See previous anthropology student winners for the following awards:
- C. Earle Smith, Jr. Award
- Hughes Prize
- Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award
- UA’s URCA Competition
- NAA Student Alumni Award
- NAA Outstanding Senior Award
- Krause Award
- Panamerican Consultants, Inc. Award
- DeJarnette Scholarship
- Maxwell Scholarship
- Knight Endowed Scholarship
- Milady Endowed Scholarship
- Cottier Endowed Scholarship
- Outstanding Research Awards
- Outstanding Service Awards
- Outstanding Thesis & Dissertation Awards
C. Earle Smith, Jr. Award
- 1987-88 David W. Forrest
- 1988-89 Jonathan Mark Clayton
- 1989-90 Timothy W. Clark
- 1990-91 Jennifer E. McGehee
- 1991-92 Ashley E. Saxon
- 1993-94 Kristi E. Taft
- 1994-95 Julie G. Markin
- 1994-95 Robert P. Dilley
- 1995-96 Joseph D. Sharp, Jr.
- 1996-97 Naomi Owaki
- 1998-99 Jennifer Stamp Pugh
- 1999-00 Emily Carol Bates
- 2000-01 Jeremy Fuller Blair
- 2000-01 Shannon D. Koerner
- 2001-02 Ashley C. Armstrong
- 2002-03 Jeffrey M. Brown
- 2003-04 Caroline F. Bolz
- 2004-05 Amy E. Hewitt
- 2005-06 Karen P. Wyatt and Matthew J. Mirachi
- 2006-07 Megan A. Batchelor
- 2007-08 Stephanie M. Cantu
- 2008-09 Rachel E. Cunningham and Rebecca A. Diehl
- 2009-10 Daniel Turner
- 2010-11 Carly James and Kayla Lisenby
- 2011-12 Kimberly Roy and Elizabeth Wilson
- 2012-13 Lauren Marsh
- 2013-14 Maryanne Mobley and Meghan Steel
- 2014-15 Melinda Carr and Jessica Mays
- 2015-16 Taylor Lawhorn and Amanda Oldani
- 2016-17 Hannah Smith
- 2017-18 Sommer Hollequist
- 2018-19 Adrienne Rife
- 2019-20 Grace Gleason
- 2020-21 Kendall Lloyd
Hughes Prize
- 2011-12 Ted Clay Nelson
- 2012-13 Maura Stephens
- 2013-14 Katie Moss
- 2014-15 Taylor Lawhorn
- 2015-16 Ashley Daugherty
- 2016-17 Wade Tidwell
- 2017-18 Madeline Anscombe
- 2018-19 Kayleigh Meighan
- 2019-20 Annie Meyer-Rasmussen
- 2020-21 Matthew Berger and Emily (Milly) McKenzie
Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awards
- 2005 Mandy Edwards (Mentor: Ian Brown)
- 2017 Hannah Smith, “A Decade of Rapid Change: Biocultural Influences on Child Growth in Highland Peru” (Mentor: Kathryn Oths)
- 2021 Emily (Milly) McKenzie, “Multiple Research Projects in the Field of Archaeology and Archaeobotany” (Mentor: Katherine Chiou)
UA’s Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity Competition
- 2009 Rachel E. Cunningham, Second Place
- 2018 Kayleigh Meighan (Mentor: Lesley Weaver), First Place; Jennifer Fourroux, Kira Yancey, and Christopher Lynn (Mentor), Third Place
- 2021 Emily (Milly) McKenzie (Mentor: Dr. Elliot Blair), First Place
National Alumni Association Alumni Student Award
- 2018 Sommer Hallquist
National Alumni Association Outstanding Senior Award
- 2021 Emily (Milly) McKenzie
Krause Award
- 2007-08 Amanda Regnier
- 2008-09 Sarah Szurek and Cameron Lacquement
- 2009-10 Katy Grove
- 2010-11 Jera Davis
- 2011-12 Henri-Francios Dengah
- 2012-13 Daniel A. LaDu
- 2013-14 Erik S. Porth
- 2014-15 Paul N. Eubanks
- 2015-16 Jessica Kowalski
- 2016-17 Max Stein
- 2017-18 Lynn Funkhouser
- 2018-19 Jenna Hurtubise
- 2019-20 Nikki Henderson
- 2020-21 On pause [COVID]
- 2021-22 Larry Monocello
Panamerican Consultants, Inc. Award
- 1994 Scott Meeks
- 1995 David Morgan
- 1996 Robin Beck
- 1997 Robin Beck and Virgil “Duke” Beasley
- 1998 Virgil “Duke” Beasley
- 2000 Keith Little
- 2001 Brad Lieb
- 2002 Jennifer Myer
- 2003 Amanda Regnier
- 2004 Laura Brown Wood
- 2005 Ashley Dumas
