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J u n e H e l m , 7 9 , P r o f e s s o r E m e r i t a o f A n t h r o p o l o g y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f I o w a , d i e d i n I o w aC i t y o n F e b r u a r y 5 , 2 0 0 4 . H e l m s p e n t f i f t y y e a r s c o n d u c t i n g r e s e a r c h o n t h e c u l t u r e a n de t h n o h i s t o r y o f t h e M a c k e n z i e - d r a i n a g e D e n e i n t h e C a n a d i a n n o r t h . H e r s t u d i e s o f D e n ee c o l o g y, k i n s h i p , a n d d e m o g r a p h y a r e i m p o r t a n t c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o o u r k n o w l e d g e o f h u n t e r -g a t h e r e r s . H e l m �s b e s t - k n o w n s o l e - a u t h o r e d b o o k s a r e P ro p h e c y a n d P o w e r a m o n g t h eD o g r i b I n d i a n s ( U n i v e r s i t y o f N e b r a s k a P r e s s 1 9 9 4 ) a n d T h e P e o p l e o f D e n e n d e h :E t h n o h i s t o r y o f t h e I n d i a n s o f C a n a d a �s N o r t h w e s t Te r r i t o r i e s ( U n i v e r s i t y o f I o w a P r e s s2000). She also edited several books , inc lud ing vo lumeV I ( t h e S u b a r c t i c ) o f t h e H a n d b o o k o f N o r t hAmerican Indians (Smithsonian I n s t i t u t i o n P r e s s 1 9 8 1 ) .H e l m w a s c h a i r o f S e c t i o n H o f t h e A m e r i c a nAssociation for the Advancement o f S c i e n c e ( 1 9 7 8 ) , h e l dthe presidencies of the American E thno log i ca l Soc i e ty(1981-1983) and the American Anth ropo log ica lA s s o c i a t i o n ( 1 9 8 5 - 1 9 8 7 ) , a n d w a s e l e c t e d t o t h eAmerican Academy of Ar ts a n d S c i e n c e s ( 1 9 9 4 ) . S h ereceived the Regents� Award f o r F a c u l t y E x c e l l e n c e i n1995 and was named the F. Wendell M i l l e r D i s t i n g u i s h e d P r o f e s s o ro f An th ropo logy in 1996 .

He lm was born in Twin Fa l l s , I d a h o o n S e p t e m b e r 1 3 , 1 9 2 4 t op a r e n t s w h o h a d b e e n r a i s e d o n K a n s a s f a r m s . T h e f a m i l yreturned to Kansas in 1930, where H e l m �s f a t h e r w o r k e d a s amechanic. After graduating from h i g h s c h o o l , H e l m e n r o l l e d a t t h eU n i v e r s i t y o f K a n s a s C i t y, t h e o n l y c o l l e g e s h e c o u l d a f f o r d .H e r f a t h e r �s i n c o m e i n c r e a s e d i n t h e e a r l y 1 9 4 0 s w h e n h econver ted used machines to war p r o d u c t i o n a n d H e l m w a s a b l e t otransfer to the University of Chicago, w h e r e s h e r e c e i v e d a P h . B . i n1944 . In 1945 Helm mar r ied her f i r s t h u s b a n d , t h e a r c h a e o l o g i s tRichard �Scotty� MacNeish. The c o u p l e i m m e d i a t e l y w e n t t oMexico, where MacNeish conducted a r c h a e o l o g i c a l f i e l d w o r k f o r h i sd o c t o r a l d i s s e r t a t i o n a n d H e l m c a r r i e d o u t e t h n o g r a p h i cresearch for her M.A. at Chicago ( 1 9 5 0 ) i n a r u r a l m e s t i z ocommunity in Tamaulipas. In 1949 H e l m m o v e d t o O t t a w a , C a n a d a ,where MacNeish he ld a pos i t ion a t t h e N a t i o n a l M u s e u m . H e l mb e g a n h e r r e s e a r c h a l o n g t h e M a c k e n z i e R i v e r a t t h i s t i m e .Her ethnographic f ield data from 1 9 5 1 a n d 1 9 5 2 b e c a m e t h e b a s i sof her Ph.D. thesis f rom Chicago ( 1 9 5 8 ) .

I n 1 9 6 0 H e l m j o i n e d t h e d e p a r t m e n t o f S o c i o l o g y a n d A n t h r o p o l o g y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o fI o w a . H e l m w a s i n s t r u m e n t a l i n e s t a b l i s h i n g a s e p a r a t e d e p a r t m e n t o f a n t h r o p o l o g y a t I o w a i n1 9 6 9 a n d s e r v e d a s d e p a r t m e n t c h a i r o n s e v e r a l o c c a s i o n s . S h e a l s o w a s t h e c h a i r ( 1 9 9 3 - 1 9 9 6 )o f t h e n e w l y f o r m e d A m e r i c a n I n d i a n N a t i v e S t u d i e s P r o g r a m . A f t e r h e r r e t i r e m e n t i n 1 9 9 9 ,H e l m r e t a i n e d a n o f f i c e i n t h e a n t h r o p o l o g y d e p a r t m e n t , w h i c h s h e u s e d r e g u l a r l y u n t i l a f e wm o n t h s b e f o r e h e r d e a t h .

H e l m w a s a s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d , w e l l - r e a d w o m a n w h o p r i z e d i n t e l l e c t u a l h o n e s t y a n d e m p i r i c a ld a t a . A l t h o u g h s h e h a d a d e v a s t a t i n g s e n s e o f h u m o r a n d a l w a y s s p o k e h e r m i n d , H e l m �ss h a r p n e s s w a s t e m p e r e d w i t h a n a p p r e c i a t i o n o f t h e f r a i l t i e s o f h u m a n i t y a n d a l o v e o f d o g s .S h e l i k e d w o r d p u z z l e s a n d c o n t r i b u t e d n u m e r o u s a c r o s t i c s w i t h a n t h r o p o l o g i c a l t h e m e s t o t h eA n t h r o p o l o g y N e w s l e t t e r. H e l m i s s u r v i v e d b y h e r h u s b a n d P i e r c e K i n g , a n a r c h i t e c t s h em a r r i e d i n 1 9 6 8 .

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h e r e . S h e w a s a g e n e r o u s p e r s o n a n d g e n u i n e l y i n t e r e s t ed in how I was do ing my f i r s t yea r. She

t o l d g r e a t s t o r i e s , t o o !

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C h a d U r a nI met June Helm in 1997. I was a f i f th -year sen iorlook ing i n to g radua t e s choo l . I , o f cou r se , wasu n s u r e w h a t I w a s d o i n g .

S h e w a s s e a t e d i n h e r o f f i c e a n d s e e m e d b u s y.Her demeanor and he r age cued in me the typ ica lyoung Oj ibwe male response : I was immedia te lyo n m y t o e s b e c a u s e c l e a r l y t h i s w a s o n e t o u g ho ld l ady.

She t o ld me to s i t down . I i n t roduced myse l f a s ap r o s p e c t i v e g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t c h e c k i n g o u t t h edepa r tmen t . I cou ld t e l l t ha t I was no texpla in ing mysel f wel l , and I became morenervous . Af te r some more r ambl ings and he rm i n i m a l r e s p o n s e s , s h e a s k e d � W h a t d o y o uw a n t t o d o ? �

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I a m n o t s u r e w h y t h i n g s w e n t t h a t w a y, b e c a u s ewe neve r spoke a t l eng th aga in a f t e r t ha t . I tt ook ano the r two and a ha l f yea r s fo r me t o comet o I o w a , a n d b y t h e n c i r c u m s t a n c e s h a dchanged . I now reg re t no t mak ing a t t empt s t ov i s i t w i th he r more ; bu t t hen aga in , de fe renceand avo idance i s a l so a h igh fo rm o f r e spec t .

B u t I c a n s t i l l s a y t h a t i t w a s h e r s p i r i t a s s h o w nto me in tha t f i r s t i n t e rac t ion d id he lp gu ide meto come to Iowa . And tha t i s how I wi l l a lwaysremember her.

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when I a r r ived he re in 2002 . She and I n o t o n l y s h a r e d a c a d e m i c i n t e r e s t s , b u t

a l so some bas i c pe r sona l s ens ib i l i t i e s . I u sed t o v i s i t w i th he r r egu l a r ly when she came

t o h e r o f f i c e , a n d w e c o n t i n u e d t o t a l k b y p h o n e a f t e r she r ema ined a t home . She was su rp r i s ed t o

c o m e a c r o s s a n e w - g e n e r a t i o n s c h o l a r w h o h a d d e t a i l e d k n o w l e d g e o f t h e t y p e s o f p s y c h o l o g i c a l

an th ropo logy t ha t f l ou r i shed i n t he U .S . i n t he 1940s and 1950s ( th i s thanks to my t ra in ing a t UC-San Diego) . For my

p a r t , I w a s p l e a s e d t o h a v e a c h a n c e t o t a l k w i t h h e r a s I c r e a t e d a n d t a u g h t m y o w n p s y c h o l o g i c a l a n t h r o p o l o g y c o u r s e f o r t h e

f i r s t t ime . On a more pe r sona l l eve l , I r ea l ly en joyed June�s c o m b i n a t i o n o f b e i n g b o t h a c u t e l y p e r c e p t i v e a n d

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K a t i n a p l a n s t o p r e s e n t t w o p a p e r s a t ac o n f e r e n c e o n I b e r i a n A r c h a e o l o g y i nF a r o , P o r t u g a l i n S e p t e m b e r , a n d i s a l s ow o r k i n g o n a c h a p t e r o n m e m o r y a n dp r e h i s t o r y f o r a n u p c o m i n g b o o k o nE u r o p e a n p r e h i s t o r y. K a t i n a s a y s ,� B e i n g f o r c e d t o s t r a d d l e t h r e e c u l t u r a lw o r l d s � A m e r i c a n , G r e e k , a n dB r a z i l i a n � p r e - a d a p t e d m e t o a c a r e e r i na n t h r o p o l o g y. � S h e s p e n t m a n y s u m m e r si n G r e e c e v i s i t i n g r e l a t i v e s , w h i c ha r o u s e d h e r i n t e r e s t i n o t h e r c u l t u r e s a n dt h e a n c i e n t p a s t . � W h e n I w a s 1 4 - y e a r s -o l d , I w a s t a k e n t o a p e r f o r m a n c e o fE u r i p i d e s � B a c c h a e , i n t h e a n c i e n tt h e a t e r o f E p i d a u r u s . T h a t e x p e r i e n c el e f t a n e n d u r i n g i m p r e s s i o n o n m e , a n dm a d e m e r e a l i z e t h e p o w e r o f t h e a n c i e n tp a s t , a n d h o w t h e p a s t a n d p r e s e n t w e r ei n e x t r i c a b l y c o n n e c t e d . � S h e w a s d r a w nt o a n t h r o p o l o g y b e c a u s e s h e f e l t t h a t a s af i e l d , i t s p e a k s t o m a n y o f t h e m a j o rq u e s t i o n s a n d c h a l l e n g e s f a c i n g h u m a n i t yt o d a y, s u c h a s s o c i a l i n e q u a l i t y, c o n f l i c t ,a n d e n v i r o n m e n t a l c o l l a p s e .

S i n c e a r r i v i n g a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f I o w a ,K a t i n a h a s t a u g h t � T r i b e s a n d C h i e f d o m so f A n c i e n t E u r o p e � a n d � A n t h r o p o l o g yo f D e a t h . � I n t h e f u t u r e , s h e � d l i k e t ot e a c h c o u r s e s o n t h e A r c h a e o l o g y o fM e m o r y, t h e A r c h a e o l o g y o f E x c h a n g e ,a n d t h e C o l l a p s e o f C o m p l e x S o c i e t i e s .K a t i n a a p p r e c i a t e s I o w a C i t y f o r i t ss m a l l e r s i z e a n d a c a d e m i c c o m m u n i t y, a sw e l l a s i t s u n i q u e r e s t a u r a n t s a n db o o k s t o r e s . S h e l i k e s n o t h a v i n g t o d r i v ea n h o u r t o e a t s u s h i !

K a t i n a i s a c c o m p a n i e d b y h e r h u s b a n dM o r t e n S c h l ü t t e r , w h o a l s o t e a c h e s a t t h eU n i v e r s i t y o f I o w a i n t h e R e l i g i o u sS t u d i e s d e p a r t m e n t , a n d h e r 5 - y e a r - o l ds o n , R a s m u s . S h e l i k e s t o u n w i n d b yp l a y i n g c l a s s i c a l p i a n o , d o i n g c r a f t s w i t hh e r s o n , o r w o r k i n g o u t a t t h e g y m w h i l ee n j o y i n g h e r g u i l t y p l e a s u r e : r e a d i n gPeople magaz ine .

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Years ago , be fo re Beve r ly Poduska was ou r depa r tmen tsec re t a ry, Sh i r l ey Ah lg ren se rved a s s ec re t a ry fo r many, manyyea r s . June and Sh i r l ey were �budd ie s , � and Sh i r l ey d id Junel o t s o f f a v o r s , n o t l e a s t o f w h i c h w a s t o t y p e n u m e r o u s l e t t e r sa n d m a n u s c r i p t s f o r h e r t h a t J u n e r e c o r d e d o n a n o l d d i c t a p h o n emach ine . Abou t once a week Sh i r l ey and June wou ld lunchtoge the r downtown a t t he A i r l i ne r , and occas iona l ly t hey wou ldde ign t o i nv i t e me a long when I was a mere Ass i s t an t P ro fe s so ra n d v e r y g r e e n a b o u t t h e g i l l s . I t w a s o n t h e s e o c c a s i o n s t h a t Id i s c o v e r e d t h a t J u n e w a s a c l o s e t v e g e t a r i a n .

The t h r ee o f u s wou ld wa lk t o t he A i r l i ne r and s ea t ou r se lves ,the se rve r wou ld t ake ou r o rde r, and lunch wou ld commence .Typ ica l ly, Sh i r l ey and I would o rde r a burge r and f r i e s . I wou ldge t co f fee o r a Coke ; Sh i r l ey wou ld usua l ly have a mar t in i t ow a s h h e r b u r g e r d o w n . B u t J u n e d i d n � t d o b u r g e r s : s h e w a s avege ta r i an .

June �s l unch a lways cons i s t ed o f two B loody Mary �s ( t oma toju ice and ce le ry, wi th a l i t t l e added z ing) . Whi le Sh i r l ey and Ic h a w e d o n o u r b u r g e r s a n d m u n c h e d o u r f r i e s , J u n e r e g a l e d u swi th the mos t ou t r ageous sca to log ica l humor imag inab le�par to f an eno rmous co l l ec t i on she had s to r ed away in he r memorya n d o f w h i c h s h e w a s j u s t i f i a b l y p r o u d ( p r o u d b e c a u s e t h ema jo r i t y o f t he se j okes we re a l so e thnog raph i c a r t i f a c t s she hadgleaned f rom her own f ie ldwork or tha t o f her f r iends) . I wi l la lways remember these Ai r l ine r lunches and I � l l r eca l l June aso n e o f t h e f i r s t v e g e t a r i a n s w h o s e d i e t a r y h a b i t s I g o t t o k n o wwell.

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M i c h a e l C h i b n i kUnl ike many academics , June wro te and spoke c lea r ly�wi thou tj a r g o n o r p r e t e n s i o n . S h e h a d a s h a r p t o n g u e , a g r e a t s e n s e o fhumor, knew a l l so r t s o f t h ings , and a lways spoke he r mind . Ic anno t ove r s t a t e how much I app rec i a t ed t he se qua l i t i e s i n mye a r l y y e a r s a t I o w a . W h e n e v e r I f e l t g r o u c h y a b o u t t h eb l a n d n e s s o f I o w a , t h e c i r c u m l o c u t i o n s o f d e a n s , a n d t h ep re t ens ions o f academia , I cou ld v i s i t June in he r o f f i ce , whereshe was a lways wi l l i ng to t a lk . Mos t ly wed i s c u s s e d a n t h r o p o l o g y a n d a n t h r o p o l o g i s t s , b u t s o m e t i m e so u r c o n v e r s a t i o n s s t r a y e d t o o t h e r m a t t e r s . I e s p e c i a l l yapp rec i a t ed June �s t o t a l i n t e l l e c tua l hones ty�in bo th he r ownwork and he r eva lua t i on o f o the r peop l e �s i dea s .

