Spring 2008
Shauna Davidson , “Orphan Care in Senegal ”
Tricia Dickson, “Little Emperors Wear Prada: The One Child Policy and Globalization in Shanghai ”
Rachael Die, “A Vicious Cycle? The Use of Violence in the Mapuche Land Reclamation Movement ”
Miles Elsee, “Digging in the Dirt for Answers: Archaeologists and Native Americans in the U.S. West”
Lauren Griebel, "The Other Side of the Islands: HIV/AIDS in Fiji"
Luke Jasper, "Hippie Jihad"
Casey McAuliffe, "Young Mothers and a Young Anthropology Student"
Spring 2007
Emily Calhoun (International Studies), “Whole Foods and Farmers' Markets: An Examination of the Social Class Connections to Organic Food Consumption ”
Cristina Guardiola, “Trauma in Your Backyard: Social Networks and Their Impact on Victims, Criminals and Communities in South Africa ”
Katherine Stotts, “Tourography: Searching for a Coherent Identity in Yucatecan Fieldwork”
Nathan Turner, “Screw You, We're From Texas: The Politics of Place and the Power to Resist in Texas Country Music ”
Spring 2006
AmyBeth Beaver (International Studies Major), “Making the World a Better Place: Reconstructing the Role of Foreign Individuals and Organizations in International Development”
Robyn Bridges, “Que es esta Joteria?: Sexuality and Ethnicity among Latina Queers”
Erin Cooper, “Racial Tension and White Privilege in Bay City High School”
Daniel Ehrlich, “Processes of Assimilation and Identity Performance in an Alcoholic
Recovery Support Group”
Anita Fernandez (Independent Major in Latin American Studies), “El Orgullo de la Pertenencia The Pride of Identity Ownership in Mexico and the United States”
Ali Hendley, “Hablas Espanol?: Identity, Power, and Language Negotiation”
Joel Harrington, “Reconfiguring Development: Local agency in a Rajasthan Development NGO”
Billy Ramos, “Representations of New and Old: Symbols of Antiquity and Contemporary
Greek Society”
Katherine Wright, “Floors of Exchange: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Open-Air Markets”
Matt Zielsdorf (International Studies Major), “Taboo Tools of Resistance: A Study of Language Taboos”
Spring 2005
Casey Heideman, "Marginal Winds: Windsurfers as a Resistant Community"
Claire Phillips, "Interactions Between Conservation Efforts and Local Communities"
Josh Rosenthal, "International Patent Law and Traditional Agriculture in the Global South
Ana Villalobos, "Development in a Changing World: Finding the Good Life"
Cassie Whitaker, "Gender, Identity and Class within Latin American Dance"
Spring 2004
Matthew Beebe, "Dread Ina Texas"
James Grizzard, "Rap Life and Rational Consumer Culture"
Santiago Guerra, "Narcotown, USA: Drug Trafficking on the US-Mexico Border"
Karl Shaw, "Briston: Defended Neighborhood on the Brink"
Spring 2003
Claire Campbell and Jennifer Meckel, “The Unnatural Lens: Looking at the Landscape in Travel Photography and Magazine Advertisements”
Mimi Garcia, “Crisis and Manipulation: The Rhetoric of the Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Campaign”
Hillary Hunter, “A Photoessay of the 2002-2003 Anti War Movement”
Leslie Nairn, “To Recycle or Not to Recycle? A Personal Survey of the Recycling Environment at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas”
Marisa Miller, “The End of Nomadism?”
Steve Smith, “Anti-Heroes: Identity and Commodity in Skateboarding”
Emily Williams, “Why Can't We Be Friends? Anthropology and Church-Sponsored International Service Work”
Honors Theses
Nathan Turner, "Nashville Sucks": Resistance, Authenticity, Tradition and Sponsorship in Texas Country Music." Committee Members: Melissa Johnson (thesis advisor), Dan C. Hilliard, Eric A. Selbin and John Ore. Spring 2007.
Claire Campbell, "Wild Quiet: Traveling in the Margins." Committee Members: Melissa Johnson (thesis advisor), Emily Niemeyer, and Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton. Spring 2003.
