Graduate Degrees Awarded in Anthropology
at the University of Hawai'i

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MA PhD

MAs - 2000 to 2009

The M.A. degree provides a thesis and non-thesis option. 
The latter requires a defense of three papers.

Name Year Chair Thesis Topic
Cecelia Baza 2009 Tengan Non-Thesis
Chalita Bundhuwong 2009 Sponsel Non-Thesis
Shanna Clinton 2009 White Non-Thesis
Ruth Craft 2009 Arno Ito-Itak: Ethnography of a Marshallese Jino and Her Helping Networks in Diaspora
Shawn Fehrenbach 2009 Stark Traditions of Ceramic Technology: An Analysis of the Assemblages from Angkor Borei, Cambodia
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Chris Filimoehala 2009 Hunt Non-Thesis
Jeffrey Fong 2009 Pietrusewsky Non-Thesis
Piphal Heng 2009 Stark Non-Thesis
Melissa Ka'akau-Delizo 2009 Bayman Non-Thesis
Soojin Kim 2009 Bilmes Non-Thesis
Daniel Terry 2009 Bayman Non-Thesis
Kelley Uyeoka 2009 Bayman Non-Thesis
Pamela Runestad 2008 Etkin Non-Thesis
Aggy Stevens-Gleason 2008 Tengan Non-Thesis
Tomoko Mochihara 2008 Blake Non-Thesis
Katherine Suzuki 2008 Blake Tuberculosis in Polynesia: A Discussion of its Occurrence Before Initial European Contact
Kelli Swazey 2008 White

Carrying Culture and Re(Creating) Nation through Christianity: Minahasan Culture and Identity in Transnational Indonesian Churches in New England

Ashley Vaughan 2008 White Non-Thesis
Shawn Barnes 2007 Hunt Non-Thesis
Sandra Barrier-Heinz 2007 Young-Leslie Non-Thesis
Cyril Calugay 2007 Stark Non-Thesis
Eric Cunningham 2007 Sponsel Non-Thesis
Valerie Curtis 2007 Graves Non-Thesis
Patricia Fifita 2007 Tengan Non-Thesis
Lucia Lasso De Paulis 2007 Sponsel Non-Thesis
Sean Naleimaile 2007 Hunt Non-Thesis
Krittiyowadee Pongpanich 2007 White Non-Thesis
Timothy Rieth 2007 Hunt

A Radiocarbon Chronology for Samoa: An Application of a Chronometric Hygiene Protocol to Examine Initial Colonization and the "Dark Ages"

Nicole Valcour 2007 Etkin Non-Thesis
Aslam, Feriyal 2006 White Non-Thesis
Davis, Mark 2006 Etkin Obesity
Rabitor, Benjamin 2006 Griffin Authenticating Practice: Global Trends and Local Traditions in Cambodian Islam
Toleno, Robban 2006 Sponsel Tea Gardens and Tea Plantations: Understanding How Hani Villagers Evaluate Their Place in the Landscape of Xishuangbanna, China
Claus, Catherine 2006 Sponsel Non-Thesis
Furnish, Naomi 2006 Blake Non-Thesis
Hansen, Lauren 2006 Blake Non-Thesis
He, Jifang 2006 Blake Non-Thesis
Mintmier, Melanie 2006 Rolett Non-Thesis
Stephen, Jesse 2006 Graves Non-Thesis
Barnett, Theodore 2005 Etkin End-of-Life Decision Making in the Intensive Care Unit: Effect of Ethnicity and Gender
Esh, Kelley 2005 Hunt Human Impacts on Hawaiian Birds: Analysis of Avifauna
Spitler, Rachel 2005 Arno  
Vu, Tu Anh Thi 2005 Blake Non-Thesis
Richardson, Claire 2005 Etkin Non-Thesis
Commendador, Amy 2005 Hunt Measuring Variability in Pehistoric Stone Construction on Rapa Nui, Chile
Nguyen, Thao Cong 2005 Sponsel Non-Thesis
Nooksuk, Wannasarn 2005 Stark The Significance of Peninsular Siam in the Southeast Asian Maritime World During 500 BC to AD 1000
Richardson, Claire 2005 Etkin Non-Thesis
Hirano, Daisuke 2005 Sponsel Non-Thesis
McNaughton, Pamela 2005 Arno Non-Thesis
Morrison, Alexander 2005 Hunt Non-Thesis
Spoon, Jeremy 2005 Etkin Non-Thesis
Abbott, Jon 2004 Etkin We Call Them Weeds: The Interrelations Among Culture, Identity, Taxonomy, and Policy in the Interpretation of Introduced Plants in Hawai`I
Bodemer, Margaret B. 2004 Blake Non-Thesis
Malmstrom, Carl 2004 Yano Non-Thesis
McGrath Jones, Jill 2004 Etkin Non-Thesis
Cauchois, Mickaelle-Hinanui 2004 Graves Non-Thesis
Splain, Thomas E. 2004 Howard Non-Thesis
O'Leary, Owen 2004 Hunt Non-Thesis
Ru, Hung-Yu 2004 Etkin Non-Thesis
Luna, Regina G. W. 2003 Sponsel Non-Thesis
Mikulanec, Jacce S. 2003 Hunt Non-Thesis
Ramirez, Vickie E. 2003 Etkin Non-Thesis
Adams, Jeffrey 2003 Griffin Non-thesis
Genz, Joseph 2003 Finney Non-thesis
Hayashi, Corey 2003 Sponsel Non-thesis
Kikiloi, Scott 2003 Graves Non-thesis
May, Melissa 2003 Etkin The forest for the trees? The political ecology of three carbon sink reserves within southern Brazil's Atlantic coastal forest
McElroy, Windy 2003 Graves Variability in Poi Pounders from Kaua'i Island, Hawai'i
Perry, Lahela 2003 Graves Non-thesis
Acabado, Stephen 2003 Griffin Land Use and Agricultural Intensification: A GIS-Based Analysis of the Ifugao Landscape, Northern Philippines
Jirattikorn, Amporn 2003 White Non-thesis
Lee, Rachel 2003 Etkin Non-thesis
Maibala, Baulon 2003 White Non-thesis
McMillan, Heather 2003 Etkin Non-thesis
Morton, Michah 2003 Sponsel Non-thesis
Busch, Jessica N. 2002 Etkin The Way of Choju: Consuming longevity in a rural Japanese town
Shepardson, Britton L. 2002 Hunt Non-thesis
Vora, Kalindi A. 2002 Yano Miss India USA 2001: Flexible Practices and Creative Culture in the Indian Diaspora
Funahashi, Daena A. 2002 Etkin Non-thesis
Katsuno, Hirofumi 2002 Yano Non-thesis
Pigliasco, Guido C. 2002 Arno Non-thesis
Sprague, Thomas H. 2002 Pietrusewsky Non-thesis
Ledward, Brandon C. 2001 White Non-thesis
Lindahl, Sofia U. 2001 Etkin Non-thesis
McDermott, Matthew J. 2001 Hunt The Historical Ecology of Coastal Kihei, District of Kula, Maui

Spock, Margarita L

2000

Bilmes

Non-thesis

Tengan, Ty P.

2000

White

Non-thesis

Bollt, Robert J.

2000

Rolett

Marquesan Warfare

Escott, Glenn G.

2000

Griffin

Non-thesis

Eyre, Peter J.

2000

Stark

Non-thesis

Kinoshita, Gaku

2000

Yano

Non-thesis

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