Awards, scholarships, fieldschools, getting into grad school, jobs,
This is the IUN Anthro newsletter


1) AT IUN
    1A)  The IUN COAS Honors Tea
    1B)  Anthropology Club Graduate School Discussion.
    1C) Club meeting and Pub n Grub
    1D)  open discussion on Latin America
    1E) COAS Third Annual Student & Faculty Research Conference
    1F) AUGUST HUMAN CADAVER PROSECTION PROGRAM, Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest
2) Chicago area events
    2A)  Stars and War in Mexico: murals of Cacaxtla
    2B)  Brian Bauer: Change and Defeat of The Prehistoric Chanka
    2C) Milwaukee meetings of the Society for Cultural Anthropology
    2D) Traditional Asian Medicine
3) Events in and around Indiana
    3A) Redbud Trail Rendezvous
    3B)  cemetery preservation workshop
    3C)  Archaeology in the Ohio Valley exhibit
    3D)  Prehistoric figurines: disturbing the European Neolithic
4) JOBS
    4A)  Cultural Anthropology summer adjunct, Chicago area
    4B) Federal Social Science PhD job in Chicago
    4C)  Worldwide jobs of interest:
5) Fieldschools and summer activities
    5A)  IU Field School in Archaeology at Angel Mounds
    5B)  Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada:
    5C)  The Shovel Bums Archaeology Field School Directory


1A)  The IUN COAS Honors Tea is Thursday April 13 from 3 pm until about 4:30 in the Savannah Auditorium.  If you received an invitation, then you are going to be honored.  Due to class conflicts, the Sociology honors will be given earlier that alphabetical order, about 3:30, and Anthropology will be about 4 pm. About eight anthropology students and a similar number of sociology students will receive honors, and many other students will be honored by other departments; the first Clarke Johnson Family Memorial Scholarship will be awarded.

1B)  Curious about life after IUN? Come to the Q&A Event hosted by the IUN Anthropology Club.  Date: Friday, April 14 2006     Place: Savannah 205/206 Time: noon to 3:30
The IUN Anthropology Club is sponsoring a Graduate School Discussion. This event aims to bring together faculty and students at various places in the undergraduate and graduate school process. Discussions will cover how to find grad schools, how to apply, and all the things that happen along the way. In addition, we will talk about internships and field experiences that serve to not only inform your graduate school direction, but look great on your applications. Please join us for this event, and bring any questions about graduate school to this open and unique forum. Any questions, please contact Charlotte Noble, carodriq@iun.edu.
The guest speakers will discuss information students should know prior to graduating from IUN. The following list is only part of what they will include, as each presenter will be able to share his or her own personal and professional insights. This event is intended to answer many common questions and allow students to ask their own questions directly of the speakers.
** Speakers are subject to change **
Time:     12:00 - 1:30 The Process of Graduate School
Speakers:
Dr. Charles Gallmeier, Chair of the Sociology/Anthropology Department;
Jennifer St. Germain, Northern Illinois University Graduate Student and former IUN anthropology student;
Casey Kirkpatrick, IUN Sociology Student;
Christine Malcom, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology;
Dr. E. Scooter Pegram, Assistant Professor of French;
Dr. Michelle Stokely, Lecturer in Anthropology
Sample Questions: What do I do to prepare myself for getting into graduate school? What are GREs? How do I narrow my graduate school choices? How will I be able to pay for graduate school? What is life at graduate school like?
     1:45 - 2:30 Getting a Job or Internship
Speakers:
Dr. Tanice Foltz, Associate Professor of Sociology;
Christine Malcom, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology;
Charlotte Noble, IUN Anthropology Student;
Dr. Michelle Stokely, Lecturer in Anthropology;
Miriam K. Williams, Career Services
Sample Questions: What is a Curriculum Vitae (CV) and how do I make one? What should my resume look like? How do I find internships that I am interested in? What are internships like?
    2:30 - 3:15 Field Schools
Speakers:
Christine Malcom, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology;
Dr. Michelle Stokely, Lecturer in Anthropology
Sample Questions: What advantages do field schools offer? What are the different kinds of field schools? How do I find one that suits my educational goals? How can I pay for a field school?
    Pizza and Refreshments served at noon! This informal meeting will allow students to ask questions like: What are graduate schools all about? What kind of job can I expect to get after graduation? How do I apply to field schools, and what are they like? The event is open to students, faculty, and the general public.

