UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State University Libraries has selected the winners of the 2022 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Awards, funded by the M. G. Whiting Endowment for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledge. Applicants must be Penn State students planning to conduct research related to an approved topic for an undergraduate capstone course, honors thesis topic, master’s or doctoral thesis, or similar project.

The 2022 Whiting Award winners are:

• Abiola Ibirogba, a doctoral candidate in anthropology, for “Mobility patterns on coastal landscapes: Evaluating settlement decisions in the Badagry region, Lagos State, Nigeria.”
• Macy Pyres, a master’s degree candidate in educational psychology, for “Wolastoqiyik Students’ Sense of Belonging.”
• Lilly Zeitler, a doctoral candidate in geography, for “Knowledge-Diet Reconfigurations in Karen Agricultural Transitions in Northern Thailand.”

Whiting Award recipients must conduct research on their project between April 2022 and April 2023 and produce a post-research report to the University Libraries.

For additional information about the recipients, their research or the Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Awards, contact Mark Mattson, head of global engagement initiatives and international partnerships, University Libraries, at mam1196@psu.edu.