Southwest Studies at Colorado College



Joseph T. Gordon Prize in Southwest Studies

The Joseph T. Gordon Prize for Southwestern Studies was established in 2002 by an anonymous donor for the purposes of recognizing and rewarding outstanding scholarship and creative expression which furthers understanding of this rich and diverse region.

2009 Recipient

Dern House

Eric Perramond Associate Professor of Southwest Studies and Environmental Science

Political Ecologies of Cattle Ranching in Northern Mexico: Private Revolutions,”
University of Arizona Press, Tucson.  2010

Previous Recipients

2007-2008

Year
Recipient
Achievements
2008 Leighton Peterson
Professor of Anthropology
Weaving Worlds: Made for PBS Documentary on Navajo Weaving.
David Mason
Professor of English
Ludlow: A Verse Novel
2007 Victoria Levine
Professor of Music
Ethnomusicology of the Southwest
Music of the Choctaw
2006 Brian Linkhart
Professor of Biology
Longevity of Flammulated Owls in Colorado and Arizona
2005 Susan Scarberry-Garcia
Native Studies
Native American Studies
2004 Ruth Van Dyke
Professor of Archeology
Chacoan architecture, landscape and ideology.

2003

Claire Farrer
Professor Anthropology
Apache Ethnography
Ann Zwinger
Nature Writer
Southwestern Nature Writing and Natural History.
2002 Doug Monroy
Professor of History:
California History and Ethnic Studies