1C)  The IUN Anthropology Club meeting scheduled for Thursday April 13 has been cancelled due to the Honors Tea; the next Pub n Grub is the evening of Thursday April 27; the watering hole/feeding trough has not yet been selected, so send your suggestions and votes to Torie at vlacny@iun.edu

1D)  The IUN International Affairs Club is hosting an open discussion on Latin America Thursday April 13, 7-9pm Library Conference Center, rm. 110 All are invited to attend and participate.  Coffee and refreshments will be served.  For more information, contact Marijana Kaufman at 219-794-6318 or email markaufm@iun.edu

1E)  College of Arts and Sciences
Third Annual Student & Faculty Research Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS!!
On November 9-10, 2006, the College of Arts and Sciences will be hosting its third annual scholarly research conference showcasing research and creative activity by IUN students and alumni, emeritus, full-time and part-time faculty, and their cohorts from other universities.  Students and faculty are invited to submit an abstract of up to 250 words on a topic of their choice for papers, posters, or artistic presentations.  Pre-organized panels will be considered. Faculty may nominate students to present outstanding scholarship/creative work only after reaching agreement with the student.  Student papers must be overseen by a faculty liaison that will provide appropriate mentoring and ensure that the papers meet disciplinary standards of excellence.  Formal presentations may not exceed 15-20 minutes.
Abstracts should contain the following information:
full name and title of the presenter,
title of presentation,
department affiliation,
name of faculty sponsor if applicable,
phone number,
email address,
equipment or supply requests,
agreement to read paper in 15 to 20 minutes,
and a definitive abstract of between 200 and 250 words.
The deadline for submitting abstracts is May 12th.  Please submit abstracts to Lacey Finchum, Psychology Department, Raintree 141 or to lacwilso@iun.edu.
Lacey Finchum, Secretary
Psychology and Women's Studies Departments
Raintree Hall Rm141
Indiana University Northwest
3400 Broadway
Gary, IN 46408
219-980-6680
fax:219-980-6756
lacwilso@iun.edu

1F)   AUGUST HUMAN CADAVER PROSECTION PROGRAM
Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest
3400 Broadway
Gary, Indiana University
******* APPLICATION DEADLINE:        MAY 1, 2006 *******
PROGRAM SPONSOR:  ZIMMER, Inc. (Zimmer Orthopedics)
*** Human Cadaver Dissection *** *** Radiology *** *** Orthopedic Surgery Demonstrations ***
The Cadaver Prosection and application forms pages are now live on the IUSM-NW Web Site. The Cadaver Prosection page is linked to the IUSM-NW front page.  The URL for the page is http://shaw.medlib.iupui.edu/nwcme/cp.html
Each year individuals bequeath their bodies to be used for medical education and basic science/clinical research.  This is the most profound gift that any individual can offer.  Cadaver donors used for medical education must be prepared for student doctors.  To facilitate this, the course director at the IUSM-Northwest created the Human Cadaver Prosection Program.  This program recruits individuals interested in medical school and/or clinical/basic sciences, and introduces them to working with a human cadaver (i.e., the very first patient of every physician).  A relaxed, but respectful, environment is provided where participants learn the anatomy of the human body and develop skills for professional dissection.  Furthermore, participants must communicate their knowledge of anatomy (and dissection) through discussion at the cadaver, and begin to develop an understanding of human anatomy through the use of various X-ray films, MRIs, CTs, models and laboratory specimens. Finally, the program stresses the need for competent health care professionals in medicine and in all areas of society.  The Human Cadaver Prosection Program will take place in the newly constructed gross anatomy laboratory at the IUSM-Northwest.
The objectives of this program are:
1. to introduce participants to the gross anatomy laboratory and the medical school environment;
2. to introduce participants to working with human cadaver specimens;
3. to educate participants about the gross anatomy of the upper and lower extremities in the human body and the use of skilled dissection using human cadaver donors, educational videos and DVDs; radiographic technology; anatomical models and specimens;
4. to introduce participants to the role(s) of corporations in healthcare, to stress the need for physicians and healthcare professional to communicate with corporations to enhance collaborative research and patient care.
Participants.        Participants have primarily been recruited by the course director and by referral.  Participants constitute a diverse population of faculty, undergraduate students, graduate students, medical students, allied health care professionals, physicians; basic scientists, and others.  The maximum number of participants is twenty-five (25).  Each will receive a Certificate of Completion and Letter.
Any individual desiring to participate must submit an application inclusive of a written statement discussing the reason(s) why participation in human cadaver prosection is desired.  Additionally, all participants must meet individually with the course director prior to acceptance into the program.  This meeting serves as an interview, and informs the participant of the strict guidelines and rules set forth by the Anatomical Gift Society.  By completion of this process, the applicant, if accepted into the program, agrees to be present for both days of prosection.  For this session, prosection is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, August 2 and Thursday, August 3, 2006.  A detailed dissection guide and a handout discussing anatomical terminology are given to the accepted participant so that he/she may prepare for this program (i.e., preparation is expected).


