Proposal to Initiate a
Master of Arts in Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Louisville
DATE:
May 28, 2008
Tentative Implementation Date:
Fall 2009
CIP: 45
Contact at University of Louisville:
Dr. Julie Peteet, Chair and Professor
Department of Anthropology
jmpete01@louisville.edu
Table of Contents
PART 1:
1.
Introduction.....................................................................................................4
A. What is anthropology? ..............................................................................4
B. History of the field.....................................................................................4
C. Anthropology at UofL ...............................................................................5
D. A future vision ...........................................................................................8
2.
Why a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology?..........................................8
3.
Relevance to the University Mission and Strategic Plan .......................... 10
4.
Description of the Program .........................................................................11
A. Objectives ..................................................................................................11
B. Credit hours ................................................................................................12
C. Advising .....................................................................................................12
D. Collaboration..............................................................................................12
E. Admissions .................................................................................................12
F. Requirements for the MA ...........................................................................14
5.
Curriculum: Department of Anthropology Graduate Courses................15
6.
Recruitment ...................................................................................................20
7.
Student Assessment ......................................................................................20
8.
Resources ......................................................................................................21
A. Facilities .....................................................................................................21
B. Library........................................................................................................21
C. Faculty........................................................................................................22
D. Staff ............................................................................................................23
E. Expenditures ...............................................................................................23
PART II:
The Five Questions ...............................................................................................24
Form 1:
Form 2:
Form 3:
Form 4:
Form 5:
Form 6:
Expenditures for the Program ...............................................................30
Amount/Sources of Revenue ……………………………………........32
Model Course Sequences……………………………………………...33
Faculty Vitae .........................................................................................35
Letter from Dean Hudson .....................................................................53
Library
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A. Assessment of Library Support ........................................................57
B. Comparative Analysis of Monograph Collection ............................62
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C. Letter from Dean Rader, University Libraries ................................63
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1. Introduction
A. What is anthropology?
Anthropology is the study of humankind and all of its manifestations, cultural and
biological, past and present. As a discipline, anthropology seeks to understand
the diversity of ways people look, think, act, speak, eat, worship, dress and make
things. This diversity provides the frame of reference for understanding every
aspect of humanness. As a discipline of inquiry, anthropology is unique in its
quest to understand the whole panorama of human existence. It poses fundamental
questions about what it means to be human: How and why are humans similar to
and different from other animals? How and why are human groups related to and
differentiated from each other? Anthropologists use the comparative method to
study the ways in which people organize groups, communities, societies and how
they interact through peace and violence, the ecodynamics of human existence,
and the physical and genetic characteristics that make us one species and the 1%
that makes us different.
B. History of the field
Anthropology crystallized into a defined field with a set of specific methods that
distinguished it from other disciplines in the late 19th century. The first Ph.D. in
anthropology was awarded by Franz Boas at Clark University in 1888. The first
department of anthropology was established at Columbia University in 1899,
largely through his influence. At the turn of the twentieth century, Boas
effectively created American anthropology as a body and practice of scholarship
comprising four fields. These are: biological anthropology, focused on the
biological constitution of human existence; archaeology, focused on material
remains as a window into human history; cultural anthropology, focused on the
commonalities and differences among living human groups, as these are mediated
through symbolic learning (fundamental to, and varying among, all human
groups); and linguistic anthropology, the study of human language in its social
and cultural context. Boas’s vision of anthropology as a four-field discipline was
adopted by the University of California, Berkeley in 1901, when his student,
Alfred Kroeber, opened the Department of Anthropology.
In the first thirty years of American anthropology, many individual anthropologists were able to engage in research in each of these fields. With an increasing
accumulation of anthropological knowledge and its complexity came
specializations. Despite increasing specialization among anthropologists, the fourfield approach continues alive and well in U.S. universities. In the twenty-first
century, the four fields are more complex than ever. At the same time, Eric
Wolf’s observation that anthropology unifies complexity by being “the most
humanistic of the sciences, the most scientific of the humanities” retains its
potency.
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Today, with its focus on human cultural and biological diversity, anthropology is
a central component of a contemporary liberal arts education. Anthropology takes
a broad, holistic view of the human condition as it locates local phenomena in a
global context and seeks to explore how the global affects the local. Students of
anthropology draw on intellectual resources both internal and external to the
discipline to investigate a wide range of issues from human disease and health,
crime and justice, human rights, the social sources of peace and violence,
population genetics and medical disorders to the consequences of human dietary
diversification and specialization. Anthropologists are preoccupied by questions
such as: What are the causes and consequences of specific arrangements of
power, economy, and territory? What drives specific patterns of environmental
pollution? What are the comparative effects of different systems of education and
communication? How is inequality organized by gender, race and class? In the
end, these issues and questions are anthropological in that they take human
variation to be normal, but also part of a complex process easily misunderstood if
not approached via a “scientific humanism” that blends appropriate methods and
theoretical tools.
C. Anthropology at UofL
The Department of Anthropology at UofL offers an undergraduate degree (BA)
with two concentrations: Cultural Anthropology or Biological Anthropology.
Anthropology has been taught at the University of Louisville since 1946 when it
was part of a joint Department of Psychology and Social Anthropology, headed
by Ray Bixler. By 1967, an undergraduate major was being offered. The two
departments split in the mid-1960s; anthropology was then chaired by Prof. Fred
Hicks. Initial plans envisioned steady growth toward a master’s degree by the
mid-1970s. With a commitment by then Dean Slavin to develop anthropology, the
department hired three new faculty members (Profs. Segal, Granger, and Jones).
As the department grew, it recruited an outside chair, Prof. Russ Reid. He was
succeeded by Prof. Robert Kelly in the early 1990s and then by present chair Julie
Peteet in 1997.
In the past decade, we have undergone rapid growth in number of majors (Table
1), graduation rate (Table 2) and number of student hours taught (Table 3). Since
2000, we have nearly doubled the number of degrees conferred, more than
doubled our majors, and more than doubled our student credit hours taught. Close
to half of all graduating anthropology majors have participated in study abroad; an
impressive number engage in local internships and we are well-represented in
undergraduate research. It is obvious we have used our resources well and are
now ready to move into graduate education.
The Anthropology faculty has an active research profile in geo-cultural areas from
North America to Africa, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Their
research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Fulbright, Social
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Science Research Council, The Wenner-Gren Foundation, Council of American
Overseas Research Center, United States Institute for Peace, Institute for the
Study of World Politics, Kentucky Heritage Council, and Kroc Institute for
International Peace Studies. Their rate of publication in peer reviewed journals
and university presses indicates high quality scholarship and thus readiness for a
graduate program.
Table 1. Number of Majors
Year
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
Majors
52
42
40
38
46
67
85
97
104
91
110
Table 2. Number of Graduates
Year
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
Spring
16
13
13
10
10
8
2
8
4
7
8
Summer
4
6
3
2
1
2
N/A
1
1
1
Fall
5
6
14
8
2
2
2
1
3
2
3
Totals
21
23
33
21
14
11
6
9
8
10
12
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Table 3
Anthropology Department Credit Hours 1997-2007
10000
9000
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
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D. A Future Vision
The Department of Anthropology is now ready to offer a Master of Arts degree. It has the faculty
resources to enable the development of this new program: seven and a half full time faculty (one full
professor, two associates, and four assistant professors), a staff archaeologist, and half of a position
shared with Women’s Studies. With resources from the Enhancement Fund, we acquired a new line; an
8th faculty member will be in place by 2007-08. Currently we have about 110 majors. The faculty to
student ratio is 15:1. If part-time faculty are added to the equation, the ratio is closer to 10:1. In addition,
the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences has agreed to provide funds for graduate assistantships.
This will allow for a higher quality of instruction and student/faculty interaction in our large
introductory classes.
Our departmental vision strives to have a faculty broadly representative of the profession as a whole.
Our thematic scope ranges from the study of population genetics, human evolution, and the evolution of
disease to the rise of culture and contemporary social problems related to food and food security,
displacement (migration and refugees), sex and gender studies, space and identity, human rights, war,
violence and genocide, folklore, and globalization. Our geo-cultural areas of coverage currently include
Africa, Europe, Latin American, the Middle East, and the US (our new position will add an East Asian
specialist). The faculty members of the Department of Anthropology strive to impart to our
undergraduate students theoretical and methodological habits of understanding that can improve their
lives and the lives of their fellow world citizens.
While the breadth of anthropology is apparent in our faculty (five cultural anthropologists, one
biological anthropologist and one archaeologist),we recognize that the latter two areas are
underrepresented. We anticipate any new hires to be in the areas of biological and archaeological
anthropology. The Dean’s Strategic Plan envisions four new lines for Anthropology. In line with our
breadth, we are not proposing a highly specialized Master’s degree but rather one focused on instruction
and research opportunity at a higher and more intensive level in which we have expertise. A required
core course explores contemporary theoretical and methodological issues in three fields (Archaeology,
Biological and Cultural Anthropology) and ensures that our graduates are knowledgeable about the
discipline as a whole.
2. Why a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology?
Anthropology is more relevant today than ever before and is in the forefront of helping the University
achieve its strategic goals of increasing graduate programs and research activity, enhancing diversity in
pedagogy, and promoting an internationalized curriculum that prepares citizen/scholars for life in the
new century. We ask questions about the human condition across a range of specializations from the
biological to the cultural. With globalization and the ever increasing demand for students with crosscultural knowledge and perspectives, an anthropology degree is an asset in the private and public
sectors. Our undergraduate anthropology degree prepares students for professional school in law,
medicine, social work, or business as well as graduate school in anthropology. Anthropologists are
employed by international NGOs, international businesses, the Foreign Service, museums, the public
health sector, cultural resource management firms, urban community development projects, local and
federal government, and in a wide variety of social services. A range of research methods, from the
qualitative to the quantitative, are included within anthropology, and position our graduates to approach
social phenomena using multiple resource methodologies.
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Offering an M.A. degree in anthropology will provide graduate students with the intellectual preparation
for work in anthropology doctoral programs. The M.A. will also serve as a terminal degree for those
seeking professional lives outside of the academy. An M.A. will also serve as a useful complementary
degree for students earning advanced degrees in social work, law, public health, educational research
and administration, communications, and business, to name a few areas.
Within the Commonwealth, only the University of Kentucky (UK), University of Louisville, and Murray
State offer an undergraduate degree in Anthropology. Western Kentucky University, Eastern Kentucky
University, Northern Kentucky University, Georgetown College, Centre College, and Translyvania offer
joint anthropology/sociology or folklore degrees. Only the University of Kentucky offers a graduate
program in Anthropology. There has been some discussion of phasing out the MA in anthropology at
UK and concentrating resources on their Ph.D. program.
According to a 2007 report by Metro Louisville Office for International Affairs, an obstacle to
Louisville’s economic development has been in part referenced to its “low educational attainment level
compared to competitor cities. Economic development requires a better-educated and skilled workforce
to attract and retain businesses. By providing more opportunities for post-graduate education, the
University of Louisville is positioning itself to take the lead in building a better educated area
workforce.
The question arises as to how this program prepares Kentuckians for professional work in the area. The
proposed program offers the opportunity to enhance one’s skills and training to an advanced level and
thus enable graduates to compete successfully for higher level roles in the social service sector.
Kentucky is in dire need of a more educated work force in order to compete more successfully in a
global economy and enhance the state’s economy. In addition, our program offers a solid preparation
from which to apply for Ph.D. programs in Anthropology.
As Table 4 (below) indicates, only one of our 17 benchmark institutions (Virginia Commonwealth) does
not have a graduate program; 13 have Ph.D. programs. Our goal is to begin to meet our benchmarks.
