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Students receive 2019 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Awards

6/3/19

The Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge has selected the winners of its 2019 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Awards, funded by the M. G. Whiting Endowment for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledge. Applicants must be Penn State students planning to conduct research related to an approved topic for an undergraduate capstone course, honors thesis topic, master’s or doctoral thesis, or similar.

Megan Griffin, headshot — winner of 2018 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Award

2018 Whiting Award recipient Megan Griffin to present first talk in series

3/14/19

Penn State graduate student Megan Griffin, 2018 recipient of the Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Research Award, will present her research on April 1. In her talk, titled “What is Sacred in Food Sovereignty Research,” Griffin will explore the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of sovereignty in agro-biodiversity conservation research. The talk is the first in the series of Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research presentations for spring 2019.

McDonie Whiting Award Recipient Presentation flyer

2017 Whiting Award presentation to highlight Mesoamerican volcanic history

1/17/18

Megan McDonie, 2017 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Award recipient, will present a talk titled “En las faldas del volcán: Contested Territories Surrounding the Popocatepetl Volcano 1590-1617” at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, and on MediaSite.