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The June Helm award for Serv ice and Exce l lence inA n t h r o p o l o g y i s a n a n n u a l a w a r d o f f e r e d t o a g r a d u a t e s t u d e n tin ou r depa r tmen t . In the Fa l l o f 1997 , some g radua te s tuden t swho were s i t t i ng on h i r ing commi t t ee s no t i ced tha t many o f t hea p p l i c a n t s h a d � n a m e d a w a r d s , � a n d t h a t t h e s e a w a r d s o f t e ncaugh t t he eye o f such commi t t ee s . Ove r t he nex t s emes t e r anidea ge rmina ted to c rea t e ou r own award�an award fo r g radua tes t u d e n t s , c r e a t e d b y g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s , g i v e n b y g r a d u a t es t u d e n t s . A t t h e s a m e t i m e , b e c a u s e J u n e H e l m w a s s o o n t or e t i r e , g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s w i s h e d t o h o n o r h e r a n d h e r s e r v i c e t ot h e d e p a r t m e n t a n d d i s c i p l i n e a s b e s t w e c o u l d . T h e t w o i d e a scame toge the r and the Award was bo rn . June He lm, a s long- t imedepar tmen t ma t r i a rch , the f acu l ty member who had been a t Iowae v e n b e f o r e I o w a h a s a n a n t h r o p o l o g y d e p a r t m e n t , w a sa p p r o a c h e d w i t h t h e i d e a o f h a v i n g a g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t a w a r d i nhe r name . She en thus i a s t i c a l l y consen t ed , w i th one cond i t i on :t h a t t h e a w a r d s t a y i n t h e h a n d s o f t h e g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s a n dwou ld neve r be used by f acu l ty i n any po l i t i ca l ge r rymander ingo r p o s t u r i n g .

O v e r t h e n e x t f e w y e a r s , t h e g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s w e r e b u s yformal iz ing the award . Dur ing the f i r s t coup le o f yea r s , the awardwas in fo rmal . Soon , however, we began to con tac t a lumni o f thed e p a r t m e n t � b o t h g r a d u a t e a n d u n d e r g r a d u a t e � f u n d r a i s i n g i nthe hopes t ha t t he award wou ld g row ove r t ime . Work ing i ncon junc t ion w i th t he Un ive r s i t y Founda t ion , t he award ga inedcampus-wide recogn i t ion and , a l though ins t i tu t iona l i zed wi th inthe Un ive r s i ty, s t i l l r ema ins t rue to the cavea t o f June He lm: thea w a r d i s o p e r a t e d b y a n d f o r g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s .

The re a re fou r award c r i t e r i a t ha t t hose who a re p r iv i l egedenough to have the honor o f be ing nomina t ed mus t fu l f i l l . F i r s t ,s t u d e n t s a r e e l i g i b l e o n l y i f t h e y h a v e b e e n o n c a m p u s f o r t h ey e a r o f t h e a w a r d a n d h a v e A B D s t a t u s o r a r e i n t h e p r o c e s s o fwr i t i ng the i r comprehens ive exams . Second , s tuden t s mus t havep a r t i c i p a t e d i n n o n - c o u r s e a n d n o n - a s s i s t a n t s h i p a c t i v i t i e s t h a tw e r e o f b e n e f i t t o o t h e r g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s , t h e d e p a r t m e n t , a n dthe l a rge r un ive r s i ty communi ty. Pas t nominees have he ldp o s i t i o n s i n t h e g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t a n t h r o p o l o g y a s s o c i a t i o n , t h eGradua te S tuden t Sena te , Un ive r s i t y o f Iowa S tuden tGovernment , and the Coa l i t ion o f Gradua te S tuden t s - - the UIg radua te s tuden t un ion (COGS) . Such ac t iv i t i e s demons t r a t e acommi tmen t t o s e rv i ce t ha t t he award s eeks t o hono r, no t t om e n t i o n a d e d i c a t i o n t o b e t t e r i n g o u r t i m e s p e n t a t t h e u n i v e r s i t ya s g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s . T h i r d , n o m i n e e s m u s t h a v e d e m o n s t r a t e dsuppo r t f o r a ho l i s t i c , f ou r - f i e l d app roach t o an th ropo logy andno t l imi t t he i r a rea o f in t e res t and inqu i ry to the i r spec i f i cresea rch focus . F rom par t i c ipa t ing in the four - f i e ld co re seminarsw i t h v e r v e t o e n g a g i n g i n d i a l o g u e a c r o s s s u b - d i s c i p l i n e s , t h i s i si m p o r t a n t t o f o s t e r a s e n s e o f a l l o f u s a s a n t h r o p o l o g i s t s a n da d d i n g t o o u r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f h u m a n s a c r o s s t i m e a n d s p a c e .F ina l ly, and pe rhaps mos t impor t an t ly, nominees in the t rue sp i r i to f June He lm, mus t demons t ra t e a wi l l ingness to speak the i r mindi n t h e c l a s s r o o m a n d o n d e p a r t m e n t a l i s s u e s i n t h e f a c e o funfa i rness , d i sc r imina t ion , and a l l ou t absu rd i ty. Nominees goo u t o n a l i m b b y n o t k e e p i n g q u i e t , b y f u r t h e r i n g a d i s c u s s i o n ,a n d b y a c t i v e l y d e n o u n c i n g w h a t i s d e e m e d t o b e u n f a i r.

J u n e H e l m A w a r d K e e p s E x p e c t a t i o n s H i g hJ u n e H e l m A w a r d K e e p s E x p e c t a t i o n s H i g hJ u n e H e l m A w a r d K e e p s E x p e c t a t i o n s H i g hJ u n e H e l m A w a r d K e e p s E x p e c t a t i o n s H i g hJ u n e H e l m A w a r d K e e p s E x p e c t a t i o n s H i g hJ o n Wo l s e t h

Growth of the June Helm Award

1998: June Helm Award es tab l i shed ; Jack ie Comi to rec ip ien t

1999: Michae l Dunne rec ip ien t

2000: S teve Tul ley rec ip ien t

2001 : Jon Wolse th r ec ip ien t

JH Award endowed th rough an in i t i a l con t r i bu t ion by June He lm and fund ra i s ing b y t h e U I F o u n d a t i o n .

2002: Samantha Sol imeo rec ip ient

2003: Sarah Ono rec ip ien t

Se rv i ce beg ins w i th each o f u s . I f you a r e i n t e r e s t ed i n dona t ing fo r t he June He lm Award p l ea se make con t r i bu t ions payab le t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f I o w a F o u n d a t i o n a n d i nd i ca t e An th ropo logy Gradua t e Studen t Award Fund, account : 30-153-002. Thank y o u !

Congratu la t ions to S a r a h O n oS a r a h O n oS a r a h O n oS a r a h O n oS a r a h O n o ,

the 2003 June He lm Award Rec ip i ent !

Memor ia l Dona t ions for June He lm c a n b e m a d e t o o u t t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f I o w a F o u n d a t i o n , a n d c a n b e e a r m a r k e d f o r e i t h e r t h e � A n t h r o p o l o g y G r a d u a t e S t u d e n t Aw a r d F u n d , � a c c o u n t n u m b e r 3 0 - 1 5 3 - 0 0 2 , o r t h e � A n t h r o p o l o g y G i f t F u n d , � a c c o u n t n u m b e r 3 0 - 1 5 3 - 0 0 1 . P l e a s e m a k e a n o t e o n t h e c h e c k t h a t i t i s � i n m e m o r y o f J u n e H e l m . � C h e c k s c a n b e s e n t t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f I o w a F o u n d a t i o n , P. O . B o x 4550 , Iowa C i ty, IA 52244-4550 .

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A l e x i s R . M a t z a , � H i c k e y s , S a r o n g s , P l a t f o r m s ,and Snap Sk i r t s : An An th ropo log ica l Ana lys i s o fGender, Iden t i ty, and Per fo rmance among Workers a tThe Mich igan Womyn�s Mus ic Fes t iva l � (Spr ing2003)

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Megan Pfa f f , �Precap i t a l i s t Wor ld -Sys t ems Theo ryin Archaeology: A Mesoamer ican Model� (Fa l l 2003)

N i c o l e P i n e d a , � C r e a t i v e C o n s e r v a t i o n :Communi ty Based Resource Management on S t .Lucia� (Summer 2003)

Tim Raposa , � Image and Iden t i t y : Language Sh i f tand the Mbya Guarani of Sapukai� (Fa l l 2003)

K e n d a St e w a r t , �N a t i o n a l i t a t t h r o u g h C r i t i c a l l yTin t ed Spor t s Gogg le s : An An th ropo log i ca lNav iga t ion th rough Nar ra t ives o f Germanness ,Turk i shness , Exc lus ion , and Be long ing� (Spr ing2003)

Andr ia Timmer , � C o m p e t i n g D i s c o u r s e s i n t h ePol i t ica l Economy of Hunger� (Spr ing 2003)

Chad Uran , �Sove re ign ty and Leade r sh ip :Ojibwemowin Performance and Cri t icalConsc iousness� (Fa l l 2002)

Adi Has t ingsAdi Has t ingsAdi Has t ingsAdi Has t ingsAdi Has t ingsC o n t i n u e dB e g i n n i n g a s a f a n o f � R a i d e r s o f t h e L o s t A r k , �A d i a t t e n d e d R e e d C o l l e g e a s a l i n g u i s t i c s m a j o r.F o r t u n a t e l y f o r h i m , a n t h r o p o l o g i c a l l i n g u i s tJ o h n H a v i l a n d w a s a n i m p o r t a n t f i g u r e i n t h a td e p a r t m e n t . A s i s t u r n s o u t , t h e r e h a s b e e n a w e l lt r a v e l e d c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e n R e e d C o l l e g e a n d t h eU n i v e r s i t y o f C h i c a g o . A d i h i m s e l f t o o k t h a tp a t h , a l b e i t n o t s m o o t h l y, e n t e r i n g s t u d y u n d e rM i c h a e l S i l v e r s t e i n a n d e a r n e d a g r a d u a t ef e l l o w s h i p f r o m t h e N a t i o n a l S c i e n c e F o u n d a t i o ni n 1 9 9 8 .

H a v i n g d o n e a c o u p l e o f y e a r s o f S a n s k r i t s t u d yi n c o l l e g e , h e w a s q u i c k l y l a b e l e d a S o u t hA s i a n i s t . H e e a r n e d a M a s t e r �s d e g r e e i n b o t hA n t h r o p o l o g y a n d L i n g u i s t i c s , a n d c o n t i n u e d h i sS a n s k r i t s t u d y. H i s p r o j e c t b e c a m e a s e n s i t i v es u b j e c t a t h i s f i e l d s i t e , a n d u l t i m a t e l y r e s u l t e d i na f a l l i n g o u t w i t h t h e S a n s k r i t r e v i v a lo r g a n i z a t i o n h e h a d b e e n w o r k i n g w i t h . � T h e yd e c i d e d t h a t w h a t I w a s d o i n g w a s n o t i n t h e i rb e s t i n t e r e s t s , a n d t h a t w h a t t h e y t h o u g h t I w a sd o i n g w a s s o m e s o r t o f d e b u n k i n g p r o j e c t . �

� T h e i s s u e w a s w h e t h e r S a n s k r i t w a s p o l i t i c a l o rn o t . F o r t h e m S a n s k r i t i s t h i s v e h i c l e f o r c u l t u r a le x p r e s s i o n , t h i s b e a u t i f u l l a n g u a g e t h a t h a s t h i se n o r m o u s l i t e r a t u r e , v a s t s c i e n t i f i c p h i l o s o p h i c a ll i b r a r y, a n d i s e v e r y b o d y �s c u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e . I tw a s a l s o g o i n g t o b e a g r e a t u n i f i e r t h a t c r o s s e dc a s t e l i n e s . T h i s i s t r u e , b u t i t c a n n o t b e ap o l i t i c a l l y n e u t r a l s y m b o l . �

H e n c e , a m o r e g e n e r a l v i e w o f S a n s k r i tn a t i o n a l i s m . � S a n s k r i t f o r m a n y p e o p l er e p r e s e n t s t h e a p e x o f c o n s e r v a t i v et r a d i t i o n a l i s m . T h e r e l i g i o u s f u n d a m e n t a l i s t s h a da p p r o p r i a t e d S a n s k r i t . I t g o t t u r n e d i n t o a p o t e n ts y m b o l f o r H i n d u n a t i o n a l i s m . �

T h e c o m p l i c a t e d , u r b a n e n v i r o n m e n t s o fB a n g a l o r e a n d C h i c a g o i s s o m e t h i n g h e m i s s e s . � Il i k e t h a t s e n s e o f a n o n y m i t y t h a t y o u g e t i n ac i t y. I l o v e p e o p l e w a t c h i n g , a n d y o u c a n � t d o i t i fa l l t h e p e o p l e y o u a r e w a t c h i n g k n o w y o u . �

B u t h e d o e s e n j o y t h e m o r e r e l a x e d e n v i r o n m e n to f I o w a a s w e l l . � I a m m e e t i n g m o r e p e o p l e n o wt h r o u g h t h e v e h i c l e o f m y c h i l d r e n t h a n t h ev e h i c l e o f m y j o b . � A d i a n d h i s w i f e h a v e t w os o n s . M a x i s a g e 5 , a n d H e n r y w a s b o r n i n M a y.

W h e n a s k e d w h a t h e d o e s f o r f u n , h e q u i c k l yr e s p o n d e d , � N o t h i n g . � A l t h o u g h h e d i d a d m i t t oj u s t d o w n l o a d i n g U n re a l To u r n a m e n t 2 0 0 4 .� Yo u � r e p l a y i n g a g a i n s t p e o p l e f r o m a l l o v e r t h ew o r l d , r u n n i n g a r o u n d f i r i n g w e a p o n s . �

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� A n o t H e r W o r l d i s P o s s i b l e �� A n o t H e r W o r l d i s P o s s i b l e �� A n o t H e r W o r l d i s P o s s i b l e �� A n o t H e r W o r l d i s P o s s i b l e �� A n o t H e r W o r l d i s P o s s i b l e �World Soc ia l Forum 2004 in Mumbai , Ind iaMeena Khande lwa lWhi le in Ind ia to make con tac t s fo r my nex t r e sea rch p ro jec t , I hadthe oppor tun i ty to a t t end the Wor ld Soc ia l Fo rum 2004 in Mumba i ,January 16-21 st and pa r t i c ipa te in th i s amaz ing convergence o fl e f t i s t ac t iv i s t s and in t e l l ec tua l s f rom a round the wor ld . In keep ingwi th t he even t �s t heme �Ano the r Wor ld i s Pos s ib l e , � t he gene ra la t m o s p h e r e w a s o n e o f e n e rg y, l i v e l y d e b a t e a n d h o p e . T h e Wo r l dSoc ia l Fo rum deve loped a s a r e sponse o f t he g rowing in t e rna t iona lmovement aga ins t neo- l ibe ra l economic po l i c ies and cap i t a l i s t - l edg loba l i za t ion . I t t r aces i t s o r ig ins to the November 1999 p ro te s t st h a t s u c c e s s f u l l y d i s r u p t e d t h e Wo r l d Tr a d e O rg a n i z a t i o n m e e t i n g sin Sea t t le . The f i r s t WSF was he ld in 2001 in Braz i l , wi thapproximate ly 20 ,000 par t ic ipants represen t ing over 500organ iza t ions and 100 coun t r i e s . Newspaper r epor t s c l a im tha tapprox imate ly 80 ,000 in te l l ec tua l s and ac t iv i s t s a t t ended th i s yea r �s even t , wh ich inc luded exh ib i t s ,p re sen ta t ions , pane l s , workshops , poe t ry r ead ings , d rama t i c pe r fo rmances , d i sp l ays o f a r twork , marches ,and drumming. Speakers inc luded I ran ian Nobel Peace Pr ize winner Shi r in Ebadi , Genera l Secre ta ry ofAmnes ty In t e rna t iona l I r ene Khan , Pa l e s t in i an l eade r Mus ta fa Ba rdoz i , and Ind ian nove l i s t and ac t iv i s tArunda t i Roy.