- 2006 Cameron Lacquement
- 2007 Casey Barrier
- 2008 Erin Phillips
- 2009 Erin Phillips
- 2010 Daniel LaDu
- 2011 Jeremy Davis
- 2015 Rachel Briggs
- 2016 Paul Eubanks
- 2017 Ted Clay Nelson
- 2019 Claiborne Sea
- 2020 Allison Smith
DeJarnette Scholarship
- 1994-95 Hyla Lacefield
- 1995-96 Robyn Astin
- 1996-97 Kevin Schatte
- 1997-98 Judith Giles
- 1998-99 Matthew D. Gage
- 1999-2000 Scott Hammerstedt
- 2000-01 Amanda Regnier
- 2001-02 Jennifer Myer
- 2002-03 Steve Barry
- 2003-04 Cameron Lacquement
- 2004-05 Pamela Johnson
- 2005-06 Cameron Lacquement
- 2006-07 Claire Nanfro
- 2007-08 Jeremy Davis
- 2008-09 Erin Phillips
- 2009-10 Claire Thompson
- 2010-11 Erin Phillips
- 2011-12 Erik Porth
- 2012-13 Petrina Kelly
- 2013-14 Rachel Briggs and Ted Clay Nelson
- 2014-15 Paul Eubanks and Kareen Hawsey
- 2015-16 Lynn Funkhouser and Jessica Kowalski
- 2016-17 Jenna Hurtubise
- 2017-18 Ashley Stewart
- 2018-19 Camille Morgan
- 2019-20 Michael Fedoroff and Claiborne Sea
- 2020-21 On pause [COVID]
- 2021-22 Cynthia Hannold and Steven Filoromo
- 2022-23 Cynthia Hannold, Clara Alexander, and Joseph Dober
Maxwell Scholarship
- 2014-15 Max Stein
- 2015-16 Greg Batchelder
- 2016-17 Courtney Andrews and Mirjam Holleman
- 2017-18 Nikki Henderson and Lessye DeMoss
- 2018-19 Rob Else
- 2019-20 Kohl Dothage
- 2020-21 On pause [COVID]
- 2021-22 Amanda Guitar
- 2022-23 Arianna Injeian
Knight Endowed Scholarship
- 2017-18 Ted Clay Nelson
- 2018-19 Kareen L. Hawsey
- 2019-20 Elizabeth Brazelton
- 2020-21 On pause [COVID]
- 2021-22 Cynthia Hannold
- 2022-23 Dana Moot
Milady Endowed Scholarship
- 2017-18 Nicole Henderson
- 2018-19 Kohl Dothage
- 2019-20 Avery McNeece
- 2020-21 On pause [COVID]
- 2021-22 Kathleen Jackson
- 2022-23 Rabeya Khatun
Cottier Endowed Scholarship
- 2019-20 Allison Smith
- 2020-21 On pause [COVID]
- 2021-22 Michael Fedoroff
- 2022-23 Claiborne Sea
Outstanding Research by a Masters Student, College of Arts and Sciences
- 2001 Matthew Gage, Ground Penetrating Radar and Core Sampling at the Moundville Site (Faculty Advisor: Jim Knight)
- 2002 Ashley Dumas, Archaeology of the Original Tabasco™ Factory, Avery Island, Louisiana (Faculty Advisor: Ian Brown)
- 2003 Jennifer Myer, Among the Fields: Mississippian Settlement Patterns in the Black Warrior Valley (Faculty Advisor: Jim Knight)
- 2005 Christine Newkirk, Social Class and Food Knowledge in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil (Faculty Advisor: Bill Dressler)
- 2006 Laura Minnich, Cultural Models of HIV AIDS in Trinidad (Faculty Advisor: Bill Dressler)
- 2011 Daniel Mullins, Problems and Prospects for a Cognitive Science of Religion: Minimal Counter-Intuitiveness, Epistemic Congruency, Sex, and Context in the Epidemiology of Cultural Representations in South India (Faculty Advisor: Michael Murphy)
- 2015 Achsah Dorsey, Selected Successors: An Investigation of the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis in Mwanza, Tanzania (Faculty Advisor: Jason DeCaro)
- 2021 Dillon Patterson, The Agency of Ibogaine: Emic Understandings of a Grassroots Psychiatry in Mexico (Facuty Advisor: Christopher Lynn)
Outstanding Research by a Masters Student, University of Alabama
- 2001 Matthew Gage, Ground-Penetrating Radar and Core Sampling at the Moundville Site (Faculty Advisor: Jim Knight)
- 2003 Jennifer Myer, Among the Fields: Mississippian Settlement Patterns in the Black Warrior Valley (Faculty Advisor: Jim Knight)
