Anthropology
Department

St. Mary's Projects

"Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess."~Margaret Mead

St. Mary's Project is the capstone of study at St. Mary's College of Maryland. The project is an eight credit, independent, sustained endeavor of research or creative expression that is supervised by a faculty mentor and presented in a public forum.

2008-2009 SMPs

Barry V. Adkins, Jr. "A Case of Learning: Student and Teacher Voices from the First Year Seminar" (Bill Roberts).

Rubab Dowla. "The Cell Phone: A First-World Technology in the Hands of Third-World Women" (Iris Ford).

Genevieve Goerling. "A Comparative Archaeological Analysis of Three 17th Century Catholic Missions SItes in North America" (Julie King).

Bonnie McCubbin. "Mystery Unearthed: Cokesbury College- An Investigation into the History and Demise of the First Methodist College" (Julie King).

Patrick McKitick. "Witchcraft, Inchantment, Charmes, & Sorceryes': Toward an Archaeology of Colonial Magic and Popular Belief" (Julie King). 

Frederick "Spike" Meatyard. "Used to be and be ain't'--Cultural Heritage through Restoration" (Dan Ingersoll). 

Iben Ricket. "The Ecology of Poverty and HIV/AIDS in sub-Sharan Africa" (Asif Dowla).

Andrea L. Scher. "Folk Music in America and at St. Mary's College" (Dan Ingersoll).

Lauren E. Schreiber. "Biomedicine and Marabouts: A Situational Analysis of Traditional Medicine and the Concept of 'Integration' in The Gambia's Health Care Policy" (Bill Roberts).

Emily Rose Walter. "Morecroft Re-examined: An Archaeological St. Mary's Project" (Silas Hurry). 

Sarah Morgan Weisse. "Stop the Presses: A Study of the Evolution of Print Media in 21st Century America" (Dan Ingersoll).

2007-2008 SMPs

Walker Copper. "Understanding Alcohol Consumption at St. Mary's College of Maryland" (Dan Ingersoll).

Sarah Dowling. "Sen no Rikyu's Tea Ceremony in Japanese History and Society" (Iris Ford). 

Michelle Marsich. "Visiting the History of St. Mary's: A Walk through Changes in Time" (Kate Meatyard). 

Scott Strickland. "Early Maryland Architecture: Constructing 'Biogrpahies' of 17th-and early 18th-century Structures in the Potomac River Drainage" (Julie King). 

2006-2007 SMPs

Hilary Barstow. "Genealogy of the Amarna Period" (Timothy Riordan). 

Jennifer Covington. "Medicine, Migration, and Money: An Examination of the Gambian Brain Drain" (Bill Roberts).

Clinton Gilbert. "Dead People in Black and White: Segregated Burial Practices in Baltimore, Maryland" (Iris Ford).

Christina Goldzwig. "Mummified Human Remains as Evidence of Worldwide Sociocultural Tattooing" (Kate Meatyard).

David Huber. "Dendrochronological Assessment of Clocker's Fancy" (Dan Ingersoll).

Casey McHugh. "Exploration of Views about Marriage from Gambian Women Living in the United States" (Bill Roberts).

Douglas Miller. "Assessment of Early Chinese Immigrant Assimilation into the American West" (Dan Ingersoll).

Heather Muszynski. "Mark your Territory: the Manipulation and Reclamation of the Urban Landscape" (Iris Ford).

Sean Reid. "Comptoir Oubile: Reconstruction of a French Trading Post called Albreda on the Gambia River 1681-1857" (Bill Roberts).

Elizabeth Truitt. "Sacred Spaces: Cemeteries of St. Mary's City and the Communities that Created them" (Kate Meatyard).

Lydia Weaver. "Quechua: Resistance and Solidarity" (Kate Meatyard).

Hannah White. "Ideal Islam: the Appeal of the Past and Medina as Perfection" (Betual Basaran-Meckel).

Randi Zung. "Pottymouths: the Herstory of a Grrrl Riot" (Dan Ingersoll).

Andrew Bove. "Bean Tobacco Barn at Historic St. Mary's City" (Dan Ingersoll).

Anna Brown. "Culture Contact Among the Etruscans" (Julie King).

Emilie Vogel. "Cyberlore: the Mass Forwarding of urban Legends" (Dan Ingersoll).

2005-2006 SMPs

Brandon Bucker, Brandon Scott and Danien Stanback. "Represent: the Political, Social and Economic Impact of Hip-Hop on the SMCM Community" (Iris Ford and Walter Hill).

Amanda Dempster. "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud: African-American Racial Perceptions, Acculturation, and Integration at St. Mary's College of Maryland" (Iris Ford).

Elena Fisher. "Database for Faunal Remains" (Kate Meatyard). 

Andrew Gilman. "African Summer: Tales from The Gambia" (Bill Roberts).

Julia Hill. "Forensics and Mummification" (Kate Meatyard).

Donald Johnson. "Reconstructing Racial Identity in Seventeenth Century Maryland" (Julie King).

Adam Peterson. "Ethnographic Fiction: The Gandoca Story" (Bill Roberts).

Benjamin Porter. "European Trade Goods, Native Material Culture, and Native American Identity in the 17th-Century Chesapeake" (Julie King).

David Smith. "Theoretical Examination of Video Game Culture" (Dan Ingersoll).

Mitchell Vassallo. "Folk Crafting as a Tool for Disalienation in American Today" (Dan Ingersoll).