The WSF does no t s ee i t s e l f a s an o rgan iza t ion wi th a common p l a t fo rm o r man i f e s to , bu t r a the r an openmee t ing p l ace i n wh ich democra t i c deba t e can occu r among va r ious g roups opposed to neo - l i be ra l i sm andimper i a l i sm. P r iva t i za t ion appea red to be a cen t r a l conce rn sha red by pa r t i c ipan t s , whe the r they weref igh t ing p r iva t i za t ion o f knowledge , educa t ion , tou r i s t s i t e s , wa te r, o r o the r na tu ra l r e sources . Commercei t s e l f , howeve r, was no t shunned . Vendor s hawked eve ry th ing f rom l e f t i s t books and t - sh i r t s t o c lo th ingmade by women�s coopera t ives , and o rgan ic t ea . �MNC dr inks� l ike Coke and Peps i were banned f rom theeven t , wh i l e compu te r s u sed L inux r a the r t han Mic roso f t Windows . Because t he Un i t ed St a t e s i s t he

leader in cap i ta l i s t l ed-g loba l iza t ion , p r iva t i za t ion andmi l i t a r i za t ion , w i t t y an t i -Bush banne r s and s logans�such a s�When Bush Comes t o Shove�Res i s t ��were ub iqu i t ous .

The cha l l enges o f mak ing ac t iv i s t s f rom a l l ove r the g loba l Sou thfee l i nc luded were ev iden t i n t he i s sue o f l anguage . The re was anexp l i c i t a t t empt to o f f e r t r ans l a t ions in to many l anguages , bu t i t i scumbersome to o f fe r s imul t aneous t r ans la t ions ( e spec ia l ly moret h a n o n e ) d u r i n g l e c t u r e s o r w o r k s h o p s , a n d f i n d i n g t r a n s l a t o r s w a sno t a lways ea sy. C lea r ly mos t o f t he p re sen t e r s spoke in Eng l i sh . Is aw p re sen t a t i ons i n Span i sh and Tami l t r ans l a t ed s imu l t aneous lyin to Eng l i sh , bu t l e s s o f Eng l i sh p r e sen t a t i ons be ings i m u l t a n e o u s l y t r a n s l a t e d i n t o o t h e r l a n g u a g e s . T h u s , t h e l i s t e n i n ga u d i e n c e , i f n o t t h e p r e s e n t e r s , w e r e a s s u m e d t o u n d e r s t a n d

Eng l i sh . One even t I a t t ended o f f e red a summary (no t s imu l t aneous ly t r ans l a t ion ) o f an Eng l i shp resen ta t ion in to Tami l a t t he r eques t o f Tami l - speak ing aud ience members . A l though WSF o rgan ize r s andp a n e l i s t s d e m o n s t r a t e d a n a w a r e n e s s o f t h e h e g e m o n y o f E n g l i s h , t h e r e w a s n o e a s y w a y t o m a k e t h e e v e n tt ru ly i nc lus ive . I suppose th i s i s t he cha l l enge o f ac t iv i sm in t he e r a o f g loba l i za t ion .

In t e re s t ing ly, t he p r imary c r i t i c s o f t he even t were l e f t i e s who o rgan ized an even t ca l l ed �Mumba iRes i s t ance�2004� wh ich was he ld s imul t aneous ly ac ross the s t r ee t f rom the WSF and wh ich ca l l ed fo rbo th mi l i t ancy and a conc re t e p l an to oppose US- l ed occupa t ion o f I r aq . The WSF was c r i t i c i zed fo r be inginaccess ib l e t o the d i sab led , fo r exc lud ing movemen t s t ha t be l i eve in �a rmed r e s i s t ance , � and fo r gene ra l lytemper ing i t s c r i t ique of imper ia l i sm. The Economic Times Mumbai (18 January 2004) repor t s Bangladeshiwr i t e r Umar as say ing tha t imper ia l i sm and war were inseparab le . He i s a l so repor ted to have c r i t i c i zedWor ld Bank p res iden t Rober t McNamara fo r b r ing ing NGOs in to the g loba l i za t ion p rocess ; when po l i t i ca l

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FLORENCE E. BABB had a four-week res idency in the fa l l o f 2003 a tthe Rockefe l l e r Founda t ion�sBel lag io Cente r in I t a ly, where sheworked on a manusc r ip t and gave ata lk on �Recyc ledSanda l i s t as : F rom Revolu t ion toResor t s in the New Nica ragua .�F lo rence a l so spen t a mon th i nCuba , whe re she ca r r i ed ou tr e s e a r c h a s p a r t o f a n e wcompara t ive p ro jec t on the cu l tu ra lpo l i t i c s o f tour i sm in Nica raguaa n d C u b a . F l o r e n c e h a s b e e ninv i t ed t o pa r t i c ipa t e i n asympos ium l a t e t h i s sp r i ng on�Love and Globa l iza t ion� a tColumbia Univers i ty. She has twoco -ed i t ed j ou rna l i s sue s i np repa ra t i on ; a spec i a l i s sue w i thLy n n St e p h e n i n C r i t i q u e o fA n t h r o p o l o g y a n d a s p e c i a l i s s u ew i t h J o n Wo l s e t h i n L a t i nAmer ican Perspec t i ves . F lo rencepub l i shed an a r t i c l e en t i t l ed �Ou tin Nicaragua: Local andTransna t i ona l Des i r e s Af t e r t heRevo lu t ion , � i n Cul tu ra lAnthropology 18(3) :304-328, andwro te a book chap te r on N ica raguafor the ed i ted vo lume, Women�sI s s u e s i n C e n t r a l a n d S o u t hAmer ica . She has a fo r thcomingrev iew es say in Amer i canEthno log i s t 31 (2 ) , and ano the rfo r thcoming book chap t e r i n p r e s sfo r an ed i t ed book en t i t l ed Genderin Cros s -Cu l tu ra l Per spec t i v e .

THOMAS H. CHARLTON has beenworking wi th Mexican co l leagueso n u n d e r - s t u d i e d a n du n d e r r e p r e s e n t e d Te o t i h u a c a nper iod s i tes (A.D. 150-A.D.650)ou t s ide o f t he c i t y i n � ru ra l a r ea s . �H e a n d h i s c o l l e a g u e s e x c a v a t e d a ts eve ra l o f t he se s i t e s be tween 1998and 2002 and a re cur ren t lys tudy ing the ma te r i a l s r ecove red .I n o r d e r t o u n d e r s t a n d t h er e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e s e s i t e s a n dthe c i t y, t hey app l i ed fo r andrece ived an Iowa Humani t i e sIn i t i a t i ve g r an t t o ca r ry ou t

Ins t rumen ta l Neu t ron Ac t iva t ionAna lyses ( INAA) o f ce ramics ,de te rmin ing where they were madeas we l l a s C14 da t ing onassoc ia t ed ma te r i a l s . Th i s work i son -go ing and wi l l be expanded toi n c l u d e a l a c u s t r i a n z o n e t o t h ee a s t . H e i s a l s o i n t h e p r o c e s s o ff i n i s h i n g a p a p e r t o b e p u b l i s h e din t he P roceed ings o f t he I I I rdM e s a R e d o n d a o n Te o t i h u a c a n .

MICHAEL CHIBNIK becamedepar tmen t cha i r in Augus t 2003 .Af t e r t he pub l i ca t i on o f h i s book ,�Craf t ing Trad i t ion : The Makingand Marke t ing o f Oaxacan WoodCarv ings� in spr ing of 2003 , Mikeh a s g i v e n t a l k s r e l a t e d t o t h e b o o kat Yale Univers i ty, Pra i r ie L ightsbooks to re i n Iowa C i ty, t heSummer Ins t i tu te in MexicanHis to ry in Oaxaca , a t t he AAAmee t ings i n Ch icago , and a t t heCul tu ra l Cen te r o f the In te r -Amer ican Development Bank inWashing ton D.C. Mike wi l l a l sot a lk on h i s r e sea rch a t Georg iaSta t e Un ive r s i ty in At l an ta inApr i l . Mike spen t two weeks inDecember 2002-January 2003 on aUnivers i ty of Iowa-Grinnel lCol lege Br idg ing Pro jec t S tudyTo u r w h i c h f o c u s e d o ne n v i r o n m e n t a l i s s u e s i n t h eBraz i l ian Amazon. Mike has threea r t i c l e s e i t he r r ecen t ly pub l i shedo r i n p r e s s � a n a r t i c l e b a s e d o nh i s l e c tu r e g iven a t t he In t e r -Amer ican Development Bank, aco-wr i t t en a r t i c le fo r the Cente rfo r In t e rna t iona l Fo res tyResea rch , and an a r t i c l e i nEconomic Bo tany .

RUSSEL CIOCHON (with co-au tho r Noe l Boaz ) has a new bookout en t i t l ed Dragon Bone Hi l l : AnIce Age Saga o f Homo e rec tus(Oxford Univers i ty Press , January2004) . The book covers thefamous Ch inese Homo e rec tus s i t eof Dragon Bone Hi l l , a l so knowna s Z h o u k o u d i a n . R u s s p u b l i s h e dsevera l journa l a r t i c l e s in the Fa l lo f 2003 a s we l l a s two o the r s in

January and February o f 2004 . Hespen t f ou r weeks i n J ava i n l a t eJu ly and Augus t o f 2003 , l ead ingan exped i t ion o f twe lveresea rche r s f rom va r ious f i e lds .The goa l o f t he exped i t i on was t ode te rmine when Homo e rec tusf i r s t a r r ived in J ava , and wha t t hec l ima te , l andscape andvege ta t ion were l ike when th i sea r ly human f i r s t a r r ived . Ther e s e a r c h w a s s u p p o r t e d b y agrant of $25,000 f rom the UICol labora t ive In te rd i sc ip l inaryProgram (CIP) of the UI VP forR e s e a r c h . R u s s p l a n s t o r e t u r n t othe f i e l d t h i s coming Augus t o f2004.

RUDOLF COLLOREDO-MANSFELD recent scholarshiphas r e tu rned t o t op i c s o f ma te r i a lcu l tu re w i th h i s r ecen t ed i t i ngwi th Mark Pe te r son (Depar tmentof His to ry, U . o f Iowa) o f as p e c i a l i s s u e o f t h e J o u r n a l o fMater ia l Cu l tu re (November2003) en t i t l ed �Flee t ing Objec t s .�Col lo redo-Mansfe ld a l soc o n t r i b u t e d t w o p i e c e s t o t h espec i a l i s sue , � In t roduc t ion :M a t t e r U n b o u n d � a n d�Consuming : AndeanTelev i s ions .�

VIRGINIA R. DOMINGUEZc o n t i n u e s t o w o r k a s t h e e d i t o r o fthe Amer i can E thno log i s t , wh ichhas been unde rgo ing a f ace l i f t i nd e s i g n a n d c o n t e n t s i n c e i t sswi t ch t o a new pub l i she r,Univers i ty o f Ca l i fo rn ia Press , a tt h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e y e a r.Vi rg in ia i s a l so the co-d i rec to r o fthe In te rna t iona l Forum for U.S .S tud ies ( IFUSS) , housed inIn terna t iona l Programs. IFUSSh a s s e v e r a l e x c i t i n g e v e n t sp lanned th i s yea r, i nc lud ing a t r i pt o H a v a n a , C u b a a s t h ecu lmina t ion of a course Virg in iaco - t augh t on U .S . -Cuba r e l a t i onsl a s t s emes te r, a p ro j ec t p l ann ingmee t ing invo lv ing scho la r s f romSouth Afr ica , Germany, theNe the r l ands , and the U .S . on

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IFUSS� �Americanizat ion Project ,�and an IFUSS-sponso red con fe r enceo n t h e t o p i c o f t h e s t u d y o f t h e U . S .in Lat in American, which wi l l takeplace in Rio de Janei ro , Braz i l .Vi rg in i a had the chance to t r ave l t oSou th Af r i ca l a s t March wi th ag r o u p o f g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s , a s w e l la s a t t e n d t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a lAmer i can Stud ie s Assoc i a t i on �sF i r s t Wor ld Congres s i n Le iden , t heN e t h e r l a n d s , l a s t M a y a n d J u n e . S h ea l so a t t ended the German Amer icanS tud i e s In s t i t u t e , a s we l l a s t he i rannua l con fe r ence , l a s t June .

JAMES G. ENLOE star ted a newresea rch p ro j ec t t h i s pas t summer,r e t u r n i n g t o h i s d i s s e r t a t i o nr e s e a r c h s i t e o f P i n c e v e n t , a n d h a sb e g u n s t u d y i n g t h e f a u n a l r e m a i n sf rom a more recent ly excava tedoccupa t ion l eve l o f t h i s l a t e UpperPa leo l i th ic s i t e . Th is l a te ro c c u p a t i o n i s j u s t o n t h e c u s p o fthe c l imat ic t r ans i t ion f rom theP le i s t ocene t o t he Ho locene , t r u lythe end o f t he l a s t g l ac i a l pe r iod .J im i s exc i t ed abou t t he way thesepeop le were fundamenta l lychang ing the way they made a l i v inga t t h i s s i t e , a n d a p p a r e n t l ychang ing t he soc i a l o rgan i za t i on a sthey sh i f t ed f rom a h igh ly s ea sona lexp lo i t a t ion o f re indeer to a mored i s p e r s e d h u n t i n g o f b o t h h o r s e a n dre indee r th roughou t the yea r. J imwi l l r e tu rn to P inceven t topa r t i c ipa t e i n ongo ing excava t ionsa n d t o c o n t i n u e h i s a n a l y s e s . J i mr e c e n t l y p r e s e n t e d a p a p e r a t t h eUnive r s i ty o f Utah P ress �Founda t ions o f Archaeo log i ca lInqu i ry (FAI) sympos ium on�Archaeo log i ca l Concep t s fo r t heS tudy o f t he Cu l tu ra l Pas t , � Octobe r18-19, 2003, a t Snowbird , Utah. Heh a s b e e n i n v i t e d t o g i v e adepar tmenta l co l loqu ium on La tePa leo l i th ic a rchaeo logy in the Pa r i sBas in , a t t he Depar tmen t o fAn th ropo logy, Un ive r s i t y o fWiscons in , Madison . J im wi l l a l sot r a v e l t o M o n t r e a l t h i s s p r i n g t op r e s e n t a p o s t e r a n d a p a p e r a t t h e

Facu l ty Cont inuedannua l mee t ing o f t he Soc ie ty fo rAmer ican Archaeo logy inMont rea l , Quebec .

ROBERT G. FRANCISCUSau tho red an a r t i c l e en t i t l ed�In te rna l Nasa l F loorConf igura t ion in Homo wi thSpec ia l Refe rence to the Evo lu t ionof Neander ta l Fac ia l Form� forJ o u r n a l o f H u m a n E v o l u t i o n i n2003 , and co-au thored an a r t i c l ew i t h p r e v i o u s a n d p r e s e n tg r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s t h a t i scu r r en t ly i n p re s s fo r Amer icanJ o u r n a l o f P h y s i c a lAn thropo logy , en t i t l ed �Bi t eForce P roduc t ion Capab i l i ty andEf f ic iency in Neander ta l s andModern Humans� (O�Connor, C.F. ,Franciscus , R.G. & Hol ton , N. ) Hec o n t i n u e s t o b e i n v o l v e d i n a nin t e rna t iona l ly funded p ro j ec t ont h e P r o d u c t i o n a n d P e r c e p t i o n o fL a n g u a g e A m o n g t h eNeander ta l s , wh ich uses 3 -Dmode l ing and r econs t ruc t ion o fNeande r t a l uppe r r e sp i r a to ry t r ac ta n a t o m y t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e i rcapac i ty and l imi ta t ions fo rs p e e c h . T h i s p r o j e c t h a s a l s oinvo lved two o f ou r g r adua t es tuden t s (S t eve Mi l l e r andLindsay Eaves - Johnson) .

