BotanyAmanda Thiel
2018 The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany
Amanda Thiel is a PhD candidate in cultural anthropology at Washington State University. She conducts research in Guatemalan Q'eqchi' Maya communities of various sizes—from rural village to semi-urban. Her research seeks to understand how acculturation and cultural values a ect ethnobotanical medical knowledge and practice in these communities. iel’s master’s thesis, based on eldwork in a Q'eqchi' Maya village, was centered around utilitarian aspects of local ethnobotany and the variation in cultivation of medicinal plants in village home gardens.
The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany
To protect, preserve, and expand knowledge about the medicinal use of plants, thus preventing the disappearance of plants with therapeutic potential. Providing this research opportunity for botanists can, in turn, assist medical science to develop therapies that improve the quality of life of patients and develop life-saving medicines.
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