Candace S. Greene

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Candace S. Greene
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University
University of Oklahoma
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
InstitutionsNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Candace S. Greene is a museum anthropologist on the staff of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

Life[]

She graduated with an M.A.in anthropology (1976) from Brown University, and a Ph.D. (1985) from the University of Oklahoma.[1] She is the author of numerous studies focusing on the material culture and visual culture of indigenous tribal societies of the Great Plains region.[2][3][4]

She was recognized with the Distinguished Service/Lifetime Achievement Award by the Council for Museum Anthropology in 2018,[5] the Council for Museum Anthropology’s Michael M. Ames Prize for Innovative Museum Anthropology in 2012[5] and a Webby Award in 2005.[5] 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.[6]

Works[]

  • Silver Horn: Master Illustrator of the Kiowas University of Oklahoma Press 2002. ISBN 978-0806133072
  • One Hundred Summers: A Kiowa Calendar Record (University of Nebraska Press, 2009)
  • {ed} The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian (University of Nebraska Press, 2007)

References[]

  1. ^ "Candace Greene | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History". naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  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. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Greene, Candace". profiles.si.edu. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. ^ 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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