LAURA R. GRAHAM traveled lastJanuary a s a member o f the UI /Grinnel l Col lege Bridging Projectt r i p t o t he Amazon , where shel e a r n e d a b o u t r e c e n ta r chaeo log ica l r e sea rch tha t i sr evo lu t ion iz ing p rev ious ideas o ft he �ca r ry ing capac i t y� o f t hef lood p la in . On the t r ip , Laur iedocumen ted na t ive peop le s � s e l f -r e p r e s e n t a t i o n t o o u t s i d e r s , a n dsome eco- tour i sm. Af te r the t r ipLaur i e wen t to São Pau lo to b r ingh e r o n g o i n g r e s e a r c h o n t h eXavan te in pub l i c up-da te . Laur iei s exc i t ed abou t t he l i ngu i s t i can th ropo logy l ab and f i e ldme thods cou r se she w i l l beteach ing nex t year, which wi l l uset h e n e w l y r e n o v a t e d l a b t h a n k s t o

t h e f u n d e d p r o p o s a l s h esubmi t t ed . Th i s yea r Laur i e hasa l s o p u t a l o t o f e n e r g y i n t or e c r u i t i n g n e w s t u d e n t s t o t h eg radua te p rog ram. She gavev a r i o u s c o n f e r e n c e p r e s e n t a t i o n sin 2003 , inc lud ing a paper a t thei n v i t e d s e s s i o n g i v e n b y t h eCommit tee on E th ics a t the AAAmee t ings in Ch icago l a s tNovember, a pape r on pub l i cd i s c o u r s e s o f d r e a m s a t t h eb i annua l mee t ings o f t he Soc i e tyfo r Psycho log ica l An th ropo logyin San Diego , Cal i forn ia , anda n o t h e r p a p e r f o r t h e s e s s i o n�Gender and Dia log i sm� a t theannua l mee t ings o f the Amer icanFolk lo re Soc ie ty in Albuquerque ,New Mexico . Laur ie was a l so ad i s c u s s a n t f o r t h e s e s s i o n� I n d i g e n o u s P e o p l e s a n d t h eSt a t e � a t t h e A A A m e e t i n g s l a s tNovember. Laur ie recen t ly begana th ree -year t e rm as a member o fthe AAA Commit tee for HumanR i g h t s . . I f a n y o n e h a s a n y h u m a nr i g h t s c a s e s t h a t t h e y w a n t t ob r i n g t o A A A�s a t t e n t i o n , p l e a s ele t Laurie know.

WILLIAM M. GRAVES receivedan Old Gold Fe l lowship th roughthe Un ive r s i t y o f Iowa l a s tsummer, and worked wi th Sco t tVan Keuren o f the Na tu ra l Hi s to ryM u s e u m o f L o s A n g e l e s o n aco l l abora t ive p ro jec t in Ar izonamapping an impor tan t l a t e p re -Hispan ic Pueb lo s i t e ca l l edFourmile Ruin . This academicyea r, B i l l y has been t each ing andge t t i ng a f i e ld s choo l p ro j ec ts t a r t ed up i n New Mex ico a t a s i t eca l l ed Abo Pueb lo , a Pueb lovi l lage occupied f rom 1300 to1675 . Th is a rea i s pa r t o f ana t iona l monument , the Sa l inasPueb lo Mis s ions Na t iona lMonument . The f i e ld school wi l lbe a 10-year pro jec t wi th s ix f ie lds e a s o n s o f e x c a v a t i o n .

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Facu l ty Cont inuedADI HASTINGS joined thedepar tmen t a s a new facu l ty membert h i s y e a r. P l e a s e s e e p a g e 2 f o r aspec ia l a r t i c le on Adi .

MEENA RANI KHANDELWAL joinedt h e d e p a r t m e n t a s a n e w f a c u l t ymember th i s yea r. P lease see page 2fo r a spec ia l a r t i c l e on Meena .

ELLEN LEWIN has been awarded afe l lowship f rom the Nat iona lEndowment fo r the Humani t i e s tow o r k o n a b o o k b a s e d o n t h e r e s e a r c hshe ca r r i ed ou t i n Ch icago and i nCal i fo rn ia on gay fa thers . She wi l l bework ing a t the Obermann Cente rdur ing 2004-2005 on a bookten ta t ive ly en t i t l ed , Dreaming theFami ly. In the meant ime , E l len i scon t inu ing work on two o the rp ro j ec t s : a vo lume o f o r ig ina l e s saystha t she i s ed i t ing wi th Wi l l i am Leap ,O u t i n P u b l i c , a n d a r e a d e r o f c l a s s i ce s says i n f emin i s t an th ropo logy. He rr e c e n t s p e a k i n g e n g a g e m e n t si n c l u d e d a p l e n a r y a d d r e s s a t aconfe rence a t Iowa Sta t e Un ive r s i t y,� M o t h e r h o o d i n a C h a n g i n g Wo r l d . �

KATINA LILLIOS joined thedepar tmen t a s a new facu l ty membert h i s y e a r. P l e a s e s e e p a g e 2 f o r aspec ia l a r t i c le on Kat ina .

MAC MARSHALL re turned to hisr e s e a r c h o n t h e M o t h e r s A g a i n s tDrunk Dr iv ing (MADD), a p ro jec t onwh ich he spen t t h r ee yea r s f rom1987-90 ga ther ing da ta , wi th the goa lo f p r o d u c i n g a b o o k b a s e d u p o nt h o s e d a t a a n d s o m e a d d i t i o n a lr e s e a r c h . M a c w a s e l e c t e d t o s e r v e ath ree -yea r t e rm as Sec re t a ry o f t heAmer ican Anthropolog ica lA s s o c i a t i o n , a n d w a s a l s o a p p o i n t e dfo r a th ree -yea r t e rm wi th in AAA asCha i r o f t he An th roSource Work ingGroup . He was a pane l i s t a t t heSoc ie ty fo r Med ica l An th ropo logy�ss p e c i a l e v e n t o n � Wo r k v e r s u sFami ly in Academia� a t the AAAmee t ings l a s t November, and he a l sopa r t i c ipa ted in an inv i t ed semina r a tthe Univers i ty of Cal i f ronia , Berke leyl a s t Apr i l on �Alcoho l andA n t h r o p o l o g y. � M a c �s b o o k ,

N a m o l u k B e y o n d t h e R e e f : T h eTr a n s f o r m a t i o n o f a M i c ro n e s i a nCommuni t y , � pub l i shed a s pa r t o ft h e We s t v i e w C a s e St u d i e s i nA n t h r o p o l o g y, a p p e a r e d a t t h e e n do f Apr i l . Mac a l so pub l i shed ana r t i c l e on hea l ing which appea redi n R e v i e w s i n A n t h r o p o l o g y l a s tyea r, a s we l l a s an a r t i c l e whichappea red ea r l i e r t h i s yea r inG l o b a l i z a t i o n a n d C u l t u r e C h a n g ei n t h e P a c i f i c I s l a n d s o n t h e t o p i co f a l coho l , d rugs , and t he g loba leconomy in Ocean ia . He has achap t e r f o r t he book P a c i f i cP laces , Pac i f i c H i s to ry : Essays i nHonor o f Rober t C . K i s t e , wh ich i scu r r en t ly i n p re s s .

DOUGLAS MIDGETT continuesresea rch on Car ibbean po l i t i ca le c o n o m y a n d t h e p r o c e s s c r e a t i n gthe managemen t p l an fo r t he UpperMissour i River Breaks Nat iona lMonument . Regard ing the l a t t e r,fu r the r r e sea rch wi l l con t inue inthe summer o f 2004 as the p lannea r s i t s i n s t i t u t i on in t he summerof 2005 . In 2003 , Doug publ i shed ac h a p t e r i n M o d e r n P o l i t i c a lC u l t u r e i n t h e C a r i b b e a n ( e d i t e dby H . Henke and F. Reno) , and ac h a p t e r i n L i v i n g a t t h eB o r d e r l i n e s : I s s u e s i n C a r i b b e a nS o v e r e i g n t y a n d D e v e l o p m e n t( ed i t ed by D . Marsha l l and C .Barrow-Giles) . He wrote an ar t ic leen t i t l ed , �Peppe r and Bones : TheSecess ion i s t Impu l se in Nev i s ,Wiscons in , � wh ich appea red ea r l i e rth i s yea r i n Nieuwe Wes t - Ind i scheGids . Doug�s a r t i c le , �Cr icke t andCa lypso : Cu l tu ra l Represen ta t iona n d S o c i a l H i s t o r y i n t h e We s tInd i e s , � appea red l a s t yea r i nC u l t u re , S p o r t , S o c i e t y , a n d i s a l s os e t t o a p p e a r i n E t h n i c i t y, S p o r t ,I d e n t i t y : S t r u g g l e s f o r S t a t u s( e d i t e d b y J . A . M a n g a n a n d A .Ritchie) . ERICA PRUSSING , a visitingp r o f e s s o r t h e p a s t t w o y e a r s ,r ecen t ly accep t ed a t enu re - t r ackappo in tmen t i n ou r depa r tmen t . Shei s work ing on a book tha t examines

the po l i t i c s o f knowledgeabou t a l coho l - re l a t ed women�sh e a l t h i s s u e s i n a N a t i v eAmer ican communi ty. She a l sopub l i shed two a r t i c l e s i nped ia t r i c medica l journa l s th i syea r, and has t h r ee add i t i ona lar t ic les in rev iew in medica l &p s y c h o l o g i c a l a n t h r o p o l o g yjou rna l s . E r i ca i s i n t he p roces so f p l ann ing a combinede thnographic /ep idemio log ica lp ro j ec t abou t U .S . e thn i cd i spar i t i e s in in fan t mor ta l i ty.

SCOTT SCHNELL is currentlyo n r e s e a r c h l e a v e i n J a p a n ,where he i s a f f i l i a t ed wi th theNanzan Anth ropo log ica lI n s t i t u t e a n d t h e N a n z a nIns t i tu t e fo r Re l ig ion andCu l tu re , bo th l oca t ed i n t hesame bu i ld ing a t NanzanUniver s i ty in Nagoya . He i su s i n g h i s l e a v e t o w r i t e u p abook manusc r ip t t en t a t i ve lye n t i t l e d , A N o v e l A p p r o a c h t oE thnoh i s to ry , wh ich l ooks a t amass ive J apanese h i s to r i ca ln o v e l a s a n i m p o r t a n t s o u r c e o fe thnog raph i c and h i s t o r i c a ld a t a , a n d a s a d i s g u i s e d f o r mo f p r o t e s t a g a i n s t t h emi l i ta r i s t ic Japanesegove rnmen t o f t he 1930s and40s . The manuscr ip t wi l li nc lude seve ra l l eng thyexcerp t s d rawn f rom the nove l ,wh ich he i s t r ans l a t i ng i n toEngl i sh fo r the f i r s t t ime . Sco t ti s a l so p repa r ing th ree jou rna la r t i c l es . One i s a sp in o f f f romt h e b o o k m a n u s c r i p t , b u t t h eo the r two dea l w i th a newpro jec t which examines ther ed i s cove ry and i nco rpo ra t i ono f fo lk r e l i g ious concep t s i n tocon tempora ry env i ronmenta l i s tmovemen t s . He has two bookchap te r s fo r thcoming : one i sen t i t l ed , �The Rura lImaginary,� and wi l l appear inT h e B l a c k w e l l C o m p a n i o n t ot h e A n t h r o p o l o g y o fJ a p a n , a n d t h e o t h e r i sen t i t l ed , �Conduc t ing

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Fie ldwork on JapaneseRel ig ions ,� and wi l l appear int h e N a n z a n G u i d e t o J a p a n e s eRe l ig ions . Sco t t and co l l e agueHi royuk i Hash imoto were gues te d i t o r s o f t h e m o s t r e c e n ted i t i on o f t he j ou rna l As ianF o l k l o r e S t u d i e s , a s p e c i a le d i t i o n d e v o t e d t o n e wdi rec t ions wi th in the d i sc ip l ineo f fo lk lo re s tud i e s i n J apan , andt h e y c o - a u t h o r e d t h ein t roduc t ion en t i t l ed�Revi ta l i z ing JapaneseFolklore.�

GLENN R. STOREY continueswi th h i s j o in t appo in tmen t inAn th ropo logy and C la s s i c s . H i swork focuses on p re - indus t r i a lu rban demography, complexsoc i e t i e s -bo th O ld and NewWor ld , t he app l i ca t i on o f t hepr inc ip le s o f an th ropo log ica la r c h a e o l o g y t o t h e c l a s s i c a lwor ld , and compute r mapping o fa rchaeo log ica l s i t e s . G lenn a l sos e r v e s a s D i r e c t o r o f T h eUn ive r s i t y o f I owa s tuden ta rchaeo log i s t s in Ni jmegen , theNe the r l ands , and i s t he ed i t o ro f P o p u l a t i o n a n dPre indus t r ia l C i t i e s : A Cros s -C u l t u r a l P e r s p e c t i v e ,Un ivers i ty o f Alabama Press ( inprepara t ion) .

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JOHN F. DOERSHUK taughtt w o a n t h r o p o l o g y c o u r s e s i n2003 in the UI Depar tment ofA n t h r o p o l o g y. H e p r e s e n t e d apaper fo r a sympos ium en t i t l ed ,�Hidden in P la in S ight : Ear lyNine teen th Cen tu ry Na t iveAmer ican S i t es and Mate r ia lCu l tu re i n t he Midwes t � a t t heMidwes t Archaeo log ica lConfe rence l a s t f a l l i n Mad i son ,Wi s c o n s i n , b a s e d i n p a r t o nr e s e a r c h c o n d u c t e d a s p a r t o fUnivers i ty o f Iowa f ie ldschoo l s he co -d i rec ted in 2000and 2001 in no r theas t Iowa .J o h n c o - a u t h o r e d a c h a p t e r

en t i t l ed , �Cul tu ra l ResourceM a n a g e m e n t a n d t h e B u s i n e s s o fArchaeo logy� t o t he vo lumeI s s u e s i n A r c h a e o l o g i c a l E t h i c spub l i shed in 2003 , and gave aninv i t ed pub l i c l e c tu re t o t heCen t ra l Chap te r o f the IowaArcheo log ica l Soc ie ty in DesMoines on March 30 , 2003en t i t l ed , �Archaeo logy o f t heGi l le t t Grove Oneota Si te , ClayCoun ty, Iowa .� John r ecen t lyl e a r n e d t h a t h e h a s b e e n i n v i t e dt o o n c e a g a i n t e a c h a f o u r w e e ka rchaeo log ica l f i e ld s choo l a t t heIowa Lakes ide Lab (Wes tOkoboj i , Iowa) dur ing the summerof 2004. He wi l l aga in re turn tothe Gil le t t Grove s i te (13CY2) toc o n t i n u e r e s e a r c h o n t h i s l a r g ela t e p reh i s to r i c /p ro toh i s to r i cs i t e .

KEVIN KELLY is involved ins e v e r a l o n - g o i n g s t u d i e s . H ep r e s e n t e d a p a p e r b a s e d o nco l l abora t ive r e sea rch a t the 2003American Clef t Pala te-Cran iofac ia l Assoc ia t ion mee t ingin Ashevi l le , Nor th Caro l inaen t i t l ed , � In fan t Car Sea t s ,Car r i e r s , Bouncy Sea t s andSwings: Thei r Role inDeformat ional P lagiocephaly�(wi th T. Li t t le f ie ld , J . Pomat to ,and J . Cherney) . Kev in co-a u t h o r e d e i g h t e e n a r t i c l e s a n dp r e s e n t a t i o n s o v e r t h e p a s t y e a r,a l l r e l a t ed to h i s i n t e re s t s i n ru ra lpopu la t ions , c r an io fac i a l andske le t a l b io logy, and hea l th ca rer e sea rch . These a r t i c l e s appea redi n v a r i o u s j o u r n a l s , s u c h a s t h eJ o u r n a l o f A l l e r g y a n d C l i n i c a lImmuno logy , t he Journa l o fC r a n i o f a c i a l S u rg e r y, t h eJ o u r n a l o f P r o s t h e t i c s a n dO r t h o t i c s , A p p l i e d O c c u p a t i o n a la n d E n v i r o n m e n t a l H y g i e n e , a n dA e s t h e t i c S u r g e r y J o u r n a l .

