IUN Anthropology Newsletter July 29, 2003
1) IUN Anthro website is back up
2) Anthro scholarship deadline
3) Advising students
4) Spring Schedule
5) feminist web magazine
6) new Islamic studies listserve
7) Scientific American on Human Evolution
8) anthro jobs
9) teeth on the web
1) After a sad but hilarious series of miscommunications and mistakes, the IUN administration and staff DELETED the entire Anthropology website during my absence this summer, without even making a working backup. After some delay, the site was restored, but in the future we might have to make some cosmetic changes so it conforms to the IUN standard design. I now have the password and can resume moving Clarke Johnson's Medical Anthropology pages to the IUN server.
2) Anthro scholarship deadline extended
Due to the unfortunate temporary deletion of the website, it was impractical to send out the reminder of the upcoming August 1, 2003 deadline for applications for the one thousand dollars that the IUN Anthropology Club will award as scholarships for the upcoming academic year. In fact as of today there has not been a single application. Therefore the club officers voted to extend the deadline to August 15. So get moving and apply; here are the details:
An award of $1000 will be given for the academic year 2002-2003; half is allotted for each semester. The award may be divided among more than one student, most likely an upper level and frosh/soph level student. The award is based entirely on merit, not on financial need.
Eligibility: Open to all IUN anthropology students, defined as students who have either officially declared an Anthropology AA Degree Major or an Anthropology Minor as of the end of the Spring Semester 2002-2003, or who have demonstrated their pursuit of a Minor in Anthropology by having completed nine credit hours in anthropology by that time. (Any student can declare Anthropology in addition to any current majors or minors by application at the office of Diane Robinson, Recorder of Arts and Sciences, room Tamarack 55.) Students who have completed any degree can demonstrate continued pursuit of an anthropology education by continuing to enroll in anthropology courses and/or by enrolling in the anthropology-integrated IUN Sociology BA program. Scholarship recipients must have a Grade Point Average of 2.5 overall and 3.0 in their anthropology courses. It does not matter if applicants have also declared other majors, or even completed degrees at IUN or elsewhere. Students must have completed six credit hours at IUN in any subject in each of the semesters of the 2002-2003 school year to be eligible, and register for at least three credit hours in any subject in each of the semesters of the 2003-2004 year to receive the award portion for that semester.
Criteria: Student's 1) performance in, and choice of, anthropology courses; 2) cumulative and 2002-2003 Grade Point Average; 3) answer to the brief essay question about why you are studying anthropology; and 4) extra-curricular activities on or off campus related to anthropology. Criteria will be weighted in the order given. The winner will be decided by a committee of three: an IUN Anthropology teacher, a representative of the Dean's Office of the College of Arts and Sciences, and a graduate of the Anthropology AA program; their decision is final. Submitting an application authorizes them to review student's academic record. Any money not awarded to the winner due to failure to register at IUN for the Fall 2003 or Spring 2004 semester will be awarded to the student finishing second. Scholarship funded by IUN Anthropology Club; club membership and participation is not necessary to win.
Completed applications should be sent by mail to Bob Mucci, Anthropology Program, IUN, 3400 Broadway, Gary IN 46408, or dropped off in Lindenwood 214. Applications must be received by August 15, 2003.
The form is available on the website in rtf format that can be opened by any word processor (or even the wordpad program built into windows); download it at: http://www.iun.edu/%7Eanthronw/scholarship.rtf
or http://www.iun.edu/~anthronw/scholarship.rtf
Or you can pick up a printed out form from Mike in Lindenwood 214.
3) I am getting back to work after a successful eye surgery (surgery # 5, but close to 20/20 now in the problem eye); unfortunately in my absence my office flooded and Monday my son and I threw out dozens of wet and moldy books and many boxes of class notes, articles, and papers. Well I know my office really needed a cleaning out, but for a while I will have no office; when I return in a couple of weeks, I will try to work out of the vestibule room in front of my office, or make other arrangements. In the meantime students seeking registration advising should email me at Bob60614@netscape.net or call me at home at 773-929-0456 any day or evening. Be sure to include your ID #.