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4. Table Benchmark Institutions
Name of University
SUNY Stony Brook
University of South
Florida
Temple University
University of South
Carolina
University of Utah
Virginia Commonwealth
Wayne State University
University of Alabama at
Birmingham
University of California,
Irvine
University of California,
San Diego
University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois,
Chicago
University of Iowa
University of New
Mexico
University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill
University of Pittsburgh
SUNY Buffalo
Graduate Programs
M.A., Ph.D.
M.A., Ph.D. (separate M.A. & Ph.D. for
applied, M.A. only for general Anth)
M.A., Ph.D.
M.A., Ph.D.
M.A., Ph.D., M.Phil.
NONE
M.A., Ph.D.
M.A.
M.A., Ph.D.
Ph.D.
M.A.
M.A., Ph.D.
M.A., Ph.D.
M.A., Ph.D.
M.A. (as a part of Ph.D.), Ph.D.
M.A., Ph.D.
M.A., Ph.D.
3. Relevance to University Mission and Strategic Plan
The University of Louisville defines itself as a metropolitan research university committed to “the
intellectual, cultural, and economic development of our diverse communities and citizens.” In his State
of the University 2006 address, President Ramsey stated:
“Let us continue to provide our students with an appreciation and understanding of the global world in which we live. Let us provide our
students with more opportunities to study and learn abroad.”—Pres. James Ramsey, Oct. 11, 2006
Through its mission, the College of Arts and Sciences seeks to prepare students for life and career
opportunities in the 21st century. Particularly striking is the explicit recognition by the College of the
need for students to “experience the world from the perspective of other cultures.” These statements put
Anthropology at the forefront of helping the University of Louisville meet its goals. The Masters
program in Anthropology will serve our community by expanding the intellectual growth of Louisville,
facilitate balance with benchmark institutions, and expand the University’s commitment to research and
creative activity.
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The University of Louisville is the only university in Kentucky with a metropolitan mission. Located in
the largest metropolitan area in the state, a key part of the university’s mission is to serve a largely
metropolitan student body and link the university with the community. The Challenge for Excellence
called for the University of Louisville to become a preeminent metropolitan research university. As part
of this mission, College of Arts & Sciences faculty has been encouraged to increase research and
scholarship while continuing to maintain excellence in teaching and service.
A Masters of Arts in Anthropology contributes to the University’s metropolitan mission by enhancing
student opportunities for professional success, civic engagement, and leadership potential. We anticipate
that many students interested in pursuing the Master’s Degree will work in the local private and public
sector. They may come from these sectors to pursue graduate studies and many will return it to or enter
it for the first time. The program includes the option of an internship in a civic or community
organization or local business. Anthropology’s subject matter is diversity and the MA program will
further the Strategic Mission’s concern with promoting global, social, economic and cultural awareness
along with an emphasis on social justice issues and civic engagement.
The Strategic Plan promotes the “One University” theme to encourage cross-disciplinary and crosscampus collaboration. We anticipate inter-disciplinary collaboration with graduate programs in
Sociology, Pan-African Studies, Political Science, Biology, and History among others as students from
other programs enroll in our courses and vice versa. Linkages with the medical school through the
Department of Psychiatry and MAPS (Molecular Anthropology Program) will be furthered by providing
graduate students with the opportunity to participate in cross-disciplinary funded research.
Increasing research grants and contract proposals and the number of referred publications has been a
goal of the College of Art and Sciences, of the University’s strategic mission, and the scorecard.
Graduate students are a critical component of these goals. Teaching and supervising graduate students
ensures that faculty to remain up-to-date in their fields and creates a pool of students to work on research
projects. It is anticipated that the thesis option will involve graduate students in research locally or
abroad. With a pool of graduate students available to participate in research, it is anticipated that
applications for external funding will increase, particularly in biological anthropology and archaeology,
where federal funding for anthropology is concentrated. For example, intensive archaeological
excavations require a pool of graduate students trained in field methods. We anticipate strengthening our
competitiveness for federal funds once we have a pool of graduate students available for extended
excavations. Graduate education increases research capacity both for the University and for the sectors
in which graduates will find employment. We anticipate that faculty research and peer-reviewed journal
publications will increase as a result of a graduate program.
4. Description of the Program
A. Objectives: The objective of the proposed MA program is to enhance student knowledge of and
skills in dealing with contemporary social issues facing a globalizing community and world from an
anthropological perspective and to be able to locate these in the long progression of human history and
within the body of social science theory. In addition, students pursuing the MA in Anthropology will be
trained in the research process from formulating hypotheses or theories, to writing grant proposals to
carrying out research using qualitative and/or quantitative methods. Through rigorous instruction,
research, and applied anthropology these main objectives can be achieved and measured. We expect our
graduates to enter professions as skilled administrators, researchers, and leaders. They will be trained to
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assume positions of leadership in their chosen fields and the success of the Masters program will
ultimately be demonstrated in the success of their professional lives and/or the pursuit of the Ph.D.
Although students may focus more heavily on biological, archaeology, or cultural, this is a general,
comprehensive masters program.
B. Credit Hours: The proposed Masters of Arts in Anthropology is a 30-hour program. It comprises 24
hours of course work at the 500-600 level plus 6 hours of a thesis or an internship. At least 18 of the 24
hours must be in courses at the 600 level. Students may enroll in 6 credit hours in another department;
students may enroll in 500-level courses in another department with the permission of the Anthropology
Graduate Coordinator. Courses taken at the 500- or 600-level as an undergraduate may be applied
toward the MA on condition that the student earned a “B” or higher in the course. Graduate Coordinator
approval is required. 500 level classes taken as an undergraduate and used as credit for an undergraduate
degree may not be used for graduate credit.
The anticipated time from admission to graduation will vary depending upon the student’s finances,
financial aid, and life outside the university. In general, the anticipated time to graduation for full-time
students is two years and three-three and half years for part-time students. A high priority will be given
to encouraging students to proceed as rapidly as is possible through the curriculum. Financial aid and
graduate assistantships will play a key role in determining graduation rates.
We do not anticipate offering a Distance Education graduate program at this time. (Our undergraduate
program offers one class, Introduction to Archaeology, as a distance education course).
C. Advising: Once accepted into the program, a student will be assigned a faculty advisor in their area
of interest who will work with him/her to design a plan of study. After completion of the second
semester, the student will begin to work with a faculty advisor for their thesis or internship. We
anticipate that about 60 percent of graduate students will chose the thesis option.
D. Collaboration: Although the Program Type is classified as Single Institution, we anticipate
collaboration across the college and University as students from other social sciences, humanities or
science graduate programs can enroll in our graduate classes. For example, graduate students pursing
certification in ESL already take Anthropology of Refugees at the 500 level. We can foresee and will
pursue collaboration with: Humanities, Sociology, History, Women and Gender Studies, Pan-African
Studies, Political Science, Art History, Biology, and the Kent School.
E. Admissions: The criteria for admission to the M.A. program in Anthropology will be consistent with
those of the Graduate School with the following additional standards:
1. Transcript verifying successful completion of a B.A. or B.S. with a cumulative grade point average of
3.2 from an accredited college or university;
2. Three letters of reference addressing the candidate’s readiness for graduate school, academic abilities,
and potential for success. One letter may be from an employer;
3. A combined score of at least 1000 on the Graduate Record Examination verbal and quantitative
sections.
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Students with little or no academic background in Anthropology may be required to take some
preparatory courses (listed below) or their equivalents in consultation with the Anthropology Graduate
Coordinator:
ANTH 201 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 202 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTH 204 Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 448 History of Anthropology
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F. Requirements for the MA in Anthropology
Requirements for the M.A. program:
Thesis: 24 seminar hours plus 6 hours of thesis
Non-Thesis: 24 seminar hours plus 6 hours of internship
In both Plans, six (6) credit hours at the 600 level (or the 500 level with faculty approval) may be taken
outside the Department of Anthropology.
Requirements include:
1. Core seminars –
12 hours
2. Topical Electives 12 hours
3. Thesis or Internship - 6 hours
1. Core Seminars: 12 credit hours in three sets of courses comprising: theory, a team taught course
integrating archaeological, biological, and cultural anthropological approaches and perspectives on
contemporary questions in the field, and research methods:
A. Required: 6 hrs.
607 Emergence of Culture; and
608 Social and Cultural Theory
B. Required: 3 hrs.
612 Seminar: Contemporary Issues in Anthropology
C. Chose One: 3 hrs.
609 Research Design: Archaeology
610 Research Design: Biological Anthropology
611 Research Design: Ethnographic
2. Topical Electives: 12 credit hours
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5. Curriculum: Department of Anthropology Graduate Courses
Core Courses:
* 607 Emergence of Culture
This course is intended to explore key issues in the emergence of the unifying theme of anthropology:
culture. Placed firmly in an evolutionary framework, students will engage in a critical understanding of
the origins of human culture. The course serves as a companion to another one on the concept of culture
in anthropology. The objective is to provide grounding in the fundamental questions of who we are as a
species and how we became that way.
* 608 Social and Cultural Theory
An examination of how social theorists and cultural theorists construct accounts of human existence
that both complement and diverge from one another. Emphasized: how contemporary theory draws on
earlier theory.
* 609 Research Design: Archaeology
This course is intended to provide graduate students with training in the basic practices and procedures
in research and writing in archaeology. The course will cover a number of aspects of professional
activity and performance in archaeology including grant proposals, publications and oral presentations.
Particular emphasis will be placed on a number of analytical methods that students will likely utilize in
their thesis research. Additionally, the course will cover ethics and historic preservation/ heritage issues.
* 610 Research Design: Biological Anthropology
While anthropological genetics has apparently moved past the issue of the origin of modern humans,
new theory and data has re-opened the issue. The simple 'Out of Africa' model, which was based
primarily on uni-parentally inherited data, is seemingly not robust to new data from the rest of the
human genome. Many researchers are generating data that is more compatible with a model that
incorporates an element of admixture between multiple archaic populations. This course will review
methods, models, and theory from seminal papers and new research in an effort to come to a better
understanding of this exciting issue.
* 611 Research Design: Socio- Cultural Anthropology
This seminar is designed to engage students in the process of developing a substantive research project.
Focus will be on integrating the literature, theoretical and methodological approaches, and data
collection strategies.
* 612 Seminar: Contemporary Issues in Anthropology
This core course will be team taught and will cover the contemporary theoretical and methodological
issues in archaeology and biological and cultural anthropology. It will elaborate the core questions that
continue to unite the field as a particular mode of inquiry and production of knowledge.
* 612 is a program requirement; students must take both 607 and 608 and must take either 609, 610, or
611.
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Descriptions of Topical Electives and Core Courses:
501 American Crossings
Explores the flows of people, ideas, goods, and capital across political boundaries in the Western
Hemispheres. Topics to be examined via ethnography, include migration, the arts, trade, and investment.
(will be added in 2008-09; may be cross-listed with LAS grad courses).
502 Anthropology and Europe
This course lays out social and cultural commonalities and differences in Europe. There is an emphasis
on treating the concept of Europe as problematical.
503 Central Africa and the Politics of Development
An examination of the politics of development with a focus on anthropological critiques of development
using Central Africa (DR-Congo, Rwanda and Burundi) as an intensive case study.
507 Space, Place and Culture.
How is culture distributed spatially? How are specific spaces and places constructed, connected, and
interpreted through cultural practices? This course examines anthropological approaches to these
questions.
530 Human Impacts on Past Environments
This course is about the archaeological and paleoecological record of past human impacts on the Earth.