ALFRIETA PARKS MONAGAN iscomple t ing a rev iew of FrancesHenry �s book , Rec la im ingA f r i c a n R e l i g i o n s i n Tr i n i d a d ,w h i c h s h e w a s a s k e d t o r e v i e w b y

New Wes t Ind ian Gu ide , t he wor ld �so ldes t Car ibbean journa l . Al f r i e ta i sa l so busy p r epa r ing fo r he r o f f -c a m p u s c o u r s e , � We s t I n d i a n P e o p l eand Cu l tu re , � which wi l l be t augh tnex t yea r in the Car ibbean dur ing he rsabbat ica l leave f rom Corne l l Col lege .Among o the r t h ings , A l f r i e t a wan t s t ocon t inue he r work on the cu l tu ra la d a p t a t i o n s o f We s t I n d i a nimmigrants l iv ing in New York andBos ton .

BETH PAULS co-edi ted a volume withDonna Rope r (Un ive r s i t y o f Kansas )e n t i t l e d , Pla in s Ear th lodges :E t h n o g r a p h i c a n d A r c h a e o l o g i c a lS tud i e s , wh ich i s s e t f o r pub l i ca t i onin 2005 . Th i s vo lume, which i s basedon pape r s t ha t were o r ig ina l lyp re sen t ed a t a sympos ium Be th co -cha i red a t the 2003 Soc ie ty fo rAmer ican Archaeo logy mee t ings ,i nc lude one s i ng l e - au tho red and twoc o - a u t h o r e d c h a p t e r s o f B e t h �s , i nadd i t ion to he r ed i to r i a l e f fo r t s .Much o f Be th �s t ime l a s t yea r wasd e v o t e d t o s t r a t e g i c p l a n n i n g f o r t h eOff i ce o f Sta t e Archaeo logy, and wi thv a r i o u s p r e s e n t a t i o n s a n d a r t i c l e st h a t c a m e o u t o f a s s e s s m e n t s o f t h eOff i ce �s co l l ec t ion . Othe r ongo ingpro jec t s r e f l ec t Be th �s work inreg iona l and femin i s t a rchaeo log ies ,r epa t r i a t ion , and a rchaeo log ica lo u t r e a c h a n d e d u c a t i o n , a s w e l l a st e a c h i n g v a r i o u s c o u r s e s i n t h e U IDepar tmen t o f An th ropo logy. Shep re sen t ed a pape r a t t he 2004 Soc i e tyfo r His to r i ca l Archaeo logy mee t ings ,and wi l l a l so p resen t a t t he 2004Soc ie ty fo r Amer ican Archaeo logymee t ings . Be th i s cu r ren t ly p repa r inga NAGPRA Documentat ion Grant($75,000) to br ing the h is tor ica l ly-r e s i d e n t t r i b e s o f I o w a t o g e t h e r t oc r ea t e a p roces s fo r t he r ebu r i a l o funaf f i l i a ted human remains . She i sa l s o p r e p a r i n g a c t i v i t i e s a n d g r a n t sfo r � Iowa Across the Cur r i cu lum,� aK-12 p rogram she has in i t i a t ed tha td raws on the p ro fe s s iona l expe r t i s eo f s t a t e a g e n c i e s t o c r e a t e a n

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i n t eg ra t ed h i s to ry and sc i ence cu r r i cu lum emphas i z ing Iowa-based examples . She con t inues to p re sen t�Wha t the Iowa Off i ce o f t he Sta t e Archaeo log i s t Can ( and does ! ) Do fo r You� and �Smal lpox in Na t iveAmer i ca : The Archaeo log ica l Sto ry� a t va r ious pub l i c venues a round the s t a t e . O the r ac t i v i t i e s i nc ludese rv ing as Cha i r o f the UI �s Co l lec t ions Po l i cy Commi t tee and as a member o f UI �s P ro jec t on P lace Stud iesSteer ing Commit tee , the Sc ience Cente r o f Iowa�s Sc ien t i f i c Advisory Commit tee , and Iowa�s STATEMAPGeolog ic Mapp ing Adv i so ry Pane l .

Rachel le Sal tzman works as the Iowa Fo lk l i f e Coord ina to r a t the Iowa Depar tment o f Cul tu ra l Affa i r s .She has been co -p roduc ing � Iowa Roo t s , � a r ad io documen ta ry r ad io se r i e s w i th Cur t Snook o f WOI Pub l i cRad io (AM 640) . Th i s se r i e s cons i s t s o f twen ty - s ix f ive -minu te p rograms and a webs i t e wi th aud io ,t r ansc r ip t s , b iog raph i ca l i n fo rma t ion , and pho tos o f t hose i n t e rv i ewed . The webs i t e c an be found byv i s i t ing www. iowaar t scounc i l .o rg and c l i ck ing on the � Iowa Roo t s� ho t l ink . R ik i has a l so beencoord ina t ing a se r i e s o f n ine two-hour p rograms ca l l ed �Cul tu ra l Express : Trad i t iona l Ar t s on Tour, � wh ichfea tu re Iowa t r ad i t iona l a r t i s t s f rom severa l communi t i e s pe r fo rming , demons t ra t ing , d i sp lay ing , andta lk ing abou t t he i r cu l tu ra l t r ad i t i ons . These p rog rams a r e suppor t ed by the Na t iona l Endowmen t fo r t heAr t s and the Iowa Ar t s Counc i l , a D iv i s ion o f t he Depar tmen t o f Cu l tu ra l Affa i r s , and wi l l be f ea tu red a t t heMidwes t Fo lk Fes t , Augus t 6 -7 , 2004 , in Wate r loo , IA . Mos t r ecen t ly, R ik i and the Iowa His to r i ca lFounda t ion were awarded a g ran t f rom the Na t iona l Pa rks Serv ice Cha l l enge Cos t Shar ing p rogram fo r a s ix -s ta te t rave l ing exh ib i t en t i t l ed , �Cul tu res o f the Missour i : 200 Years S ince Lewis & Clark .�

par t i e s began to lose c red ib i l i ty, NGOs became the p r imary a l t e rna t ive . In o the r words , c r i t i c s f e l t t ha tmany NGOs , and hence the WSF i t s e l f , had been co -op ted . S t i l l , t he WSF i s a p l a t fo rm where deba te i se n c o u r a g e d a n d d i s s e n t i n g v o i c e s e n g a g e d , n o t s i l e n c e d o r m a r g i n a l i z e d . I n h e r a d d r e s s a t t h e O p e n i n gP lena ry on J anua ry 16 (wh ich I d id no t hea r i n pe r son ) , I nd i an au tho r and ac t i v i s t Arundha t i Roy o ff e r ed asca th ing c r i t i que : �Un l ike i n t he o ld days , t he New Imper i a l i s t doesn � t need t o t r udge a round the t r op i c sr i sk ing mala r ia o r d ia r rhea o r ea r ly dea th . New Imper ia l i sm can be conduc ted on e -mai l . The vu lgar, hand-on rac i sm of Old Imper ia l i sm i s ou tda ted . The corners tone of New Imper ia l i sm i s New Racism.� On NewRac i sm in t he co rpo ra t e e r a , she s ays t ha t Apa r the id i s no t needed a s a fo rma l po l i cy, s i nce a complexsys tem of t r ade l aws and f inanc ia l ag reemen t s in s t i tu t iona l i ze inequa l i ty. She c losed wi th the fo l lowings t a t emen t : �The P ro j ec t fo r t he New Amer i can Cen tu ry seeks t o pe rpe tua t e i nequ i ty and e s t ab l i sh Amer i canhegemony a t any p r i ce , even i f i t �s apoca lyp t i c . The Wor ld Soc ia l Fo rum demands ju s t i ce and su rv iva l . Fo rt h e s e r e a s o n s , w e m u s t c o n s i d e r o u r s e l v e s a t w a r. �

Whi l e the p r imary oppos i t i on came f rom l e f t i s t g ra s s roo t s o rgan iza t ions loca ted in Ind ia and the Globa lSou th , t h i s mass ive g loba l even t was v i r tua l ly i gnored in t he ma ins t r eam U.S . med ia . The even t g roundswere fu l l o f journa l i s t s f rom a round the wor ld , excep t , apparen t ly, f rom the Uni ted Sta tes . Loca l news mediain Mumba i cove red t he WSF eve ry day�though t hey a l so showed Howard Dean and o the r US p re s iden t i a lh o p e f u l s c a m p a i g n i n g f o r t h e I o w a c a u c u s e s ! I n t h i s i n s t a n c e a t l e a s t , i t s e e m s t o b e t r u e t h a t s u b o r d i n a t e dgroups a re much more aware o f t he cu l tu re o f t he e l i t e s t han the o the r way a round . Even i f Amer i canjou rna l i s t s were consp icuous ly absen t , U .S . -based NGOs were ce r t a in ly i nvo lved . Organ iza t ions such a sInc i t e ! , G loba l Res i s t ance , and the Na t iona l Women�s Stud ie s Assoc ia t ion a l l he ld workshops o r pane l s .

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Luena Tchissola Rodriguez-Feo Vi le irawas bo rn on May 27 , 2003 to p roudparen ts , Mar ia Bea t r iz (Bet ty) Rodr iguez-Feo and Mane Vi l e i r a . Luena was born in aCuban c l in ic in Luanda , Angola , whereBe t ty ha s been comple t i ng he rd isser ta t ion f ie ldwork .

Brad and Mel i s sa Casucc i we lcomed a soninto the i r fami ly in the summer of 2003.

I n t h e l a s t c o u p l e o f y e a r s , w e � v e h a d t os a d l y s a y g o o d b y e t o t h r e e i n d i v i d u a l swho were once a pa r t o f ou r depa r tmen t .Peter Aschoff d ied on February 15 , 2002a t t he age o f 52 . Pe t e r worked toward h i sPhD in ou r depa r tmen t in the 1980s andear ly 1990s before moving to Oxford ,Mis s i s s i pp i , whe re he worked a s ani n s t r u c t o r i n a n t h r o p o l o g y a t t h eUnive r s i t y o f Mis s i s s ipp i . Pe t e rded ica t ed much o f h i s l i f e con t r ibu t ing tothe �L iv ing B lues , � a popu la r b lues mus icmagaz ine p roduced in Miss i s s ipp i . Hea l s o r a n a b l u e s s h o w o n p u b l i c r a d i o o u tof Cedar Fa l l s , ca l led �Only Blues .�Con t r ibu t ions i n h i s name can be made toFr i ends o f L iv ing B lues , c /o theUn ive r s i t y o f Mis s i s s ipp i Founda t ion ,P.O. Box 249, Universi ty, MS 38677. JuneHelm d i ed on February 5 , 2004 a t the ageof 79 . P lease r e fe r to p . 3 o f th i spub l i ca t ion fo r desc r ip t ion o f June �smany accompl ishments . Sara A. Mech ,who r ece ived he r BA in An th ropo logy andBiochemis t ry in May of 2002 , died onNovember 5 , 2003 a t the age of 23 . Shew o r k e d a s a s u p e r v i s o r a t t h eHand icapped Deve lopment Cen te r inDavenpor t , where memor ia l s in her namecan be made . We wi l l g rea t ly miss a l l o ft h e s e i n d i v i d u a l s , a n d o u r c o n d o l e n c e sgo ou t t o the i r f ami ly and f r i ends .

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Congra tu l a t i ons t o E r i ca P rus s ing , who ha s j u s t a ccep t ed a j oba s A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r o f A n t h r o p o l o g y i n o u r d e p a r t m e n t ,s t a r t ing nex t semes te r. We a re p leased to we lcome Er ica in tothe depar tment as a fu l l - t ime facu l ty member!

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Nanet te Barkey to Jo inNanet te Barkey to Jo inNanet te Barkey to Jo inNanet te Barkey to Jo inNanet te Barkey to Jo inD e p a r t m e n tD e p a r t m e n tD e p a r t m e n tD e p a r t m e n tD e p a r t m e n tNanet te Barkey has wi l l jo in the Univers i ty o f Iowa in fa l l 2005as a th ree -qua r t e r �s t ime facu l ty member in an th ropo logy and aone quar te r t ime facu l ty member in Communi ty and Behaviora lHea l th . Nane t t e has a Mas te r �s i n Pub l i c Hea l th f rom theUnive r s i ty o f Sou the rn F lo r ida , a Ph .D . in an th ropo logy f rom theUn ive r s i t y o f F lo r ida and cu r r en t l y ha s a pos tdoc to r a l pos i t i ona t Pomona Co l l ege in Ca l i fo rn ia . She has spen t n ine yea r s do ingan th ropo log i ca l r e sea rch and pub l i c hea l t h i n d i f f e r en t pa r t s o fAfr ica . Welcome Nane t te !

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In one way o r ano the r, Bever ly Poduska has been a member o f Iowa�seduca t ion sys t em mos t o f he r en t i r e l i f e . Beve r ly began he r educa t ion ina o n e - r o o m s c h o o l h o u s e i n J o h n s o n C o u n t y j u s t n o r t h o f I o w a C i t ywhere she was ab l e t o comple t e fou r th g r ade p r io r t o t he c lo s ing o f ru r a lc o u n t y s c h o o l s . S h e t h e n f u r t h e r e d h e r e d u c a t i o n i n I o w a C i t y s c h o o l swhere she g radua ted f rom Reg ina High Schoo l . In 1971 , she beganemploymen t a t Un ive r s i ty Schoo l s on the Un ive r s i ty o f Iowa campus .She was a s ec re t a ry in t he Co l l ege o f Educa t ion fo r ove r 17 yea r s un t i lcoming to work in the Depar tmen t o f Anthropo logy in February 1989 .She in te rv iewed and was h i red by Michae l Ch ibn ik who was Depar tmen tCha i r a t t ha t t ime . Now, hav ing jus t ce l eb ra ted he r f i f t een th ann ive r sa ry work ing in the Depar tmen t o fAnth ropo logy, Michae l Ch ibn ik aga in i s s e rv ing a s Depar tmen t Cha i r. We hope Bever ly wi l l s t ay on fo r a tl e a s t ano the r f i f t e en yea r s !

Th i s yea r i s a busy one fo r Bever ly, no t on ly pe r fo rming he r many academic and admin i s t r a t ived u t i e s a s d e p a r t m e n t s e c r e t a r y i n A n t h r o p o l o g y, b u t a l s o o n t h e h o m e f r o n t . B e v e r l y e n j o y s p l a y i n g t h eaccord ion and o rgan . Beve r ly and he r husband , Dan , l i ve on a f a rm nor th o f So lon . They wi l l ce l eb ra t e t he i r22 nd wedd ing ann ive r sa ry t h i s yea r. They have one daugh te r, Che ry l , who i s a s en io r a t So lon H igh Schoo lth i s yea r, and i s an accompl i shed s tuden t bo th i n academics and i n mus i c . She i s i nvo lved i n manyex t r acu r r i cu l a r ac t iv i t i e s t ha t keep Dan and Beve r ly ve ry busy, bu t t hey en joy i t ! The i r l i t t l e dog , Mop , i s ade l igh t fu l add i t i on to the i r f ami ly and en joys the comfor t s o f coun t ry l i v ing .

