M.S. Museum and Field Studies, University of Colorado, 2005
M.A. Anthropology, University of Colorado, 2004
B.A. Anthropology, Hamilton College, 2000

Supervisor: Dr. John Barker

Memberships:
American Anthropological Association
International Society for Anthrozoology

Current Projects:
Dissertation fieldwork on the cultural attitudes and practices of re-schooling ex-Thoroughbred racehorses in Kentucky’s Bluegrass region.

Critical animal studies / anthrozoology, globalization, postcolonialism, space and place, museum studies, Tibetan studies, North American ethnography.

• 2010  Riding Against the Winds of Forced Change? Elucidating the Tibetan-Horse Relationship Under the Rule of the People’s Republic of China. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, November.
• 2009  Darjeeling Rocks: Of Postcolonial Hangovers, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Identity Politics in the Eastern Himalayas. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Anthropology Society / American Ethnological Society, May.
• 2008  Racing the Silence-scape: An Investigation of Tibetan Protests at the 2007 Horse Festival in (Lithang) Litang, PRC. Paper presented at the Department of Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, University of British Columbia, March.
• 2007  Cowboy Up: Exploring Horse Festivals in Eastern Tibet as Tourist Destinations. Paper presented at the conference on economic change in Tibet sponsored by the Institute for Asian Research, University of British Columbia, October. Scoggin, Tamar, with Lisa Tamiris Becker, Losang Gyatso and Carole McGranahan.
• 2007  Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art. Boulder: CU Art Museum.