We will explore a number of concepts regarding socionatural systems including land degradation,
perception, resilience and sustainability. The course will provide a background for understanding the
ways archaeologists and paleoecologists reconstruct past environments and recognize human impacts.
We will examine a number of global case studies and discuss the possible lessons for current and future
decision-making in human land-use.
531 The Anthropology of Water
This course focuses on the political ecology of water from prehistory to the present. Emphasis is placed
on the organization, practices, and meanings associated with the human control and use of water
including technology and ecological adaptation. The course integrates the archaeological and historical
record with contemporary examples of water management systems from different parts of the world. It
also explores environmental, social, economic, and political implications of water as a commodity.
Emphasis will be on privatization, globalization and health; water scarcity as a source of domestic and
international conflict; the environmental implications of water supply projects and their social and
economic consequences. Water management policy and the implications of changing climate on
regional water availability and sustainable use will also be considered.
540 Human Adaptation
This course explores and discusses biological strategies of human adaptation to different environments.
The central goal is to understand how at multiple levels (anatomy, physiology, genetics, and behavior)
human populations respond to their surroundings.
546 Problems in Urban Anthropology
An examination of current issues regarding urbanization and development
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548 Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology
An examination of specific areas of socio-cultural anthropology
549 Special Topics in Archaeology
An examination of specific areas of archaeology
601 Special Topics in Anthropology
Outlines vary as to area of expertise of instructor; objectives aim at the maximum of staff utilization and
meeting program needs within the University which call for studies in anthropology as that discipline
interrelates with other special knowledge.
604 Special Topics in Social Anthropology
Intensive examination of selected topics in social anthropology focusing on current theories and
methodologies
606 Regional Analysis
Intensive analysis of socio-cultural data of a particular region of the world (such as Africa, preColumbia, Contemporary America, or Latin America) and method and theory pertaining to that region.
621 Anthropology of Identity and Subjectivity
Seminar in the critical theory of identity and subjectivity with perspectives on race, ethnicity, class,
gender, sexual orientation, and regionalism. Traces the historical evolution of anthropological
approaches to identity/subjectivity. (will be added in 2008-09)
622 Anthropology of Violence
Seminar on anthropological approaches to the study of violence and human suffering, including
political, structural, domestic, and criminal violence. Case studies come from many different regions of
the world. (will be added in 2008-09)
623 The Study of Folklore
The Study of Folklore provides an intensive examination of the history of folkloristics. This course
explores methods of collection, interpretation, analysis, classification and categorization of folklore such
as folk literature, folk custom and material culture.
624 Black Cultural Traditions
Black Cultural Traditions provides an interdisciplinary approach to the production of African-based
traditions in the African Diaspora. This course explores social and cultural implications of Africanbased literary, visual and performing arts in Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean and England.
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625 The Anthropology of NGOs
This course explores the social dynamics of organizations operating in the nonprofit sector. To this end,
we examine notions of the civil society or the "the third sector" with reference to Anthropological
treatment of social organization. Particular emphasis is placed on the emergence of NGOs as key players
in development, crisis relief and global social justice movements.
626 Community Food Security
This course examines the relationship between access to food and social justice. Topics examined
include hunger, the US agro-food system, and community development. As part of the course, students
will carry out fieldwork with a locally-based organization or agency engaged in improving food access.
627 Political Economy and Culture
This course is devoted to understanding how anthropologists have used concepts and methods derived
from political economy to understand markets, the organization of production, and power relations.
650 Human Evolution in health and Disease
The adaptations making us human were established long time ago and may not fit us as well at present
time. This course explores and analyses how human biology and evolution was and is shaped by life
styles, health and disease.
651 Seminar in Biological Anthropology
This is a seminar course that discusses current issues and debates in biological anthropology. Students
will discuss selected papers that have made fundamental contributions to our comprehension of the
human evolutionary process. Emphasis will be focused on critical thinking.
652 Topics in Nutritional Anthropology
An overview of human nutrition in an anthropological and evolutionary context. This course will
cultivate a perspective that eating food should be viewed as meeting nutritional requirements as well as a
complex set of environmental exposures. (will be added in 2008-09)
653 Human Molecular Evolutionary Genetics
An introduction to population genetics theory and a review of the peopling of the world as
conceptualized using both molecular and anthropometric data.
654 Evolutionary Medical Genetics
Using insights from studies of human evolution to better understand the emergence of human disease.
The focus of the course will be on understanding the emergence of regionally adaptive complex traits
and their impact on disease in the modern world.
655 Analysis of Molecular Data
This course will provide the theoretical background for analyzing molecular data and hands-on
experience with molecular data. It will cover the most commonly generated kinds of data used in
anthropological genetics and include a survey of relevant computer software.
670 Independent Study (Reading)
3 hours
671 Independent Study (Research) 3 hours
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672 Thesis (6 credit hours)
Students opting for Plan A will design a program of readings on the thesis topic
673 Internship (6 credit hours)
Students opting for Plan B will design a program of work and write a research paper on a related topic.
3. Experiential Component
The Masters of Arts offers the possibility of an experiential component. The Plan B option is composed
of 24 seminar hours plus 6 hours of an internship. In consultation with the faculty advisor, students may
choose to do an internship in a social service agency, a government agency, or community organization.
With the supervision of a faculty member, the student will write a formal paper on some aspect of the
internship. Students who chose Plan B will be applying anthropological knowledge and skills to the
needs of the community, thus enhancing university/community ties and preparing for the world of
professional work.
The Department of Anthropology has a number of established internships in the community. We expect
that these can accommodate graduate students; we will continue to develop more such sites as the
program expands.
Internship Sites
Kentucky Refugee Ministries
Center for Women and Families
Mayor’s Office on International Affairs
Community Farm Alliance
Farmington
US Army Corps of Engineers
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Potential Sites:
Red Cross
Metro United Way
Legal Aid Society
ACLU
Urban League
Arcadia Community Center
6. Recruitment:
Students will be recruited through a number of channels. Students enrolled as undergraduate
anthropology majors will be made aware of and advised about our program for graduate study. The only
institution of higher learning that currently offers a graduate program in Anthropology is UK. UK does
not accept its own graduates for admission to their graduate program. The Masters program in
Anthropology anticipates drawing students from UK and other Kentucky universities and colleges who
prefer to pursue a graduate education in anthropology in-state. The Anthropology department will design
advertising material about the new program and disseminate it to all universities and college in the state,
the region, and nationally.
Our own graduates will provide an initial pool of students. We have long had inquires about a graduate
program. Since we do not have a graduate program, our graduates who do wish to pursue graduate
studies must leave the area. Many do so; others forego graduate studies because they are tied to the local
area. We do expect that we will initially draw upon a pool of part-time and non-traditional students who
for one reason or anther are bound to Louisville. The new graduate program will be advertised to all our
contacts in the community and to all undergraduate programs in the state and region.
7. Student Assessment
Regardless of whether they enroll in the program in order to later apply for admission to a Ph.D.
program or to obtain a terminal MA, all students will be assessed on the same set of criteria:
A)
Successfully completing class assignments, especially research papers and essays;
B)
Completing course requirements with a minimum “B” in core courses;
C)
Successfully completing the thesis or internship.
Upon completion of the MA program, students, whether preparing for a Ph.D. in Anthropology or
obtaining higher education credentials to enhance their standing in a job or in the job market, should
meet three learning outcomes:
A)
Familiarity with anthropological theory and methods;
B)
Ability to craft a critical approach to biological, cultural, and archaeological phenomena;
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C)
Application of anthropological theory and methods to contemporary issues and problems in at
least one area of anthropology (biological, archaeological, or cultural);
Criteria or Measurement for meeting learning Outcomes: The thesis or internship paper will be
evaluated in order to assess and measure the three learning outcomes.
The Graduate Committee of the Department of Anthropology will conduct an annual evaluation of
graduate student learning outcomes.
Table 5
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
Projected Graduation Rates First Five Years
Full time
4
6
8
10
12
Part time
3
5
6
7
8
Graduates
0
3
6
8
10
We predict that at least three of the four full time students will graduate at the end of the second year.
Gradually the rate should increase to about 10 students a year.
8. Resources
A. Facilities
The Anthropology Department is housed on the second floor of Lutz Hall on Belknap Campus. As an
integral part of the College of Arts & Sciences, it delivers classes in different venues on campus. Within
the Department we have one large (wet) lab classroom, a small student computer lab, and a small library
for students and faculty. Our Archaeology Lab, located on Mc Arthur Street, houses our federally
curated collection of artifacts, a wet lab, several student cubicles, and an instructional lab. One faculty
member currently has lab space at the Medical School.
If we do make any new hires, beyond the hire made in 2007-08, we will run out of office space.
B. Library
An Assessment of Required Library Support
for a Masters Program in Anthropology
October 29, 2007
Analysis of the University of Louisville Libraries’ collections and faculty indicates potentially strong
support for advanced study and research in anthropology. The University of Louisville Libraries’
reference materials, indexing and abstracting databases, online and print journal subscriptions,
government documents and maps collections, the monograph collection, and the Libraries’ special
collections all offer good coverage of related fields, both against benchmark programs and institutions,
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and against field standards. However, anthropology faculty who believe a core monograph collection
provides a foundation for a strong graduate program should lobby for additional funding for future
monograph purchases.
Mary Barbosa-Jerez
Reference Librarian / Collection Specialist
Ekstrom Library
James Manasco
Acting Associate Dean of Collections
Ekstrom Library
A letter from the Dean of University Libraries is attached to the end of this proposal.
C. Faculty
Anthropology Department faculty in tenured and untenured positions are all potential contributors to the
Masters of Arts. Faculty with active research programs, particularly funded research, will participate as
major advisors or committee members for students choosing the thesis option. One faculty will be
assigned the task of Graduate Coordinator (.10 FTE) and a Graduate Committee (one cultural
anthropologist, one archaeologist, and one biological anthropologist) will serve as the faculty
governance body to make recommendations related to student admission, curriculum, program policy,
and course assignments for faculty. Students will be advised by a faculty member from their area of
concentration: Biological, Archaeological, or Cultural
The following faculty is available to launch and participate in the program:
Anita Harris
Jennie Burnet
Phil DiBlasi (Staff Archaeologist)
Fabian Crespo
Jonathan Haws
Yvonne Jones
Lisa Markowitz
Shawn Parkhurst
Julie Peteet
Christopher Tillquist
The quality of the Masters program will be evident in terms of faculty qualification, scholarly activity –
grants, research and publication – and their role in working with graduate students on the integration of
theory, research, and applied skills.
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D. Staff:
As currently configured, Anthropology and the Department of Geography/ Geosciences share an
administrative staff comprised of one full-time Unit Business Manager (UBM) and a part-time (80%)
Senior Program Assistant (PA). The UBM’s salary ($44,063) is funded through Anthropology;
Geography/Geosciences provide funds for the Program Assistant ($19,110.).
The Program Assistant currently works 41 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week, for a total annual salary
of $19,110.00. (paid over 52 weeks). We propose that since both departments are initiating graduate
programs, the 80% staff position be extended to full-time. If this position were to become full time, 52
weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week, the total annual salary (at current hourly rates) will be $23,888.
The current hourly wage is $12.25. The total salary increase to take this position from 80% to 100%
FTE will be $4,778. The total fringe benefit increase will be $1,027. The total amount to change this
position to full-time will be $5,805.
Sources of Revenue for this program will come from the Department and the College. To initiate and
maintain the program, faculty salaries, which are already factored into our budget, are the principle
expenditure. Funds from our participation in Distance Education, as well as contract work and grants in
Archaeology have the potential to support student research, travel to conferences and to hire part-time
lecturers to teach some of our introductory courses.
