1st Place Winner

Lucy Harbor

Lucy Harbor, a Ph.D. student in Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management at Penn State University for her poster “Understanding Institutional Diversity in Santiago Atitlán.” Her poster explores institutional and (indigenous and non-indigenous) inter-stakeholder dynamics in leveraging a highland Maya community’s place in the global tourism market, drawing on an ethnographic case study in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, which applies Ostrom’s framework for analyzing socio-ecological systems in this context.

Honorable Mentions

Kathryn Stutz

Kathryn Stutz (a graduate student in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Puget Sound) for her poster presentation “The Ethics and Practicalities of the Museum Collection”

Raquel Romero

Raquel Romero (an undergraduate student majoring in Anthropology at Northern Arizona University) for her poster presentation “Tribal Outreach Programs at Yosemite National Park.”