In this spotlight interview, the department caught up with Isabella Ferrera '24, an Anthropology and English concentrator, to learn more about what she looks forward to accomplishing in Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program. The Program aims to foster collaboration between students and faculty on faculty research.

"I applied to the Research Apprenticeship Program to continue the work I began last year when I took the course "Material Culture Practicum" with Professor Patricia Rubertone. For the final research project I worked with glass pieces from the Cocumscussoc collection, housed in the Department of Anthropology, and was able to connect and cross-mend pieces back together. 

Through this apprenticeship I am going to work with the collection further to identify more shards of both glass and ceramics that belong to the same vessels and cross-mend them back together. I am hoping to put shards together to gain a greater understanding of their vessels and the collection."

Learn more about Anthropology's Research Apprenticeship Program