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Richard Randolph Award

The Richard Randolph Award is an essay competition based on field or lab research. It has been named after Emeritus Professor Richard Randolph in recognition of his invaluable role as a founding member of the UCSC Anthropology Department and his leadership in starting the UCSC Anthropology Graduate Program. Open to UCSC archaeology, cultural, and physical anthropology graduate students.

This essay should be of publishable quality and follow the American Anthropologist guidelines. The award will be based on the overall quality, rigor, and originality of the work and on demonstration of effective field or lab practice. Essays will be peer-reviewed by the Richard Randolph Award Committee.

Previous Winners

2008 Conal Ho The “doing” and “undoing” of community: Chinese society in Ghana
Jun Sunseri In Defense of Homescape and Hearth:
Multi-scalar identity practices of an Indo-Hispano buffer settlement in Spanish Colonial Northern New Mexico
2007 Eunice Blavascunas Ecological Gaps: Radzilow and the Zapust Festival
2006 Bahiyyih Watson Reasoning the Technogenic Turn in Morocco
2005 Megan Moodie Eyeing Women’s Resources: The Magic of Microcredit in Jaipur District, Rajasthan
2004 Joanie McCollom Behind the Wheel: The Experience of Driving in Kuala Lumpur and Beyond
2003 Lieba Faier Trails of Stories: Filipinas Who Run Away
2002 Tim Choy Articulated Knowledges: Expertise, Translation, and the Politics of Trash