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Anthropology Enhancement Position Request. Anthropology Component of the Department of Sociology & Social Work Dr. Scott Demel, Dr. Alex Ruuska. Growth of the Anthropology Component 2008-2011. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Anthropology Enhancement Position Request
Anthropology Component of the Department of Sociology & Social Work
Dr. Scott Demel, Dr. Alex Ruuska
Growth of the Anthropology Component 2008-2011
• Over the past four years we have witnessed phenomenal growth in the Anthropology Component within the Department of Sociology & Social Work.
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Anthropology minors
Evidence for the internal demand for an anthropology major:
• reinstatement of the anthropology minor following the hiring of two anthropologists
• growth of the minor to a current level of 45 students• Well-received faculty Directed Study Abroad Program (Peru 2009)• reinstatement of the summer archaeology field school (AN355;
Beaver Island 2010)• reinstatement of the Anthropology Club with a mailing list of nearly
100 students• Increased number of anthropology classes from an estimated 2-3
four years ago to 16- 20 current course offerings• Increased number of Individually Created Programs (ICPS) in
anthropology, and 4 new ICPs in progress
International Focus:Peru trip11 Students Minoring in Anthropology went on this trip
Extensive time in Amazon Rainforest, Machu Picchu and other Incan sites
Students post Peru:
Summer Matilla: ICP in Anthropology
Travis Kidd: Graduate Student, Film School
Ryan Brown: Offered Permanent Position in Forest Service
Regional Focus: Tracing the Trail: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
http://nmuanthro.net/Project.html
National Park Service Grant
Local Focus: Goose Lake & Mt. Marquette• Nomination of archaeological site to the
National Register of Historic Places Underway
• Three Students working on nomination
• Potential protection of an important local archaeological site
• Community Partners:
• City of Marquette Parks and Recreation
• Marquette Regional History Center
• County Recorder of Deeds
• Students Investigate Past and Present Results
Regional Focus: Beaver Island Summer Archaeology Field School
Beaver Island Archaeology Station
$20,000 scholarship fund for summer 2012
Working with construction management students to design facilities
Working with NMU Foundation to explore feasibility
Regional Focus: Tracing the Trail: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
http://nmuanthro.net/Project.html
National Park Service Grant
Local Focus: Goose Lake & Mt. Marquette• Nomination of archaeological site to the
National Register of Historic Places Underway
• Three Students working on nomination
• Potential protection of an important local archaeological site
• Community Partners:
• City of Marquette Parks and Recreation
• Marquette Regional History Center
• County Recorder of Deeds
• Students Investigate Past and Present Results
Regional Focus: Beaver Island Summer Archaeology Field School
Beaver Island Archaeology Station
$20,000 scholarship fund for summer 2012
Working with construction management students to design facilities
Working with NMU Foundation to explore feasibility
Anthropology’s Momentum • Growing Student Interest
– Anthropology Club• http://www.facebook.com/gr
oups/52062602995/– Archaeology Club
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/NMU-Archaeology/159032627495507
• Student Enrollment Increasing • New Courses• Potential for a Major• Internship and Volunteer
Opportunities• Communication, Research
and Writing Opportunities• Anthropology Students
Recruiting New Students
Curriculum Development• Increased Enrollment and # of
Classes offered
• Individually Created Programs– Growing numbers of ICP
students– Prototype for the Anthropology
Major
• Multiple CUP Proposals in progress
• World Cultures, Division III Application in progress
• Expanding Work in Archaeology and Sociocultural Labs
Curriculum Development, Part II
• Current Faculty:– Teaching Multiple Sociocultural and
Archaeological Course Offerings
– Assisting other programs: International Studies, CNAS, Nursing
– Adding students to other programs: Sociology (quantitative methods), Modern Languages (linguistics), Geology, Art, History, Languages, Criminal Justice, Outdoor Recreation
Future Faculty:Medical/Physical Anthropologist (tenure track)Linguistic Anthropology Position
Enhancement Position Request• Anthropologist Specializing in Medical and Physical Anthropology
• Comparable Institutions: Anthropology Major and 5-9 Anthropology Faculty Members
• Anticipated New Course Offerings– Medical Anthropology– Physical Anthropology– Human Evolution – Forensic Anthropology – General Anthropology methods and theory courses
– For Details see Handout
Unique Applied Perspective• We Meet a Strong Practical as well as an Enduring Intellectual Demand:
• How to be an informed and effective change agent in a global world
• Word is growing in our intro classes, on campus, through professional conferences and beyond
• Number of Anticipated Students per Semester:– Intro 50-75- feeder classes– Mid Level Course 30-40– Upper Level Course 15-25
• Curriculum:– Established through the Individually Created Programs– Increased course offerings: 3 full time Faculty teaching full loads each semester– Diversification of course offerings
Revenue and other resources generated by the program
• Enrollment/Tuition– High enrollment in classes often over 100%– Large classroom sizes
• Grants– National Park Service 2 year ethnographic study of Pictured Rocks National
Lakeshore– Bureau of Land Management two year ethnographic study of the Mormon
Mountains– COPS grants– Michigan Humanities Council grant application
• Fundraising– NMU Foundation - Possible archaeology field school station on Beaver Island– NMU Foundation – Archaeology field school scholarships
Why Anthropology Will Continue to Grow
• Recruitment and Retention • One of most popular majors on campuses nationwide
• Our students are becoming advocates for NMU at national and regional conferences
• Students are placing well in graduate schools, medical schools, the Peace Corps, and ESL programs
• Students are experiencing increased employment opportunities (Museums and CRM work)
• Increased retention of students passionate about having an anthropology major