2) Chicago area events
2A)  Stars and War in Mexico: murals of Cacaxtla
Evanston, Ill., April, 2006 - Not star wars but "Stars and War" is the
topic of Dr. Ellen Baird's talk to the Chicago Archaeological Society
(CAS), Sunday, April 30, 2006.
      The presentation will focus on the exquisitely painted, amazingly
well-preserved murals found in Cacaxtla, Mexico.
      The murals depict horrific scenes of brutal conflict and a
post-battle sacrificial event between warriors attired as jaguars and
birds.  It also features elaborately-clothed lordly figures, plants that
sprout human heads, and figures wearing "star" skirts.  As if that isn't enough, stylized images of hearts and stars are interspersed between these scenes.
      Showing a mix of motifs and styles, the murals seem to come from such disparate Mexican sources as Oaxaca, the Gulf Coast, Teotihuacan and Xochicalco.
      Could the paintings depict cosmopolitan cultures in conflict after
the fall of the great Central Mexican city of Teotihuacan around 650 A.D.?
      Ellen T. Baird, PhD., Professor of Art History, University of
Illinois at Chicago (UIC), specializes in pre-Columbian and colonial art of Mexico.  She is past President of the College Art Association and former Dean of the College of Architecture and Arts at UIC.  She has published numerous articles and received many grants in conjunction with her chosen subject matter.
      In addition, Dr. Baird is currently contributing her talents to the
Newberry Library, Chicago, to curate the exhibit "Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico" which will focus on Colonial Mexican books and manuscripts by the descendants of the Aztecs.  The exhibit opens at the Newberry Library September 30, 2006.
      In the meantime, want to learn more about "Stars and War"?   Join us Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m. in a different location than usual.
      We'll meet at the North Shore Retirement Hotel, 1611 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL.  There is no age requirement and no admission fee to attend, so bring a friend.
      The Chicago Archaeological Society is a nonprofit organization that promotes the ethical practice and study of archaeology.
CONTACT: Robert Stelton
Chicago Archaeological Society
(630) 739-7255
meximayan@sbcglobal.net

2B)  Brian Bauer Lecture on Change and Defeat of The Prehistoric Chanka
Brian Bauer, Department of Anthropology, UIC
2005-2006 Institute for the Humanities Fellow
Lecture: "The Chanka: Historic Change and Cultural Responses in the Central Andes of Peru (7000 BC- AD 1650)"
April 18, 2006 at 3.00 p.m.
Institute for the Humanities, lower level Stevenson Hall
For more information call 312-996-6354 or see http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/huminst/fellows_lecture.html
This announcement was posted by ysurya2@uic.edu on 01/18/2006

