March 22, 2026
The College of LAS has recognized Rosemary A. Joyce (PhD '85) with an Alumni Achievement Award. Dr. Joyce will be on campus April 16-17 for the 2026 alumni awards celebration. We will celebrate her with a reception on Thursday April 16 after the colloquium that is planned for that afternoon. Please plan to join us.
 
Alumni Achievement  Award
Rosemary A. Joyce  
PhD, ’85, anthropology  
Rosemary A. Joyce is an international voice in contemporary debates, politics, and ethics in anthropology and archaeology focusing on Mexico and Central America. Through field research in Honduras and more recently in Mexico, Joyce has examined “the way things make people and people make things” in the context of social histories, gender, and inequality. She is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. 
 
Many thanks to Chris Fennell and the Awards Committee for their work on the nomination!