Marjorie Helen Stewart Award

This fund was established to recognize an outstanding student in the SUNY Brockport Department of Anthropology who intends to further their education in a graduate program. In 2022, the Department expanded eligibility to allow any outstanding Anthropology majors to annually be considered for this scholarship.

Marjorie H. Stewart held a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Oxford University and conducted fieldwork in Nigeria where she investigated the pre-colonial history and socio-political organization of the Borgu Kingdom. Her publications include Borgu and Its Kingdoms: A Reconstruction of a West Sudanese Polity (1993). At Brockport Stewart taught courses on Africa, China, Anthropological Theory, Magic and Witchcraft, Gender, and Language and Culture. She served as chair of the department from 1994–1999. Dr. Stewart was also an accomplished pianist. When she died in 1999, she remembered the Department of Anthropology in her will, and in turn, Brockport created this award in her name.

Eligible students must

1. Be enrolled in an academic program within the Department of Anthropology at SUNY Brockport.
2. Demonstrate academic excellence as judged by the selection committee.

Preference will be provided to graduating seniors; however, all eligible applicants will be considered.

This scholarship will be credited to the recipient’s bill in the form of a non-tuition educational expense grant. If the recipient is graduating, they will receive a cash award instead.