McNair Scholars
David Becraft
I was born David Francisco Becraft Leon but I am known as Pancho around campus and by my family. My short-term goals are to receive a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology, a Minor in Video Production, and Certificates in Native American Studies and Applied Cultural Anthropology. I was born in Zapopan, Xalixco, Mexico, the son of David Theodore Becraft and Maria Celia Leon Santana. I am married to my beautiful wife Michele with whom I have two children, Maya Xochitl and Emmanuel Nayar.
My fields of interest include Mesoamerican Writing Systems of Central-Mexico, Indigenous Linguistics (Nahuatl. Purepecha, Otomi), Indigenous Cultures, and Indigenous International Rights dealing with Self-determination and Border-Crossing Rights, Ethnographic/Anthropological Film and Video, Ethnographic field research, Ethnology, and Aboriginal history and culture of the Western Hemisphere.
My future academic goal is to receive a doctoral degree in Linguistics with an emphasis on Indigenous Linguistics. Beyond the PhD, I plan to work in an academic setting as a Researcher/Professor, as an Applied Linguistic Anthropologist, and as an Ethnographic Video Producer.
Mentor: Dr. Jean Maxwell, Anthropology
- Curriculum Vitae
- 2007 McNair Scholar Symposium Slide Presentation: Tlacuilolli: Writing Systems of Anahuac
- 2007 McNair Summer Research Paper: Nelcuilolli: A Revisionist Approach of Indigenous Epistemological Writing Systems of Anahuac
Tlacuilolli: Writing Systems of Anahuac
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