Noël Um-Lo Awarded NSF Dissertation Grant

Programs in Anthropology are proud to announce that Noël Um-Lo has been awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant in Cultural Anthropology (NSF CA-DDRIG). Um-Lo is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Anthropology and has received this grant to support the completion of her dissertation research from 2024-2025. The NSF CA-DDRIG supports doctoral research aimed at understanding patterns, causes and consequences of human social and cultural variation, including research that has implications for confronting anthropogenic problems. More information about the grant can be found here.

Um-Lo's project "Doctoral Dissertation Research: Civic engagement and schooling for resettlement communities" examines alternative schools (tae-an hak-kyo) for North Korean escapees in South Korea (t'albukmin), t'albukmin transnational identity formation and the politics of unification on the Korean peninsula.

We congratulate Noël on this great achievement!