WHO ARE WE?

AUA aims to create a strong foundation of social and academic support for undergraduates studying or interested in the field of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Our purpose is to enhance the undergraduate academic experience and foster a close community through activities, events, shared resources, and discussions that focus on the social and intellectual needs of our members within the field of anthropology.

We are on CalLink, UC Berkeley's hub for student organizations. All enrolled students can find us here.

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MEET THE OFFICERS

We are the officers for the 2020-21 academic year:

Rosie Macon
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Co-President

Rosie is a junior studying anthropology and education. Her academic and career goals are to incorporate anthropology into middle and high school curricula. She is from Fresno, California and loves pearl tea, baking carrot cake, and playing Mario Kart.

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Ryann Hirt
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​Co-President

Ryann is a senior triple majoring in anthropology, dance, and theater, with an emphasis in lighting design. As well as being a part of the AUA, she is the lead work study student assistant in the Anthropology department and is co-stage manager to the Ballet Company at Berkeley. In her spare time, she enjoys playing Animal Crossing, the Sims, and catching up with her favorite YouTubers. One day, she jokingly hopes to write a children’s book about her family pets called: “Three Dogs, Two Cats, a Bunny Named Marshmallow… and 9,000 Bees”. 

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Frida Guerrero
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Secretary

Frida transferred from El Camino College into Cal during the spring 2020 semester. She is currently studying sociocultural anthropology, with a special interest in altered states of consciousness across various cultures. Outside of AUA & her campus studies, she enjoys drawing and painting through “traditional” and digital means, video games, and media entertainment of all forms.

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Gabby Muller
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Treasurer

Gabby is a senior double majoring in anthropology and Scandinavian studies with an emphasis in Old Norse hailing from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Aside from her role in the AUA, she is an anthropology tutor through the student learning center, the Financial director of Ballet Company @ Berkeley, and a Research assistant in the Bare Bones zoo archaeology and community engagement lab. In her spare time, she likes watching Scandinavian film and tv shows, trying to choreograph something weird for bc@b dancers, and trying to finish that blanket she’s been knitting since freshman year. She wants to one day be a Viking Age archaeologist but for right now just binge watches The Last Kingdom.

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Louie Mayorga-Curson
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Publicist

Louis is a re-entry and transfer student majoring in anthropology and is also minoring in GIS. His focus is in archaeology, and hopes to incorporate GIS technologies with archaeology and museums studies for research and to create an immersive 3D museum. Before studying anthropology he studied photography, traveled extensively, and once toured in Europe with a punk rock band. In what little free time he has, he enjoys photography, hiking, and practicing his mycology hobby.

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Marilyn Violas
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​Historian
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From Los Angeles, Marilyn is a transfer student double majoring in Anthropology and Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology. Emphasizing in biological anthropology and Egyptology, she is interested in cultural heritage policy, museum studies, funerary archaeology, and forensic anthropology. Outside of the AUA, she works for the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. On her "free" time, Marilyn studies for the LSAT, volunteers with the surrounding community, and rages against the dying of the light.
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MEET OUR ADVISORS

AUA works closely with the anthropology department at UC Berkeley. We value our mentorship from staff members, and we appreciate all the support from our professors and graduate students. 

Frances Bright
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Undergraduate Faculty Advisor

David Kim
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​Director of Administration