Past Field Research Fellows
2024
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| Aidan Marler | B.A. Graduate, University of Colorado, Boulder | Out of Eternal Ice: Understanding Mongolia’s high mountain herders and Inner Asian connections through glacial archaeology | Video Coming Soon |
| Attyat Mayans | PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Boston University | Middle Class Aspirations in Urban East Asia | Video Coming Soon |
| Conny Zhao | M.A. Graduate, New York University | Musical Centers and Peripheries: A Multi-Region Study of Mongolian Long Song | Video Coming Soon |
| Purevdulam Enkhbat | Recent M.S. Graduate, University of Minho, Portugal, and current M.S. Student, University of Alaska, Anchorage | Analysis of Timber Decay in Mongolian Historic Monasteries with Timber Structural Elements | Video Coming Soon |
| Jean Caldieron | Associate Professor of Architecture, Florida Atlantic University | Sustainable Urban Development Initiative for the Geers Districts of Ulaanbaatar: Addressing Rural Migration and Informal Settlements | Video Coming Soon |
2019
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| Abigail Golden | Ph.D. Candidate Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution & Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University | Tracking the River Wolf: habitat needs and home range size of Hucho taimen, the largest salmonid in the world | See Video |
| Asa Cameron | PhD Student, Department of Anthropology, Yale University | Crafting the nomadic state: Isotopic perspectives into pastoral practices and mobility in Mongolia from the Late Bronze Age through the Xiongnu Period. | See Video |
| Mary Lonsdale | First-year PhD student in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University | The Mongolian record of environmental change during early animal evolution | See Video |
| Emily Smith | Assistant Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Other affiliations: Faculty Fellow, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution NMNH | The Mongolian record of environmental change during early animal evolution | No Video |
| Jennifer Farquhar | PhD Candidate, Anthropology Department University of Pittsburgh | Human-Environment Interactions: The Role of Foragers in the Development of Mobile Pastoralism in the Desert-steppe Region of Mongolia. | See Video |
| Emily O’Dell | PhD Research Scholar in Law and Islamic Law and Civilization Research Fellow Abdallah S. Kamel Center for the Study of Islamic Law and Civilization Yale Law School | Muslims in Mongolia: Islamic Identity and Practices Among Kazakhs, Refugees, and Converts | See Video |
| Shuree Enkhbold | Doctoral Student, University of Arizona. Piano Teacher, Owner, Shuree Piano Studio LLC | Mongolian Piano Music: Fusion of Classic and Folk styles in the piano works of Sharav | See Video |
| Undrah Baasanjav | MondayAssistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | News Resources and Information Credibility for Educational, Media and Not-for-Profit Organizations in Mongolia | See Video |
| Jennifer Molchan | Undergraduate student at Western Kentucky University | Ceramic Analysis in the Khanuy River Valley | See Video |
2017
| Alex Diener | Associate Professor of Geography, Interim Director of the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies | Assessing Impacts of Axial Development in Mongolia |
| Ulrich Kamp | Professor of Geography, University of Montana | Melting Ice and Rising Lake Levels? The impact of Climate Change on Glaciers and Lakes in the Mongolian Altai Mountains |
| Caleb Pan | PhD Student, Geography, University of Montana | Towards understanding the interaction between glaciers and lakes in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia |
| Ryan Burner | PhD Candidate, Ecology, Louisiana State University | Climate change and grazing regimes: ecosystem effects in Hustai National Park |
| Jessica Madison | PhD Candidate, Anthropology, UC-Santa Cruz | Golden Mountain, Iron Heap: Landscape, Empire, and the Poetics of Extraction in Eastern Mongolia |
| Matthew Fuka | PhD Student, Anthropology, Perdue University | Gender and activity patterns in Early Iron Age Mongolia: An analysis of entheseal remodeling and osteoarthritis among the Xiongnu |
| Charlotte D’Evelyn | Visiting Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University | Regional Fiddles and Folksongs in Mongolia |
| Abigail Golden | PhD Student, Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers University | Can we sustainably fish for endangered species? A case study of the Mongolian fishery for taimen, the largest salmon in the world |
2016
| Jean Hatcherson | Post-Doctorate (PhD or Faculty) | In Their Own Words: The Impact of Tourism on Dukha Reindeer Herders in Mongolia |
| Katie J. Niemeyer | Graduate (masters or Pre-dissertation) | Peri-Urban Pastoralism in Mongolia: Challenges and Recommendations |
