Faculty & Staff

Faculty Honors


Maurizio Albahari

  • Elected Faculty Fellow, The Nanovic Institute for European Studies (2008)

Susan Blum

  • Became Full Professor of Anthropology (2009)

Agustin Fuentes

  • Became Full Professor of Anthropology (2008)

  • Named Director, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame (2008)

  • Named Assistant Editor, Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research (2008)

  • Named to Editorial Board, Yearbook of Physical Anthropology (2008)

  • Served as Guest member of the American Anthropological Association Committee on Ethics (2008)

Ian Kuijt

  • Received the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, CSC Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2009)

Daniel Lende

  • Recipient of the 2009 Rodney F. Ganey, Ph.D., Community-Based Research Award

James McKenna

  • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Ceremony February 12, 2009, Chicago, Illinois). (2008)
  • Invited Life Member, Center For the Advancement, Research and Training In Anthropogeny, University of California, San Diego, Department of Biological Sciences and the Salk Institute. (2008)

  • Selected by University of Notre Dame student body to give the inaugural “Last Lecture Series ” Nov 12th. (2008)

  • Anthropology in the Media Award. Presented By the American Anthropological Association “in recognition of outstanding contributions to Anthropology through successful communication of anthropology to the general public through the media." (2008)

  • Sheedy Award For Excellence in Teaching, Arts and Letters  Highest single honor for excellence in teaching given by College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame. (2008)

  • Edmund P. Joyce C.S.C. Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching University of Notre Dame. (2008)

Carolyn Nordstrom

  • Carolyn's book Global Outlaws: Crime, Money, and Power in the Contemporary World (Los Angeles, California: Berkeley, University of California Press, 2007), recieved an award from the Society for Economic Anthropology in 2008.

Mark Schurr

Deb Rotman

  • Received an Alumni Achievement Award from the College of Arts and Letters at Western Michigan University in October 2008 for her work promoting undergraduate research: Western Michigan University: Alumni Spotlight

  • Elected to the Standards Board for the Register of Professional Archaeologists (2009-2011)