IUN Anthro News: $$ for field trips, field schools and internships, web

1) spring break field trip to be paid for by anthro club

2) reminders: advance registration dates, logo contest, party

3) ethnographic field school in Equator

4) Women in Archeology Internship Program

5) Student Essay Contest for Linguistic Anthropology

6) ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY:VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN

7) web sites: anthropology, gender, US grants

The IUN Anthropology Club will pay most of the costs for students attending the spring break field trip to the Indian Mounds museums in southern Illinois. The club decided via executive committee vote to pay for the mini-bus and to give each student $50 for expenses; this means that students who share a motel room can expect to have to pay only for their meals (students who want their own room would have to pay the additional cost for a single room). People who car pool will have to pay their own transportation expenses. The $50 is for everyone who registers for the one credit hour class, and also for those who come along as an anthropology club activity even if they do not need the one credit and thus do not register for the class. This funding is made possible by the twice-yearly one dollar used book sale.

There will be a lot more about the club's activities in the next newsletter.

2) Advance registration and no-charge drop/add ends this Friday afternoon; please avoid the long lines in January and advance register by internet, touch tone phone, or on campus. You can contact me for advising via email, and you can contact Mike Maroulis via telephone (980-6789) or in person in Lindenwood 214 and he can lead you through the internet registration, or even register you for classes if you never received your PIN number or never changed it from the default (I mean, if you changed your PIN # from the default and then forgot the new number, then you have to go to the Registrar's office).

remember the deadline for the $100 club logo contest is Tues Jan 13, 2004.

and remember Jack Bloom's party is Saturday Dec 20; call 219-477-5740 for info.

America believes in education; the average tenured full professor does earn more in a year than most professional athletes do in a week.

3) June 28 - July 21, 2004

ECUADOR ADVENTURE

Meet local people and explore equatorial

ecological zones in the mountains, valleys,

rainforest, coastal beaches and enchanted

Galapagos Isles of Ecuador June 28-July 21, 2004.

Faculty, students, friends and adult family are

invited. The 5th Annual Field Studies in Ecuador

provides many photo opportunities as we combine

the study of geography, earth science, history

and African American studies (we visit Afro-

Ecuadorian communities- descendants of former

plantation slaves). Experience the Andes Mountains,

the jungle, the coastal region and the Galapagos

Isles while earning 6 graduate or undergraduate

credits or audit. Cost of $3,540 includes 3 plane

tickets (Chicago-Ecuador RT, Quito-jungle RT,

Quito-Galapagos RT), Galapagos Islands first class

boat, land transportation, good lodging, meals,

tips and course materials. Tuition is additional.

The experienced program leader is Dr. Betty Smith

of Eastern Illinois University. Call Betty (217)

549-4900 (cell) or Email cfbes@eiu.edu For

photos, more details or to print application visit

program web site

www.eiu.edu/~geoscience/ecuador.html

Betty Smith, Ph.D.

cell phone (217) 549-4900

http://www.eiu.edu/~geoscience/smith.html

http://www.eiu.edu/~geoscience/ecuador.html

Department of Geology and Geography

Eastern Illinois University

600 Lincoln Avenue

Charleston, IL 61920 USA

Email cfbes@eiu.edu

Office 217 581 6340

4) Women in Archeology Internship Program:

June 6-July 31, 2004**

Position Announcement

The Center for American Archeology in Kampsville, Illinois is offering two internship positions for the summer of 2004 (June 6-July 31, 2004) for women graduate students with experience in archeology. Individuals interested in informal education, museum education, public programming, and other related fields are also welcome to apply. Because these positions are offered through the CAA/Monticello College Foundation Women in Archeology program, the internships are open only to women. The goal of the internship program is to develop and/or enhance each intern's professional skills in research project planning, implementation, and management, as well as teaching.

Interns will work collaboratively with CAA staff, and have a diverse array of responsibilities during the summer, including (but not limited to) opening the site for the season, conducting field excavation, laboratory processing & management, and logistical operations. WIA Interns will act as key supervisory personnel for the CAA's summer excavation field school programs, including our Adults 50+ and Adult Field Schools, Youth Field Schools, and other special events programming. Candidates for the internship should have excellent interpersonal and written communication skills, and should be able to interact with both young people and adults in a positive, collegial learning environment. A portion of the summer experience will include supervising participants in our Youth Field School, a residential field school program.

