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Graduating seniors were honored at the annual Anthropology Gala, which featured special recognition of outstanding accomplishments and students who earned departmental honors.

The Chardin Award, in recognition of superior achievement in the study of Anthropology across its four fields, was presented to Stella Riehl.  The award is named for Fr. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ, an early Jesuit anthropologist.

The Breidenbach Award for Outstanding Student in Cultural Anthropology was presented to Tylor Serpico.  The award is named for Dr. Paul S. Breidenbach (1939-2014), who was a Professor of Anthropology at Loyola from 1972 to 2009.

The award for Outstanding Student in Archaeology was presented to Laney Waters.

The award for Outstanding Student in Biological Anthropology was presented to Maddie Gustaf & Hannah Jaghab.

The Durkheim Award, in recognition of superior achievement in the Sociology-Anthropology degree, was presented to River Preston-Gage & Elle Kelbrants.

 

The following graduates earned departmental honors for exceptional academic work, including the successful completion of independent research presented in an honors thesis:

• Stella Riehl, “Comparing Human Skeletal Collections at ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø: Impacts on Education and Research with Dr. Anne Grauer
• Daniel Runty, “The Cultural Construction of Digital Value: Anthropology, Cryptocurrency, and Communities” with Dr. Noah Butler 
• Sofia Tollefson, “Language and Literacy ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø for Chicago’s Rohingya Refugees” with Dr. Thea Strand
• Laney Waters “Understanding the enculturation of Maya children via figurines from Tzunun, Chiapas, Mexico” with Dr. Christopher Hernandez