Anthropological Ally
Liza Grandia wants to encourage students to be public scholars
Liza Grandia, associate professor in the Department of Native American Studies and an internationally acclaimed public scholar, was barely drinking age when she stopped the World Bank and an international oil company from building a pipeline through the rural regions of Guatemala. The lesson Grandia learned then — that one is never too young to become engaged in public scholarship — is something that she emphasizes to her students at UC Davis.
“In my teaching, I try to get students to work on real things. I want them to know that they, as students, can make a difference in the world,” said Grandia, who received a 2022 Teaching Award from the College of Letters and Science. “I want them to know they don’t need to wait. They can do it now.”
Read the full story published by UC Davis Public Scholarship and Engagement about Grandia's work in public scholarship.