Museum & Field Studies 2025 Recognition Ceremony
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Museum & Field Studies Recognition Ceremony
May 9, 2025
Welcome
Dr. Nancy J. Stevens
Director, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
MFS Program Remarks
Dr. Jaelyn Eberle
Museum & Field Studies Program Director
Recognition of Graduates
Joel CrothersÌý
Juniper Guthrie
Kyra Hamel
Emily Howard
Patricia Marquez
Anna Paraskevopoulos
Casey Thater
Stephanie Tkacik
Closing Remarks
Dr. Jaelyn Eberle
Refreshments to FollowÌý
Master's of Science
Thesis: Fish & Reptiles of the ReBecca’s Hollow Site, Williams Fork Formation, Late Cretaceous (Edmontonian), Colorado & ‘Between the Dinosaurs’ Toes’: Approaches to Exhibiting Microvertebrate Fossils in Museum Displays (With Emphasis on the Cretaceous Period)Ìý
Advisor: Dr. Jaelyn EberleÌý
Not in attendance
Thesis: The Wilderness Garden: Decolonizing Museum/Archive Convergence
Advisor: Dr. William TaylorÌý
Project: A Guide for Developing a Rapid Response Collection from a Spontaneous Memorial
Advisor: Dr. Patrick KociolekÌý
Project: The Decolonial Potential of Queer Crip Programming
Advisor: Dr. Nancy StevensÌý
Thesis: Estimating Identification Error within Natural History Collections using Intermontane Vole Species
Advisor: Dr. Christy McCainÌý
Thesis: Anomalous Bone-filled Phosphatic Mass from the Hell Creek Formation: Origin and Ecological SignificanceÌý
Advisor: Dr. Karen ChinÌý
Professional Certificate
PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology: Ant communities in montane ecosystems: distributions, thermal physiology, and the impacts of climate change
Advisor: Dr. M. Deane BowersÌý
Not in attendance
MS Geological Sciences: A New Study of the Florissant Mammalian Fauna and its Diversity
Advisor: Dr. Jaelyn EberleÌý
The CU Museum would like to congratulate all of the 2025 graduates and wish them much success and happiness in their future endeavors.ÌýÌý