Education

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University 2001-03.
• Ph.D. Social Science (Anthropology and Sociology), The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Aug. 1999.
• M.S. Forest Resource Management. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. May 1993.
• B.A. University of Vermont. Major: Environmental Studies.  May 1988.

Area of Research

• Cultural anthropology
• Information design and technology
• Information security and information professions
• Anthropology of work
• Communication
• Refugee studies
• Thai studies

Web presence for community projects

• startingoverutica.com
• resettlementsnapshots.wordpress.com
• internationalartistsutica.com
• midtownutica.org

Honors and Awards

• Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2015.
• Open SUNY Fellow (Experienced online practitioner) and Online Ambassador, 2016.
• Grand Prize, Communications materials for Refugees Starting Over project. Welcoming America. June 2015.
• Scholarship, Empowering for International Thai and ASEAN Studies (ENITAS), Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, “The Content and Meaning of Thai Memorial Books in Contemporary Thai Life,” June 5-6, 2014.
• Faculty Associate. Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University. Aug. 2014-present.
• Presented TEDx talk at TEDx Utica event on Nov. 7, 2014. Refugees Starting Over in Utica, NY: http://tedxutica.com/kathryn-stam-refugees-starting-over-in-utica-ny/
• YWCA Salute to Outstanding Woman of the Mohawk Valley, 2014. Racial Justice.
• Best in Category. Communications Materials for Refugees Starting Over project. SUNY Center for University Advancement (SUNY CUAD). 2013.
• Participated in National Science Foundation Workshop, “Robust Social-Technical Architectures for Displaced People.” Cape Town, S. Africa, Dec. 4-6, 2013.
• Fulbright Award for “Enhancing Access to Northeast Thai Culture and History Through Cremation Volumes”. Mahasarakham University, Thailand. Nov 2010- Feb 2011.
• SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2010.

Research

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