{"id":1018,"date":"2023-03-24T15:19:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T22:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/?page_id=1018"},"modified":"2023-04-19T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T23:10:14","slug":"2023-graduate-student-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/2023-graduate-student-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 &#8211; Graduate Student Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anna Jordan selected to receive Dissertation Fellowship Award<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/3206\/2023\/03\/Anna-Jordan.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Jordan.\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" width=\"199\" height=\"167\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The WSU Graduate School awarded Anna Jordan, a graduate student with the Department of Anthropology, with a Dissertation Fellowship Award.\u00a0 She was one of three doctoral candidates selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nine-month fellowship provides the candidates with financial support to complete their dissertation uninterrupted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan is pursuing her doctoral degree in cultural anthropology, focusing on exploring psychological anthropology, as it relates to post-imprisonment life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is a wonderful honor to be selected as a recipient,\u201d she said. \u201cI am deeply grateful for the support and recognition of what I believe is important research.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan\u2019s dissertation delves into the everyday experiences of formerly incarcerated adults living in Los Angeles. Her goal is to explore and understand ethical dilemmas rooted in post-prison life as they pertain to a changing political and social environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn a cultural moment where addressing longstanding issues of inequality, underrepresentation, and oppression is ever more important, I hope my work can help to diversify anthropological theory and contribute to a more nuanced understanding of life after imprisonment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeannette Mageo, professor of anthropology, was Jordan\u2019s dissertation chair. Mageo, who <a href=\"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/2023-in-memoriam-dr-jeannette-mageo\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1050\">died unexpectedly<\/a> in February 2023, said Jordan\u2019s love of the theory, her initiative, and her concern for her subject population are distinctive characteristics of her dissertation research.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Jordan selected to receive Dissertation Fellowship Award<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1132,"href":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1018\/revisions\/1132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthro.wsu.edu\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}