Dissertation Prize

The Midwest Archaeological Conference, Inc. is currently seeking nominations for its Dissertation Prize.  This is an award of merit as determined by the editor and editorial board of Midwest Archaeological Perspectives, a monograph series by MAC and its publishing partner, the University of Alabama Press. The recipient of the award receives $500 and the opportunity to submit a prospectus to the University of Alabama Press for publication in the series.  Contact the series editor, Donald Gaff, with questions or nominations. 

Prize Recipients

2022

Dr. Eric Drake, Heritage Program Manager for the Hiawatha National Forest for his dissertation from Suny Binghamton titled "Working to Stay Together in 'Forsaken Out of the Way Places': Investigating Anishnabeg Family Logging Camps as Sites of Social Refuge and Resilience During the Era of Assimilation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 1880-1940."

2021

Dr. Justin Carlson (University of Kentucky) for his dissertation entitled "Middle to Late Holocene (7200-2900 Cal. BP) Archaeological Site Formation Processes and the Origins of Anthropogenic Environments in Central Kentucky."

2020

Dr. Christina Friberg (University of California Santa Barbara) for her dissertation entitled “Igniting Interaction through Mississippian Tradition-making: An Interregional Analysis at the Audrey Site (11GE20).”

Dr. Kathryn Frederick (Michigan State University) for her dissertation entitled “Storage, Decision-Making, and Risk Management in Non-Sedentary Societies.”

2019

Dr. Susan M. Kooiman (Michigan State University) for her dissertation entitled “A multiproxy analysis of culinary, technological, and environmental interactions in the northern Great Lakes region.”
Left to Right: MAC Board President John Doershuk with Susan Kooiman, William Lovis (MAP Editor) and Eli Bortz (University of Notre Dame Press).

2018

Dr. Richard W. Edwards IV (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee) for his dissertation entitled "The canine surrogacy approach and paleobotany: An analysis of Wisconsin Oneota agricultural production and risk management strategies."
Left to Right: Bill Lovis (MAP Editor) and MAC Board President Jodie O'Gorman with Richard Edwards IV and Eli Bortz (University of Notre Dame Press).