Spicer Travel Awards

February 1, 2020

Society Announces 2020 Edward H. and Rosamond B. Spicer Travel Awards

The Society for Applied Anthropology is pleased to announce the results of the Competition for the Edward Spicer Travel Awards for 2020.  The two awardees are Molly Green and Amanda Stolz.  Each will receive a travel scholarship of $500 to offset the expenses of attending the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society in Albuquerque, NM, March 17-21, 2020.

Molly Green will present her paper, Mobilizing “Climate Smart Agriculture” to Create Equitable Communities: The Case of Women Farmers in Cauca, Colombia on Thursday, March 19.  Ms. Green is currently a graduate student in Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Amanda Stoltz will present her paper, Resilience and Red Tide on the Florida Gulf Coast: Insights from Oral Histories on Friday, March 20.  Ms. Stoltz is a Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Studies at University of California Santa Cruz.

The Spicer Travel Awards commemorate the lifelong concern of Edward H. and Rosamonde B. Spicer in furthering the maturation of students in the social sciences. The Spicer Family provided generous support to endow these travel scholarships that are available each year.

Please contact the SfAA Office for additional information.  A more detailed biography of each of the awardees will be featured on the SfAA website.