All students are mentored by Anthropology Department faculty. However, not all students are Anthropology majors or minors. Also, some theses count for non-Anthropology departments.
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Jenna Blair | Katherine Goldberg | The Process of Decolonizing Museum Collections Through Repatriation and Community Involvement |
| Dalton Bridges | Magdalena Stawkowski | Atomic Utopia: Nuclear Power at the Oconee Power Station in Seneca, South Carolina** |
| Caitlyn Caulfield | Jennifer Reynolds and Dillon Ludemann (Second Reader) | Serial Killer Representation and Popularization in Online Media* ** |
| Alexander Gregg | Jennifer Reynolds | English-Spanish Interpreter Mediated Interactions and Translations in a Medical Setting* |
| Celeste Johnson | Joanna Casey and Katherine Goldberg (Second Reader) | Humanity's Fate: An Analysis of Speculative Human Evolution in Literary Fiction |
| Faith Mathis | Joanna Casey | Close Encounters of the Egyptian Kind: Turn of the Millennium Egyptomania through Pop Culture and Film* |
| Hailey Sanders | Katherine Goldberg (Second Reader) | Challenging Corporate America and Consumerism: Patagonia Redefines the Traditional Business Model |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Joshua Corning | Monica Barra (Second Reader) | The Cleanest Line: Patagonia Inc. and Stories of Branded Nature |
| Sydney Hampton | Monica Barra | Superfund and Society Benumbed: An In-depth Look at Environmental Justice in South Carolina |
| Julian Owens | Katherine Goldberg (Second Reader) | The Role of Fear in American Executive Decision-Making during the Cold War** |
| Anna Gray Morales |
Jennifer Reynolds (Second Reader) and Katherine Goldberg (on Committee) |
Conceptualizing and Capturing Diverse Definitions of Energy Across Societies** |
| Jakob Miller | Jennifer Reynolds (Director) and Magdalena Stawkoski (Second Reader) | Secrecy, Conspiracy, and the Media During the CIA-Contra Affair** |
| Andrew Krawczyk | Eric Jones | Bringing Private Artifact Collections into the Light: The Past, Present, and Future of Archaeological Collections** |
| Skyler Yakes | Sharon DeWitte | Validity of Transition Analysis 3 Using Individuals of Known Ages* |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Emily Babb | Monica Barra (Second Reader) | Moving Beyond Traditional Oil Narratives: Understanding Indigenous Identity and Oil Impacts Through Kichwan Perspectives and Everyday Encounters in the Upper Ecuadorian Amazon |
| Emily Serveiss | Monica Barra (Second Reader) | Zero Waste Movement |
| Laura Wellons | Sherina Feliciano-Santos | Spirit Possession in Afro-Caribbean Religions* |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Hannah Bauer | Courtney Lewis | The Efficacy of Political Apology within a Settler-Colonial Framework** |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Kinsey Besser and Kaleigh Lingman | Magdalena Stawkowski | “When I Do Fail, I Feel Like a Moron”: An Account of Imposter Syndrome Among the University of South Carolina Honors College Students** |
| Ashley Fellers | Timothy Mousseau and Magdalena Stawkowski | The Health and Environmental Effects of Ionizing Radiation in Chernobyl** |
| Spencer Hardwick | Magdalena Stawkowski and Sandy Strick | Death of a Beer Salesman: How Changing Consumer Tastes are Shaking Up the Beer Industry** |
| Tiffany Peacock | Kimberly Simmons | African American Hair and Beauty: Examining Afrocentricity and Identity through the Reemergence and Expression of Natural Hair in the 21st Century |
| GraceAnne Stokes | Joanna Casey | Linguistic Capabilities of Neanderthals** |
| Richard Strater | Jennifer Reynolds | Learning English in Querétaro, México* |
| Kiersten Weber | Karen Smith and Gail Wagner | The Mysteries Engraved: A comparative analysis of Late Archaic Decorated bone pins recovered from the Southeastern Coast of North America |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Lakisha Belizaire | Sherina Feliciano- Santos | “Wings or Shackles?”: The role of language varieties on the success of public figures in South Carolina* |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Paige Kuester | Sherina Feliciano-Santos (Reader) | What does it take to be authentic?: A study of vegan discourse** |
| Nicole Phillips | Sherina Feliciano-Santos | Narrative Analysis of Neo-Pagan experiences in South Carolina* |
