The Graduate Student Affairs Officer coordinates all aspects of the PhD program - policy and procedures, advising, admissions, and funding. She also manages grad student enrollment and new course approval.
Lola holds a BA in Anthropology from Wesleyan University, where she wrote an urban anthropology thesis examining Angelenos' relationships with their cars and the freeway infrastructure of Los Angeles. After working in cultural analysis for a market research company, Lola moved to Galicia in Spain, where she researched everyday practices and usage of public space. She made an ethnographic film on a cured ham shop that serves as a site for the transmission of local folklore. She is interested in themes collective memory, heritage, infrastructure, belonging, and cultural preservation...
