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Local Professors to Present Papers
at American Anthropological Association’s National Meeting
Sunday, November 23, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., San Francisco Hilton Hotel
APTOS, CA—Local anthropology faculty, Dr. Dennis Etler from Cabrillo College and
Dr. Carolyn Martin Shaw from U.C. Santa Cruz, along with Dr. Jan English-Lueck
from San Jose State University, and Dr. Leanne Hinton and Dr. Kent Lightfoot from
U.C. Berkeley will share the podium on November 23rd at the American
Anthropological Association’s national meeting in San Francisco.
Each speaker will present a new perspective on their particular sub-field as
part of a session titled ”The Five Fields Lecture” organized by the Society for
Anthropology at Community Colleges and chaired by Cabrillo emeritus professor
Rob Edwards. These presentations are designed to give anthropology faculty
insight into new and particularly fresh work being done throughout the field. The
session will be 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. on Sunday, November 23, at the Lombard Room at
the San Francisco Hilton Hotel.
The papers being presented are “Linguistics: The Study of Endangered
Languages” (English-Lueck); “Archaeology: The Archaeology of Colonialism”
(Hinton); “Applied Anthropology: Applying Anthropology With Lower Division
Students” (Lightfoot); “Cultural Anthropology: The Nature of Gender” (Shaw); and
“Physical Anthropology: Human Evolutionary Studies in East and Southeast Asia”
(Etler).
About Cabrillo College
Cabrillo College is a leading California community college serving Santa Cruz County with
locations in Aptos, Scotts Valley and Watsonville. It is ranked #1 in transfers to UC Santa Cruz.
Founded in 1959, the college offers over 100 academic and career technology programs that
serve multiple educational goals such as A.A. and A.S. degrees, certificates of proficiency, skills
certificates, transfer to 4-year institutions or for lifelong learning and personal enrichment. Its
mission is to enhance the intellectual, cultural, and economic vitality of our diverse
community by assisting all students in their quest for lifelong learning and success in an everchanging world.