Lead PI
Dr. Sean Bruna – Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology
Current Members
- Daniel Hargrave, PhD. Candidate, U. of South Florida (committee Member)
- Tyler Stodola, MA Candidate, U. of North Texas (committee member)
- L. C. Osadchuk, M.A. Candidate, Cultural Anthropology – Covid-19 Isolation Strategies Among Disabled People
- Samantha Whalen, M.A. Candidate, Cultural Anthropology – Experiences with Surrogacy
- Rhiannon Joker, M.A. Candidate, Cultural Anthropology – Latinx Idioms of Distress in Clinical Encounters
- Jessica Paredes Strong, M.A. Student, Cultural Anthropology – research in development
- Temika Johnson, M.A. Student, Cultural Anthropology – research in development
- Sandra Andress, M.A. Student, Cultural Anthropology – research in development
- Bassma Al-Nighashi, 4th Year, Sociology – Composition of Editorial Boards of Anthropology Journals
- Jennie Adler, 4th Year, Anthropology – Recreational Drug Use Among College Students: Dabs
- Caitlin Millard, 4th Year, Honors – Queering The Birth Experience: Examination of Obstetrical Practice
- Kate Amos, 4th Year, Honors – Genetic Gift Giving
- Krista Schafte, 4th Year, Honors – Intergenerational Trauma and Obesity
Active Alumni and Affiliate Members
- Cori Knight, PhD., University of California, Riverside
- G McGrew, PhD., Chemistry, Western Washington University
- Peter Miterko, M.A. 2017 (Lab Alumni)
- Tori Bianchi, B.A., 2018 (Lab Alumni), MSc, Anthropology, Cabrillo College
- Hoku Rivera, B.A. 2021 (Lab Alumni); University of Hawai’i
Collaborators
- Yeon Yu, PhD., Applied Anthropology Lab, Western Washington University
- Heather Fullerton, PhD., Department of Biology, College of Charleston
- Emilio Bruna, PhD., Department of Tropical Biology, University of Florida
Lab K-9s
- Hunch the Service Dog Osadchuk, BA in Olfaction Notification, Post-Graduate Fellowship in Team Building
- Aengus The Irish Wolfhound (2011 – 2020), Landscaping, BA; Osteology, PhD. Awarded Posthumous Emeritus status March 2020.
Lab Alumni (whose committees Dr. Bruna Chaired)
2020 | Jones, Matia. Ethnography of Urban Food Policy: Increasing Food Sovereignty in Bellingham, Washington .WWU Graduate School Collection. – Awarded WWU Fund for the Enhancement of Graduate Research |
2019 | Martin, Cecilia. “The Amukura Water Project: Utilization of Photovoice to Examine Water Use and Needs in Western Kenya.” WWU Graduate School Collection. – Awarded WWU Fund for the Enhancement of Graduate Research – WWU Outstanding Graduate Award – Employed at full time parenting in Europe |
2018 | Bianchi, Tori. “Gender Discrepancy in Asexual Identity: The Effect of Hegemonic Gender Norms on Asexual Identification”. WWU Honors Program Senior Project. |
2017 | Miterko, Peter. “Community within Single-Site Permanent Supportive Housing: Perspectives and Experiences from Staff and Residents at St. Mary’s House.”WWU Graduate School Collection. – Awarded WWU Fund for the Enhancement of Graduate Research – WWU Outstanding Graduate Award – Employed at Northwest Youth Services – Publication: “Resident identified strengths and challenges of project-based permanent supportive housing program implementation in a small metropolitan county”, Housing and Society, DOI: 10.1080/08882746.2020.1818049 |
2016 | Miller, Isabel Ramos. “Reworking the Structure of Sexual Education Sessions at Western Washington University”.WWU Honors Program Senior Project. |
2016 | Stephenson, Megan. “Video Education For Nutritional Management Of Type 2 Diabetes In A Rural, Multiethnic Community In Molokai, Hawaii.” (2016). WWU Graduate School Collection. 484. – Awarded WWU Fund for the Enhancement of Graduate Research – WWU Outstanding Graduate Award – Employed at Unity Care NW |
Please view my CV for a complete list of lab alumni.