Julie Bernard M.A. ’01, Ph.D. ’08

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The UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology has announced that Julie Bernard M.A. ’01, Ph.D. ’08, has been awarded the third Lloyd Cotsen Prize for Lifetime Achievement in World Archaeology and Mentorship.

Bernard, a UCLA anthropology alumna, is currently professor at East Los Angeles College.

From the announcement:

The Cotsen Prize is a $50,000 award given to Bernard in recognition of her longstanding commitment to archaeological research and mentorship, as well as her passion for increasing diversity, equity and inclusion within the discipline of archaeology.

She has been a passionate instructor of anthropology at East Los Angeles College since 2008, where she has impacted the lives of countless community college students through her archaeological work in California, her engaging in-class pedagogy, and the numerous field school and study abroad programs she has supervised. Part of this award will go toward supporting student research at ELAC.