| Peter James Bittner | Graduate (masters or Pre-dissertation) | Mongolian Herders and Climate Change: An Interactive Documentary Short Film |
| Scott Parker | Graduate (masters or Pre-dissertation) | Street Children in Ulaanbaatar: Examining the Condition of Mongolia’s Most Vulnerable |
| Lauren Peruffo | Graduate (masters or Pre-dissertation) | Health evaluation of endangered saiga antelope |
| Leslie D. Joynes | Post-Doctorate (PhD or Faculty) | Higher Education in the Arts Mongolia: Building a platform for mutual understanding, cooperation and US-Mongolian scholarship. |
| Nancy A. Nix | Post-Doctorate (PhD or Faculty) | Increasing Strategies for Local Food Security in Peri-Urban and Rural Areas of Mongolia |
2009
| Julia Clark | PhD Student, University of Pittsburgh | Khoton Lake-Biluut Petroglyph Complex | Richard D. Kortum, Associate Professor of Humanities, East Tennessee State University |
| Tuul Myagmardorj | Masters Student, Missouri State University | The Status of Educational Leadership in Selected Mongolian Schools | Scott B. Wegner, Professor, Department of Counseling, Leadership and Special Education, Missouri State University |
| Brandon Krumwiede | Masters Student, Univ. of Montana | Water Resources and Climate Change in Mönkh Khairkhan National Park, Western Mongolia | Dr. Ulrich Kamp, University of Montana |
| Leland L. Rogers | PhD Student, Indiana University | Genetics, Ancestry and Kinship Among the Mongols of the Northern Khangai | Frederika Ann Kaestle, Assistant Professor, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, IUB Department of Biology, Indiana University |
2008
| Geoffrey Aung | Columbia University | Negdel Echoes: Rural Herding Cooperatives and Development Discourse in Post-2001 Mongolia | L. Munkh-Erdene, Professor, Department of Anthropology, National University of Mongolia |
| Enkhjargal Adiya | University of Pittsburgh | Gender Equity in Access to Higher Education in Mongolia | John C. Weidman, Chair, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies in Education, University of Pittsburgh |
| Batkhishig Baival | Colorado State University | The Role of community-based Pastureland Management in Building Social and Ecological Resilience of Rural Mongolian Communities | Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Associate Professor, Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University |
| Annika Eriksen | University of Arizona | The Impact of Development on Mongolian Herders’ Risk Management Strategies | Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Associate Professor, Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University |
| Natalie King | University of Pittsburgh | Khanuy river Valley Project: A Study of Soil Composition of Late Bronze Age Settlements | Jean-Luc Houle, PhD Candidate, Co-Director of Khanauy River Valley Project |
| Khongorzul Mendbayar | National University of Mongolia | Dukha Reindeer Herder Health Survey | Sas Carey, Life Energy Healing School |
2007
| Catherine Tsuji | PhD Program, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara | Religion and Identity in Modern Mongolia | Vesna Wallace, Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, UCSB |
| Dari Jigjidsuren | PhD Program, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Evaluation of Parent Training Projects in Mongolia | Patsy Pierce, Associate Director for Early Childhood Research and Practice, UNC at Chapel Hill |
| Richard Maxwell | PhD Program, Geology and Geography Department, West Virginia University | The Influence of Climate and Human Land Use on Fire History near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Baatarbileg Nachin, Department of Forestry Head, National University of Mongolia |
| Angelica Braun | M.A. Program, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University | The Reverse Gender Gap in Mongolian Education | Tsetsegjargal Tseden, Lecturer of Cultural Anthropology, National University of Mongolia |
| Andrew Padilla | Undergraduate, Gettysburg College | Monuments and Their Relation to Pastoral Subsistence | William Honeychurch, Visiting Scientist, Smithsonian Institute |
| Kevin Nolan | Undergraduate, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University | Economic Activity Creation in Mongolia: The Impact of Culture | Kristie Seawright, Associate Professor of International and Public Management, BYU |
| Patrick Lawrence | Undergraduate, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences Department, Montana State University | Analysis and Restoration of Rangelands in the Darhad Valley, Mongolia | Cliff Montange, Soil Science Professor, Montana State University |
| Byambagerel Suren | PhD Program, Tree Ring Laboratory, National University of Mongolia | Growth Patterns of Trees and Regional Climatic Anomalies with Insect Outbreaks in Past Centuries | Gordon Jacoby, Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University |