E. Expenditures
The principle expenditures for this program will be faculty salaries and Graduate Teaching
Assistantships. The Graduate Coordinator will have one course release a year. Lecture Lump Sum can
be used to pay a part-timer. We foresee a small increase of $4,000 in the Department’s S&E; $1,000 in
travel to facilitate graduate students’ travel for research and to attend conferences, $3,000. a year for
new computers for our student lab. The Anthropology Department’s 10% share of funds to make an
80% staff position into a full-time position will cost an additional $2,902 annually. As the attached chart
(Form 1) indicates, our operating revenues will need to be increased by an estimated $12,143.00 a year.
Excluding faculty and staff salaries, we anticipate Total Operating Costs as $8,000 per year.
GTA lines will be critical to the success of this program in the long run. Recruiting top quality students
and ensuring a steady graduation rate requires that students can compete for Graduate Teaching
Assistantships. Due to budgetary constraints that have arisen over the last few months, we anticipate a
temporary (and slight) reduction in projected full-time enrollment. The Department is currently
considering alternative means for the funding of GTAs. For example, tuition revenue sharing
arrangements may, in the future, be used to fund GTAs. GTAs will contribute to teaching large
introductory classes. We anticipate following the lead of our benchmarks in our employment of GTAs:
once a GTA has satisfactorily completed 18 graduate credit hours, they will lead between two and three
sections of one large introductory class per semester, under the supervision of a tenure-track faculty
member. The GTA will be responsible for supplementary instruction and the grading of exams; directing
the classes, however, will remain with the faculty.
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PART II:
The Five Questions
1. Are More Kentuckians ready for Post-Secondary Education?
The Department of Anthropology has undergone considerable growth over the past ten years. As
indicated in Table 1, the number of majors has continued on a steady path of growth from 52 in 1997-98
to over 110 in 2007-08. This rate of growth is a clear indication of the interest in both higher education
and Anthropology as a discipline. Table 3illustrates the number of student credit hours taught which
have doubled over the past ten years.
A. Program admission or transfer criteria, standards, or procedures that are more specific than
the published institution-wide admission or transfer criteria, standards, or procedures.
Admission criteria to the M.A. program will be consistent with those of the Graduate School with the
following additional requirements:
* A cumulative grade point average of 3.2 from an accredited college or university;
* Three letters of reference addressing the candidate’s readiness for graduate school, academic abilities,
and potential for success. One letter may be from an employer;
* A combined score of at least 1000 on the Graduate Record Examination verbal and quantitative
sections.
B. Provisions for advanced placement.
Requests for advanced placement will be reviewed by the Graduate Committee on a case-by-case basis
and make a recommendation.
C. Preparations for admission to the program
Completion of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. Successful applicants will
have completed course in introductory cultural, biological and archaeological anthropology. Students
lacking a bachelors’ degree in Anthropology may have to take several introductory classes. This will be
decided on a case-by-case basis by the Graduate Committee.
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D. Arrangements with lower-level school to ensure adequate preparation of entering students.
The Anthropology Department will advertise its program and requirements broadly within the state (to
all colleges and universities) by the mailing of posters and the development of a web site. Admissions
criteria will be highlighted.
2. Are More Students Enrolling?
A. Need for the program, including student demand and employer demand for graduates of the
program. Estimated enrollments for the first five years. Students will be drawn from other
majors?
The Department of Anthropology fields repeated inquiries about graduate studies in Anthropology. Our
growing number of majors provides evidence of a steadily increasing interest in and demand for
programs in anthropology. Kentucky offers few opportunities for undergraduate or graduate education in
Anthropology. A graduate program in Anthropology at UofL would certainly full a gap in the state’s
capacity to meet this growing demand.
Anthropologists find careers in a wide variety of settings. Indeed, in an increasingly globalizing
economy, the demand for employees trained in anthropology is on the rise. As early as 1998, USA
Today reported that in the drive for a diverse and globally knowledgeable workforce, anthropology
degrees became a “hot asset.” This trend has continued as anthropologists are sought for their cross
cultural knowledge and the methods they bring to research: qualitative as well as quantitative.
Careers which are especially suited to anthropology include: archaeological survey, museum work,
library and archives, social work, international business, forestry, foreign service, public health,
children’s services, community development, tourism, international development,
environment/conservation, human rights, urban planning, forensics, refugee and immigrant affairs,
among others.
Estimated student enrollments in the MA program in Anthropology are provided in Table 5.
B. Institutional, local and regional needs to which the proposed program would be responsive.
The only university in the Commonwealth to offer graduate education in anthropology is UK; their
program is focused on the doctoral degree. We would not be in competition with other programs in the
state.
By providing more post-baccalaureate education, the proposed program in Anthropology will facilitate
the University’s capacity to build a better educated and skilled workforce and thus contribute to the
region’s economic development.
C. Unusual faculty/student needs to which the program would be responsive
A substantial number of our students will enroll on a part-time basis. The urban locale will facilitate
enrollment by students located in this area who for one reason or another are not at liberty to go out-of-
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state or move to another location. We expect that a substantial number of students will be older, having
returned for a graduate education after a number of years in the workforce.
D. Exceptional circumstances that favor the development of this program
We will be the only M.A. level program in the state. Our urban locale will be a draw for students who
want to pursue the internship option. Louisville is the location of a multitude of social service agencies,
community development partnerships, museums, and forms that contract for archaeological expertise.
Our collaboration with the Medical School is now well established and will provide laboratory and
internship opportunities for students focused on biological anthropology.
We have a well-trained faculty with active research and publication agendas
E. Detail plans for student recruitment
There are several avenues of recruitment. We anticipate that our first graduate students be from our own
majors or those in other department of the University of Louisville. Our own graduates will provide an
initial pool of students. We have long had inquiries about a graduate program. Since we do not have a
graduate program, our graduates who do wish to pursue graduate studies must leave the area. Our
undergraduate anthropology majors will be made aware of our program of graduate study. UK does not
accept its own undergraduates for admission to their graduate program. Thus we expect to draw students
from UK and other Kentucky universities and colleges who prefer to pursue graduate studies in-state.
The Anthropology Department will launch an advertising campaign about the MA program and
disseminate it to all universities and college in the state, the region, and nationally.
The gender balance in anthropology is skewered towards women. About 65-70% of our majors are
women and we anticipate that the numbers will remain similar for graduate studies enrollment. The
number of African-American students majoring in Anthropology remains small. We will make every
effort to recruit African-American students at UofL and other universities and colleges in the region.
3. Are more students advancing through the system?
A. Anticipated time-to-graduation for full- and part-time students entering the program:
We estimate a full time student can complete the program in two years. A full-time student would
complete 3 semesters of course work, or 24 credit hours, and a semester or summer in which to complete
the thesis or internship.
We do realize a number of students will enroll as part-time graduate students. Their time-to-graduation
will depend on how many courses they are able to complete each semester. At the maximum, we
anticipate four years to graduation.
B. Plans for collaborating with other institutions. Why is it necessary to offer this program?
The Department of Anthropology does not pan to collaborate with other institutions to offer this
program. We are however always open to discussion of possible collaboration that are of mutual benefit.
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The department of Anthropology is ready to offer this program. Over the past decade we have built a
solid, academically strong department with a steadily increasing number of majors. The next logical step
in our growth and development as an academic program is a graduate program. With some recent hires,
we are now well positioned to offer a graduate program. By offering this program we will make a
contribution to building Kentucky’s professional workforce capacity and helping it in its mission to
enhance economic development.
C. Plans for delivering this program through the Kentucky Virtual University and other distance
learning technologies
At this time, we do not have any plans to develop and offer on-line graduate courses. In the future this
may become a possibility. Our initial focus must be on building a program based on campus and in the
department.
4. How are we preparing Kentuckians for life and work?
A. How does the program prepare Kentuckians for life and work?
By producing students well-trained in critical thinking, problem solving, and research methods, as well
as with a solid foundation in cross-cultural understanding and contemporary global issues, our graduates
will be well-prepared for a competitive, global workplace.
Internships are an added component in the preparation. Student will gain professional work experience
and the networks that facilitate the search for rewarding employment.
B. What are the accreditation expectations for this program? Are there recommended criteria
and/or other program standards available from an accrediting body, certifying agency, or
professional society? If so, identify the source and compare your program with the
recommendations and/or standards.
There are no specifically anthropological accreditation programs or bodies. In developing our program,
we followed models offered by programs with comparable faculty resources, including (but not confined
to) benchmark institutions such as the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Wayne State
University. With regard to the Non-Thesis Option, for the internship, student learning goals, tasks, and
outcomes will be determined and evaluated by faculty and staff at the internship sites.
C. Discuss the program objectives and the evaluation scheme planned for the program
The program objective is to establish a regionally and nationally known program in anthropology and
graduate students well-prepared to enter the professional workforce, with a sophisticated understanding
of global and cross-cultural issues, and with enhanced skills in problem solving, research, and high-level
communication.
Students will be assessed on the successful completion course work and either an internship or thesis.
The thesis or internship will be evaluated within the framework of these three learning outcomes:
1) Familiarity with anthropological theory and methods;
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2) Ability to craft a critical approach to biological, cultural, and archaeological phenomena; and
3) Application of anthropological theory and methods to contemporary issues and problems.
The program itself will be evaluated annually by the Graduate Committee and the department as a
whole. A review of student performance and the thesis will provide evidence of the learning outcomes.
Over the years, as students enter the workforce, we will be able to track their career trajectories and thus
evaluate the impact of our program.
D. Describe how the program’s quality will be demonstrated in terms of faculty qualifications,
available resources, support services, and student outcomes
Faculty in Anthropology associated with the program will have demonstrated competency and currency
in their field of study through their research and publication agenda. The support services of our staff are
excellent and, as part, of our graduate program, one staff member will go from an 80% position to fulltime; funds for this increase will come from the Dean’s Office. Internal reallocation will allow us to
maintain and expand our student computer lab to accommodate graduate students.
Student outcomes are addressed above in Question 4(c.).
E. Describe the competencies the student will have upon completion of the program and how these
will be evaluated.
These are described in Question 4(c.). These will be evaluated annually by the Graduate Committee and
the department as a whole.
F. Are there licensure requirements for graduates of this program?
There are no licensure requirements for graduates of this program.
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G. What are the projected degree completions? Project the number of graduates during each of
the first five years.
Projected Graduation Rates First Five Years
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
Full time
4
6
8
10
12
Part time
3
5
6
7
8
Graduates
0
3
6
8
10
We predict that at least three of the four full time students will graduate at the end of the second year.
Gradually the rate should increase to about 10 students a year.
5. Are Kentucky’s communities and economy benefiting?
A. Describe external advisory groups involved in the development of this program.
No external advisory groups have been involved in developing this program.
B. What are the employment expectations for graduates? Document the contributions of the
program to the current workforce needs in the state.
It is anticipated that students will either continue on to a Ph.D.-granting program or enter the local
workforce in the region. For students who remain in the local area, it is estimated that they will find
employment in the local social service sector, the international business sector, public health, museum
work, government, urban planning, forensics, and education. Kentucky needs a better-educated
workforce with skills in planning, problem solving, and research. Graduates of the proposed program
will meet these needs.
C. What other benefits to Kentucky’s community and its economy will the program provide?
Graduates will provide a cadre of well-trained high level employees able to meet the challenges of a
globalizing world.
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Form 1
Departmental Expenditures for the Program (Academic Year)
I.
