Awards
The Anthropology Department has a strong record of excellence, and our faculty and students have been the recipients of the most prominent University and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) awards:
Faculty:
2022 – Dan Sandweiss, Distinguished Maine Professor
2021 – Dan Sandweiss – CLAS 2021 Outstanding Faculty in Service and Outreach
2018 – Cynthia Isenhour, CLAS Outstanding Service and Outreach Award
2017 – Stephen Hornsby, CLAS Research and Creative Achievement Award
2017 – Dan Sandweiss, Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award
2017 – Marci Sorg, Presidential Public Service Award
2016 – Stephen Hornsby, University of Maine System Trustee Professor
2016 – Brian Robinson, CLAS Teaching and Advising Award
2016 – Paul “Jim” Roscoe, Distinguished Maine Professor
2015 – Dan Sandweiss, CLAS Research and Creative Achievement Award
2010 – Paul “Jim” Roscoe, Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award
2009 – Jim Acheson, Distinguished Maine Professor
2008 – Jim Roscoe, CLAS Research and Creative Achievement Award
2005 – Jim Acheson, Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award
2002 – Jim Acheson, CLAS Outstanding Faculty Award
1996 – Paul “Jim” Roscoe, Presidential Teaching and Advising Award
1993 – Edward “Sandy” Ives, Presidential Public Service Award
Graduate Students:
2021 – Emily Blackwood – CLAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Excellence in Research and Creative Activity
2021 – Suman Acharya, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship
2021 – Haley Albano, Canadian-American Center New England, Atlantic Provinces, and Québec Fellowship
2020 – Abby Mann, CLAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award
2020 – Sara Lowden, Susan J. Hunter Teaching Fellow
2020 – Frankie St. Amand, Janet Waldron Doctoral Research Fellowship
2019 – Frankie St. Amand, CLAS Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award
2019 – Sarah Ebel, CLAS Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award
2019 – Brieanne Berry, CLAS Graduate Student Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award
2019 – Haley Albano, Canadian-American Center Fellowship
2018 – Sara Lowden, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship
2018 – Chelsea Fairbank, Canadian-American Center Fellowship
2018 – Alex Rezk, Graduate Trustee Tuition Scholarship
2017 – Sarah Ebel, Susan J. Hunter Teaching Fellow
2017 – Sarah Ebel, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship
2017 – Jamie Haverkamp, Susan J. Hunter Teaching Fellow
2017 – Brie Berry, Graduate Trustee Tuition Scholarship
2016 – Sam Belknap, CLAS Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award
2016 – Kourtney Collum, CLAS Outstanding Graduate Student Award
2016 – Jamie Haverkamp, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship
2015 – Sam Belknap, Janet Waldren Doctoral Research Fellowship
2015 – Kourtney Collum, CLAS Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award
2015 – Sky Heller, Chase Distinguished Research Assistantship
Undergraduate Students:
2020 – Brittany Kucera, CLAS Outstanding Graduating Senior (International)
2017 – Adeline Schneider, CLAS Outstanding Graduating Senior
2016 – Hilary Warner-Evans, CLAS Outstanding Graduating Senior
2014 – Ariel Bothen, CLAS Outstanding Graduating Senior