Alumna receives prestigious Newcombe Fellowship

Alumna Amy Kennemore is one of 21 Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows for 2018; this honor is presented by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Kennemore is an anthropology Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, San Diego. Her dissertation, “Searching for Indigenous Justice: Navigating the Value of Legal Pluralism in the Uncertain Terrain of the Bolivian Andes,” examines the historical conditions that have facilitated a recent emphasis on the value of indigenous justice as the new moral-ethical foundation of the Bolivian state and society, asking what effects this might have on indigenous peoples’ access to security and material well-being in marginalized rural highland communities.

A 2009 UNC Charlotte graduate, Kennemore completed a bachelor’s degree in international studies with a minor in Spanish; in 2012, she earned a master’s degree in Latin American Studies.

The Newcombe Fellowship is the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences who are addressing questions of ethical and religious values. Fellows receive a 12-month award of $25,000 to support their final year of dissertation work.

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences faculty recall Kennemore as a rising star; read more on CLAS Exchange.