Giselle Rahn. "National Archaeological Collections Policies: A Survey of State and Tribal Historic Preservation Offices" (Julie King).

Peter Regan. "Only People on Earth: A Study of the Origins and Population Variations of the Rapanui" (Kate Meatyard).

2004-2005 SMPs

J. M. Clickner, "Antisocial or Progressive? A Critical Introductory Look at the Changing University Structure in Germany"(mentor - William C Roberts)

Jeremy R. Delaney, "An Exploratory Examination of Anime Subculture in the United States" (mentor - William C Roberts)

Alverta S. Fields, "Souls of My Past: An Oral and Genealogical View of My Ancestors (mentor - Iris C Ford)

Daniel I. Fuchs, "The Drive to Internationalize: An Evaluation of International Education Initiatives at St. Mary's College" (mentor - William C Roberts)

Emily T. Holden, "Trading Faces: Facial Reproduction and Skeletal Identification"(mentor - Kathleen B Meatyard)

Leslie M. Keffer-King, "Women: Why Do We Wear What We Wear?" (mentor - Iris C Ford)

Sarah E. Mattes, "An Examination of Spanish Masculinity" (mentor - William C Roberts)

Abigail M. Meatyard, "The Effects of Tourism on Conservation: a Community's Response to the Changes at Katchikally Sacred Crocodile Pool" (mentor - William C Roberts)

Catherine M. Naeger, "A History of Canoe/Kayak Competition" (mentor - Daniel W Ingersoll)

Pamela B. Wye, "The Drive to Internationalize: An Evaluation of International Education Initiatives at St. Mary's College" (mentor - William C Roberts)

Clare J. Zuraw, "In the Other Country: Burmese Communities in Washington D.C. and Maryland" (mentor - William C Roberts)

2003-2004 SMPs

Kelly Ann Brookhart, "Forensic Anthropology: Determining "the Big Four" From Human Skeletal Remains" (mentor - Kathleen Meatyard)

Katherine Domenica Cavallo, "Analysis of Marked and Decorated White Clay Tobacco Pipes From the Lower Patuxent Drainage" (mentor - Julia A. King)

Kara Lee Francis, "Post-Communist Albanian Migration into Greece: An Historical and Demographic Study" (mentor - William C. Roberts)

Thomas Chesley Hart, "Building the Past: The Creation and Analysis of a Phytolith Type " (mentor - Kathleen Meatyard)

Stacey A Hope, "Spirits of El Dorado: Journey of the American Spirit" (mentor - Iris C. Ford)

Genevieve Rose Parr, "Thailand and Ecotourism" (mentor - William C Roberts)

Janece Andrea Smoot, "Stealing Life: Organ Theft in the Developing World" (mentor - Iris C. Ford)

Abigail R. Sullivan, "Stolen Generation of Two Continents: Explanations and Outcomes of the U.S. and Australia's Indigenous Education Policies" (mentor - Daniel W. Ingersoll)

Summer Laurel Wember, "HIV/AIDS in South Africa and Multi-Sectoral Collaboration: Is this the Answer?" (mentor - Iris C. Ford)

2002-2003 SMPs

Michael Addabbo, "Inside Out: A Punk Ethnography" (mentor - Daniel W. Ingersoll)

Meghan Efland, "Culture Crossing the Atlantic" (mentor - Daniel W. Ingersoll)

Anne Grulich, "Facon de Venise on the Chesapeake Frontier" (mentor - Silas Hurry)

Timothy Hall, "Rockabilly Music and Its Revivals: An Ethnohistory of Rockabilly Culture" (mentor - Iris C. Ford)

Alexander Horrom, "Culture of the Sky: Astronomy in Ancient Civilizations" (mentor - Kathleen Meatyard)

Dionisios Kavadias, "Trinity Cemetery Project" (mentor - Daniel W. Ingersoll)

Megan Anne Kutzer, "Siamo donne, Siamo tante: An Ethnohistory of the Italian Feminis" (mentor - Iris C. Ford)

Cassie Mancer, "Fishin' Up: Women, Working, and The Water in St. Mary's County" (mentor - Daniel W. Ingersoll)

Tenley Martin, "Fox Hunting Rituals and Traditions in Southern Maryland" (mentor - Dr. Daniel W. Ingersoll)

2001-2002 SMPs

Emily Brewster, "Unearthing the Ethical and Academic Connections between Anthropology, Disability, and Community Service" (mentor - Bill Roberts)

Christopher D'Hondt, "An Exploration into Archaeological Analysis and Curation Using Computer Software (Re: Discovery) (mentor - Silas Hurry)

Kristina Dunman, "Living Objects: Museums and the Care of American Indian Artifacts" (mentor - Bill Roberts)

Virginia Hess, "Public Parks and Playgrounds" (mentor - Daniel Ingersoll)

Andrew Nelson, "Parental Perspectives on Raising Children in Sangre Grande, Trinidad" (mentor - Bill Roberts)

Rebecca Norris, "An Ethnohistory of the SOAN Department" (mentor - Bill Roberts)

Michelle Sivilich, "Building a GIS of Historic St. Mary's City" (mentors - Silas Hurry and Bill Roberts)

Kelly Whitfield, "Naval Activity in the St. Mary's River during the Civil War" (mentors - Daniel Ingersoll and Henry Miller)

Kenya Wilson, "Ethnomathematics: Is This Really a New Kind of Math?" (mentor - Iris Carter Ford)