Shari Knight i s the newes t member o f the Anthropology Depar tment �s main o ff i ce . L ike Bever ly, Shar i jus tce l eb ra t ed he r ann ive r sa ry o f work ing wi th the depa r tmen t in Februa ry�her f i r s t ! Sha r i came to us a f t e rwork ing fo r twe lve yea rs a t Ki rkwood Elementa ry, and has made a qu ick t r ans i t ion to un ive rs i ty l i f e . Shar icommutes in he r ye l low VW Bug each day f rom Nor th L ibe r ty, where she l ives in a new condo by a sma l ll ake . She spends many weekends and va r ious even ings each week work ing pa r t - t ime fo r Ha l lmark in theC o r a l R i d g e M a l l , a n d i s h a p p y t o a n n o u n c e t h a t s h e m a n a g e d t o s u r v i v e t h e c h a o s o f t h e Va l e n t i n e �s D a yshopp ing pe r iod . Sha r i ha s t h ree k ids : J e r emy i s t he o ldes t , a t age 27 . He works a t Iowa C i ty Moto r Spor t sand l ives in Nor th L ibe r ty. Ka t i e i s 24 and works a t US bank in Nor th L ibe r ty. Shar i �s younges t ch i ld i s Nick ,who i s 21 , and i s ma jo r ing i n bus ines s a t t he Un ive r s i t y o f Iowa . He r daugh te r Ka t i e j u s t go t engaged inFeb rua ry, and has p l anned a sunse t , beachs ide wedd ing i n J ama ica fo r Sep t ember o f t h i s yea r. Sha r i ha sbegun mak ing p repa ra t ions fo r bo th the wedd ing and the r ecep t ion , wh ich wi l l t ake p l ace in the Iowa C i tya rea a f t e r the coup le r e tu rns f rom Jamaica . Sha r i i s ge t t ing ve ry exc i t ed abou t he r f i r s t t r ip to Jamaica ! Shelooks fo rward t o t he sp r ing wea the r, when she can spend some t ime r e l ax ing ou t s ide and g r i l l i ng s t eaks onhe r ga s g r i l l , and can hope fu l l y work on he r t an be fo re he r t r i p t o t he Ca r ibbean . We have en joyed hav ingShar i a round th i s yea r, and look fo rward to work ing wi th he r fo r many more ( a s long a s we can conv ince he rto come back f rom Jamaica)!

New s f r om o u r N e w s f r om o u r N e w s f r om o u r N e w s f r om o u r N e w s f r om o u r s u p e r u p e r u p e r u p e r u p e r s e c r e t a r i a l e c r e t a r i a l e c r e t a r i a l e c r e t a r i a l e c r e t a r i a l s u p p o r t u p p o r t u p p o r t u p p o r t u p p o r t s t a f ft a f ft a f ft a f ft a f f

L i n d s a y E a v e s - J o h n s o n ( f a r l e f t ) a n d u n d e r g r a d u a t e C l i n tA l b r a c h t ( r i g h t , s e a t e d ) a t t h e i r 2 0 0 3 I o w a S t a t e F a i r b o o t h ,� P l a y i n g w i t h P r e h i s t o r i c P e o p l e s : A d v e n t u r e s i nA n t h r o p o l o g y. � B o o t h a c t i v i t i e s i n c l u d e d h a n d s - o n a c t i v i t i e s f o ra d u l t s a n d c h i l d r e n ,i n c l u d i n g a p r e t e n da rchaeo log i ca l d ig , f o s s i lc a s t s t o e x a m i n e , a n d f a c e -pa in t ing . L indsay wi l l ber u n n i n g t h e b o o t h a g a i n t h i sy e a r, u n d e r t h e t i t l e o f� A d v e n t u r e s i nA n t h r o p o l o g y. � T h i s y e a r �s

b o o t h w i l l i n c l u d e m o r e o f a c u l t u r a l e l e m e n t t o f a i r l yr e p r e s e n t t h e f o u r f i e l d s . L i n d s a y w o u l d l o v e t o h a v e s o m eh e l p w i t h t h i s y e a r �s e x h i b i t , s o i f y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d ,p l e a s e c o n t a c t h e r !

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Graduate S tudent NewsCHRISTINA TAYLOR BEARD-MOOSE will defend herd i s se r t a t ion , �Pub l i c Ind ians ,P r iva te Cherokees : Ind igenousI d e n t i t y a t t h e I n t e r s e c t i o n o fTour i sm, Accu l tu ra t ion , andCul tu ra l Con t inu i ty� on Monday,Apr i l 19 , 2004 a t 10:00 AM in theCal len Conference Room (205DGilmore Hall).KELLI BEER is a post-M.A., pre-c o m p r e h e n i s v e s t u d e n t i n t h esoc iocu l t u r a l an th ropo logyprogram. Her doc tora l r esea rchwi l l examine cu l tura l aspec ts o fAf ro -Guayanese popu la r mus ic .MARGARET BURCHIANTIc o n d u c t e d r e s e a r c h i n Arg e n t i n al a s t summer, pa r t l y suppor t ed by aStan ley Fe l lowship . She wi l l bep r e s e n t i n g a p a p e r b a s e d o n t h i sr e sea rch a t t h i s yea r �s Amer i canEthno log ica l Soc ie ty confe rence .S ince las t summer, however,M a r g a r e t h a s t u r n e d h e r f o c u s t othe U .S . , where she wi l l conduc th e r d i s s e r t a t i o n r e s e a r c h o nAmer ican soc ia l memor ies o f theVie tnam War per iod . In add i t ion ,an a r t i c l e based on he r M.A. work ,�Bui ld ing Br idges o f Memory: TheM o t h e r s o f t h e P l a z a d e M a y o a n dthe Cul tu ra l Po l i t i c s o f Mate rna lM e m o r i e s , � h a s b e e n a c c e p t e d f o rpub l i ca t ion by the jou rna l His torya n d A n t h ro p o l o g y . M a rg a r e t h a sa l s o s t a y e d b u s y a s c h a i r o f t h eGSS Travel Funds commit tee , co-chai r of the GSS Forum commit tee ,and sec re t a ry fo r t he UI Counc i lo n t h e St a t u s o f Wo m e n .BRANDY CASE HAUB conductedtwo mon ths o f p r e -d i s se r t a t i onresea rch l a s t summer in San Juan ,P u e r t o R i c o s u p p o r t e d b y g r a n t sf rom the Depar tment o fA n t h r o p o l o g y a n d U I S t u d e n tGovernment . Af te r comple t ing hercomprehens ive exams las tsemes te r, Brandy i s now in thep r o c e s s o f w r i t i n g h e r p r o s p e c t u sa n d a p p l y i n g f o r g r a n t s t o f u n dhe r upcoming d i s s e r t a t i onf ie ldwork. In Ju ly, she wi l l move(a long wi th he r husband , Mike ,

a n d c a t , M o r p h i n e ) t o S a n J u a n ,Pue r to R ico to beg in the f i r s tphase o f he r f i e ldwork on thetop i c o f t he Pue r to R icanI n d e p e n d e n c e M o v e m e n t , a n dthen in Janua ry, she wi l l l eavePuer to R ico and head to New YorkC i t y t o c a r r y o u t t h e s e c o n d p h a s eo f he r r e sea r ch . B randy p r e sen t eda p a p e r a t t h e A A A�s t h i s p a s tNovember ba sed on he r MAresea rch . She i s en joy ing he r twoa s s i s t a n t s h i p s t h i s s e m e s t e r ,work ing fo r t he depa r tmen t a s t heed i to r o f t he annua l news le t t e r,and work ing fo r the In te rna t iona lForum for U.S . S tud ies , where shewi l l be l ucky enough to t ag a longt o a c o n f e r e n c e s h e �s h e l p i n g t oplan in Rio de Janei ro , Braz i l inl a t e M a y. B r a n d y h a s a l s o e n j o y e dsome downt ime th i s semes te r,t ak ing a road t r ip to the Pac i f i cNor thwes t w i th some o ld f r i endsf r o m h e r u n d e r g r a d u a t e d a y s , a n dvo lun tee r ing 4 -6 hour s a week a tthe Iowa Ci ty Animal Care andAdop t ion Cen te r.BARBARA DAVIDSON i s a pos t -c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n t i n t h esoc iocu l t u r a l an th ropo logyprogram. Her doctora l f ie ldworkexamined hea l th cond i t ions innor the rn Tha i l and .KATE DERNBACH received theAda Lou i se Ba l l a rd d i s se r t a t ionfe l lowsh ip and has been work ingo n h e r d i s s e r t a t i o n t h i s p a s t y e a r.S h e p r e s e n t e d p a p e r s a t t h e A A Ameet ing l a s t November in Chicagoand the Assoc i a t i on fo r Soc i a lAn th ropo logy in Ocean ia mee t inglas t February in Sa lem,M a s s a c h u s e t t s . L a s t s u m m e r,K a t e �s r e s e a r c h a s s i s t a n t a n dgood f r iend , Evelyn Soumwei ,v i s i t ed f rom Chuuk for twomonths . In add i t ion to wr i t ing ,Ka te i s busy r a i s ing he r 18 mon th -o ld son , Gus .CATHERINE DOUILLET will soonde fend he r d i s se r t a t ion , �MixedCoup le s i n Tr in idad , Wes t I nd i e s :The Mak ing o f E thn ic andNat iona l Iden t i t i e s . "

LINDSAY EAVES-JOHNSON hasbeen work ing on he r mas te r �spape r, wh ich she wi l l p r e sen t t h i ss p r i n g o n � A n t h r o p o s c o p i c a n dMorphomet r i c Ana lyses o f Sex onthe UI-Stanford Col lec t ion .�L indsay wi l l p re sen t a modu le onForens i c An th ropo logy fo r h ighs c h o o l t e a c h e r s a t t h e A A PAmeet ing in Tampa th i s Apr i l . Herp u b l i s h i n g d e b u t a l s o h a p p e n e dth i s yea r wi th �The Archeo log ica lCaves o f Ch ina� i n t heEncyc loped ia o f Cave and Kars tS c i e n c e , a s s e c o n d a u t h o r t oRusse l l C iochon . L indsay andunderg rad C l in t A lb rach t r an ab o o t h a t t h e I o w a S t a t e F a i r l a s tsummer en t i t led , �Playing wi thPreh i s to r i c Peop le s : Adven tu re si n A n t h r o p o l o g y, � a r e h a p p y t orepor t t ha t i t was ve ry we l l -r ece ived . They p rov ided hands -o n a c t i v i t i e s f o r a d u l t s a n dch i ld ren , i nc lud ing a p re t enda rchaeo log i ca l d ig , f o s s i l c a s t s t oexamine , and face-pa in t ing .L indsay has r eapp l i ed fo r t heb o o t h a g a i n t h i s y e a r, u n d e r t h et i t l e o f �Adven tu re s i nA n t h r o p o l o g y, � a n d s h e h o p e s t oinc lude more o f a cu l tu ra l e lementto f a i r ly r ep resen t t he fou r f i e lds ,wh ich she f ee l s i s wha t makesa n t h r o p o l o g y s o s p e c i a l .BRYAN K. ELDREDGE iscur rent ly ASL (Amer ican SignLanguage) Program Coord ina tora t Utah Val ley Sta te Col lege inOrem, Utah . He p lans to de fendh i s d o c t o r a l d i s s e r t a t i o n t h i ssummer.ERIK FILEAN is a post-c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n t i n t h ea rchaeo logy p rog ram who hasc o n d u c t e d d o c t o r a l r e s e a r c h i nthe Ne the r l ands .JEANNE FRERICHS is a post-c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n t i n t h esoc iocu l t u r a l an th ropo logyprogram. Her doc tora l r esea rchconce rns o rgan ic f a rming inSweden.

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Graduate S tudent s Cont inuedJOSH POLANSKI i s a pre-c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n t i n t h eb io log ica l an th ropo logy p rogram.BETTY RODRIGUEZ-FEO isf i n i sh ing up he r two and a ha l fyear s t in t o f f i e ldwork , and wi l l bere tu rn ing to Iowa Ci ty f romAngola th i s f a l l . Be t ty i s l ook ingforward to l iv ing wi th runn ingwater and more re l iab le e lec t r ica ls e rv i ce aga in , bu t won� t m i s sl iv ing wi th malar ia , typhoid , andt h e t u m u l t u o u s e n d o f t h eAngolan c iv i l war ! Be t ty �sb i g g e s t n e w s i s t h e b i r t h o f h e rd a u g h t e r, L u e n a Tc h i s s o l aRodriguez-Feo Vi le i ra , who wasborn on May 27 , 2003 a t a Cubanc l in ic in Luanda , Angola . Herfa the r, Mane , i s a Ras t a fa r i an andan a r t i s an . Desc r ib ing he rd a u g h t e r �s n a m e , B e t t y s a y s t h a tLuena i s the cap i t a l o f Moxicop rov ince , wh ich means t he peop lew i t h o u t e t h n i c i t y, b e c a u s e p e o p l ef rom d i f f e ren t g roups ga the red inL u e n a a s t h e y c a m e d o w n t h e f i v er ive r s t ha t mee t t he re . Tch i s so l ai s Umbundu (he r f a the r �s e thn icg roup i s Ov imbundu) and i t meanssometh ing we love o r some th ingt h a t g i v e s u s p l e a s u r e .C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o B e t t y a n d h e rn e w d a u g h t e r !JOHN SCOTT i s a pos t -c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n t i n t h el ingu i s t i c an th ropo logy p rogram.He conduc ted doc to ra l f i e ldworkamong Hai t i ans in the Domin icanRepubl ic .JUDY SIEBERT spent the winterso f bo th 2002 and 2003 con t inu ingher f ie ldwork in Chi le , whichf o c u s e s o n c h a n g i n g e x p r e s s i o n so f e thn i c i den t i t y w i th in t heGerman-Chilean community. Shei s cu r ren t ly work ing on wr i t ing uph e r d i s s e r t a t i o n r e s e a r c h , t h o u g htha t wr i t ing i s in compet i t ion wi thher pa r t - t ime t each ingre spons ib i l i t i e s a t bo th CoeCol lege in Cedar Rap ids andCornel l Col lege in Mt . Vernon.

RHIANNON JONES is currentlywork ing on a Mas te r �s p ro j ec ti n v o l v i n g s e t t l e m e n t p a t t e r n s a n dgeomorph ic l andforms in the UpperMiss i s s ipp i Va l l ey. Rh iannon a l sohand les f inanc ia l ma t t e r s fo r t heUnivers i ty o f Iowa Gradua teStuden t An th ropo log i ca lA s s o c i a t i o n .ALEXIS MATZA is a post M.A. ,p r e - c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n t i n t h esoc iocu l t u r a l an th ropo logyp rog ram. She i s f ocus ing on t hee f f ec t s o f s ex ho rmones on gende riden t i t y i n t he Un i t ed S t a t e s .GRANT MCCALL is a pre-c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n t i na r c h a e o l o g y. H e j u s t w o n a nhonorab le men t ion in the Soc ia lSc iences Div i s ion a t t he James F.Jakobsen Gradua te Forum a t t heUnivers i ty o f Iowa in March .Congra tu l a t ions to Gran t ! He p l anst o b e g i n d i s s e r t a t i o n r e s e a r c h i nBotswana th i s summer.STEPHEN MILLER is a pre-c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n t i n t h eb io log ica l an th ropo logy p rogram.TOMOMI NAKA continues to worko n h e r d i s s e r t a t i o n p r o j e c t a b o u tt h e d i v e r s e b u s i n e s s e n g a g e m e n to f M e n n o n i t e g r o u p s i n t h e U . S .Las t summer, she v i s i t ed Lancas te r,Pennsy lvan i a f o r t he s econd t imeand t a lked w i th peop le who be longt o d i f f e r e n t M e n n o n i t e g r o u p s .To m o m i i s h a p p y t o r e p o r t t h a t s h epas sed t he Eng l i sh p ro f i c i encyexam for non-na t ive Engl i sh-s p e a k i n g TA s , a n d h a s t a k e n o n t h enew cha l l enge o f work ing a s at e a c h i n g a s s i s t a n t i n t h eDepa r tmen t o f An th ropo logy.SARAH ONO i s conduc t ingd i s se r t a t ion f i e ld r e sea rch inHol lywood . She i s now back in LosAnge le s a f t e r w in t e r ing in U tah a tthe Sundance F i lm fes t iva l . Sa rahi s l e a r n i n g f i r s t - h a n d a b o u t t h eloca l p re -occupa t ion wi th pu t t i ngtoge the r work and l i n ing up t hen e x t j o b . W h e n s h e i s n o t i n h e rca r, she i s wr i t ing f i e ldno tes . Sa rahh a s r e c o n n e c t e d w i t h St e v e Tu l l e y,a n d r e p o r t s t h a t h e i s d o i n g w e l l .

