CV
Kelly Zepelin
Education
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
Ph.D. in Anthropology, expected Fall 2021.
Dissertation: “Wild Grains & Berries: An ethnography on eating for socio-ecological resilience in the Anthropocene”
Committee: Kathryn Goldfarb (chair), Alison Cool, Donna Goldstein, Jerry Jacka, Tatiana Chudakova (Tufts University)
Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO
M.A. in Anthropology, Specialization in Health and Wellbeing, received Summer 2015
M.A. Thesis: “The Ecological Self: Embodiment, Ecology and Worldview of Zen Buddhist Monastic Practice”
Committee: Jeffrey Snodgrass (chair), Lynn Kwiatkowski, Matt Mackenzie
Goucher, College, Towson, MD
B.A. magna cum laude in Psychology, specialization Cognitive Science and Neuroscience, May 2011
Educational exchange experience:
Johns Hopkins University, MD, 2011, select classes in Neuroscience
University of Sussex, England, 2009 select classes in Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Ghana, Ghana, 2010 select classes in Evolutionary Psychology
Research and Teaching Interests:
Ethnobotany, traditional and modern uses of wild, edible plants.
Food Justice, structural and political dimensions of food inequity, indigenous foodways
Microbiome; entanglements of humans, microorganisms and plants
Resilience, socio-ecological systems, complexity, emergence
Research Funding
2019 University of Colorado Boulder Cartwright Award
2019 University of Colorado Boulder Research Award, Cultural Anthropology
2018 Hope Schultz Jozsa Award, Beverly Sears Named Grant
2019 University of Colorado Anthropology Department Predissertation Research Grant
2018 University of Colorado Anthropology Department Predissertation Research Grant
2016 Sheryl R. Young Memorial Fellowship, exceptional female researchers
Fellowships and Academic Honors
2012 Fulbright Scholar Program, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka
2011 Pearl Simon Research Award, Goucher College, Kathmandu, Nepal, June 2011
2011 Goucher College Kratz Creative Writing Fellowship, Kathmandu, Nepal, August 2011
2011 Phi Beta Kappa
2011 Goucher College Honors in Psychology
2010-11 Goucher College Presidential Research Fellowship, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana, India
Research Assistantships
2016 Research Assistant for Prof. Kathryn Goldfarb, University of Colorado Boulder
2014 Research Assistant for Prof. Katherine E. Browne, Colorado State University
2013-15 Research Assistant for Prof. Jeffrey Snodgrass, Colorado State University
2010-12 Research Assistant, Consciousness Laboratory, Naropa University
2010-12 Research Assistant, Ethnographic Teaching and Research Lab, Colorado State University
2008-11 Research Manager, Laboratory for Long-Term Memory, Goucher College
Conference and Meeting Presentations
2018 “Rewilding the Gut, Microbial Intimacies in the Age of the Microbiome,” Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, University of Colorado Boulder
2015 “Advocating for a Collaborative Approach to Contemplative Science: An Anthropological Case,” Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, University of Colorado Boulder
2012 “The Compassionate Brain and Interpersonal Perception of Long-Term Sri Lankan Meditators,” Fulbright Southeast Asian Conference, Kerala, India
2012 “Loving Awareness: A Cognitive and Neurological Awareness of Other,” Annual Psychology Department Conference, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka
2011 “Indian Yogis Excel in Embodied Spatial Transformation,” Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2010 “Self-regulation in the classroom predicts memory performance in the laboratory.” Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Brooklyn Bridge, New York
Teaching Appointments
2019 Grader, Drugs in U.S. Society, Sociology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
2019 Teaching Assistant, Culture & Environment, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
2018 Teaching Assistant, The Caribbean in Post-Colonial Perspective, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
2017 Teaching Assistant, Gender, Culture and Film, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
2017 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
2016 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
2015 Teaching Assistant, The Caribbean in Post-Colonial Perspective, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
2015 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder
2014 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology Department, Colorado State University
2014 Co-Instructor, Ethnopsychiatry and Spiritual Healing, Colorado State University
2013 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology Department, Colorado State University
2009-11 Quantitative Research Methodology Assistant Instructor, Goucher College
Courses Developed and Taught
2020 Instructor, Anthropological Approaches to Culture, Plants and Bioregional Ecoliteracy, University of Colorado Boulder, developed.
2016 Instructor, Buddha and the Brain, University of Colorado Boulder, Cultural Anthropology Department, Summer 2016.
Academic Service
2016 Planning team member, “The Ethnographic Turn: On Theory, Method and Practice in Anthropology,” Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, University of Colorado Boulder
2015 Planning team member, “Engaged Anthropology: Responsibility and Scholarship in the Current Political Moment,” Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, University of Colorado Boulder
2007-11 Undergraduate Writing Instructor, Goucher College
Public Service and Outreach
2019 Research presentation, Eagle County Conservation District, Eagle, CO, Aug. 7
2014 Research presentation to Weld County City Council, Mar. 15
2011 Research presentation, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Nov. 24
Professional Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Colorado Native Plant Society
Professional Certifications
2019 Rocky Mountain Field Botany
2015 Graduate Teaching Certificate