Anthropology Professor Emeritus Daniel Ingersoll and his wife, former adjunct Anthropology Professor Kate Ingersoll, have a book contract with Routledge Press for an edited volume of the latest scholarly work on Rapa Nui (aka Easter Island). The book’s title is Rapa Nui (Easter Island): Cultural and Environmental Changes and Challenges.
Archives for May 2016
SMCM alumna returns to Gambia with University of Maryland, Baltimore
SMCM alumna Sarah Gregorini (’10), currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, returns to Gambia as part of a team led by Medical School faculty Drs. Melissa McDiarmid and Joanna Gaitens, for an occupational safety workshop with the Gambian Ministry of Health and University of The Gambia School Find out more »
National Park Service webinar on Indigenous Landscapes
Professor Julia King and adjunct faculty member Scott Strickland used the Piscataway modeling project as the example for a webinar sponsored by the US National Park Service on Indigenous Cultural Landscapes on May 11, 2016. The webinar will be featured in the future on the US National Park Service’s YouTube page.
Emeritus Professor to publish edited volume on Easter Island
Anthropology Professor Emeritus Daniel Ingersoll and his wife, former adjunct Anthropology Professor Kate Ingersoll, have a book contract with Routledge Press for an edited volume of the latest scholarly work on Rapa Nui (aka Easter Island). The book’s title is: Rapa Nui (Easter Island): Cultural and Environmental Changes and Challenges and is expected to be available in 2017.
Two Anthropology Alums win Fulbright awards to support PhD research
Gideon Singer (’12) pursued varied interests as a student at SMCM, primarily focusing on archaeology and Australia, where he studied abroad. Gideon received an NSF scholarship to pay for his PhD coursework in anthropology at Purdue University, where he has combined his interests in material culture and Australia to explore e-waste (electronic waste) in Australia. Find out more »