Leah Wasil

2020-2021 Leah Wasil received her BA from Central Washington University in Anthropology and East Asian Studies, and her MA from Brandeis University in Anthropology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Currently she is a PhD candidate in the Anthropology department at UH Manoa. She conducts her research in the guidance of Dr. Christine Yano. She is interested in Japanese archaeology, heritage making and identity politics, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Her work investigates relationships between public archaeology and heritage production.