Utah State Scholar Wins Franz Boas Global Citizenship Award

Bonnie Glass-Coffin, a professor of anthropology at Utah State University, has won the Franz Boas Global Citizenship Award from the Center for a Public Anthropology.

“Glass-Coffin is to be commended for how she takes classroom knowledge and applies it to real world challenges, thereby encouraging students to be responsible global citizens,” said Rob Borofsky, the director of the Center for a Public Anthropology. “In actively addressing important ethical concerns within anthropology, Professor Glass-Coffin is providing students with the thinking and writing skills needed for active citizenship.”

Dr. Glass-Coffin is a graduate of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. She earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California at Los Angeles.