B.A. cum laude, with Honors in Anthropology (Bryn Mawr)
The M. Carey Thomas Senior Essay Prize for Distinction in Writing
Successful Grants and Fellowships
American Council of Learned Societies dissertation fellowship in Eastern European Studies, 1994, renewed for 1995. Fulbright-Hays grant for dissertation research, August 1992 to August 1993. IREX grant for dissertation research, August 1992 to August 1993. Finalist, Fulbright IIE competition (withdrawn), spring 1992. American Council of Learned Societies summer language training grant, for the study of Polish, summer 1991. Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (Department of Education) for graduate study in anthropology, September 1987 to June 1991. Century Fellowship (University of Chicago) for graduate study in anthropology, September 1987 to June 1991.
