Candace S. Greene

Candace S. Greene is a museum anthropologist on the staff of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Her Ph.D. (1985) was awarded by the University of Oklahoma, while her M.A. (1976) was earned at Brown University. Both were in the field of anthropology.[1] She is the author of numerous studies focusing on the material culture and visual culture of Native North American societies of the Great Plains region.[2][3][4] She was recognized with the Council for Museum Anthropology’s Michael M. Ames Prize for Innovative Museum Anthropology in 2013. This award was in recognition of her contribution to the field of museum anthropology through her founding and leading of Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (2009–present), a National Science Foundation-funded training program that prepares graduate students for research work using museum collections as a key data source.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Candace Greene". Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Greene, Candace S. (2001). Silver Horn: Master Illustrator of the Kiowa. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
  3. ↑ Greene, Candace S.; Thornton, Russell (2007). The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
  4. ↑ Greene, Candace S. (2009). One Hundred Summers: A Kiowa Calendar Record. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
  5. ↑ Nicks, Trudy. "Michael M. Ames Prize for Innovative Museum Anthropology to Dr. Candace Greene". Museum Anthropology. Council for Museum Anthropology. Retrieved 8 November 2015.


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