Grants / Awards

Oswald Werner Prize for Distinguished Honors Thesis in Anthropology

All anthropology seniors who are working on an honors thesis are eligible for the Oswald Werner Prize for Distinguished Honors Thesis in Anthropology. This prize was established in 1998 to honor the many research, teaching, fieldwork training and administrative contributions of Professor Emeritus Oswald Werner, faculty member for 35 years in the Department of Anthropology. Professor Werner was Chair from 1978-1983 and 1987-1989, Founder and Director of the Northwestern University Ethnographic Field School, and an ardent supporter of undergraduate research.

2011 Oswald Werner Prize for Distinguished Honors Thesis in Anthropology:

RACHEL SUNMI KOH

“Who is Authorized to Define a Woman? How Narratives Influence Post-Operative Gender Identity in Chilean Hysterectomy Patients"

JUNZI SHI

“Tooth Loss and CRP Positively Predict Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Adult Filipino Women”

2011 Friends of Anthropology Distinguished Honors Thesis in Public Anthropology:

EMILY CAITLIN WRIGHT

“Cultivating Community: Urban Gardens in Chicago’s Humboldt Park Neighborhood”

MORGAN ELIZABETH HELLER

“Infected and Affected: Examining the HIV/AIDS Experience of Patients and Family Members in Kampala, Uganda through Photovoice”

2010 Oswald Werner Prize for Distinguished Honors Thesis in Anthropology:

LACEY BETTE CARPENTER

“Household Cloth Production: A Study of Spindle Whorls in Context from the Classic Period Oaxaca Valley, Mexico”

ELENA REBECCA PINSKY

“Where the Streets Have a Name: Exploring Identity Formation and the Authenticity of Popular Culture in Buenos Aires’ Carnaval”

2010 Friends of Anthropology Distinguished Honors Thesis in Public Anthropology:

KARINA ANN WALKER

“Help Wanted?: Exploring the Relationship between Street Youth and their Service Providers in Cochabamba, Bolivia”

2009 Oswald Werner Prize for Distinguished Honors Thesis in Anthropology:

ASHWIN A. KOTWAL

“Physical and Psychological Health of First and Second Generation Turkish Immigrants in Germany”

ELIZABETH ANN HENLEY

“Representation of Absence in a Rural Landscape: A Multi-Generational Oral History of Leaving and Returning to El Oro”

2009 Friends of Anthropology Distinguished Honors Thesis in Public Anthropology:

EMILY MARTHA EISENHART

“’Coming Out’ in the Courtroom: Performing LGBT Identity in the Space between U.S. Asylum Policy and Practice”