Yr 2009-10
Yr 2010-11
Yr 2011-12
Yr 2012-13
Personnel
*1. Full-time ranked faculty (FTEF)
a. Number of FTEF
b. Average salary
c. Fringes per avg salary (21.5%)
d. Cost of FTEF: a x (b+c)
.5
$54,609.00
$11,741.00
$ 33,175.00
.5
$56,247.00
$12,093.00
$34,170.00
.5
$57,934.00
$12,456.00
$35,195.00
.5
$60,594.00
$13,028.00
$36,811.00
2. Part-time faculty (PTF)
a. Course credit hours taught by PTF
b. Average PTF salary per credit hour
c. Average PTF fringes per credit hour
d. Cost of PTF: a x (b+c)
3
$865.00
$66.17.
$2,794.
3
$865.00
$66.17
$2,794
3
$865.00
$66.17
$2,794
3
$865.00
$66.17
$2,794
.1
$23,888
$5,136
$2,902.00
.1
$24,605
$5,290
$2,999.00
.1
$25,343
$5,449
$3,079.00
.1
$26,103
$5,612
$3,171.050
$38,871.
$39,954.
$41,068.
$42,777.
$4,000
$1,000
$4,000
$1,000
$4,000
$1,000
$4,000
$1,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$8,000
$8,000
$8,000
$8,000
3. Graduate Assistants (GA)**
a. Course credit/contact hours
taught by GA
b. Average GA salary per hour
c. Average GA fringes per hour
d. Health insurance (15% inflation)
e. Tuition remission (10% inflation)
f. Annual stipend
g. Cost of GA: a x (b+c)+d, e & f
4. Staff
a. Number of staff
b. Average salary (3.0% inflation)
c. Fringes per average salary (21.5%)
d. Cost of Staff: a x (b+c)
5. Other (please specify)
Categories
%
Full-time rate
Cost of Other
Total Personnel Costs
II.
Operating Costs:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Supplies
Travel ***
Library****
Student Assistants
Equipment
a. Instructional
b. Research
c. Computer equipment and software
d. Other
6. Off-campus facilities
7. Accreditation
8. Other (please specify)
Total Operating Costs
*Includes full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and graduate coordinator
** GTAs will be critical to the success of this program in the long run. Recruiting top students and ensuring a steady graduate rate requires GTA lines. We
recognize at the present we don’t have GTAs. The need is clearly there. However, we will be able to initiate the M.A. Program. Once resources are available to
fund GTAs, we will be on better footing.
*** These funds are intended to supplement external funding for graduate student research.
**** Costs identified by University Librarian must be listed here.
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III.
Capital Costs
1. Facilities
a. New Construction
b. Renovation
c. Furnishings
2. Other (please specify)
Total Capital Costs
Total Expenditures:
$46,871.
$47,954.
$49,068.
$50,777.
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Form 2
Amount and Sources of Revenue
Yr 2009-10
1.
Yr 2010-11
Yr 2011-12
Yr 2012-13
Regular state appropriation and tuition
and fees
a. New money
b. Internal Reallocation*
.
Arts and Sciences**
Operating Expenses
Staff position
Lecture Lump Sum
Faculty salaries***
3.
Institutional allocation from restricted endowment
4.
Institutional allocation from unrestricted endowment
5.
Gifts
6.
Extraordinary state appropriation
7.
Grants or contracts
a. Private sector
b. Local government
c. State
d. Federal
e. Other
8.
Capitation
9.
Capital
10.
Other (please specify)
Total Revenues
$8,000
$2,902
$2,794.
$33,175
$46,871.
$8,000
$2,990.
$2,794
$34,170.
$47,954.
$8,000
$3,079
$2,794.
$35,195.
$8,000
$3,172.
$2,794.
$36,811.
$49,068.
$50,777.
* Internal reallocation funds of $8,000 will come from Telecourse, Distance Education, and archaeological contracts. These funds do vary from year to year.
Budget items to be funded from these sources are necessary but the program can be sustained without them.
** See attached Dean’s letter which includes a commitment to fund the staff position from 80% to full-time.
*** Amount includes salary and fringe benefits for 4 faculty to teach graduate courses plus one course release time for a Graduate Coordinator.
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Form 3
Model Course Sequences
University of Louisville
Department of Anthropology
Course sequence for proposed MA in Anthropology
Thesis
Credits
Semester 1
ANTH 607, Emergence of Culture
ANTH 612, Contemporary Issues in Anthropology
ANTH elective
ANTH elective
Semester 2
ANTH 608, Social and Cultural Theory
Research Design (one of ANTH 609, ANTH 610, ANTH
611)
ANTH elective
ANTH elective
Semester 3
ANTH 670-671, Independent Study
ANTH 672, Thesis
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3-6
6
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University of Louisville
Department of Anthropology
Course sequence for proposed MA in Anthropology
Non-Thesis
Credits
Semester 1
ANTH 607, Emergence of Culture
ANTH 612, Contemporary Issues in Anthropology
ANTH elective
ANTH elective
Semester 2
ANTH 608, Social and Cultural Theory
Research Design (one of ANTH 609, ANTH 610, ANTH
611)
ANTH elective
ANTH elective
Semester 3
ANTH 670-71, Independent Study
ANTH 673, Internship
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3-6
6
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Form 4
FACULTY VITAE
Jennie E. Burnet
Department of Anthropology
Rank: Assistant Professor
Tenure Track: yes
Date of Tenure: Not tenured, date of mandatory tenure decision 2013
Date Appointed to Faculty: July 1, 2006
Date Appointed to Graduate Faculty: 2007 as Ad Hoc
Subspecialty Within discipline: Anthropology of violence and war, identity and subjectivity (gender,
ethnicity and race), medical anthropology, interdisciplinary research methods, Rwanda / Central and
East Africa.
Degrees Awarded:
Degree
Y
e
a
r
None
1
9
9
3
B.A.
1
9
9
4
M.A.
1
9
9
8
Ph.D.
2
0
0
5
MajorSubspecialty
Institution
Intensive French
courses
L’Université de Grenoble (France)
French &
Comparative
Literature
Boston University, Massachusetts (USA)
Anthropology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North
Carolina (USA)
Anthropology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North
Carolina (USA)
Title of Dissertation: Genocide Lives in Us: Amplified Silence and the Politics of Memory in Rwanda
Honors/Awards:
Date
20062007
2000
1997
1994
1994
1994
1990-
Description
Rockefeller Visiting Fellow, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre
Dame
Polgar Award for Public Anthropology, University of North Carolina
Patrick Stewart Human Rights Fellow, Amnesty International USA
Alice M. Brennan Humanities Fellow, Boston University
Paula A. Baxa Award in French, Boston University
Phi Beta Kappa, Boston University
Trustees Scholar, Boston University
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1994
19901994
University Scholar, Boston University
Professional Organizations/Committees
Member, American Anthropological Association
Member, African Studies Association
Member, Réseau des femmes oeuvrant pour le développement rural
Kigali, Rwanda
Board of Directors, Rwanda Initiative for Sustainable Development
Kigali, Rwanda
Board of Directors, Amnesty International, USA
(1996 - Present)
(2001 - Present)
(2000 - Present)
(2001 - Present)
(1995 - 1999)
Grants Received as Principle Investigator
Dates
2006-2007
Sponsoring Agency
KKroc Institute for
International Peace
Studies, University of
Notre Dame
(Grant and Activities)
Rockefeller Visiting Fellow
2001-2002
University of North
Carolina
Dissertation Completion Grant
2000-2001
United States Institute of
Peace
Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar
Dissertation Fellowship
2000-2001
University of North
Carolina
National Science Foundation
Democracy Trainee
1999-2000
U.S. Department of
Education
Fulbright-Hays Dissertation
Research Abroad Program
1999-2000
Institute for the Study of
World Politics
University of North
Carolina
Dissertation Research Fellowship
1997-1998
University of North
Carolina
National Science Foundation Democracy
Trainee
1997
University of North
Carolina
Pre-dissertation Travel Grant
1997
Amnesty International,
USA
Patrick Stewart Human Rights Fellow
1998
Amount
$35,000
Foreign Language Area Studies
Fellowship for Kiswahili,
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Major Publications
Burnet, Jennie E.
2007 Rwanda Country Report. In Countries at the Crossroads: A Survey of Democratic Governance.
Freedom House (ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc.
2005
Women’s Health: Attitudes and Practices in North Carolina. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Healthy Start
Foundation (June).
2005
Genocide Lives in Us: Amplified Silence and the Politics of Memory in Rwanda. Department of
Anthropology. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2004
Conceiving Unity in Rwanda. In Anthropology News 45(9).
Burnet, Jennie E. and RISD
2003 Culture, Practice, and Law: Women’s Access to Land in Rwanda. In L. M. Wanyeki (Ed.) Women and
Land in Africa: Culture, Religion and Realizing Women’s Rights. Pp. 176-206. New York: Zed Books.
Burnet, Jennie E. and Mujawayezu, Agnès
2002 Gender, Ethnicity and other forms of Diversity in CARE-Rwanda’s Personnel and Programs. Kigali:
CARE International in Rwanda (April).
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Works in Press
Burnet, Jennie E.
In press: Whose Genocide? Whose Truth? Representations of victim and perpetrator in Rwanda. In
Alex Hinton & Kevin O’Neill (Eds.) Genocide, Truth, Memory and Representation: Anthropological
Approaches. Durham: Duke University Press. (Under contract as of April 2007).
Works Submitted, Under Review
Burnet, Jennie E.
Under review: Gender Balance? The Meanings of Women’s Participation in Governance in PostGenocide Rwanda. In Maureen Hays-Mitchell & Jill Irvine (Eds.) Gender and Democratization in War
Torn Societies. College Park: Penn State University Press.
Revise & Gender Balance and the Meanings of Women in Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda.
African Affairs
Resubmit (submitted March 25, 2007).
Revise & Resubmit: Re-membering Genocide: Lived Memory in Rwanda. American Anthropologist.
Works in Manuscript Form
Burnet, Jennie E.
In progress: Genocide Lives in Us: women, memory and silence in Rwanda. Proposal submitted in
December 2006 to four publishers. Proposal submitted in February 2007 to two additional publishers.
Received positive responses from Indiana UP, PennPress, and U of Wisconsin P.
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Fabián A. Crespo
Department of Anthropology
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Rank: Assistant Professor (Term Appointment)
Date: January 1st, 2006
Subspecialty Within Discipline: Biological anthropology, human evolution, human evolutionary
genetics, immunology.
Degrees Awarded:
Year
Degree
1989
BA+MA
(Licenciatura)
1998
Ph.D.
Major
Biology
Institution
University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Biology
University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Title of Dissertation: Functional morphology in the respiratory system in marine mammals.
Grade: Excellent (with special mention from the Committee)
Honors/Awards:
2005: First place (Outstanding Poster Presentation) in the Institute for Molecular
Diversity and Drug Design (IMD3). University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
2001: First place in Research Louisville, Postdoctoral Research Fellows. University
of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
1997 - 2000: Award from the University of Buenos Aires – FCEN – to the productivity in teaching and
research.
1989 - 1994: Doctoral Fellow from the Technical and Scientific Research National Council
(CONICET-Argentina).
Professional Organizations:
2007 - Member: Asociación de Antropología Biológica de la Republica Argentina
2006 – present - Member: American Association of Physical Anthropology
2001 – present - Contributing Member: Smithsonian Institution
Grants:
2007: Intramural Grant from the School of Medicine, University of Louisville
($15,000) Principal Investigator. Topic: “Cytokine polymorphisms and their
role in progressive supranuclear palsy”
2007: International Grant from RAICES (Secretary of Science and Technology
from Argentina) ($1,700) to teach a graduate course at the University of
Buenos Aires : ‘Genes and Fossils: an introduction to human evolution”
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Major Publications:
1- Tillquist, C; Schwallie, B; Gatenbee, Ch; and Crespo, F. 2007. Report of ancient DNA analyses of
samples from the Old Frankfort Cemetery. Submitted it (09/03/07) to the Kentucky Archaeological
Survey.