| Benjamin Youngblood | Jennifer Reynolds | Unheard Voices of Latino Immigrants in the Midlands** |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Andrea Mikes | Carlina de la Cova | Sri Lankan Civil War: Genocidal Proceedings of the Sinhalese Government in the Ethnic Cleansing of Tamils* |
| Patrick Nebel | Joanna Casey | Sending a Point: Message Arrow Potential** |
| Laharee Parikh | Carlina de la Cova | Gazing Through the Ghungat: The Cultural History of Kathak and Its Influence on Women, Bollywood, and the India Diaspora in the United States** |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Ramona Angus | Terrance Weik | An Exploration in Persistence of Identity During Chickasaw Removal* |
| Zakiya Collier | Sherina Feliciano-Santos | Power and Production in the Palmetto State: Hegemonic Discourse and Silencing in the Construction of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movement Narratives in the South* |
| Georgia Froman | Kathryn Luchok and Jennifer Reynolds | Views of Relationship Between Physicians and Midwives** |
| Ja'Qor Goodwin | David Simmons | African American Students and the Environment: A Narrative Autoethnography |
| Breton Huntly | Carlina de la Cova | Hidden Violence: An examination of intimate partner violence among London’s lower class: 1800-1899* |
| Anita Lehew | Adam King | ETOWAH - Attacked and Sacked* |
| Anne Monk | Jennifer Reynolds | Liminality, Communitas, and the Freshman Experience* |
| Lane Smith | Sherina Feliciano-Santos | Perceptions of Islam Among University Political And Social Organizations* |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Connor Brunson | David Simmons | Perceptions of Healthcare in Housing Secure and Insecure Populations in the Southeastern United States |
| Katherine Carter | Charles Cobb | The Temple Mound: Re-envisioning Chronology and Function of Mound F on the Angel Site (12VG1) |
| Natalie Kendall | Adam King and Terrance Weik | First Man Masks from Etowah and Spiro* |
| Lauryn Lehman | Kenneth Kelly | Zooarchaeological Analysis of Sites 38CH2105 and 38CH2106, James Island, South Carolina** |
| Lauren Magley | Teel Evans and Gail Wagner (Second Reader) | Training a Horse with the Intent of Selling** |
| Tara Smith | Terrance Weik | Cosmic Flight in the Night Sky: A Hypothesis on the Relationship between the Olmec Flyers and Astronomy |
| Gregory Wehrman | Carlina de la Cova | Status and Health Indicated by Enamel Hypoplasia in 17th-19th Century London* ** |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Allison Atchley | Joanna Casey | The Biface technology of the Kintampo people (LSA 3000-4000 bp) at the Birimi Site in Northern Ghana* |
| Sonia Coshal | Gail Wagner | Cane Projectiles: A Review* |
| Sarah Nowell | Joanna Casey | Faunal Remains from Fort Congaree, South Carolina* |
| Joseph Wilkinson | Joanna Casey | Archaic Beveled Points from the Kolb Site, Darlington Co., South Carolina* |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Marc Guest | Drucilla Barker | Gay Male Power Structures: Negotiating Gay Male Leadership within Queer Communities |
| Sonja Berling | Jennifer Reynolds | Discourse Practices in Chilean Cinema: The social and political functions of language in cinema regarding the 1973 coup d’état in Chile* |
| Hillary Hudson | Drucilla Barker | Not Your Grandma's Knitting Circle: Knitting in the New Millenniumk |
| Rachel Jones | Terrance Weik | From Slavery to Emancipation: Piecing Together Everyday Life on Witherspoon Island |
| Claudia LaBarre | Carlina de la Cova | Locating Cannibalism on St. Croix: Shedding Light on Cultural Practice* |
| Colin Partridge | Terrance Weik | Uncovered Messages: An Analysis of Glass Bottles from Witherspoon Island* |
| Adam Snyder | Carlina de la Cova | Cultural Associations of the Banjo in America** |
| Ashley Stepp | Joanna Casey | Storage Activities at the Kolb Site* |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Maria del Busto | Jennifer Reynolds | Street Children of Braziland Columbia: A Comparative Study (Latin American Studies Program) |
| Karen Drexeius | Gail Wagner | Middle and Late Archaic Occupation at the Bluelands Site, Kershaw County, South Carolina* |
| Brandon Green | Ann Kingsolver | Participatory Development: Creating a Sustainable Future for Those in Need, with a Particular Focus on Haiti |
| Chelsea Goldstein | Marc Moskowitz | Eyes of Ethnology: Visual Markers of the Impact of the Shaxi Rehabilitation Project and the Resulting Tourism on Conceptions of Identity, Ethnicity and Nationality in Sideng, Shaxi, China |
