Catherine S. Fowler

Catherine "Kay" S. Fowler is an anthropologist whose work has focused on preserving the cultures of the native people of the Great Basin. She earned her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, and from 1964 to 2007 taught at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she is now Professor Emerita. and she has served as president of the Society of Ethnobiology. In 1995 she was named Outstanding Researcher of the Year at the University of Nevada, Reno. In 2011, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2012, Fowler received the Distinguished Ethnobiologist Award by the Society of Ethnobiology.

Selected publications

(Winner of the 2009 New Mexico Book Award in the Anthropology/Archaeology/Science category)