- Email:
- jpclevel@iu.edu
Education
Dual PhD in Anthropology & Central Eurasian Studies (in progress)
MA (2017) Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University
Certificates in Mongolian Language (2009, 2010), National University of Mongolia
BA (2006) History, Reed College
Awards
2018 Harold K. Schneider Graduate Paper Prize in Economic Anthropology for “Concrete Arguments: Sidewalks and the Politics of Circulation in Ulaanbaatar.”
2013 Denis Sinor Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper for “Constructing the Geo-Body: Maps Property in Socialist Mongolia, 1924-1992.”
Grants & Fellowships
2018 American Center for Mongolian Studies Field Research Fellowship
2017 Office of the Vice President for International Affairs Pre-Dissertation Research Grant
2017 David C. Skomp Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship
2016 FLAS Fellowship for Russian Language
2015 FLAS Fellowship for Mongolian Language
2015 Title VIII Fellowship for Russian Language
2014 FLAS Fellowship for Tatar Language
2013 FLAS Fellowship for Kazakh Language
2013 Title VIII Fellowship for Kazakh Language
2005 Ruby-Lankford Grant Program for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research in the Humanities (Reed College)
Languages
Primary Languages: English (native) Mongolian (Advanced)
Secondary Languages: Russian (Advanced reading ability, intermediate level in conversation and writing), Kazakh (intermediate level), Tatar (grammatical and reading knowledge).
Reading knowledge: Classical Mongolian (Uyghur and Clear scripts), German, French