
David Ruiz Menjivar
Mentor
Dr. Steven A Brandt
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Major
Anthropology and History
Minor
African Studies
Organizations
Southwest Ethiopia Archaeological Project (SWEAP), Center for American Archaeology (CAA).
Academic Awards
Dean’s List (2019, 2020), President’s Honor Roll (Spring 2020, Fall 2020), National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) with the Center for American Archaeology (Summer 2019), CLAS Dean’s Scholarship recipient (Fall 2020), Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for Swahili under the African Flagship Languages Initiative Program (AFLI) (Summer 2021), University Scholars program (2021).
Volunteering
N/A
Research Interests
African Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology
Hobbies and Interests
Language exchange, nature, music, reading, thrifting, traveling, and basketball.