- 2005 Christine Newkirk, Social Class and Food Knowledge in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil (Faculty Advisor: Bill Dressler)
- 2006 Laura Minnich, Cultural Models of HIV AIDS in Trinidad (Faculty Advisor: Bill Dressler)
- 2011 Daniel Mullins, Problems and Prospects for a Cognitive Science of Religion: Minimal Counter-intuitiveness, Epistemic Congruency, Sex, and Context in the Epidemiology of Cultural Representations in South India (Faculty Advisor: Michael Murphy)
- 2015 Achsah Dorsey, Selected Successors: An Investigation of the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis in Mwanza, Tanzania (Faculty Advisor: Jason DeCaro)
- 2021 Dillon Patterson, The Agency of Ibogaine: Emic Understandings of a Grassroots Psychiatry in Mexico (Facuty Advisor: Christopher Lynn)
Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student, College of Arts and Sciences
- 2016 Paul N. Eubanks, Salt Production in the Southeastern Caddo Homeland (Faculty Advisor: Ian Brown)
Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student, College of Arts and Sciences
- 2023 Emily Locke
Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student, University of Alabama
- 2023 Emily Locke
Outstanding Thesis Award, College of Arts and Sciences
- 1990 Chen Hsin Lo, Ritual and Community in a Southern Town (Faculty Advisor: Michael Murphy)
- 1991 Agneta Johannsen, Applied Anthropology and Post-Modernist Ethnography (Faculty Advisor: Michael Murphy)
- 1993 Billy J. Grantham, Modern Buqata and Ancient Qasrin: The Ethnoarchaeology of Cuisine in the Golan Heights (Faculty Advisor: Brian Hesse)
- 1995 Amy Knight, The Effects of Modernization on Blood Pressure in Samoan Men and Women (Faculty Advisor: Jim Bindon)
- 1996 David Morgan, Culture Change and Contact: Prehistoric to Historic Chickasaw Settlement Patterns in Lee County, Mississippi (Faculty Advisor: Ian Brown)
- 1997 Lynette Nyman, Purity, Pollution, and Power Among Rom Women in a Southern Polish Town (Faculty Advisor: Michael Murphy)
- 1998 Vanessa Fuller, Physician Characteristics and Patient Patterns in Prenatal Care (Faculty Advisor: Kathryn Oths)
- 1999 Robin A. Beck, The Burke Phase: Late Prehistoric Settlements in the Upper Catawba River Valley, North Carolina (Faculty Advisor: Jim Knight)
- 2002 Stacy McGrath, An Ethnohistorical, Archaeological, Osteological and Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of a Nineteenth-Century African American Cemetery: A Methodological Case Study (Faculty Advisor: Jim Bindon)
- 2005 Meredith Jackson, Conflicting Imperatives in Pregnancy: To Feed the Fetus or Stay Thin (Faculty Advisor: Kathryn Oths)
- 2006 Sarah Szurek, Social Identity and Food Choice in a Southeastern Community (Faculty Advisor: Kathryn Oths)
- 2008 Amanda Regnier, An Examination of the Social Composition of Late Mississippian Towns in the Alabama River Valley through Ceramic Styles (Faculty Advisor: Jim Knight)
- 2009 Katy Groves, Differences in Disordered Eating Behavior Between Sorority and Non-Sorority Women (Faculty Advisor: Kathryn Oths)
- 2016 Johnna Dominguez, ‘Nice Ink, Man’: A Biocultural Mixed Methods Approach to Tattooing as Costly Honest Signaling Among Southern Women (Faculty Advisor: Christopher Lynn)
- 2017 Nicole Henderson, Connections Between the Folk Psychiatry of Addiction and Levels of Attributed Stigma (Faculty Advisor: William Dressler)