Excavations will take place at TBGOK (The Buried Gardens of Kampsville), a Middle Woodland/Hopewell village site (ca. 50 BC - AD 250). TBGOK has yielded a large number of features indicative of longer-term village settlement as well as exotic trade goods. Our research goal will be to elucidate the nature and extent of these cultural deposits, and to analyze the site's placement and role within the context of the lower Illinois River valley region's archeological record.

The internship program and field excavation project will be directed by Mary Pirkl, Director of Education at the Center for American Archeology. You are welcome to contact her at marypirkl@caa-archeology.org for more information.

Compensation: Internships provide a $1500 stipend, room and board, and CAA program tuition. Interns are responsible for providing their own transportation to and from our area.

** If selected for the program, interns may elect to begin their programs on June 13, 2004 (end date: August 7, 2004) to accommodate their academic and/or employment schedules.

Deadline for Applications is April 16, 2004.

Who May Apply: Women currently enrolled in graduate school or those who will begin their graduate education during the 2004-2005 academic year. Women who have recently matriculated from an undergraduate institution, who are in the process of applying to graduate school, and international applicants are also welcome to apply.

Application Process: The selection process will consider academic performance, statement of interest, and recommendations from instructors. The following materials should be submitted to the Center for American Archeology for consideration no later than April 16, 2004:

1. Official transcript from undergraduate or graduate institution;

2. Brief resume or curriculum vita;

3. Statement of interest in which you describe yourself, why you would like to participate in the program, your career goals, what benefit this program will be to you, and what your participation will add to the program; and

4. One letter of recommendation from an instructor who can comment on your interests and abilities.

Each applicant should mail all materials directly to the CAA in one envelope. Letters of recommendation should enclose their letters in sealed envelopes and return it to the applicant to be mailed with her application packet.

Application packets received after April 16, 2004 will not be considered. Interns selected for the program should expect to be notified within one to two weeks after the application deadline, and will be asked to make their decisions within a week. Please remember to include complete contact information with your application (address, email, phone) where you may be reached during the academic year and/or at home.

Please send application packets to:

Women in Archeology Internship Program

Attn: Mary Pirkl

Center for American Archeology

P.O. Box 366

Kampsville, IL 62053

The Center for American Archeology is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

5) For the linguists among us.

SLA Student Essay Contest The Society for Linguistic Anthropology invites graduate and undergraduate students to submit a paper on linguistic anthropology. Graduate student winners will receive $100, an invitation to submit their papers for review in the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, and have their names and abstract published in AN. An undergraduate prize also will be awarded if the quality and number of entries merits it. Undergraduates will receive $100 and will be recognized (along with the faculty member for whom the paper was written) in AN. Unpublished papers will be judged on originality; organization, quality, and clarity of writing; cogency of argument; contributions to theory with use of empirical materials; and timeliness. Papers should be limited to 45 double-spaced pages in total using the style sheet of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. Snail mail four copies of the manuscript to Leanne Hinton, SLA President, Department of Linguistics, 1203 Dwinelle Hall, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-2650. Be sure to include a cover letter with mailing and email address, telephone, institutional affiliation and student status (graduate or undergraduate). The first page of each paper should specify paper title, but not author1s name. Deadline: Jan 15, 2004.

6) ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY:VIOLENCE AGAINST NATIVE WOMEN

Offered by UCLA Extension (Los Angeles, California)

In cooperation with the Tribal Law and Policy Institute

Who: Anyone seeking training and education on the laws and policies that impact Native (American Indian and Alaska Native) women victims of violence in the United States. No prior experience or training necessary.

What: A 10-week course covering tribal, state, and federal laws and regulations impacting the lives and safety of Native women. Course will cover the crimes of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Where: Virtually anywhere! This course is available to anyone who has regular access to a PC computer or Macintosh computer with reliable access to the Internet. The computer needs to have either Internet Explorer 5.0 (or higher) or Netscape Navigator 4.77 (or higher). You can take the course from home, school, or work. You will not need to travel or leave your community to benefit from this course.

When: January 21-March 24, 2004. Students are expected to login to the class a minimum of 2-3 times per week (anytime, day or night) to participate in discussions, download required readings, and submit assignments.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO ENROLL, VISIT

www.uclaextension.edu/tribal or call (310) 206-6671