4) the Spring 2004 schedule has been submitted; besides the usual Culture & Society and Human Origins Intro classes, and the People of the Middle East anthro/geography class, we have the following: Christine Malcom will be doing Medical Anthropology MW afternoons, Michele Stokely will be doing Indians Before Columbus a little later on MW afternoons (with optional one credit hour film class and/or field trip), I will be doing Bioanthropology with lab on Tues/Thurs nites,. and Kathy Forgey is scheduled to do the Intro Archaeology class on Thursday nites in Portage.
5) Litae is a feminist and liberal e-journal looking for submissions. We accept scholarly or critical papers from any discipline as well as creative works such as short fiction, poetry, art, and other conceptual or creative projects. We are striving to put out an issue four times a year. Each issue is centered on a certain topic. The premier issue's theme is "How Far We Have Come." It will focus on the positive advancements made by women, as well as how far we have yet to go. The next three themes will be "War," "Body Image," and "Arts vs Science." We would like to have papers and projects based on these topics, but will also accept submissions and ideas for future themes. Please inform your students of this opportunity. For more information about Litae, go to: http://www.stationaryorbit.com/litae .
Thank you,
Dana Driscoll, ed.
Morgan Hardy, ed.
6) Greetings:
I wish to announce the creation of a new list-serve for those interested in Conflict and Displacement in Islamic Societies. Please circulate, and read below for relevant information.
This list-serve is created to circulate and exchange information relevant to those interested in conflict and displacement in the Islamic regions of the world.
Those interested in this group will be working on scholarly or humanitarian/NGO projects related to conflict and forced migration in Islamic societies.
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Thanks so much,
Kevin DeJesus,
Center for Refugee Studies
York Lanes, Suite 322, York University
4700 Keele Street,
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M3J 1P3
7) There is a special issue of Scientific American on the news stands, all recent and updated articles from their issues, and all about human evolution -- not just new fossil discoveries, but also concepts like bipedalism, food in human evolution, how human anatomy could be improved, etc. I would have used it for the human fossils class last semester if it had come out sooner; $ 6, worth a look.
8a) Job # 1 Jean Sept of IUB was distributing this:
Hello Dr. Sept: I am the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Spalding University and I am contacting you to see if you may have suggestions for a faculty replacement for Fall. We will have a faculty member leave to take a new position this Fall and we need coverage for a number of Anthropology classes---"Cultural Anthropology", and "Human origins and Archaeology". The classes are Oct 13-Nov. 20, Monday through Thursday. Cult. Anthro. meets 1:30-3:10, while Human Origins meets 9:50-11:30. Additionally, we need to find someone to teach a special topics class-- Native Americans which is offered from December 1 through January 26, with 2>weeks off at Christmas, on Monday through Thursday at well as Cultural Anthropology that will be taught in our 1:30-3:10----as weekend college----Saturdays from 8:30 to 12:30 for five weeks: 8/18-9/20. I was wondering if you might know of someone who would be interested in filling this opening on a part-time basis for the Fall or even a 1 year non-tenure track basis for the entire academic year---possibly an ABD? Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions (502-585-7101).
Sincerely, Steve Steven E. Hardin, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Spalding University
851 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40203
8b) Job # 2 (two more, actually)
INSTRUCTOR NEEDED - INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
Franklin College is seeking an instructor for the fall semester to teach one section of Introduction to Anthropology (SOC 123).
Preferred qualifications include a master's degree and some college teaching experience. Please send letter of interest, vitae and contact information for 3 references to:
Denise Baird, Chair
Dept of Sociology
Franklin College
Franklin IN 46131
dbaird@franklincollege.edu <mailto:dbaird@franklincollege.edu>
317-738-8270
and:
INSTRUCTOR NEEDED - INTRODUCTION TO JAPAN
Franklin College is seeking an instructor for the fall semester to teach one section of a cross-listed social science and culture course call Introduction to Japan (SOC/POL/JPN 235).
Preferred qualifications include a master's degree and some college teaching experience. Please send letter of interest, vitae and contact information for 3 references to:
Denise Baird, Chair
Dept of Sociology
Franklin College
Franklin IN 46131
dbaird@franklincollege.edu <mailto:dbaird@franklincollege.edu>
317-738-8270
9) teeth:
http://www.simplestepsdental.com/SS/ihtSS/r.WSIHW000/st.31819/pr.3.html
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Bob Mucci
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Anthropology
Indiana University Northwest
3400 Broadway, Gary IN 46408
219-980-6607
"Education not slogans is our motto"