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About Erica Kowsz

Erica is a anthropologist and filmmaker, interested in cultural heritage & archaeological practice, the semiotics perspectives in cultural anthropology, political and legal anthropology, and comparative indigenous studies. She is currently pursuing her PhD in the Anthropology Department at UMass Amherst. In addition to research and coursework, she is the editorial administrator for the journal Heritage & Society. She is also participating in the Anthropology Department’s European Field Studies program, in it’s current iteration as the NSF-funded Cultural Heritage in European Societies and Spaces (CHESS) program.

Positions

January 2016 - March 2016 Visiting Scholar, UiT The Arctic University of Norway ‐ Center for Sami Studies
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March 2014 - December 2016 Editorial Administrator, University of Massachusetts Amherst ‐ Heritage & Society (academic journal)
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August 2011 - June 2012 Fulbright Visiting Researcher, Simon Fraser University ‐ Archaeology
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

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Honors and Awards

  • Accepted to NSF #IIA-1261172 Cultural Heritage in European Societies & Spaces (CHESS) Program ($8,000)
  • UMass Amherst Anthropology Dept. Woodbury Award (for conference travel $500)
  • UMass Amherst Anthropology Dept. Pre-Dissertation award (for summer research, $3000)
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship #1451512 ($32,000/year stipend for 3 years)
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention 2013
  • University of Massachusetts Graduate School Fellowship ($16,000, tuition waiver)
  • Fulbright Grant to Canada ($15,000), Visiting Research at Simon Fraser University Dept. of Archaeology
  • Beinecke Scholarship, ($30,000) for graduate study from the Sperry Fund

Education

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April 2015 - Present PhD Student, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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September 2012 - March 2015 MA, University of Massachusetts Amherst ‐ Department of Anthropology
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September 2007 - May 2011 BA, Hamilton College
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