David Lindstrom

David Lindstrom is a Kroner Deans Fellow and PhD student in the Anthropology department at UC San Diego. His research focuses on social conditions that drive refugees from Honduras. He holds a M.F.A. in Creative Writing and a M.A. in sociocultural anthropology. His two theses–"The Making of Illegal "Citizens" in Honduras, based on original fieldwork in Honduras, and "Two Ways of Burning a Cotton Field,” an award-winning book-length memoir–demonstrate his competency and passion in the field of anthropology. His experience working with first-year college students enables him to design courses that are both appropriate to high school students, yet challenge high school students to produce work that will succeed in a university setting. In his course, “The Anthropology of Migration in North America,” he will utilize class discussions, peer-to-peer work, and written assignments to deepen students’ understandings of the regional and migration history of North America.

• PhD in Cultural Anthropology, University of California, San Diego 
• M.A. in Anthropology, University of California, San Diego 
• M.F.A in Creative Writing, Florida International University 
• B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern Oregon University 
• B.S. in Biochemistry, University of Washington

• Teaching Assistant, Human Development, University of California, San Diego (2020-present)
• Teaching Assistant, Anthropology, University of California, San Diego (2018-2019)
• Graduate Assistant Rhetoric Instructor, Florida International University (2015-2018)

• “A Brief Talk Near the End”, Fiction Southeast 2018
• “Burning the Cottonfield”, Flyway 2017
• “The Cigar Maker”, Mandala Journal 2016