2C) Milwaukee meetings of the Society for Cultural Anthropology on Friday/Saturday May 5/6.  You can see the list of speakers and topics at this site: http://www.aaanet.org/sca/meetings/sca/2006/intro.htm

2D) Traditional Asian Medicine Meridian Theory Acupressure/Acupunture
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, Asian Pharmacists Association (APA) would like to invite you to attend our seminar on "Traditional Asian Medicine, Meridian Theory, and Acupressure/Acupuncture" with Guest Speaker Liz Appel from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
Thursday, April 13, 2006, from 4:30 - 6PM Rm 111 at the UIC College of Pharmacy, 833 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612
Food and refreshments will be served.
For more information, please contact Christi Cumba at ccumba1@uic.edu.
This announcement was posted by ccumba1@uic.edu on 04/11/2006


3) Events in Indiana
3A)  Fulton County Historical Soc: Redbud Trail Rendezvous
April 29-30, 16th annual REDBUD TRAIL RENDEZVOUS, Rochester, Ind., on Fulton County Historical Society grounds 4 miles north of Rochester on U.S. 31 & Tippecanoe River. Fulton County Museum & Round Barn Museum at north end of grounds, open year around Mon. – Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed holidays. Rendezvous on river portrays frontier history with tepees and historic tents and camps, foods cooked over wood fires, music & dance on Chippeway Village stage - village has 40 wooden booths, traditional crafts, blanket trading, muzzleloading shooting matches. Festival named for redbud trees that bloom by the river. Open 10 a. m. to 6 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sun. Handicapped facilities. Admission $3 adults, $1 children ages 6 -11, free for age 5 and under. Contact Fulton County Historical Society, 37 E 375 N, Rochester, IN 46975, phone 574-223-4436, fchs@rtcol.com, www.icss.net/~fchs.

3B)  June 9 & 10 cemetery preservation workshop co-sponsored by DHPA and IHS
 http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/cem_workshop.html

3C)  Mid April - mid August
Archaeology in the Ohio Valley
This exhibit will look at evidence of early cultures in the Ohio Valley through artifacts and interpretation of studies over the past decade. Sponsored by the Falls of the Ohio Archaeological Society.
http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/education/programs.shtml#1034794831

3D) at Notre Dame: Dr. Douglass Bailey presents Prehistoric figurines, Barbie-Dolls, and police interviews: disturbing the European Neolithic (6500-3500 BC).
Monday 24 April, 2006     4:00 - 5:30 pm      213 DBRT
Prehistoric figurines, Barbie-Dolls, and police interviews: disturbing the European Neolithic presents a radical new approach to one of the most exciting but poorly understood artefacts from our prehistoric past. This lecture moves beyond the limitations of out-dated interpretations of figurines as Mother-Goddesses and investigates individual prehistoric figurines in their original archaeological contexts and in terms of modern exploitations of the human form. Dr Bailey examines not what figurines were, but how and why they fulfilled the variety of roles that they might have played. What it is about a figurine's physical and visual condition that makes it successful as a votive, a portrait or any other potential object? Unexpected but valuable inspiration comes from examinations of children's dolls, the methods and materials of police interviews, as well as early video games and the world of Walt Disney.
Douglass Bailey is Professor of European Prehistory and Head of Archaeology and Conservation at Cardiff University. He has long experience excavating prehistoric sites in Romania and Bulgaria and has published widely on a broad range of topics including the east European Neolithic, settlement and sedentism, art and visual culture, and the politics of archaeology. His 2000 book Balkan Prehistory: Exclusion, Incorporation and Identity (Routledge) is the standard text on the subject and follows his contribution Prehistoric Bulgaria (Prehistory Press; 1995) which he produced with Ivan Panayotov. In 2002, the Romanian Ministry of Culture awarded Dr Bailey their Adrian Radulescu Prize for outstanding contribution to Romanian prehistoric archaeology. Dr Bailey's most recent book, Prehistoric Figurines: Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic (Routledge), was published in 2005.
Following the lecture, a dinner will be held at 6:30 pm in the home of Profs. Meredith Chesson and Ian Kuijt for interested faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. We welcome everyone who would like to talk with Dr. Bailey in a more informal atmosphere.  Please RSVP to mchesson@nd.edu, and directions will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you at the lecture and dinner!  If you have any questions, please contact Meredith Chesson in Anthropology (mchesson@nd.edu).
Dr. Meredith S. Chesson
Dept. of Anthropology
University of Notre Dame
615 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
tel: 574-631-3775
fax: 574-631-5760
email:  Meredith.Chesson.3@nd.edu
or Diane Pribbernow
Sr. Administrative Assistant
Department of Anthropology
611 Flanner Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN  46556-5611
Phone:   574-631-6433
Fax:        574-631-5760
http://www.nd.edu/~anthro/

