grant is highly significant for me because it confirms...
By Alejandra Prado, Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Small classroom sizes, individualized support, and one-on-one opportunities with professors and alumni are some of the many benefits of UC Riverside’s University Honors. The program offers an immersive undergraduate experience to a select number of UCR students who meet the academic requirements. Since 2010, the number of University Honors student enrollment has increased from 1.4%...
By Mina Shiratsuchi, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
For Daisy Sicarios, ancient civilizations are more than stories. They’re her job and her passion. Sicarios, an anthropology and classical studies double-major and first-generation transfer student, first developed an interest in classics and classical archaeology when she arrived at UCR in 2016. After enrolling in a course on ancient Greek language, her love for classics...
By Hannah Croft, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Susan Ossman is an artist, author, and professor of anthropology and global studies at UCR. Ossman’s art practice is centered in painting and installation. In recent years, collaborations she has initiated across anthropology and the arts have developed her skills as a curator, performer, and film/digital media producer. “Life is movement, if we stop moving...
By Patrick Anthony, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing & Communications |
Shelley Guyton is a sixth-year Ph.D. student in UC Riverside’s Anthropology department, with a focus on cultural anthropology and Philippines culture. She expects to complete her dissertation and receive her doctorate by 2020. In 2017, Guyton traveled to the Philippines to research how typhoons affect Pacific Island countries, how the recovery can take years, and...
By Patrick Anthony, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing & Communications |
Before becoming CHASS Associate Dean of Social Sciences and a professor of anthropology, Sang-Hee Lee was on the path to becoming a classical pianist. That is, until she was hit by a creative slump which felt like an eternity. “For me, I felt like my life was ruined because I was not going to be...
By Lilian Tran, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing & Communications |
