2006-2007 Officers

Adrienne Witzel, President
awitzel@mail.utexas.edu

I am a Senior completing a double major in Anthropology and Religious Studies. My focus is primarily in the subdiscipline of Physical Anthropology. I have worked on several archaeological sites including the Gault Project and the mapping of a historic cemetery in Bastrop County. I spent the Summers of 2003 and 2004 traveling abroad. I am a four-year member of the Texas Archeological Society, and a current contributor to the eSkeletons Project. Upon graduation from UT in May 2007, I will complete a senior honors thesis which will include an analysis of the dentition in a prehistoric Native American population. I plan to pursue a graduate degree in Paleoanthropolgy in the coming years. (Personal Website)

Carrie Cunningham, Vice President
carrie_noel2499@mail.utexas.edu

I am a Senior Cultural Anthropology student with a focus on modern race and gender relations and a minor in English. I participated in paleontological field work under Chris Kirk during January of 2006 and I studied Language and Culture in Cordoba Argentina during the summer of 2006. Upon graduation in May of 2007, I intend to work and save towards traveling and pursuing anthropological graduate studies abroad.

Karina Alvarez, Secretary
karina-a@mail.utexas.edu

I am a junior completing a double major in Anthropology and Spanish. My concentration is Cultural Anthropology, especially in the Latin American region. I will be participating in the Belize Archaeological Project this summer of ‘07. I plan to work as a Spanish teacher after graduation in May 2008 in order to aid my graduate school funding before pursuing a graduate degree in Cultural Anthropology. Upon completing my graduate studies, I would like to volunteer with the Peace Corp for a few years.

Brianne Cryer, Treasurer
breebox2@mail.utexas.edu

I am a Senior Cultural Anthropology major with a concentration in feminist and queer theory. I studied language and culture in France summer of 2005 and am currently participating in ethnographic research and the writing of a thesis on the role of performance in the denaturalization of gender. After graduating May of 2007, I plan to take a year for “real world experience” (ie. academically relevant job/internship) before entering into graduate studies for Cultural Anthropology.

Lana Martin, Webmaster
shinycrazydiamond@yahoo.com

I am a fifth-year Senior in Anthropology with a focus in Archaeological Studies and Geography. I have worked on two Texas archaeological sites: the Stallings Ranch (41LR297) in Paris and the McNeil-Gonzales Ranch (41VT141) in Victoria. Currently I am researching and writing a senior honors thesis on the burial inclusions of the Crestmont site (41WH39), a prehistoric Texas inland coastal cemetery. After graduating in May 2007, I hope to pursue a career in CRM before continuing research on Texas Archaeology in graduate school. (Personal Website)

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