M.A. Degrees awarded in Anthropology
at the University of Hawai'i 2000 to present

The M.A. degree provides a thesis and non-thesis option.
The latter requires a defense of three papers.

PhDs 1967-1979	PhDs 1980-1989	PhDs 1990-1999	PhDs 2000-	MAs 1930-1959
MAs 1960-1969	MAs 1970-1979	MAs 1980-1989	MAs 1990-1999	MAs 2000-

Name	Year	Chair	Thesis Topic
Aslam, Feriyal	2006	White	Non-Thesis
Davis, Mark	2006	Etkin	Obesity
Rabitor, Benjamin	2006	Griffin	Authenticating Practice: Global Trends and Local Traditions in Cambodian Islam
Toleno, Robban	2006	Sponsel	Tea Gardens and Tea Plantations: Understanding How Hani Villagers Evaluate Their Place in the Landscape of Xishuangbanna, China
Claus, Catherine	2006	Sponsel	Non-Thesis
Furnish, Naomi	2006	Blake	Non-Thesis
Hansen, Lauren	2006	Blake	Non-Thesis
He, Jifang	2006	Blake	Non-Thesis
Mintmier, Melanie	2006	Rolett	Non-Thesis
Stephen, Jesse	2006	Graves	Non-Thesis
Barnett, Theodore	2005	Etkin	End-of-Life Decision Making in the Intensive Care Unit: Effect of Ethnicity and Gender
Esh, Kelley	2005	Hunt	Human Impacts on Hawaiian Birds: Analysis of Avifauna
Spitler, Rachel	2005	Arno
Vu, Tu Anh Thi	2005	Blake	Non-Thesis
Richardson, Claire	2005	Etkin	Non-Thesis
Commendador, Amy	2005	Hunt	Measuring Variability in Pehistoric Stone Construction on Rapa Nui, Chile
Nguyen, Thao Cong	2005	Sponsel	Non-Thesis
Nooksuk, Wannasarn	2005	Stark	The Significance of Peninsular Siam in the Southeast Asian Maritime World During 500 BC to AD 1000
Richardson, Claire	2005	Etkin	Non-Thesis
Hirano, Daisuke	2005	Sponsel	Non-Thesis
McNaughton, Pamela	2005	Arno	Non-Thesis
Morrison, Alexander	2005	Hunt	Non-Thesis
Spoon, Jeremy	2005	Etkin	Non-Thesis
Abbott, Jon	2004	Etkin	We Call Them Weeds: The Interrelations Among Culture, Identity, Taxonomy, and Policy in the Interpretation of Introduced Plants in Hawai`I
Bodemer, Margaret B.	2004	Blake	Non-Thesis
Malmstrom, Carl	2004	Yano	Non-Thesis
McGrath Jones, Jill	2004	Etkin	Non-Thesis
Cauchois, Mickaelle-Hinanui	2004	Graves	Non-Thesis
Splain, Thomas E.	2004	Howard	Non-Thesis
O'Leary, Owen	2004	Hunt	Non-Thesis
Ru, Hung-Yu	2004	Etkin	Non-Thesis
Luna, Regina G. W.	2003	Sponsel	Non-Thesis
Mikulanec, Jacce S.	2003	Hunt	Non-Thesis
Ramirez, Vickie E.	2003	Etkin	Non-Thesis
Adams, Jeffrey	2003	Griffin	Non-thesis
Genz, Joseph	2003	Finney	Non-thesis
Hayashi, Corey	2003	Sponsel	Non-thesis
Kikiloi, Scott	2003	Graves	Non-thesis
May, Melissa	2003	Etkin	The forest for the trees? The political ecology of three carbon sink reserves within southern Brazil's Atlantic coastal forest
McElroy, Windy	2003	Graves	Variability in Poi Pounders from Kaua'i Island, Hawai'i
Perry, Lahela	2003	Graves	Non-thesis
Acabado, Stephen	2003	Griffin	Land Use and Agricultural Intensification: A GIS-Based Analysis of the Ifugao Landscape, Northern Philippines
Jirattikorn, Amporn	2003	White	Non-thesis
Lee, Rachel	2003	Etkin	Non-thesis
Maibala, Baulon	2003	White	Non-thesis
McMillan, Heather	2003	Etkin	Non-thesis
Morton, Michah	2003	Sponsel	Non-thesis
Busch, Jessica N.	2002	Etkin	The Way of Choju: Consuming longevity in a rural Japanese town
Shepardson, Britton L.	2002	Hunt	Non-thesis
Vora, Kalindi A.	2002	Yano	Miss India USA 2001: Flexible Practices and Creative Culture in the Indian Diaspora
Funahashi, Daena A.	2002	Etkin	Non-thesis
Katsuno, Hirofumi	2002	Yano	Non-thesis
Pigliasco, Guido C.	2002	Arno	Non-thesis
Sprague, Thomas H.	2002	Pietrusewsky	Non-thesis
Ledward, Brandon C.	2001	White	Non-thesis
Lindahl, Sofia U.	2001	Etkin	Non-thesis
McDermott, Matthew J.	2001	Hunt	The Historical Ecology of Coastal Kihei, District of Kula, Maui
Spock, Margarita L	2000	Bilmes	Non-thesis
Tengan, Ty P.	2000	White	Non-thesis
Bollt, Robert J.	2000	Rolett	Marquesan Warfare
Escott, Glenn G.	2000	Griffin	Non-thesis
Eyre, Peter J.	2000	Stark	Non-thesis
Kinoshita, Gaku	2000	Yano	Non-thesis

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M.A. Degrees awarded in Anthropology at the University of Hawai'i 2000 to present

M.A. Degrees awarded in Anthropology
at the University of Hawai'i 2000 to present