NATHAN HOLTON is currentlyd e v e l o p i n g a d i s s e r t a t i o nresearch pro jec t examin ing there la t ionsh ip be tween fac ia lana tomy and b i t e f o r ce p roduc t i onand e f f i c i ency in l iv ing humans .T h i s s t u d y s t e m s f r o m a p r e v i o u spro jec t (wi th Rober t F ranc i scus )t h a t i s c u r r e n t l y i n p r e s s i n t h eA m e r i c a n J o u r n a l o f P h y s i c a lAn thropo logy . I n add i t i on ,Nathan i s examin ing cor re la t ionsb e t w e e n n a s a l b r e a d t h a n d t o o t hs ize in Neander t a l s and modernhumans . Th i s p ro jec t wi l l bep r e s e n t e d a t t h e A n n u a lAssoc i a t i on o f Phys i ca lAn th ropo logy mee t ings in Apr i l2004.RACHEL HORNER has beenf o c u s i n g h e r a t t e n t i o n o n p u b l i chea l th s ince r ece iv ing he r M.A. i na n t h r o p o l o g y l a s t M a y. I nadd i t ion to work ing fo r the Globa lHea l th S tud i e s depa r tmen t , she i sp o w e r i n g t h r o u g h t h e l a s t f e wc l a s s e s s h e n e e d s t o c o m p l e t e a nMPH in Communi ty andBehav io ra l Hea l th . She p lans tos tudy Po r tuguese i n Braz i l t h i ssummer. I f a l l goes a s p lanned ,she wi l l r e tu rn to he r r egu la r lys c h e d u l e d p r o g r a m o f s t u d y i nan th ropo logy nex t sp r ing , a twh ich po in t she wi l l be he ld downa n d f o r c e d t o c h o o s e ad i s s e r t a t i o n t o p i c b y h e rcommit tee members .CAROLYN HOUGH is currently inthe Gambia conduc t ing he rd i s se r t a t ion f i e ldwork . Much o fhe r t ime i s spen t wa i t ing fo r o rr i d i n g i n a n c i e n t M e r c e d e s v a n s(bush t ax i s ) t o ge t t o i n t e rv i ewswi th Kanya leng women ( seep r o s p e c t u s o r c o m p s f o r d e t a i l s )a n d h e a l t h c a r e p r o v i d e r s a n dadmin i s t r a to r s bo th i n t heA t l a n t i c c o a s t a r e a a n d f u r t h e rupcoun t ry. She makes he r home inSerekunda , Gambia�s l a rges t u rbana r e a , a n d e n j o y s p e r u s i n g t h esprawl ing loca l marke t andl e a r n i n g t h e s e c r e t s o f We s tAfr ican cu i s ine f rom the women ofhe r compound .

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J u d y h a s b e e n t e a c h i n gi n t r o d u c t o r y a n t h r o p o l o g ycourses in a l l four f i e lds , a s we l la s c o u r s e s o n v a r i o u s t o p i c swi th in Lat in Amer ican Studies .J u d y a l s o i s i n v o l v e d w i t h v a r i o u ss t a f f t r a in ing and workshopp ingac t iv i t i e s wi th in the p r iva tesec to r. Judy l ooks fo rward t osp r ing and summer wea the r, a ss h e i s a n a v i d b i c y c l e r a n d c a n � twa i t t o ge t ou t s ide i n t he warmwea the r and r ide .SAMANTHA SOLIMEO isc u r r e n t l y c o n d u c t i n g d i s s e r t a t i o nf ie ldwork here in Iowa af te rg radua t ing wi th he r MPH la s tMay. Her da ta co l l ec t ion wi l l becomple ted by ea r ly summer, ands h e p l a n s t o g r a d u a t e i n M a y2005. Samantha�s researchexplores the complexre la t ionsh ips among b io log ica lp r o c e s s e s o f a g i n g , P a r k i n s o n �sDisease , and cu l tu ra l be l i e f sr ega rd ing the l i f e cour se amongolde r adu l t s l iv ing wi thPark inson�s in ru ra l Iowa. Sherece ived an NSF to fund he rd i s s e r t a t i o n r e s e a r c h . A t t h eAAA�s l a s t November, Saman thap r e s e n t e d a p a p e r e n t i t l e d ,� E n g a g i n g A n t h r o p o l o g y a n dPubl ic Hea l th : An In te rpre t iveA n a l y s i s o f t h e ' O l d A g eDi sea se ' . " Th i s pape r was pa r t o fa pane l ded i ca t ed t o fu r t he r ingo u r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h econ t r i bu t i ons o f an th ropo log i ca lr e s e a r c h t o t h e p u b l i c h e a l t hendeavor. Saman tha vo lun t ee r sfo r E lder Serv ices , Inc . , a non-pro f i t case managemento rgan iza t ion se rv ing e igh t l oca lcoun t i e s . The i r manda t e i s t op rov ide s e rv i ce s and r e f e r r a l s t ohe lp keep f ra i l sen io r sindependen t ly l i v ing i n t hecommuni ty fo r a s l ong a sp o s s i b l e .KENDA STEWART i s a post-M.A. ,p r e - c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n t i n t h esoc iocu l t u r a l an th ropo logyprogram. For he r d i s se r t a t ionr e s e a r c h , s h e i s p l a n n i n g t o l o o k

a t t he a r t i cu l a t i on and nego t i a t i ono f na t iona l i den t i t y be tweenI s r ae l i s and Pa l e s t i n i ans t h roughsoc i a l po l i t i c a l d i s cou r se ss u r r o u n d i n g s p o r t a t t h e l o c a l a n din te rna t iona l l eve l s . Th is summerK e n d a h o p e s t o s t u d y A r a b i c i n a nin t ens ive l anguage p rog ram.

ANDRIA TIMMER is currentlywork ing on a mas te r �s degree inpub l i c hea l th , so mos t o f he r t imei s s p e n t � a c r o s s t h e r i v e r. � S h es p e n t l a s t s u m m e r s t u d y i n gHungar ian in Debrecen , Hungary,a n d p l a n s t o r e t u r n t h i s s u m m e r t oc o n t i n u e s t u d y i n g t h e l a n g u a g eand to conduc t p re l imina ryd i s se r t a t i on r e sea rch . Andr i a �sf i r s t pub l i ca t ion , en t i t l ed�Learn ing Through Doing : TheImpor tance of F ie ldwork in theEduca t ion o f t he Unde rg radua t e�(wr i t t en when she was i ndeed anunderg radua te ) , w i l l be ou t inMarch in the NAPA Bul l e t in , ands h e h a s s u b m i t t e d h e r M a s t e r �spape r fo r pub l i ca t ion inNut r i t i ona l An th ropo logy.ALICIA TRIMBLE is a post-M.A.p r e - c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n t i n t h ea rchaeo logy p rogram.STEPHEN TULLEY is currentlyres id ing in Southern Ca l i fo rn iawhi le f in i sh ing up the wr i t ing o fh i s d i s s e r t a t i o n a b o u t t h e m a k i n gand marke t ing of cacao in Oaxaca ,Mexico . Las t f a l l he was anins t ruc to r a t Moorpark Communi tyCol l ege in Ven tu ra Coun ty, and insp r ing 2003 S t eve p re sen t ed al e c t u r e o n h i s r e s e a r c h a t t h eNa tu ra l H i s to ry Museum of LosA n g e l e s C o u n t y f o r a n o p e n - t o -the -pub l i c even t on Choco la t e :The Exh ib i t , sponso red by t heSmithsonian .CHAD URAN has rece ived theFord Founda t ion P re -Di s se r t a t i onFe l lowsh ip , p rov id ing th ree yea r so f s u p p o r t . C h a d a l s o w o n t h ef i r s t p l ace p r i ze a t t he Four thAnnual CIC Amer ican IndianStud ies Consor t ium Gradua teS t u d e n t C o n f e r e n c e a n d

Compet i t ion a t The D�ArcyMcNickle Center for AmericanInd ian His to ry, in the Newber ryLibrary of Chicago, in Apri l 2003.Tha t p re sen ta t ion , �F romIn te rna l i zed Oppress ion toIn te rna l ized Sovere ign ty :Oj ibwemowin Performance andPo l i t i ca l Consc iousness , � i sunder f ina l r ev iew fo r pub l ica t ionin the Stud ies in Amer ican Ind ianLi te ra tu re journa l . He and h i sfamily wil l move to Hayward,Wi s c o n s i n t o c o n d u c tco l l abora t ive r e sea rch wi th theWaadookodaading Oj ibwemowinImmers ion Char ter School .JERRY WEVER is wri t ing up hisd i s se r t a t ion , �Deco lon iz ingCreol izat ion: Express ive Cul ture ,Power, and Iden t i ty in S t . Luc iaand Seyche l l e s , � amids tprepar ing for a midsummerwedd ing . I n t he f a l l , he p r e sen t edp a p e r s a t t h e S o c i e t y f o rE thnomus ico logy Annua lM e e t i n g a n d t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a lCreo le S tud ies Confe rence . Th i ss p r i n g h e p r e s e n t e d a p a p e r a tthe Car ibbean Mus ic Confe rencein New Or leans , and i s p repa r ingi t fo r pub l i ca t ion in Br idges o fSound : t he T rans loca l i t y o fCar ibbean Per formance Poe t rya n d M u s i c , t o b e p u b l i s h e d b yT h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Wi s c o n s i nP re s s . He ha s o rgan i zed twocon fe r ence pane l s t o t ake p l aceth i s f a l l a t t he Soc ie ty fo rE thnomus ico logy and AAAA n n u a l M e e t i n g s .JESSICA WHITE i s a post-MA,p r e - c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n t i n t h eb io log ica l an th ropo logy p rogram.BENJAMIN WILLETT is a post-M A , p r e - c o m p r e h e n s i v e s t u d e n ti n t he soc iocu l t u r a l an th ropo logyprog ram. He p l ans t o conduc td o c t o r a l r e s e a r c h o n t o u r i s m a n de thn i c i den t i t y i n h igh l andGuatemala.

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GUDRUN WILLETT is currentlywr i t i ng he r d i s se r t a t i on onRuss i an - speak ing mig ran t s i n TheNe the r l ands and t he Eu ropeanU n i o n , t e a c h i n g a c l a s s a b o u timmigra t ion , and pa tch ing toge the rd i s s e r t a t i on wr i t e -up g r an t s f o rnex t yea r. She was happy to r ece ivea Wenner-Gren , Fu lb r igh t , and T.Anne Clea ry award fo r l a s t yea r �sd i s s e r t a t i o n r e s e a r c h .NATASHA WILSON is a pre-m a s t e r �s s t u d e n t i n t h esoc iocu l t u r a l an th ropo logyprogram. She i s i n t e re s t ed int r ansgender iden t i t i e s in Sur inamand New Or leans .JON WOLSETH received aSeashore -Ba l la rd Disse r ta t ionWri t ing Fe l lowship for the 2003-2004 academic year. Hes u c c e s s f u l l y d e f e n d e d h i sd i s se r t a t ion , �Tak ing on Vio lence :Gangs , Fa i th , and Pove r ty AmongYou th i n a Work ing -C la s s Colon iain Honduras� on Apr i l 2 , 2004 , andwil l soon be off ic ia l ly �Dr.Wol se th . � Jon i s work ing a s a pa r t -t ime pe r sona l a s s i s t an t fo r a f r i endo f h i s i n Ames , I owa , s e t t i ng upc o n t a c t d a t a b a s e s f o r t h e N G O s h eworks fo r i n Des Moines . He a l sos t a r t e d v o l u n t e e r i n g o n e n i g h t aweek a t a home le s s you th she l t e r i nDes Moines , wh ich he r ea l lye n j o y s , a n d f e e l s i t �s a g o o dcompar i son fo r wha t he a l r eadyknows abou t La t in Amer i can you thse rv ices . Jon wi l l l eave in Ju ly tow o r k w i t h y o u t h i n u r b a n s e t t i n g sas a member o f t he Peace Corps , andh o p e s t o b e p l a c e d i n L a t i nAmerica.ALEXANDER WOODS is a pre-m a s t e r �s s t u d e n t i n t h e a r c h a e o l o g yprog ram. He p l ans t o conduc t M.Aresea rch th i s summer in F rance .

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DAVID AKIN (BA 1979) isManag ing Ed i to r o f Compara t i veSt u d i e s o f S o c i e t y a n d H i s t o r y .Dav id comple ted h i s PhD inA n t h r o p o l o g y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o fHawai � i . He publ i shed an a r t i c le int h e A u g u s t 2 0 0 3 i s s u e o f A m e r i c a nE t h n o l o g i s t , e n t i t l e d�Concea lmen t , Confes s ion , and Innova t ion in Kwaio Women�sTa b o o s � o n t h e s u b j e c t o f m e n s t r u a l t a b o o s i n M e l a n e s i a .

LINDA ALLEN (PhD 1997) is Dean of Arts and Humani t ies a tKi rkwood Communi ty Col lege in Cedar Rapids , and can be reachedat la l len@kirkwood.cc . ia .us .

BRAD CASUCCI (MA 2002) i s work ing on h i s PhD a t Case Weste rnRese rve Un ive r s i ty in C leve land , Oh io , and can be r eached a tbac19@cwru.edu.

MARY CORNELL (PhD 1993) i s teaching a t a nurs ing school loca tedin Mi lwaukee , Wiscons in .

NANCY EBERHARDT (BA 1975) i s Professor of Anthropology a tKnox Co l l ege , hav ing ea rned he r PhD in An th ropo logy a t t heUnivers i ty o f I l l ino i s in 1984 . Her mos t r ecen t work has been ond e v e l o p i n g a n a c c o u n t o f S o u t h e a s t A s i a n e t h n o p s y c h o l o g i e s , o rfo lk t heo r i e s , abou t t he na tu re o f human psycho log i ca l f unc t ion ing .S h e h o p e s t o c o n t i n u e t h i s p r o j e c t i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .

PAULA FORD (PhD 2000) works a t Univers i ty Hospi ta ls in IowaCity.

BRIGITTINE FRENCH (PhD 2001) received a two-year MellonPos tdoc to ra l Fe l lowsh ip t o work on wr i t i ng a book based on he rresea rch in Gua temala . She i s work ing as a Lec tu re r o fAnthropology a t Gr innel l Col lege , in Gr innel l , Iowa.

KATHLEEN GILLOGLY (BA 1978) is ABD in Anthropology at theUnive r s i ty o f Mich igan and i s an Ad junc t Facu l ty member in theDepar tment of Libera l Educa t ion a t Columbia Col lege , in Chicago ,I l l inois .

JULIE GURDIN (MA 1992) is a mult imedia project manager forPea r son Sco t t Fo resman , an e l emen ta ry educa t iona l pub l i she r.

GUDRUN HARALDSDOTTIR (PhD 2002) works for an Icelandicdeve lopment agency in Malawi .

