Awards and Engagements


Association of Black Anthropologists Graduate Student COmmittee MEmber

2019 - Present

National science foundation graduate research Fellowship Program Awardee

2018 - Present

Invited Panelist for “Culture in the Carceralocene: a three Part community forum on artistic practice and InJustice” organized by Lydia Y. Nichols and the Foundation for Louisiana

September | 2020


Invited Speaker for The University of Pennsylvania’s Climate Week at Penn 1.5* Climate Lecture Series

September | 2020

Maris Jones, Ph.D. Student in Anthropology and Africana Studies "Ain’t I a Student? Fieldnotes From the Frontline" September 23, 2020 The 1.5* Minute Climate Lectures return as part of Climate Week at Penn. Professors and leaders from across the University unite in a series of virtual lectures to sound the alarm about the climate emergency, to call for large-scale climate action, and to share a vision of constructive and comprehensive response. *The maximum amount the average temperature can rise in order to avoid the worst consequences of global warming is 1.5°C. We’re already past 1°C. Visit the series website: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/climate-1point5 Visit the 1.5 Minute Climate Lecture video library: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6262886

Invited Speaker for the Alice Paul Center’s Environmental Feminisms Opening ROundtable at the University of PEnnsylvania

September | 2020

Roundtable participant for “Changing Climates and Cultural Vulnerability for Indigenous Communities Today” at the 2019 American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting

November | 2019