G&A graduate students present at AAA conference in New Orleans
From November 19 through 23, 2025, 13 G&A graduate students shared insights on their ongoing research at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association held in New Orleans. Congratulations to all for contributing to the success of the event!
Kelvin Asare 鈥淎rchaeological Exploration of Nsakye Through Co-creation and Community Engagement鈥

Alex Broussard 鈥淓xcavating Open Spaces and Buildings to Discover Ancient Activities at the Ancient Maya Salt Works of Chok Ayin, Belize鈥
Judas Cote 鈥淩itualized Hormone Replacement Therapy: Transgender Religious Movements and American Alchemy鈥
Evannrue Cox 鈥淚nequity Pre- and Post-Mortem, An Interdisciplinary Panel on Necroviolence鈥; 鈥淗ow it lingers: the cultural adoption of disaster aesthetics鈥
Hannah Derouen 鈥淐hallenging Gender and Queer Normativity in Collegiate Softball: A Preliminary Study鈥

Aliya Godoy 鈥淎trapado en Limbo: Fronteras, Anthropologists, and Translation in Contexts of the Missing and Unidentified at the Mexico-US Border鈥

Charlotte Jones 鈥淐rafted in Fire: Cattle Brands as Artifacts of Ethnogenesis in Frontier Louisiana鈥
Miles Jordan 鈥(Re)Engaging Art-Based Research: The Power of Dual Creative/Anthropologic Orientations for a More Innovative and Applied Anthropology鈥; 鈥淰isual Reclamation and Dispossession: Photography, Disaster, and Gentrification in Post-Katrina New Orleans鈥
Sarah Miller 鈥淓xcavating an Ancient Maya Salt Kitchen at Ch鈥檕c Ayin, Belize鈥

Benjamin Moss 鈥淪kull Taphonomy of Burials in England鈥
Joseph Petersen 鈥淎ssembling Experience: An Archaeological Case Study from the Ancient Andes鈥
Kashif Rustamani 鈥淕hosts of Hurricane Ida: Resilience and Renewal in Five Finger Bayou Communities, Southeast Louisiana鈥

Skyler Yakes 鈥淎ging Out: Transformation of the Gymnastics Bodymind and the Shifting Structures of Support in College Athletics鈥
