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Category Archives: Anthropology
Biological Anthropology fieldwork experiences
I have linked previously to Kate Clancy’s discussion of sexual harassment and field work in anthropology. This is an important, though often unspoken, issue within anthropology. Particularly for those subfields that have group, field-site focused research, “the field” is a … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Archaeology
Tagged fieldwork, paleoanthropology, primatology, sexual harrasment
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Differing ends of the class size spectrum
I am currently in a bit of an interesting situation regarding my own teaching. For the first time since arriving at Wellesley I am teaching a senior-level seminar (with a focus on personal genomics). By Wellesley standards, the 19 students … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Teaching
Tagged MOOC, online education, pedagogy
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Monday/Start of the semester links
During the break I was busy with typical holiday/break activities (including the first half of my daughter’s improbably exciting U11 girls’ basketball season) as well as a lot of intense reading/writing/research related activities. I’ll hopefully be blogging more about the … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Evolution, Genetics
Tagged genomics, links, mutation, paleo diet
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Spring Syllabi
Today marks the beginning of the Spring semester at Wellesley. I am teaching two courses this semester, Introduction to Physical Anthropology (Anth 204), which I teach every Spring, and Human Biology and Society (Anth 314), a new upper level seminar … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Teaching
Tagged #WCAnth204, #WCAnth314, Introduction to Biological Anthropology, pedagogy, personal genomics, syllabus
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Got Anthropology?
Ever find yourself wishing you could read more Anthropology? Wishing there were more places to hear from anthropologists about what they do? If so, Jason Antrosio has put together a truly impressive list of current Anthropology blogs. Check out the … Continue reading
It’s a scale, scale, scale, scale world (part 2)
Following on my post from yesterday, I wanted to write a little more specifically about the significance of scale and our session at the AAAs. Paleoanthropological data are produced and address questions at different scales. Consider the following: Fossil – … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Archaeology, Evolution, Fossils, Genetics
Tagged #AAA2012, geographic scale, scale, temporal scale
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It’s a scale, scale, scale, scale world (part 1)
I have to begin by thanking the panelists and discussants who participated in our AAA panel yesterday. Everyone delivered wonderful talks, that, to my infinite happiness, fit together into a cohesive theme about the study of later Pleistocene human evolution … Continue reading
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Tagged #AAA2012, geographic scale, scale, temporal scale
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Gender and academic publishing
The Chronicle of Higher Education has a fascinating information graphic on the representation of women in academic publications, extending from 1665 to 2010. The graphic is based on work by Jennifer Jacquet, Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom using an index … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology
Tagged Academia, gender, publication, women
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Hrdlička on anthropology and medicine:
After a morning soccer game for my daughter, I decided to take advantage of the Columbus Day holiday on campus by doing a little cleaning of my office. I came across two old copies of the American Journal of Physical … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Teaching
Tagged AJPA, Aleš Hrdlička, medical school
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