James Henry "Jim" Rodd Anthropology Award

The James Henry "Jim" Rodd Anthropology Award is presented to a student majoring in anthropology who achieves the highest grade in Anthropology Theory 361 in the previous year of study. This award was established by Jean Mitchell in memory of her partner James (Jim) H. Rodd (1962-2013), acknowledging Jim Rodd's passionate interest in teaching Anthropology. Jim graduated from UPEI's Sociology and Anthropology program in 1992, going on to do graduate studies in anthropology at the University of Victoria. At the time of his passing, he was enrolled in the doctoral program in the Faculty of Education. The discipline of anthropology was compelling for him because as a study of human differences it opened up possibilities of social justice. His classroom was a model of what he believed society could be: a place of respect, openness, tolerance, fairness, intellectual challenge and empathy.