Bonderman Field Station at Rio Mesa Scholars
Rio Mesa Scholars are students (undergraduate and graduate) and junior faculty who conduct research projects at the field station with funds awarded through either the Rio Mesa Undergraduate Research Grant or the Rio Mesa Young Scholar programs. These programs offer an important opportunity for students and early-career academics to build skills in developing and executing research projects. Scholars, in turn, enrich our research community by providing new information and perspectives on the Colorado Plateau.
Research Projects
Current Undergraduate Fellows
Lya Yang | Art & Art History |
Collective Environment: an Exploration through Landscape Painting |
2017 Fellow | |
Chloe Betts | Motion Activated Camera Traps | 2016 Fellow | ||
Brock James | Anthropology, UU Archaeology Center | Stone Tool Use Wear Analysis | 2016 Fellow | |
Josh Lipman | Religious Studies |
This historical and current conceptualization of the nature of southern Utah by religious communities. |
2015 Fellow | |
Tyler Willmore | Art & Art History, Tyler Willmore's Website | 2015 Fellow | ||
Mike Mason | Geography |
Fluvial Geomorphology at Rio Mesa: river channel and tributary wash migration over time. |
2015 Fellow |
Past undergraduate fellow project summaries.
Rio Mesa Young Scholars
Anna Brady | (more info soon) | |||
Isaac Hart | Anthropology, UU Archaeology Center | Monitoring Wild Onions at Utah Bottoms | 2015 | |
Tyler Huth | Geology & Geophysics | (more info soon) | ||
Zachariah Levine | (more info soon) | |||
Kate Magargal | Anthropology, UU Archaeology Center | Lower Dolores Watershed Archaeological Project | 2015 | |
Wendy Wischer | Art & Art History | (more info soon) |
Past Rio Mesa Young Scholar project summaries (link coming soon).