Professor Emerita, Dr. Elizabeth Reitz and alumni, Dr. Fred Andrus, along with Daniel Sandweiss, Alice Kelley, Kirk Maasch, and Paul Roscoe wrote an article that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). The article is titled, "Archaeological climate proxies and the complexities of reconstructing Holocene El Niño in coastal Peru."  

The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program awarded PhD candidate, Katie Foster, a 2020 IDRF Fellowship, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The IDRF offers nine to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research on non-US topics. Learn more about the IDRF here. Congratulations Katie!

The UGA Graduate School awarded PhD candidate, Anya Bonanno, a Dean's Award for her research. The Dean's Award assists UGA Graduate students with their dissertation or thesis research by supporting students in collecting data or performing some other aspect of their research. Congratulations Anya!

UGA Department of Anthropology's Jacob Holland-Lulewicz, Megan Conger, Travis Jones, Dr. Jennifer Birch, and Dr. Stephen Kowalewski published a recent paper in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. The article, entitled "An Institutional Approach for Archaeology," details a method for analyzing ethnographic and archaeological data that focuses on social institutions, instead of other common socio-spatial referents.

As the Laboratory Manager at the UGA Laboratory of Archaeology responsible for curation and public outreach, Kristine Schenk works to preserve archaeological collections from across the world. As a museum professional, this position allows her to combine her love for collections with finding ways to make them accessible to the public. Before joining the Laboratory, Kristine worked at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame and the Robert J. Dole Archive and Special Collections.

The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Advisory Board awarded PhD candidate, Alexandra Hofner, a Graduate Research Award for her project, "Re-articulating pathways to human-wildlife coexistence in Sri Lanka's North Central Dry Zone." The Willson Center is committed to academic excellence, public impact, and promoting research and creativity in the humanities and arts. Learn more about the Willson Center Graduate Research Award here. Congratulations Alexandra!

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) awarded PhD candidate, Melanie Narciso, a PhD Research Scholarship to pursue her research titled, "Persistence of Pampango Rice-Based Fermentation Traditions in the Context of the Changing Rice Landscapes in the Philippines." SEARCA is a non-profit organization established by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) in 1966. Learn more about SEARCA at searca.org. Congratulations Melanie!

The Certificate in Historic Preservation provides students with a working knowledge of the theory and practice of historic preservation. The program also provides a solid knowledge base for students who wish to pursue their education further through graduate studies, as well as opportunities to focus their studies on aspects of the field that are of particular interest to them.



The program provides a broad introduction to the theory and techniques of historic preservation. Students who successfully complete the requirements for the certificate are expected to have: