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Graduates of the StFX Department of Anthropology Past graduates of the StFX Department of Anthropology have included:
I graduated from the
St.FX Honours Anthropology Program in May 2008. Upon
graduating I had the
opportunity to work as a student researcher on the summer 2008 Rio
Parita Archaeological Project in Central Panama, directed by Dr.
Mikael Haller. Through this experience I was able to get a taste of
true archaeological research and fell in love with t
Ashley DeYoung
graduated from the StFX Anthropology Program in May 2008 with first
class honours. While at StFX, her taste for travel, experiencing new
cultures, and
Meghann Jack graduated from the
StFX Anthropology Honours Program in May 2008. Her research
interests and professional goals lie within the world of
museums. During the summer of 2008, she worked as a Collections
Assistant at Sherbrooke Village,
Kenzie Jessome graduated from the StFX Anthropology Honours Program in 2008. Since graduating, Kenzie has participated in archaeological excavations in Central America with an international and multi-institutional team of researchers seeking to
provide insight on formative trends in early socially complex
societies. His Honours Thesis at StFX entitled, An Examination of the
Balsería and The Nature of Overproduction in Central Panamanian Chiefly
Societies [available at- http://people.stfx.ca/mhaller/Jessome%20Thesis.pdf],
provided Kenzie with an opportunity to further pursue his geographical and
topical research interests and excellent training to become a team member of
Proyecto Arqueología Rio Parita (PARP). In September 2008, Kenzie enrolled
in the Master’s Anthropology Program at the University of British Columbia in
Vancouver B.C. At UBC he studies archaeological and anthropological theory and
is preparing for his upcoming fieldwork for his MA Thesis which will explore and
test material correlates of wealth and status in pre-conquest Panama. He will
be conducting independent archaeological excavations of a small site that dates
as early as AD 550, near the modern town of Llano de la Cruz, Panamá. He
currently holds positions as Anthropology Councillor to the
Graduate Student Society as well as a University Instructor Assistantship.
After encouragement from my
Anthropology professors to pursue an honours degree, in my final
year I completed a thesis on the Canadian Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, in the context of the Indian
Residential School Settlement Agreement, from an anthropological
perspective. I didn’t know it at the time, but this work was not
only a significant milestone in my academic life, but a stepping
stone towards gra
I graduated from
StFX in 2007 with an honours degree in anthropology and a subsidiary
in the interdisciplinary studies of aquatic resources. Although this
was not initially the degree I intended to get at StFX, the subject
matt Alison Brown graduated with an Honours BA degree in Anthropology in 2006. Here is her story.
During the time leading up to graduation, I knew that I wasn't going
to immediately pursue a Masters in Anthropology, mainly because I
didn't know what direction I wanted to take. I was always interested
in the medical/nutritional/health side of Anthropology but still
felt I needed some time away from school to collect my thoughts. I
had a burning passion to travel after graduation, fuelled by the
desire to gain some first hand world and cultural experience;
something I had read so much about in Anthropology.
I graduated from the anthropology
program at StFX in 2006, during which time I had the opportunity to
be exposed to numerous branches of the discipline, and eventually
took an interest in the field of medical anthropology. This led me
to pursue an honors
Lauren
Scannell graduated from StFX in 2006 with first class honours in
Anthropology and International Development Studies. She became
interested in coffee, development issues, globalization and the
search
Aaron's focus at StFX was Cultural Anthropology and
International Development. Following his undergrad in 2001,
Aaron completed a 6 month internship through the Coady
Internation Jane graduated from the Honours program in Anthropology with the Reverend Frank Mifflin Award. Her experiences at StFX set the foundation for a successful graduate career and enabled her to receive entrance scholarships at Dalhousie, a Killam Fellowship and a SSRHC doctoral fellowship at UBC, and numerous other academic awards. Jane McMillan is currently the Canada Research Chair - Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Communities in the department of Anthropology at St. Francis Xavier University. She is a legal anthropologist with a specialization in Indigenous law. Her recent works explore the impact of colonization on traditional law ways of the Mi’kmaq of eastern Canada and their contemporary community responses to legal issues. As one of the original litigants in the SCC Marshall decision, she has been following with special interest the significant cultural changes that have occurred in Mi’kma’ki as a result of the renewed recognition of treaty and Aboriginal rights. Jane’s current research includes: Netukulimk – a project examining resource regulation and sovereignty; Aboriginal Family Violence – creating meaningful community responses to intimate violence; Artisan Cooperatives – exploring the social economy in Mi’kmaq culture; and Law and Governance in Gespe’gewa’gi. Having recently learned to surf, Jane is hoping to conduct future research on dispute management and wave etiquette in surfing cultures. |
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archaeology
were met with full force. Following a university-affiliated
culturally enriching exchange to the Ancient Mayan Region of Mexico,
the anthropology program at StFX provided her the opportunity to
pursue her studies in Latin American archaeology. Her honours thesis
explored ancient mortuary traditions and social organization in the
Coclé Region of Central Panama. Her undergraduate research prepared
her for the summer of 2008, where she participated as a researcher
in the Rio Parita Archaeology Project, located in Central Panama.
The Anthropology Program at StFX has provided her with both a sound
knowledge base, and the practical experience that has propelled her
into the Master’s Program in Anthropology at the University of
British Columbia in Vancouver. She is set to continue to work with
the Rio Parita Archaeology Project and further expand on her
interest in the realm of Ancient Panamanian mortuary studies. In the
summer of 2009, she will be conducting field work in mortuary
contexts in Central Panama which will provide the basis for her
Master’s thesis research.
er
and professors in the anthropology program were exceptionally
engaging. They helped me to work out how I could pursue my interests
in cultures and their relationships with the environment around
them. I had the opportunity in my undergraduate degree to write an
honours thesis, in which I was able to do original research,
combining my interests in both aquatic resources and
anthropology. In this thesis, I examined shellfish use in the Rio
Parita valley of Panama. 
thesis
in my final year of study that investigated how women from various
cultural groups living in Canada relate to and understand HIV/AIDS.
Upon graduation, the learning gained through completing my degree
and thesis, my continued passion for and interest in medical
anthropology, combined with my desire to use my degree in a
practical way led me to pursue my current studies in nursing at StFX.
I feel my anthropology degree has been vital in helping to prepare
me as a future healthcare worker practicing within the diverse
Canadian context, by highlighting the importance of cultural
awareness and the benefits of implementing culturally sensitive
care. Cultural influences permeate all aspects of health from
influencing one’s access to health care services, to perceptions of
health, illness, and healing, which often dictate the organization
of client care and client health outcomes. My anthropology degree
has been integral in guiding me as a nursing student in the
understanding of these issues, and is a wonderful complement to my
current studies, that I am certain will continue to have a positive
impact on my future nursing practice. 
for
alternative possibilities. Standing in a café, a consumer can
choose their coffee by region, type, roast, brewing method, label or
certification. The drink has percolated into Western daily life,
stimulating a cosmopolitan coffeehouse culture. For her BA thesis,
advised by Dr. Susan Vincent, Lauren investigated the relationship
between fair trade coffee and consumer choice. She then when to
Dalhousie University and finished her first MA in 2007 in Social
Anthropology. Lauren continued to research fair trade coffee and
moved up the commodity chain to study specialty coffee retailers.
She analyzed how the relationships, practices, institutions and
ideas that link the fair trade movement’s specialty roasters,
retailers and consumers can enable these individuals to imagine they
are part of a global social force that stands opposed to the
traditional coffee industry. Her research was primarily on
coffeehouses in Halifax and the Specialty Coffee Association of
America Conference in Long Beach, California where she was able to
experience the social life of coffee. Lauren was awarded the Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholarship and is currently finishing an MA in
International Development Studies at the University of Auckland in
New Zealand. 
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