Research

Awards

The Department makes several annual awards, recognizing special achievements at all levels: undergraduate, graduate, faculty and alumni/friends. Nomination procedures are announced each year.

Distinguished Alumni Award

The Committee on Anthropological Connections with Alumni and Friends is charged with recommending potential Alumni Honorees, who may be B.A., M.A. or Ph.D. graduates of the department. Awardees have distinguished (1) in a career in anthropology or a related discipline, (2) in the practice of anthropology, or (3) in service to anthropology, to the public, or USF.

2024 Awardee - Lauren Johnson

Friend of Anthropology Award

The Friend of Anthropology Award is given upon occasion to a person, whether an anthropologist or not, who has own his or her friendship to the USF Anthropology Department through words and/deeds.

2024 Awardee - Jason Wilson

Undergraduate Achievement

The Patricia P. Waterman Award
The Waterman Award is presented to an Anthropology major for Outstanding Academic Achievement, as measured principally by GPA. It is named in honor of the late Associate Professor Pat Waterman, whose teaching ability was an inspiration to her students and colleagues.  

The Susan D. Greenbaum Diversity Leadership Award
The Greenbaum Award recognizes an Anthropology major who demonstrates leadership skills that foster the value of diversity and inclusion, and advance justice and equality in our community and society. It honors the work of Professor Emerita Susan D. Greenbaum, who worked to promote diversity and equality in her research, teaching, and service.

William H. and Anna K. Eigenbrod Anthropology Scholarship
This scholarship is for undergraduate Anthropology majors on the Tampa campus to pursue research in Asia. It is ideal for students who have plans to pursue further educational training based on research in Asia.

Graduate Achievement

The Michael V. Angrosino Research Achievement Award
This award, named in honor of Professor Emeritus Michael Angrosino, is presented to a doctoral student in Applied Anthropology in recognition of a superior research achievement.

The Linda M. Whiteford Research Achievement Award in Medical Anthropology
This award is presented to a graduate student (M.A., Ph.D., or Dual Degree) in Applied Anthropology in recognition of a superior research achievement in the area of health and medical anthropology. 

J. Raymond Williams Memorial Scholarship in Public Archaeology
This award, named in honor of the late Professor Ray Williams, consists of a two-year graduate assistantship at 10 hours per week and accompanying tuition waiver. The scholarship will be competitively awarded to a qualified student who is a member of a minority underrepresented in the archaeological profession.

2024 Awardee - Myriam Rodriguez 

Alvin W. Wolfe Scholarship in Applied Anthropology
This award, named in honors of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Alvin W. Wolfe is offered to an incoming M.A. student judged to have special potential for success in applied anthropology.

2024 Awardee - Mahir Rahman

The John S. Freeman Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded to deserving anthropology students in memory of John S. Freeman, who received his MA in Public Archaeology from our department posthumously in 2014.

2024 Awardee - Elizabeth Bews

The Kathryn M. Borman Research Achievement Award in Interdisciplinary Anthropology
This award, made in honor of Professor Emerita Kathy Borman, is presented to a graduate student (M.A., Ph.D., or Dual Degree) in Applied Anthropology in recognition of a superior research achievement that exemplifies interdisciplinary research and collaboration.

Coverdell Award

The USF Department of Anthropology and the U.S. Peace Corps offer the M.A. and Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology to Returning Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCV) as well as to returned volunteers of Peace Corps Response (PCR) and Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP) through the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program.

2024 Awardee - Caroline Stahley

Anthropology Faculty Mentor Award
The USF Applied Anthropology Graduate Student Organization (GSO) gives a Faculty Mentor Award annually to one anthropology faculty member in recognition of outstanding commitment to graduate anthropological education. Recipients are characterized by their passion for student success and their commitment to train and inspire the anthropologists of tomorrow.

Building Bridges for Diversity Travel Program

This program allows tenured or tenure-earning faculty in Anthropology to establish or strengthen existing partnerships (research or curricular) with minority-serving institutions of higher learning (e.g., HBCUs, HSIs), with the greater goal of enhancing the graduate programs in applied anthropology at USF. The program provides funding for travel to a host institution for the purpose of advertising the applied anthropology graduate programs and encouraging underrepresented students to apply. Up to $1000 is available annually, and applications can be submitted at any time. Applications should include a 1-2 page proposal outlining the nature of the relationship between USF and the host institution as well as specific activities that will be engaged during the travel period that will result in awareness about USF's graduate programs in applied anthropology. Successful proposals will make a clear case for the importance of the relationship and the expected returns on investment with regard to enhancing the diversity of the applied anthropology graduate programs. Please direct inquiries and applications to the USF Anthropology Committee on Diversity and Inclusion.