| Joseph Johnson | Terrance Weik | Analysis of Class in Early Twentieth Century Downtown Columbia* |
| Zachary McClendon | Jennifer Reynolds | Weighing an Elephant: Language Socialization in a Heritage Language Classroom* |
| Sydney Pullen | Jennifer Reynolds | “Hago mis Canciones”: The Creation of a Mexican Musician Identity as a Means of Countering** |
| Kristen Walczesky | Gail Wagner | Analysis of Faunal Remains from the Kolb Site (38DA75), Darlington County, South Carolina* |
| Amanda Williams | Health-Related Quality of Life and Religiosity Among Lupus Patients in the Gullah Community | |
| Jacob Zarich | Terrance Weik | The AK-47 as a cross-cultural symbol** |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Joshua Driscoll | Terrance Weik | Understanding Evidence of Religion in Roman Period Bethsaida* |
| Sarah Hipp | Marc Moskowitz | Nebulous Needling: The Transmission of Chinese Medicine in the United States (Asian Studies Minor) |
| Allison Inglis | Jennifer Reynolds | Sociolinguistic Analysis of Wine Bar Talk: Constructions of Identity and Performance** |
| Natalie Kerouac | David Simmons | The Consumption of Social Capital, Influences of Geography, and Their Effects upon the Psychology of Ontological Security: Indexicalization of Self-Identity within a Globalized World* |
| Janet Newton | Jennifer Reynolds | Fresas: Social Identification of Elite Mexican Youth** (Latin American Studies Program) |
| Jessica Silvaggio | David Simmons and Kimberly Simmons | Healing Systems and Herbal Treatments in Santiago, Dominican Republic** |
| Sarah Skinner | Laura Cahue and Jennifer Reynolds | An Anthropological Study of the Narratives of Professionals Required to Perform Death Notifications* |
| Matthew Snider | Maimuna Huq | Change and Re-affirmation: Cultivating a Muslim Identity at an American University |
| Jeffrey Swatkowski | Gail Wagner | The Technology and Techniques Used to Cut Mica in Mississippian Society in Central South Carolina |
| James Wheelan | Marc Moskowitz | Misuse of the Welfare System in Beijing China and the Chinese Concept of Semi-Legality (Asian Studies Minor) |
| Christopher Young | Joanna Casey | Petrographic Analysis of Rhyolite from the Kolb Site |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Pamela Badura | Gail Wagner | Institutional Barriers in Sustaining the Natural World* |
| Megan Daley | Kimberly Simmons | A Photographic Memoir of My European Mini-Tour** |
| Brionna Dickerson | Kimberly Simmons | The Outsider within: From Slavery to the First Lady** |
| Margaret Roseen | Ann Kingsolver | Business thesis focusing on Wal-Mart vs. Local businesses and consumer views** |
| Jeffrey Swatkowski | Gail Wagner | The Technology and Techniques Used to Cut Mica in Mississippian Society in Central South Carolina* |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Stacey Burgin | David Simmons | The importance of primary health care for the United States** |
| Margaret McWhorter | Gail Wagner | The Late Woodland Component at the Concrete Block Site (38KE192) in Kershaw County, South Carolina** |
| Marcus Vaught | David Simmons | Undertaking medical missions in the Dominican Republic: Investigating motivations, obstacles, and best practices** |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Chanda Cooper | Gail Wagner | Botanical Knowledge Among South Carolina Elementary School Students** |
| Mica Jenkins | Ann Kingsolver | Sweatshops and USC’s Sweat-free Campaign** |
| Erika Heimbrook | Joanna Casey | Analysis of Kintampo Ceramics** |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Melissa Ann Tucker | Karl Heider | Voyaging Education Programs in Hawai’i: Their Significance for Native Hawaiian Students** |
| Nicholas Younginer | Karl Heider | Kibbeh and Collards: Lebanese Immigrant Identity in South Carolina Before and After 9/11 |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Laura Hayden | Gail Wagner | Landscape Design for the Courtyard Between Hamilton and Barnwell Colleges** |
| Ashley Marie Vaughan | Gail Wagner | What is a Vegetable? Function and Fuzziness in American English** |
Student |
Advisor |
Thesis Title |
| Stephanie Rae Walker | Gail Wagner | A New Archaeological Site at Old Town Creek (38KE271): A Mississippian Town Along the Wateree River in Kershaw County, South Carolina** |
* = DURT (Departmental Undergraduate Research Track)
** = Honors (Graduated with Honors from South Carolina Honors College)