WKU graduate Allison D. Harnish has received a Fulbright Scholarship for research in Zambia during the 2009-2010 academic year.
Harnish, the daughter of Bruce and Linda Harnish of Dayton, Ohio, holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, criminology and sociology from WKU. While working on her doctorate in anthropology at the University of Kentucky, she is also pursuing her graduate certificate in gender and women’s studies.
Harnish will use the Fulbright Award to conduct research toward her doctoral dissertation that will build on the longitudinal Gwembe Tonga Research Project (GTRP). This study that has been going on for the last 50 years will investigate the social and environmental consequences of resettlement following the construction of Zambia’s Kariba Dam in the 1950s.
After completing her doctorate, Harnish hopes to take a post-doctoral position that will support the continued research into the political and social dimensions of global environmental change. Her goal to contribute to both academic and applied research as a professional anthropologist.