4) JOBS
4A)  The Health Arts Program at the University of St. Francis is seeking an instructor to teach Cultural Anthropology for the summer semester.   This course is offered at Holy Family Hospital in DesPlaines on Wednesdays, May 10 - July 26 from 6:00 - 9:45 p.m.
Renumeration for this course includes a $1,800 salary, mileage
reimbursement, guest speaker honorarium, and $100 professional budget.  Call 1-800-726-2600 ext. 3386 or e-mail at  Sniedrich@stfrancis.edu.

4B)  Department of Health and Human Services
Social Science PhD job in Chicago
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=41172449

4C)  Worldwide jobs of interest:
http://www.developmentex.com/oppsummary.jsp


5) Fieldschools and summer activities
5A)  Hello! We have extended the deadline for applications to the IU Field School in Archaeology at Angel Mounds State Historic Site. We've been able to make room for a few more students, but space is very limited at this point. If you are interested we urge you to apply immediately (more info below).
Thanks,
Staffan Peterson
We are now inviting applications for the IU Summer Field School in
Archaeology, May 9 - June 15, 2005. This six-credit hour course will be held at Angel Mounds State Historic Site in Evansville, IN. This is an exceptional opportunity to participate in research at a site of major regional importance. This project will focus on the excavation of prehistoric domestic features in order to gain insight on social and
ecological change in the Ohio River Valley 600-1000 years ago.
Instruction in geophysical remote sensing and geomorphology will also be offered. Class size is limited so early application is strongly
encouraged. More information and an online application is available at our website: http://www.gbl.indiana.edu/fschool.html
http://gbl.indiana.edu/fschool/blog

5B)  Students!  Interested in an exciting new way to take an introductory science course in a spectacular mountain setting?  Through the support of the Collins Living-Learning Center, the Dept. of Geological Sciences, and the Indiana Geological Survey, we will be offering a new, introductory-level "expeditions" science course, directed at both science and non-science students, and taught in the mountains of the eastern Sierra Nevada.  The course, entitled "Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada: Geology and Natural Heritage of the Long Valley Caldera," is open to all students on the IU campus.  The course will be taught by Michael Hamburger, professor of Geological Sciences, and John Rupp research scientist with the Indiana Geological Survey.  The class offers a hands-on, inquiry-oriented introduction to the geological and ecological setting of one of the most beautiful and environmentally diverse areas of the western U.S.
Students can register for the class either as GEOL G188 or Collins
Living-Learning Center (L130).  Both listings are eligible for COAS
TOPICS and N&M sciences credit.  The course will be taught in the first summer session, and will include a prerequisite seminar-style class during the second half of the spring semester (GEOL G190, CLLC L100), followed by a 2-week field trip to the Sierras, May 10 - 24.    If you are interested, take a look at our course web site:
http://www.indiana.edu/~sierra/
where you'll find course information, some great photos from last year's field course and on-line application information.
Questions?  Contact Michael Hamburger (hamburg@indiana.edu) or John Rupp (rupp@indiana.edu) with any questions about the class.

5C)  The Shovel Bums 2006 Comprehensive Archaeology Field School Directory is now up at: http://shovelbums.org/2006_Archaeology_Field_Schools
(Site was down today)