Alumni Q & A with Jad Brake
Dr. Jad Brake earned his PhD in Medical Anthropology in November 2023. We took a minute to catch up with him to find out what he has been up to since graduation. Q: Tell us about what you have been up to since graduation A: In November 2023, I graduated from the Department of Anthropology […]
Eloise Spitzer (BA ’63) Receives Honorary Law Degree
UBC Anthropology alumna Eloise Spitzer (BA ’63, LLB ’76), is being recognized with an honorary law degree from the University of Victoria on June 12, 2024. Now retired, Spitzer has had a diverse career in private practice, consulting, public service, and the not-for-profit sector, has significant experience in criminal law, Indigenous and First Nations rights, […]
Emily Leischner Receives Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Fellowship
Anthropology alumna Emily Leischner (Ph.D, 2023) was awarded the 2023-2025 Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative Career Pathways Fellowship with the American Philosophical Society. This two-year fellowship supports postdoctoral scholars at any stage of their careers who would like to pursue a research project and also develop or advance their professional skills in collections care […]
Bendi Tso Receives Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Stanford
Congratulations to Anthropology Alumna, Bendi Tso (Ph.D. 2023) who began a post doctoral fellowship with Stanford University in 2024. Tso is part of Stanfords Global Studies Centre for East Asian Studies. As a sociocultural anthropologist working on borderlands, nationalism, ethnicity, and oral traditions in China, Tso’s scholarship draws on ethnographic approaches to study China’s ethnic […]
Evan Koike wins postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University
From August 1, Evan Koike will be a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University. While at Harvard, he will be transforming his dissertation into a book manuscript for publication and will be updating his research with new information about shifting Japanese gender roles and familial relations during the pandemic […]
Diana Marsh
Dr. Diana Marsh is currently an Assistant Professor of Archives and Digital Curation in the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies. Dr. Marsh earned her PhD from UBC in 2014. I met with her in March of 2021 to talk about her work in museum and archival studies, and about her career so far. […]
Dr. Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan
Dr. Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University in Ottawa. She is an alumna of the University of British Columbia, having earned her PhD in 2012. I sat down with her to discuss her latest book, a graphic novel, Gringo Love: Stories of Sex Tourism in […]