- 2020 Cayla Colclasure, Examining Change, Persistence, and Variation in the Role of Invertebrate Fauna in Mission-Era Guale Foodways on St. Catherines Island, GA (Faculty Advisor: Elliot Blair)
- 2021 Wade Tidwell, Archaeological Investigations of Magnetic Anomalies in the Northern Settlement Area at Actuncan, Belize (Faculty Advisor: Lisa LeCount)
- 2022 Olivia Radcliffe, The Ones Left Behind: The Social Determinants of Health in an Aging Population in the Northern Peruvian Highlands (Faculty Advisor: Kathryn Oths)
Outstanding Thesis Award, University of Alabama
- 1990 Chen Hsin Lo, Ritual and Community in a Southern Town (Faculty Advisor: Michael Murphy)
- 1991 Agneta Johannsen, Applied Anthropology and Post-Modernist Ethnography (Faculty Advisor: Michael Murphy)
- 1996 David Morgan, Culture Change and Contact: Prehistoric to Historic Chickasaw Settlement Patterns in Lee County, Mississippi (Faculty Advisor: Ian Brown)
- 2020 Cayla Colclasure, Examining Change, Persistence, and Variation in the Role of Invertebrate Fauna in Mission-Era Guale Foodways on St. Catherines Island, GA (Faculty Advisor: Elliot Blair)
- 2021 Wade Tidwell, Archaeological Investigations of Magnetic Anomalies in the Northern Settlement Area at Actuncan, Belize (Faculty Advisor: Lisa LeCount)
- 2022 Olivia Radcliffe, The Ones Left Behind: The Social Determinants of Health in an Aging Population in the Northern Peruvian Highlands (Faculty Advisor: Kathryn Oths)
Outstanding Dissertation Award, College of Arts and Sciences
- 2008 Amanda Leigh Regnier, An Examination of the Social Composition of Late Mississippian Towns in the Alabama River Valley through Ceramic Styles (Faculty Advisor: Jim Knight)
- 2009 Ashley Dumas, The Role of Salt in the Late Woodland to Early Mississippian Transition in Southwest Alabama (Faculty Advisor: Ian Brown)
- 2010 Toni Copeland, Poverty and Sickness Among Women in Nairobi, Kenya: Cultural Models of Managing HIV/AIDS in the Absence of Biomedical Treatment (Faculty Advisor: Kathryn Oths)
- 2014 Henri Francois Dengah, Finding Success and Health through God: A Study of Cultural Models and Health Among Brazilian Pentecostals (Faculty Advisor: William Dressler)
- 2015 Brooke Persons, Pottery, People, and Place: Examining the Emergence of Political Authority in Late Ceramic Age Cuba (Faculty Advisor: Jim Knight)
- 2017 Martina Thomas, Sociocultural HIV Risk Knowledge and Behavior Among Female African-American Adolescents and Emerging Adults in the Southeast (Faculty Advisor: Jason DeCaro)
- 2020 Mirjam Holleman, Stigma Toward People with Disabilities in Poland and Its Effects on Social Integration and Policy Implementation (Faculty Co-Advisors: Marysia Galbraith and Jason DeCaro)
- 2022 Larry Monocello, Cultural Consonance, Body Image, and Disordered Eating Among Young South Korean Men (Faculty Co-Advisors: Jason DeCaro and William Dressler)
Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Alabama
- 2010 Toni Copeland, Poverty and Sickness Among Women in Nairobi, Kenya: Cultural Models of Managing HIV/AIDS in the Absence of Biomedical Treatment (Advisor: Kathryn Oths)
- 2014 Henri Francois Dengah, Finding Success and Health through God: A Study of Cultural Models and Health Among Brazilian Pentecostals (Faculty Advisor: William Dressler)
- 2020 Mirjam Holleman, Stigma Toward People with Disabilities in Poland and Its Effects on Social Integration and Policy Implementation (Faculty Co-Advisors: Marysia Galbraith and Jason DeCaro)