2- Ihenetu, K; Qazzaz, H; Crespo F; Fernandez-Botran, R; and Valdes, R. 2007 Digoxin-Like
Immunoreactive Factors (DLIF) Induce Apoptosis in Human Acute T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Clinical Chemistry 53(7): 1315-1322
3- Crespo, F.; Sun X; Cripps J; and Fernandez-Botran R. 2006 The immunoregulatory effects of
gangliosides involve immune deviation favoring type-2 T cell responses. J. Leukocyte Biol. 79: 586-595.
4- Lauria de Cidre, L.; Crespo F. and Aldana Marcos, H.J. 2006 Morphologic, Histochemical and
Immunohistochemical Characterization of Tracheobronchial Respiratory Glands in South American Sea
Lion Otaria flavescens (Pinnipedia, Mammalia). Journal of Histotechnology 29(1): 29-35
5- Crespo, Fabián and Lilia Lauria de Cidre, 2005. Functional significance of bronchial sphincters in two
Southwestern Atlantic dolphins: Pontoporia blainvillei and Lagenorhynchus obscurus : a comparative
approach. Mammalia 69(2): 233-238
6- Cripps JG; Crespo F; Romanovskis P; Spatola AF; Fernandez-Botran R. 2005 Modulation of acute
inflammation by targeting glycosaminoglycan-cytokine interactions. Intl. Immunopharmacol. 5
(11):1622-1632
7– Fernandez-Botran, R.; Crespo, F. and Sun, X., 2002. Soluble cytokine receptors in biological
therapy. Exp. Opin. Biol. Ther. 2(6): 585-605.
8- Fernandez-Botran, R.; Gorantla, V.; Sun, X.; Ren, X.; Perez-Abadia, G.; Crespo, F.; Oliver, R.;
Orhun, H., Quan, E.; Maldonado, C.; Ray, M. and Barker, J., 2002. Targeting of glycosaminoglycancytokine interactions as a novel therapeutic approach in allotransplantation. Transplantation 74(5): 623629.
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Anita Harris
Department of Anthropology and Pan-African Studies
Rank: Assistant Professor
Tenure Track: yes
Date of Tenure:
Date Appointed to Faculty: January 2006
Date Appointed to Graduate Faculty: Antcipated 2008
Subspecialty Within discipline: folklore and Africana studies
Degrees Awarded:
1978
B.A.
1994
M.A.T.
2004
Ph.D.
Drama/Communication
English/Education
English/Anthropology
University of New Orleans
Xavier University
Louisiana State University
Title of Dissertation: Pan African Narratives: Sites of Resistance in the Black Diaspora
Professional Organizations/Committees:
The American Folklore Society
Association of African American Museums
Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora
National Council for Black Studies
College Language Association
Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender
Major Publications
Works in progress:
“Sankofa: The Ultimate Pan-African Narrative”
“The Snake Shall Have Whatever is in the Belly of the Frog By Any Means Necessary: A
Reading of Blake and Panther
“Healing the Rupture and Extending the Splendor in Paule Marshall’s Praisesong for the
Widow”
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Jonathan Haws
Department of Anthropology
Rank: Assistant Professor
Tenure track: yes
Date of tenure: 2010
Date appointed to faculty: July 1, 2004
Date appointed to Graduate Faculty: 2007
Subspecialty within the discipline: prehistoric archaeology, Europe, zooarchaeology
Degrees awarded:
Year
Degree
Major
Institution
1991
1994
2003
B.A.
M.A.
Ph.D.
Anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology
University of Arizona
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title of Dissertation: An Investigation of Late Upper Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic Subsistence and
Settlement Patterns in Central Portugal
Honors/awards:
2003
2001
2000
Robert J. Miller Prize in Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vilas Graduate Student Research Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Graduate Student Research Award. Geochron Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass.
Professional Organizations/Committees
1993- present Society for American Archaeology
2007- present European Association of Archaeologists
2004
American Anthropological Association
Grant
2003-2004
2005-2006
2006-2008
$Amount
18,000 euros
$54,220
$22,000
Sponsoring Agency
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Portugal), Postdoctoral
National Science Foundation, Senior Archaeology
Wenner-Gren Foundation, Post-PhD
2006-2008
$105,380
National Science Foundation, Senior Archaeology
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Major Publications and Scholarly Achievements/Creative Activities for the last 5 years
Haws, J.A., J-P. Brugal & B.S. Hockett (eds.). 2006. Paleolithic Zooarchaeology in Practice. BAR
International Series S1564. Archaeopress, Oxford.
Bicho, N.F. J.A. Haws & Hockett, B.S. 2006. Two sides of the same coin: rocks, bones and site function
of Lapa do Picareiro, Central Portugal. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 25: 485-499.
Hockett, B.S. & J.A. Haws. 2005. Nutritional Ecology and the extinction of the European Neandertals.
in The Extinction of the European Neandertals during OIS 3.Quaternary International 137:21-34.
Haws, J.A. & B.S. Hockett. 2004. Theoretical perspectives on the dietary role of small animals in human
evolution. in Petits Animaux et Societes Humaines: du Complements Alimentaires aux Resources
Utilitaires. XXIVe Recontres Internationales d’Archéologie et d’Histoire d’Antibes, J.-P. Brugal & J.
Desse, eds. APDCA, Antibes, France.
Hockett, B.S. & J.A. Haws. 2003. Nutritional ecology and diachronic trends in Paleolithic diet and
health. Evolutionary Anthropology 12(5): 211-216.
Hockett, B.S. & J.A. Haws. 2002. Taphonomic and methodological perspectives of leporid hunting
during the Upper Paleolithic in the western Mediterranean basin. Journal of Archaeological Method and
Theory 9 (3): 269-302.
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Yvonne V. Jones
Department of Anthropology
Rank: Associate Professor
Tenure Track: yes
Date of Tenure: July 1, 1982
Date Appointed to Faculty: August 1, 1975
Date Appointed to Graduate Faculty: August 1, 1995
Subspecialty Within Discipline: Race, ethnicity, identity; urban political economy;
African American Diaspora
Degrees Awarded:
Year
Degree
Major-Subspecialty
Institution
1969-1971
B.A.
Anthropology
American Univ.
1971-1975
Ph.D.
Anthropology
American Univ.
Title of Dissertation: Ethnicity and Political Process in a Southern Rural Community: An
Examination of Black-White Articulation in Decision-Making
Honors/Awards:
1996
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute for College Teachers,
Maritime History and Culture, Mystic Seaport, Conn.
1987.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute for College Teachers,
Afro-American Studies and the Humanities, Trenton State College, Trenton, New
Jersey
1975.
Research Contributing to the Study of Race Relations, American University,
Washington, D.C.
Professional Organizations/ Committees:
National:
1980-1984 Chair, Minority Group Mental Health Committee, National Institutes of
Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
1993-1998 Corresponding Editor, Anthropology News, American Anthropological
Association, Washington, D.C.
1975-1978 Secretary-Treasurer, Association of Black Anthropologists of the American
Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C.
1976-1983 President, Board of Directors, Planned Parenthood of Louisville, Louisville Ky.
University:
2002- present, Member, Graduate Student Grievance Committee
1994-1998 Member, Graduate Council (also Curriculum Subcommittee)
Papers Presented at Conferences and Symposia:
2004. “Imagining Downtown… Again”. Transgression Symposium, Annual Meeting for the Society for
the Anthropology of North America, Atlanta, Georgia.
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2005. “Crossing the Green Line: White Ancestry, African American Families and Upward Mobility”
Andrew Billingsley Dialogues: Present Day Challenges to African American Families. Cultural Systems
Analysis Group and Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
2006. “Evolving Markets: Expanding Food Access in West Louisville” Annual Meetings of the Rural
Sociological Society, Louisville, Kentucky. (with Lisa Markowitz)
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LISA B. MARKOWITZ
Curriculum Vitae
Rank: Assoc. Professor
Tenure Track: Yes
Date of Tenure: July 1, 2002
Date Appointed to Graduate Faculty: June 2007
Subspecialties within discipline: Development, Food Security, Social Movements, Rural Livelihood, Latin
America
Degrees Awarded:
B.A. Anthropology, minor in Folklore,
M.A. Anthropology
PhD. Anthropology
Pennyslvania State.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Title of Dissertation: Pastoral Production and its Discontents: Alpaca and Sheep Herding in Caylloma, Peru
Honors/Awards:
Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology, 2007
Professional Organizations/Committees:
Culture and Agriculture Section of American Anthropological Association, Board Member
Society for the Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
Society for Food, Agriculture and Human Values
Society for Applied Anthropology
Steering Committee, Louisville Food Security Task Force
Grants:
$750 Southern Regional Education Board.
$15,000 Wenner-Gren Foundation
Ethnography of Slow Food
Fieldwork on NGOs in Peru
Publications:
2007 Produce(ing) Equity: Creating Fresh Markets in a Food Desert. Solicited and submitted to Research in
Economic Anthropology.
2006 Ganarse la vida: los alpaqueros de Caylloma In Los Camélidos: Investigaciones Recientes en los Andes
Sudamericanos / Nuevos Aportes a su Conocimiento. Lima: DESCO.
2005 “Condemned to Repeat? The Paradox of Humanitarian Action” Current Anthropology 46(40:691-3)
2004 Guest Editor for special issue. “Living with Livestock: Contentments and Contentions.” Culture and
Agriculture. 26(1&2).
2004 Farmers’ Markets. Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America. Volume I: 452-53 NY: Oxford University
Press
2002 Paradoxes of Professionalization: Parallel Dilemmas in Women’s Organizations in the Americas. Gender&
Society 16(5):941-58. (Co-author K. Tice)
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Shawn Parkhurst
Department of Anthropology
University of Louisville
Rank: Assistant Professor
Tenure Track: Yes
Date Appointed to Faculty: July 1, 2003
Date Appointed to Graduate Faculty: 2007
Subspeciality within discipline: cultural anthropology, focusing on spatial, political and economic dimensions
of cultural processes.
Degrees awarded
Year
Degree
1981
B.A.
1991
M.A.
2000
Ph.D.
Major-Subspeciality
Anthropology
Cultural Studies
Cultural Studies
Institution
Portland State University
UC-Berkeley
UC-Berkeley
Title of Disertation: The Region in the Village: An Ethnography of the Local Production of Regionality in the
Alto Douro Region of Northern Portugal
Honors/Awards:
2004 University of Louisville Intramural Research Incentive Grant for Undergraduate Research: Rabuje’s
Role in the Spread of Neolithic Culture.
2003 College of Arts & Sciences Research Grant Award, University of Louisville: “The Moors” and Regional
Identity in Portugal.
2001-03 Postdoctoral Scholar, Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society, University of
Louisville.
2000 Portuguese Studies Program Faculty Research Grant, University of California, Berkeley.
1999 Portuguese Studies Program Travel Grant, University of California, Berkeley.
1999 Graduate Division Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Study, Graduate Division, University of California,
Berkeley.
1998 Portuguese Studies Program Dissertation Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley.
1997 Portuguese Studies Program Travel Grant, University of California, Berkeley.
1995-97 Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships, University of California, Berkeley.
1995-97 Regents Fellowships, University of California, Berkeley.
1995, 2996 Center for German and European Studies Travel Grants, University of California, Berkeley.
1994 Wenner-Gren Foundation Travel Grant, administered by Professor Jean Lave.
1993-94 Spencer Foundation Research Grant, administered by Professor Jean Lave.
