New Graduate Students
Andriana Bodrouk
BA in Anthropology, San José State University
Language Spoken: English
Interests: Travel, theme parks, hiking, photography, coffee, yoga, tarot, music, & history.
Area of Expertise: Cultural Anthropology
Past Research: The significance of immersion as both a way of play and a planned business model as exemplified by Disneyland and other companies in the entertainment industry; the effects of remote living during COVID-19 & future effects on socialization and interaction.
If you want to be a good archaeologist, you gotta get out of the library
– Harrison Ford
Caroline Ammon
BA in Anthropology, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Language Spoken: English and Turkish
Interests: Political Activism, Immigration, Intersectional Feminism, Critical Race
Theory, Indiginous Language Revitalization, Environmental Anthropology, Climbing,
Hiking, Yoga, Language, Food, Travel, Music, Good Coffee/Tea with Friends
Area of Expertise: I don't claim to have any yet
Past Research: Community-Driven Language Revitalization Efforts in North America: An Analysis of
Common Criticisms and the Role of Linguists
Kayla Taduran
BA in Anthropology/California State University, Fullerton
Language Spoken: English
Interests: Anime, Video Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Media Analysis, Video Essays, Online Communities,
Online Etiquette, User Experiences
Area of Expertise: Cross Culture Analysis, Anthropology of Sex and Gender
Past Research: Asian American Beauty Standards, Sexual Content Analysis of Netflix’s Never Have I Ever, The Effects of Gender Representation in Anime, Linear Regression Analysis of Food Stamp Benefits/Household Representative Age
Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it”- Donald Doyle, Red vs. Blue
Jackson Benz
BA in Cultural Anthropology from University of West Florida
Language Spoken: English
Interests: Environmental Anthropology, Qualitative Research Methods, Gender Performativity, Cultural Anthropology, Gardening, and Hiking
Area of Expertise: Disaster Anthropology and Crisis Management
Past Research: N/A
No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent a part of the main - John Donne
Rebecca Carmick
B.A. in Environmental Studies & Minor in Anthropology at San Jose University
Language Spoken: English
Interests: Environmental Anthropology, Ritual & Religion, and Ethnography
Area of Expertise: Climate Change, Agriculture, and Qualitative Research
Past Research: Post-wildfire Community in Vida, Oregon
...the most fun lies in seeing and studying the unknown.”
― Aldo Leopold
Alexandra Garcia
BA in Anthropology San Jose State University
Language Spoken: Spanish and English
Interests: Travel, music, surfing, hiking, sociocultural anthropology, urban anthropology
Area of Expertise: Sociocultural anthropology, physical anthropology, qualitative research methods
Past Research: N/A
I don't know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream
Cesar Villanueva
BA in Anthropology University of California, Santa Cruz
Language Spoken: English and Spanish
Interests: Food, Travel, Sports, Working out, and Video Games
Area of Expertise: Archaeology
Past Research: The Influential Factors Behind Aztec Food and Agricultural Practices
Anna Edmondson
BA in Human Geography, University of California, Berkeley
MA in Urban & Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
Language Spoken: English
Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Travel, Open Water Swimming , Narrative
History, Indigenous Studies, Writing, Immigrant Stories, Identity, Sailing, Activism,
Aesthetics
Area of Expertise: Geography, Strategic Planning, Communications, Interviewing, Academic Conference Coordination, Writing, Editing, Gardening, Training for Alcatraz
Past Research: Khmer Community Development in Modesto, Economic Development in Zimbabwe, NGO Impact
Assessment
There is a sense we are all each other’s consequences. - Wallace Stegner
Kiley Stokes
BA in Behavioral Sciences, San José State University
Language Spoken: English
Interests: Social Action, Environmental and Cultural Preservation, Community Resilience and
Organizing, Climbing, Photography, Bay Area Music and Art Communities, Garbology,
Wandering Cities
Area of Expertise: Cultural Anthropology
Past Research: Complex Social Pathways Leading to Homelessness in San José; Care Practices of SJSU Undergraduate Students in Relation to the SJSU Counseling Center
Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something. - Judith Butler
Cibella Gamma
BA in Sociology & Anthropology, Johnston Center for Integrative Studies, University of Redlands
Language Spoken: English and Japanese (adequately)
Interests: Folklore and Mythology, Mystery Novels, International Dramas, Art, Theology, KPOP,
Tea, Transnational Migrant Identity
Area of Expertise: Cultural Anthropology
Past Research: Sekentei culture of Japan, Buddhist Literary Traditions, socio-economic culture of Hong Kong, Thai Gender Identity
Brenna Wheelis
BA in Social and Behavioral Sciences, California State University, Monterey Bay
Language Spoken: English
Interests: Social History, Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Human and Faunal Osteology, Travel
Area of Expertise: Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Project Management
Past Research: Social and Architectural History of Mission San Juan Bautista, Maryknoll Rectory at Mission San Juan Bautista, 575 Benton Street Project, San Rafael Rock Quarry Cultural Resources Assessment
So it goes. - Billy Pilgrim.