KAREN E. HASLETT (PhD 2001) is an Adjunct Professor for theUnivers i ty o f Iowa . In Fa l l 2003 and Spr ing 2004 , she t augh t twoeven ing cou r se s t h rough t he Sa tu rday & Even ing Co l l ege :�Language , Cu l tu re and Communica t ion� and a new Spec ia l Top icscourse ca l l ed �La t inos , Language , and Lea rn ing .� Karen a l so workspar t - t ime as the Ecumenica l Out reach Coord ina to r o f the Uni tedCampus Min i s t ry, a p rogress ive ecumenica l Chr i s t i an min i s t ry a t theUnive r s i ty o f Iowa . In Februa ry 2003 , she p resen ted he rd i s se r t a t i on f i nd ings on l anguage i deo log i e s ba sed on f i e ldworkwi th La t ino / a s tuden t s i n Marsha l l t own , Iowa , i n a workshop on

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� B e s t P r a c t i c e o r B e s t T h o u g h t s ? How Language Ideo log ies a f fec tEduca t iona l P rac t i ce s andPo l i c i e s� a t t he Iowa Cu l tu re andLanguage Confe rence in DesMoines , Iowa . She gave a s imi la rta lk in November 2003 a t the�La t ino Confe rence� in IowaCi ty. In add i t i on , t h i s pas t yea rKaren has o rgan i zed a pane lp re sen t a t i on , c a l l ed �Weav ings :Stor ies of LGBTQ Chr is t ians ,�w h i c h w a s p r e s e n t e d a t as ta tewide and a reg iona l LGBTQconfe rence . Whe the r i t be i nacademic or re l ig iousc o m m u n i t i e s , K a r e n s a y s t h a t s h es e e s h e r r o l e a s a nan th ropo log i s t a s , �work ing t obu i ld b r idges among peop le o fd i v e r s e b a c k g r o u n d s a n d / o rideo log ies . �

DOUGLAS HERTZLER (PhD2002) i s t each ing a t Eas te rnM e n n o n i t e U n i v e r s i t y, a n d c a nb e r e a c h e d a tdoug .her tz le r@emu.edu .

HEIDI HOPKINS (BA 1994) wenton to r ece ive he r MD. He id icomple ted an In te rna l Medic ineRes idency in New York , and i sn o w i n h e r s e c o n d y e a r o f t h eIn fec t ious Di seases Fe l lowsh ipprogram a t t he Un ive r s i ty o fCal i forn ia -San Franc isco . She i sbased in Kampa la , Uganda ,work ing wi th the Makere reUnivers i ty-UCSF Malar iaResea rch Co l l abora t ion onant imalar ia l drug ef f icacy c l in ica lt r i a l s . He id i can be r eached a thah7@i t sa .ucs f . edu .

VELANA HUNTINGTON (PhD2002) has a book chap te r i n ThePo l i t i c s o f Hea l i ng : A H i s to ry o fA l t e r n a t i v e M e d i c i n e i nTw e n t i e t h - C e n t u r y N o r t hAmer i ca ( ed i t ed by R . Johns ton )en t i t l ed , �A Quie t Movement :Or i sha and the Hea l ing o f Peop le ,Spi r i t , His tory, and Communi ty,�pub l i shed in 2003 . She p re sen teda pape r l a s t yea r a t t he Amer i canEthnolog ica l Soc ie ty mee t ings ,

a n d p l a n s t o p r e s e n t a t t h e A A Ameet ings nex t year.

HJORLEIFUR JONSSON (MA1988) i s Ass i s t an t P ro fe s so r o fA n t h r o p o l o g y a t A r i z o n a St a t eUnivers i ty.

KRISTINA LUCHTEL(BA Honors1997 ) j u s t s t a r t ed g r adua t e s choo lin the f a l l a t San Diego S ta t e ,w h e r e s h e i s e a r n i n g h e r M a s t e r sin Soc ia l Work .

SCOTT A. LUKAS (MA 1993) wasthe 2003 rec ip ien t o f the HaywardAward for Excel lence inEduca t ion , an award honor ingins t ruc to r s a t Ca l i fo rn iacommuni ty co l l eges whodemons t r a t e h igh l eve l s o fcommi tmen t t o the i r s tuden t s ,co l l ege , and p ro fe s s ion . Sco t tw a s t h e f i r s t a n t h r o p o l o g i s t e v e rto r ece ive a Hayward Award , andcu r r en t l y works a s an th ropo logya n d s o c i o l o g y p r o f e s s o r a n ddepar tmen t cha i r a t Lake TahoeCommuni ty Col lege . He isext remely involved wi th wr i t inga n d t e a c h i n g a b o u t t h ep e d a g o g i c a l i s s u e s r e l e v a n t t oa n t h r o p o l o g y s t u d e n t s .

REBECCA MARCHMAN (MA1998) now l ives in Lexington,Ken tucky, and works a s aP u b l i c a t i o n s A s s i s t a n t f o rCu l tu ra l Resource Ana lys t s , Inc . ,w h e r e s h e e d i t s a n d d e s i g n sa rchaeo log ica l and a rch i t ec tu ra lh i s t o ry r epo r t s .

MARCELA MENDOZA (PhD 1998)i s t e ach ing a t Un ive r s i t y o fM e m p h i s , a n d c a n b e r e a c h e d a tmmendoza@memphis .edu.

EILEEN MOYER (MA 1997)comple ted he r PhD inA n t h r o p o l o g y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o fAmsterdam in 2003. Herd i s s e r t a t i o n w a s p u b l i s h e d i n2 0 0 3 a s I n t h e S h a d o w o f t h eS h e r a t o n : I m a g i n i n g L o c a l i t i e si n G l o b a l S p a c e s i n D a r e sSa laam, Tanzan ia , Amste rdam:Academisch Proefschr i f t .

KARI OLSON (PhD 2003) wrotehe r d i s se r t a t i on on f e r t i l i t yregu la t ion in u rban Ch ina . She i sl iv ing in New York Ci ty, t eachingad junc t a t t he Co l l ege o f S t a t enIs land /CUNY and job hun t ing .Kar i �s two daugh te r s , Made l ineand Ka ia , a r e now 8 and 3 -yea r s -o ld .

ANASTASIA PAPATHANASIOU(PhD 1999) works for the Ephora teo f P a l a e o a n t h r o p o l o g y a n dSpe leo logy of Greek Min is t ry o fCu l tu r e i n A thens .

MICHELLE RAMIREZ (PhD 2002)re tu rned l a s t Augus t f rom Dub l in ,I r e l and , whe re she had a sho r t -t e rm t each ing con t r ac t a t TheNat iona l Univers i ty o f I re land ,M a y n o o t h . S h e p l a n s o np r e s e n t i n g a t a c o n f e r e n c e t h i ssummer in Dubl in ca l led�Feminism Contes t ingGlobal iza t ion.� Michel le nowh o l d s a j o i n t p o s t d o c t o r a lfe l lowship in Por t l and , Oregonwi th Oregon Hea l th and Sc ienceUnive r s i ty and The Ka i se r Cen te rfo r Hea l th Resea rch . She i s u s ingth i s t ime away f rom teach ing towork on he r wr i t i ng and s t a r t i ng an e w r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t t h a t f o c u s e son La t ina women in Oregon . She�sa l so a member o f a r e sea rch t eamdoing a Phase I c l in i ca l t r i a l o f thefeas ib i l i ty o f shamanic hea l ing ontempora l mandibu la r d i s func t ion(TMD, p rev ious ly know as TMJ) .

TIMOTHY REED (M.A. 1997) hasbeen employed s ince 2002 a sResea rch Archeo log i s t w i th t heHis to r ic P rese rva t ion Div i s ion o fthe S ta t e Hi s to r i ca l Soc ie ty o fNor th Dakota (SHSND). The of f ices e r v e s a s t h e S t a t e H i s t o r i cPreservat ion Off ice (SHPO) inNor th Dako ta . T imothy d i r ec t s the�HP-GIS� pro jec t , which involvesconver t ing the 50 ,000+ recordstha t compr i se the Nor th Dako taS i t e F i l e s in to a comprehens iveGeographic Informat ion Sys tems

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(GIS) fo rmat . He i s a l so respons ib le fo r manag ing the SHSND Archeo log ica l Co l lec t ions . Timothy ass i s t edwi th the organiza t ion , excava t ion and repor t ing of Double Di tch S ta te His tor ic S i te (32BL8) in 2002-03 . Hewas p rev ious ly employed wi th the Iowa Off i ce o f the Sta te Archeo log i s t (1997-2001) and the Cen te r fo rAmer ican Archeology (2001-02) . Tim and Ani ta became f i r s t - t ime paren ts in June 2002 wi th the b i r th o fJoseph Er i c Hudson Reed .

SHARON RORBAKKAN (PhD 2000) i s cur ren t ly teach ing a t Appalach ian Sta te Univers i ty in Boone , Nor thCa ro l i na , wh ich i s ne s t l ed i n t he Wes t e rn B lue R idge Moun ta in s . She ha s been a t Appa l ach i an St a t e f o rth r ee yea r s . Sha ron now has two g randch i ld ren ; Ka leb , age 8 and Ay la , age 4 . Sha ron had a ma jo r hea r ta t t a ck i n November o f 2003 , and i s happy to be back t o t e ach ing t h i s s emes t e r.

KATARINA SEMENDEFERI (PhD 1994) is teaching at Univers i ty of Cal i fornia-San Diego, and can ber e a c h e d a t k semende@ucsd . edu .

ROCKY SEXTON (PhD 1996) recen t ly moved f rom Augus tana Col lege to a fu l l - t ime research pos i t ion a t theCen te r f o r I n t e rven t ions , Trea tmen t s and Add ic t i ons Resea rch i n t he Wr igh t S t a t e Un ive r s i t y Schoo l o fMed ic ine i n Day ton , Oh io . H i s cu r r en t work a t Wr igh t S t a t e Un ive r s i t y i nvo lves e thnograph ic r e sea rch ons t imulan t ( c rack coca ine , powder coca ine , and me thamphe tamine ) use in the Arkansas Miss i s s ipp i De l t ar eg ion and in Wes t e rn Ken tucky. Howeve r, he i s a l so con t inu ing h i s l ong - t e rm r e sea rch i n t e r e s t i n F renchLou i s i ana . Th i s e f fo r t i nc ludes deve lop ing a book- l eng th manusc r ip t on the ru ra l Ca jun-French Mard i Grasce l eb ra t i on and wrapp ing up an a r t i c l e manusc r ip t on t he e thn i c l abe l �Coonas s . � Rocky has pub l i sheda r t i c l e s i n A n t h ro p o l o g i c a l Q u a r t e r l y , J o u r n a l o f A m e r i c a n F o l k l o re , J o u r n a l o f A m e r i c a n E t h n i c H i s t o ry ,E t h n o l o g y , a n d T h e S o u t h e r n J o u r n a l o f L i n g u i s t i c s .

CHRISTOPHER SMITH (MA 1984) i s employed in the Univers i ty of Iowa Advis ing Center.

JOLENE-MARIE BRAUN (Stritecky) (PhD 2001) got marr ied in 2001 to Tom Braun, who works as ana t t o rney i n t he Wash ing ton Sup reme Cour t , and moved t o Sea t t l e a f t e r g r adua t i on . She ha s been l i v ing i nSea t t l e fo r th ree yea r s now, work ing in Marke t ing Resea rch a t S ta rbucks Coffee Company. She works a spa r t o f a sma l l g roup o f s ix , who work on consumer - focused r e sea rch conduc ted fo r i n t e rna l c l i en t s ac ros st h e c o m p a n y. S h e h a s t a k e n u p m o s a i c a r t , a n d h a s b e e n r u n n i n g o n a d a i l y b a s i s . S h e f i n i s h e d t h e S e a t t l eMara thon l a s t November and qua l i f i ed fo r Bos ton w i th f i f t e en s econds t o spa re !

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Nine g radua te s tuden t s p re sen ted pape r s : Brandy Case Haub , Ka te Dernbach , Ca r r i e Hough , Lex i Matza ,Kar i Olson , Samantha So l imeo , Andr ia Timmer, Chad Uran , and Jon Wolse th . Kar i Olson was a l so a co-o rg a n i z e r o f a p a n e l s p o n s o r e d b y t h e S o c i e t y f o r M e d i c a l A n t h r o p o l o g y.

Ten facu l ty members were invo lved in the mee t ings : F lo rence Babb was a member o f two pane l s and ad i s c u s s a n t f o r a n o t h e r s e s s i o n ; M i c h a e l C h i b n i k w a s a s e s s i o n o r g a n i z e r a n d a p a p e r p r e s e n t e r ; R u d iCo l lo redo-Mans fe ld p resen ted a pape r ; Vi rg in ia Domínguez was a se s s ion d i scussan t ; Laur i e Grahamp r e s e n t e d a p a p e r a n d w a s a d i s c u s s a n t f o r a n o t h e r s e s s i o n ; A d i H a s t i n g s p r e s e n t e d a p a p e r ; E l l e n L e w i nw a s a s e s s i o n o rg a n i z e r, p r e s e n t e d a p a p e r, a n d w a s a d i s c u s s a n t f o r a n o t h e r s e s s i o n ; K a t i n a L i l l i o so r g a n i z e d a s e s s i o n a n d p r e s e n t e d a p a p e r ; M a c M a r s h a l l w a s a p a n e l d i s c u s s a n t , a n d E r i c a P r u s s i n g w a s as e s s i o n o rg a n i z e r a n d p r e s e n t e d a p a p e r.

Twelve depar tment a lumni were invo lved in the mee t ings : Br ig i t t ine French (PhD 2001) o rgan ized a sess ionand presen ted a paper ; Marce la Mendoza (PhD 1998) p resen ted a paper ; Miche l le Ramirez (PhD 2002)p re sen t ed a pape r ; Kenda l l Thu (PhD 1992 ) o rgan i zed a s e s s ion , p r e sen t ed a pape r, and was a s e s s iond i scussan t ; Joe B i shop (MA 1995) p re sen ted a pape r ; Brad Casucc i (MA 2002) p re sen ted a pape r ; Be thConkl in (MA 1980) p resen ted a paper and o rgan ized a sess ion ; Dav id Gr i f f i th (MA 1979) p resen ted a papera n d w a s a s e s s i o n d i s c u s s a n t ; H j o r l e i f u r J o n s s o n ( M A 1 9 8 8 ) p r e s e n t e d a p a p e r a n d w a s a s e s s i o norgan ize r ; Mark Moberg (BA) was a s e s s ion cha i r and pape r p re sen te r ; Miche l l e Nebe rga l l (BA) p re sen teda pape r ; and J enn i f e r F. Reyno ld s (BA) o rgan i zed a s e s s ion and p r e sen t ed a pape r.

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KENDALL THU (PhD 1992) is AssociateP r o f e s s o r o f A n t h r o p o l o g y a t N o r t h e r nI l l i no i s Un ive r s i ty. He can be r eached a tk thu@niu .edu .

JOSEPH A. TIFFANY (BA 1971) received the2003 Keyes-Orr Dis t inguished Serv ice Awardf rom the Iowa Archaeo log ica l Soc ie ty.

LAURA VANDIVER (BA 2001) is writing herM a s t e r �s t h e s i s i n A n t h r o p o l o g y a t t h eUnive r s i t y o f Mis sour i based on f i e ldwork onthe i s l and o f Domin ica dur ing the summer o f2003 , i nves t iga t ing pa t t e rns o f a l coho l andmar i juana use . She has a l so r ece ived aresea rch g ran t f rom S igma Xi in suppor t o ffur ther work in Dominica dur ing the summer of2004.

STEVE WERNKE (BA 1992) just completed hisd i s se r t a t i on en t i t l ed , �An Archaeo -Hi s to ry o fAndean Communi ty and Landscape : The La tePrehispanic and Ear ly Colonia l Colca Val ley,Peru� in December o f 2003 a t the Univers i ty o fWiscons in -Mad i son . He cu r r en t l y ho ld s apos tdoc to ra l f e l lowsh ip a t t he Caro l inaPopu la t ion Cen te r o f t he Un ive r s i ty o f Nor thCaro l ina , Chape l Hi l l , where he con t inues toinves t i ga t e t he ways i n wh ich loca l h igh l andAndean communi t i e s a r t i cu la t ed wi th Inka andSpan i sh po l i t i c a l and economic s t ruc tu re st h r o u g h a n a l y s i s o f a s e r i e s o f d e t a i l e d 1 6 t ha n d 1 7 t h c e n t u r y c o l o n i a l c e n s u s e s . S t e v e i sa l s o b u s y p l a n n i n g h i s n e x t p h a s e o fa rchaeo log ica l f i e ldwork . He can be reached a twernke@email .unc.edu.

WILLIAM WHITTAKER (PhD 2002) works forthe Off i ce o f t he St a t e Archaeo log i s t i n IowaCity.

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