1992 Center for German and European Studies Pre-Dissertation Research Grant, University of California,
Berkeley.
1990-91 John Michaelis Scholarships, University of California, Berkeley.
Professional Organizations/Committees
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American Anthropological Association, Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia, Investigador Associado do
Centro de Estudos Transdisciplinares para o Desenvolvimento (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro),
Affiliated Faculty Member of the Doctoral Program in Economic Sociology and Organizations at Advanced
Institute of Economics and Management (Technical Institute of Lisbon), American Portuguese Studies
Association, Groupe Anthropologie du Portugal, Associação dos Amigos do Museu do Douro.
Major Publications (Note: “PR” = “peer reviewed.”)
Books
2008 Recasting Culture and Space in Iberian Contexts. Sharon R. Roseman and Shawn S. Parkhurst, eds.
Albany: State University of New York Press. 313 pp. All chapters PR.
Articles and Book Chapters
2008 (With Sharon R. Roseman.) Culture and Space in Iberian Anthropology. In Recasting Culture and Space
in Iberian Contexts. Albany: State University of New York Press. Pp. 1-32. PR.
2008 Local Correspondence: A Village Writer’s Contribution to the Cultural Production of Regionality in the
Alto Douro of Northern Portugal. In Recasting Culture and Space in Iberian Contexts. Albany: State
University of New York Press. Pp. 225-249. PR.
2008 (With Sharon R. Roseman.) Colonial Spaces and National Identities; Fascism, Cultural Spaces and
Memory Politics; Regionality and Space; Cultural Politics and the Global. In Recasting Culture and Space in
Iberian Contexts. Pp. 33-34, 101-102, 177-179, and 251. Albany: State University of New York Press.
2005 Identity and Contexts of Regional Identification: Institutional Stages, Interregional Relations and Images
of Regional Gender in the Alto Douro of Northern Portugal. Antropológicas (Porto, Portugal) 9:265-285. PR.
2002 Portugal. International Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family, Second Edition. James J. Ponzetti,
ed. New York: Macmillan Reference, 1241-1245.
1999 In the Middle of the Myth: The Alto Douro and the Question of Gender and Domination in Northern
Portugal. Anthropologica (Journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society) XLI, 103-115. PR.
1997 Produção de Identidade no Alto Douro. Douro--Estudos e Documentos, No. 3, 183-191.
1996 A Região na Aldeia. Douro--Estudos e Documentos, No.1, 121-175.
1993 (With S.R. Schecter.) Ideological Divergences in a Teacher-Research Group. American Educational
Research Journal, 30 (4), 771-798. PR.
Book Reviews
In Press Review of Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place, by Gabriella Gahlia Modan.
Review invited by American Anthropologist. Publication date June 2008.
Working Papers
2002 (With Dulce Freire.) Where is Portuguese Anthropology Headed? An Analysis of the Common
Agricultural Policy. Institute of European Studies Publications (University of California, Berkeley). Working
Paper PRI-5 (http://ies.berkeley.edu/pubs/workingpapers/PRI-5-Portuguese_Agriculture.pdf)
Technical Reports
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1992 (With Sandra Shecter.) Ideological Divergences in a Teacher-Research Group. National Center for the
Study of Writing. University of California, Berkeley/Carnegie Mellon University. Technical Report No. 64.
October, 1992.
Translations
2005 Article abstracts. Arquivos da Memória (published by Centro de Estudos de Etnologia Portuguesa)
12/13.
2002 The Minho: A Nineteenth-Century Portrait of a Select Portuguese Landscape. (António Medeiros,
author; Shawn Parkhurst, translator.) Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe 2 (2):18-28. PR.
2000 Text for map of Itínerários Turístico-Culturais do Douro. In Douro: Rotas Medievais. Gabinete dos
Itinerários Turístico-Culturais do Douro.
Work in Progress
Sweet Regionality: Spacing Culture in Northern Portugal. Manuscript invited for review by Cornell University
Press.
Photography Published
1999
Cover photo, Anthropologica XLI (2).
Photo essay, Anthropologica XLI (2), pp.173-176.
Julie Peteet
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Department of Anthropology
University of Louisville
Rank: Professor (Chair, Department of Anthropology)
Date of tenure: 1996
Date Appointed to Faculty: July 1991
Date Appointed to Graduate Faculty: 2001
Subspecialty Within Discipline: Cultural anthropology, refugees, violence, human rights, immigration,
space, Middle East
Degrees Awarded:
Year Degree
1985 Ph.D.
1978 MA
1973 BA
Major
Anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology
Institution
Wayne State University
American University of Beirut
University of California, Santa Barbara
Title of Dissertation: Women in the Palestinian Resistance Movement
Honors/Awards:
* Arts & Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research
Activity, 2006-07
* Dean’s Award for Outstanding Departmental Leadership, 2006-07
* Young Investigators Award, University of Louisville, 1992.
and Creative
Professional Organizations:
Member: American Anthropological Association
Middle East Studies Association
Board of Directors: Kentucky Refugee Ministries
Editorial Board: Middle East Report
Grants Received:
2005
ACOR- CAORC Senior Fellowship, 2005, ($18,000.)
2004
Palestinian American Research Center. Grant. ($3,400.)
2001-6
Ford Foundation Grant ($62,000.)
1995
Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship ($30,000)
1994-95
Advanced Research Fellowship. Social Science Research Council ($8,000.)
1992
Grant-in-Aid. Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
1990
Fulbright Scholar, Faculty Research Grant ($50,000)
1986-87
Post-Doctoral Research Grant. Social Science Research Council ($15,000.)
Major Publications:
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Books
Landscape of Hope and Despair: Palestinian Refugee Camps.
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.
Articles
“Unsettling the Categories of Displacement” Middle East Report 224 (Fall), 2007, pp. 2-9.
“Problematizing a Palestinian Diaspora?” International Journal of Middle East Studies 39(2007): 627646.
“Words as Intervention”: Naming in the Palestine-Israel Conflict” Third World Quarterly (Special Issue
on Naming). 26(1), 2005.
Chapters in Books
“The War on Terror, Dismemberment, and the Construction of Place: An Ethnographic Perspective from
Palestine or “the Mother of All Grievances’” in T. Robbins (ed) Lessons Learned . The War on Terror
from an Anthropological Perspective. University of California Press (Forthcoming 2007).
“Making Place: Palestinian Refugee Camps” in L. Hammond and K. Norman (eds.) Transitory Spaces
Under Surveillance: The Social Life of Refugee Camps. Cornell University Press. (Forthcoming 2007).
"Nationalism and Sexuality" in Muge Gocek (ed.), Social Constructions of Nationalism in the Middle
East. New York: Syracuse University Press (2002).
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Christopher Roger Tillquist
Department of Anthropology
Rank: Assistant Professor
Tenure Track: Yes
Date of Tenure:
Date Appointed to Faculty: July 30, 2001 (as instructor)
Date Appointed to Graduate Faculty: 2007 (Ad Hoc)
Subspeciality Within Discipline: anthropological genetics
Degrees Awarded:
Year
1991
1996
2000
2002
Degree
B.A.
M.A.
M.P.H.
Ph.D.
Major-Subspeciality
Classics
Anthropology
Epidemiology
Anthropology
Institution
Gustavus Adolphus College
University of Arizona
Arizona College of Public Health
University of Arizona
Title of Dissertation: Voyages of the Vikings: Human haploid variation in northern Europe
Professional Organizations/Committees:
American Anthropological Association
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
American Association of Anthropological Genetics
Grants Received as Principal Investigator:
Beginning and
Termination Dates
of the Grant
2003-2005
$Amount
$96,000
Sponsoring Agency
KY Heritage Council
Grant Activities
Ancient DNA Cemetery Project
Major Publications:
Tillquist, CR, B Schwallie, C Gatenbee, FA Crespo, P Killoran (2007). Report of ancient DNA analyses of
samples from the Old Frankfort Cemetery. Submitted to Kentucky Archaeological Survey.
Nachman, MW, SL D'Agostino, CR Tillquist, Z Mobasher, and MF Hammer (2004). Nucleotide variation at Msn
and Alas2, two genes flanking the centromere of the X chromosome in humans. Genetics 167:423-437.
Casanova, MF and CR Tillquist (in press). Encephalization, emergent properties, and psychiatry: A minicolumnar
perspective. The Neuroscientist.
Tillquist, CR and C Gatenbee (in press). Icelandic Genetics Database. Encyclopedia of Epidemiology. SAGE
Reference Project.
Stini, WA and CR Tillquist (accepted). Does bone loss in old age reveal the decoupling of periosteal apposition
and endosteal resorption in men? Collegium Anthropologicum.
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Form 5
Letter from Dean Hudson
UNIVERSITYofLOUISVILLE
______________________________________________________________________________
College of Arts and Sciences
Office of the Dean
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Office: 502-852-6490
Fax:
502-852-6888
March 31, 2008
Dr. Daniel F. Mahony
Associate University Provost
University of Louisville
Dear Dr. Mahoney:
I have reviewed the attached proposal for the establishment of a Master of Arts in Anthropology prepared by Dr. Julie
Peteet and her colleagues—a program cited specifically as a key objective in both the College of Arts and Sciences and the
University Strategic Plans. This proposal has been reviewed favorably by both the College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum and
Planning and Budget Committees—and was supported by a unanimous vote of the A&S Faculty Assembly earlier this semester.
The proposal is now ready for University-level review. I forward it with my strong endorsement and, as tangible evidence
of our support, the College of Art and Sciences:
-
has already added a faculty line in preparation for this new program;
while the local and regional audience for this program is rather large, will commit four graduate assistantships to
Anthropology when the University budget stabilizes;
will add approximately $12,000 to the Anthropology budget to bring a .80 FTE staff line to 1.0 FTE; and
will add approximately $3,000 to the Anthropology lecture lump sum budget to cover the cost of a course release for
the graduate program coordinator.. Further, adding graduate assistantships for this program will be a College priority
nonetheless.
Please let me know if any additional information would be helpful.
Sincerely,
Dr. J. Blaine Hudson
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Department of Pan-African Studies
cc:
Dr. Robert Buchanan, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research
Dr. Julie Peteet, Chair, Department of Anthropology
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Form 6: Library
Overview of Library
The University of Louisville Libraries, together with the faculty of the proposed M.A. program in
Anthropology, determined benchmark universities for a collection comparison by choosing from among
the University of Louisville’s official benchmark institutions that currently have active master’s level
programs in anthropology, then targeting universities the proposed program hopes to consider both
benchmarks and competitors for faculty and graduate students. The institutions chosen for comparison
are: Temple University, University of Alabama, Birmingham and Virginia Commonwealth University.
Each is a University of Louisville benchmark institutions and offer an MA in Anthropology (with the
exception of Virginia Commonwealth).
Core faculty, drawn from the Anthropology Department, plan a program focus on the examination of
population genetics, human evolution, and the evolution of disease; the rise of culture and contemporary
social problems, especially those associated with food, security and displacement of peoples. The
program will include examinations of sex and gender; space, identity and human rights; war, violence,
genocide, and globalization, as well as more traditional topics associated with cultural anthropology
such as ethnographic and folkloric study. Support materials available at the University Libraries will of
necessity be cross-disciplinary, but also require a depth within each discipline adequate to graduate and
post-graduate level research.
Reference Collection Support
The University of Louisville Libraries’ print Reference Collections provide excellent support across
disciplines. The collections were assessed against reference materials listed in Balay’s ALA Guide to
Reference Books, the 2006 American Reference Books Annual, the searches limited by topic and
material type in OCLC’s World Cat database. The collections include most major encyclopedias and
dictionaries related to cultural and anthropology and human evolution, and librarians assigned to those
areas are committed to maintaining the collection with current materials as they are made available by
the publishers.
The Libraries’ are also particularly strong in their collection of online indexing and abstracting
databases, which, in addition to Abstracts in Anthropology, includes subscription contracts with ATLA
Religion, Philosopher’s Index, Humanities Index, JSTOR, Project MUSE, the EBSCO Religion &
Philosophy and Psychological & Behavioral Sciences Collections, CINHAL, PsychINFO, OVID, PUBMED,
MITCogent, Sociological Abstracts, Social Sciences Index, Social Work Abstracts, Social Sciences
Citation Index, Political Science Abstracts, CQ Researcher, Columbia International Affairs Online,
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, PAIS International, Contemporary Women’s Issues, GenderWatch, and
Yale University’s eHRAF Collections, among many others. These databases are arranged by UofL
Libraries’ faculty in packaged subsets to help create easy access for both students and faculty. Librarians
can easily create a subject heading for the students and faculty in the Anthropology program, to help
identify those resources that can be most useful in their work.
Journal Collection Support
To analyze the potential strength of the UofL Libraries’ Journal Collection, the UofL Libraries created a
list of journals in the field, using ISI’s Web of Science’s Journal Citation Reports to pull the top journals
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in the field ranked by impact factor and number of citations, and canvassing program faculty for journal
titles they felt were essential to their work. All titles were also appraised for the extent of their indexing
using Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory.
Librarians searched UofL’s on-shelf and electronic holdings for the 40 journals chosen (although a
straight count reveals 41 entries, Human Organization continues Applied Anthropology and therefore is
listed twice for easy reference). Results show the UofL Libraries holding all but six of the journals in
either electronic full-text, on-shelf copies. FORM 3A of this assessment outlines the journals by title, the
library or online collection in which they are held, and the extent of the holdings within those
collections. The six titles for which UofL has not holdings were City & Society, Culture & Agriculture,
Evolutionary Anthropology, Food & Society, Geoarchaeology and The Journal of Peasant Society.
Food & Society is published irregularly, and remains un-indexed according to Ulrich’s; The Journal of
Peasant Societies is indexed in databases to which the UofL Libraries do not subscribe. Both are
unlikely candidates for acquisition, however, they remain available to faculty and students through
interlibrary loan. The remaining four titles are indexed in major databases. While the Libraries are
currently unable to purchase serials under the present budget, librarians are assessing the costs of
subscriptions against ILL requests, and collecting data for possible future subscriptions when budgetary
conditions change.
Monograph Collection Support
Finally, the monographic collection (books) was compared to the collections at the benchmarks named
above using OCLC World Cat’s Collection Analysis software, recently purchased by the libraries.
Extensive sample LC subject ranges – from philosophy (BD), psychology (BF), ethics (BJ), archaeology
(CC), various historical documents (D-F) environmental sciences (GE), social and cultural anthropology
(GF-GN), economics (HB-HD), sociology and social work (HM-HV), political theory (JF-JZ), biology
(QH), public health and medicine (RA), gynecology and obstetrics (RG), pediatrics (RJ), agriculture and
land conservation (S-SF). The ranges chosen are not meant to be completely inclusive of the materials
available, but to provide an adequate sample against which to compare our monograph holdings against
those of our benchmarks.
Overall, the monograph collection is comparable-to-low across the board (see appendix B of this
assessment for a comparative breakdown by specific range). Total monograph holdings (in the ranges
selected) of 704,659 titles acquired since 1970 compared to 588,401 at University of Alabama, 894,559
at VCU, and 1,001,673 at Temple University, show our monograph collection to be on-par with
Alabama and VCU’s collections, but approximately 30% smaller than higher-ranked Temple.
Collection gaps are not restricted to particular fields; instead numbers tend to be low across ranges. To
close the gap in the monograph collection and monograph spending, the Libraries will need additional
funding – both one time and ongoing. The amount will depend on the level to which faculty in this
program want to bring our holdings up to any of the benchmarks listed. It should be noted that the total
amount devoted to spending on monographs has declined significantly across all disciplines in recent
years, so any remedy is not the sole burden of those involved in this program.
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Special Collections and Library Faculty Support
Any weaknesses in the monographic collections may be offset by the strengths provided by support for
other university and regional programs, including the UofL Medical Library collection, the Center for
the Study of Women’s & Gender Issues, the Departments of Pan-African and Latin American Studies,
the Ali Peace Institute, the work and collections in the Brandeis Law School, and the Kent School of
Social Work, as well as the Muhammed Ali Center, and the McConnell Center.
Research will also be significantly enhanced by our internationally-significant Special Collections,
including the newly acquired Anne Braden Papers and the Williams-Nichols Collection (of gay and
lesbian pamphlets and erotica) housed in the Libraries’ Rare Books collection; the Oral History
Collection, Thruston B. Morton Papers, and access to publications such as the Louisville Defender and
Civil-Rights Era materials in the University Archives & Records Center. The Libraries’ are also home to
the largest regional collection of government documents and publications. Not included in the
monograph figures is our complete set-change (the original 1880, and the reissue beginning in 1920) of
U.S.G.S topographic and geologic maps of Kentucky and regional states, as well as topographical maps
of the Ohio River.
Members of the University of Louisville’s Library faculty offer additional, and unique avenues for
support, holding advanced degrees in social sciences, literature, social work, women’s studies, political
sciences, literature, geography, history. Many are also active participants in the local, regional and
national social justice movements, which inform and enhance their professional knowledge of the
available research materials.
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A. An Assessment of Library Support
for a Master of Arts in Anthropology
October 23, 2007
Supporting journals recommended by faculty who will be teaching in Anthropology and Archaeology &
UofL librarians.
Prepared for an assessment of the libraries collection, in preparation for petition for an MA in
Anthropology.
October 2007, under the direction of Jonathan Haws.
ACAS (Association of Concerned African Scholars) Bulletin
1051-0842
Africa: Journal of the International African
Institute
0001-9720
ACAS website volume 45 – present
no indexing
EBSCOhost Academic
ProQuest Research Library
Project Muse
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1975 – present
1996 – present
2006 – present
1928 - present
African Studies Review
0002-0206
ProQuest Research Library
JSTOR Arts & Sciences 2
Project Muse
Ekstrom Libraries periodicals
2003 - present
1970 – 2003
2005 - present
1970 - present
Agriculture and Human Values
12-month embargo
0889-048x
ProQuest Career & Technical
from 1999,
American Anthropologist
0002-7294
ProQuest Research Library
JSTOR Arts & Sciences 2
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1988 - present
1888 – 1999
1889 - present
American Antiquity
0002-7216
JSTOR Arts & Sciences 2
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1935 – 2003
1935 - present
American Ethnologist
0094-0496
JSTOR Arts & Sciences 2
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1974 – 1999
1974 - present
American Journal of Human Genetics
EBSCOhost Academic Search
Premiere
1999 - 2006
ProQuest Research Library from 2005,
6-month embargo
0002-9297
PubMed Central
from 1949,
6-month embargo
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Kornhauser Library
periodicals
1950 - 2006
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
02-9483
02-9484
Wiley Interscience
1996 - present
Kornhauser Library
periodicals
1918 - 2004
Ekstrom Library periodicals 1918 - 2007
Analise Social (Portuguese)
0003-2573
Ekstrom Library periodicals 2004 - present
Annales
0395-2649
Ekstrom Library periodicals 1969 - present
Antiquity
EBSCO Academic
from 2001,
6-month embargo
0003-598x
ProQuest Research Library
from 1997,
6-month embargo
Ekstrom Library periodicals 1927 - present
Applied Anthropology/Human Organization
0093-2914 / 0018-7259
ProQuest Research Library 1996 – present
Ekstrom Library periodicals 1941 – present
City & Society
no holdings available at UofL publication ceased
in 1992
0893-0465
America: History & Life,
Anthropological Index Online,
Anthropological Literature,
GEOBASE, Historical Abstracts
Comparative Studies in Society & History
0010-4175
Critique of Anthropology
0308-275x
Cultural Anthropology
0886-7356
indexed by Abstracts in Anthropology,
JSTOR Arts & Sciences 2
1958 – 2001
Cambridge University Press 1997 – present
Ekstrom Library presiodicals 1958 – present
Sage
Complete
1999 – present
Ekstrom Library periodicals 1993 - present
ProQuest Research Library 1999 – present
JSTOR Arts & Sciences 2
1986 – 1999
Ekstrom Library periodicals 1993 - present
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Culture & Agriculture
1048-4876
no holdings available at UofL
indexed by Anthropological Literature,
and Sociological Abstracts
Current Anthropology
EBSCOhost Academic
from 1990,
12-mo.embargo
0011-3204
ProQuest Research Library
JSTOR Arts & Sciences
University of Chicago Press
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1998 – 2006
1959 – 1999
1997 – present
1960 – present
Ethnology
0014-1828
EBSCOhost Academic
1990 – present
ProQuest Research Library 1995 – present
Ekstrom Library periodicals 1960 - present
Ethnos
EBSCO Academic
0014-1844
Informaworld Journals
2000 – present
Ekstrom Library periodicals 1966 - present
European Journal of Human Genetics
EBSCO Academic
from 1999, 12-month
Embargo
from 1998, 12-month
embargo
1018-4813
2000 – present
2000 – present
1947 – 2003
1947 - present
Evolution
0014-3820
Synergy Blackwell S_T_M Current
BioOne
JSTOR Ecology & Botany
Elstrom Library periodicals
Evolutionary Anthropology
1060-1538 / e 1520-6505
no holdings available at UofL
indexed in Abstracts in Anthropology,
Anthropological Literature,
Social Sciences Citation Index
Food & Society
1369-9806
no holdings available at UofL irregular publication
not indexed
Genetics
embargo
0016-6731
Highwire Press Free
from 1916, 3-month
ProQuest Research Library
2004 – present
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PubMed Central
Ekstrom Library RRS
from 1916, 3-month
embargo
1923 - present
Geoarchaeology
0883-6353
no holdings available at UofL
indexed by Abstracts in Anthropology,
Anthropological Literature,
Arts & Humanities Citation Index,
Science Citation Index
Human Biology
0018-7143
ProQuest Research Library
Project Muse
Kornhauser Library periodicals
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1994 – present
2001 – present
1929 – present
1933 – 1992
Human Organization / Applied Anthropology
0018-7259 / 0093-2914
ProQuest Research Library
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1996 – present
1941 – present
International Journal of Middle East Studies
0020-7438
JSTOR Arts & Sciences 2
Cambridge University Press
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1970 – 2001
2000 – 2003
1970 - present
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
0278-4165
Elsevier ScienceDirect Complete
Ekstrom Library Periodicals
1995 - present
1984 - present
Journal of Archaeological Method & Theory
1072-5369
12-month embargo
Springer Standard Collection
EBSCOhost Academic
1997 – present
from 1999,
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1994 - 2007
Journal of Archaeological Science
0305-4403
Elsevier ScienceDirect Complete
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1995 – present
1974 - present
Journal of Modern African Studies
0022-278x
JSTOR Arts & Sciences 2
Cambridge University Press
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1963 – 2001
1997 – present
1966 - present
Journal of Peasant Studies
0306-6150
no holdings available at UofL
indexed by CISTI,
Information Express,
Infotrieve, Ingenta Connect
& Thompson Scientific
Journal of Refugee Studies
ProQuest Research Library
0851-6328
Hein Online
from 2001,
12-month embargo
1988 – 2003
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Oxford University Press Journals
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1999 – present
1993 - present
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (formerly: Man)
Synergy Blackwell H_S_S
2000 - present
1359-0987
EBSCOhost Academic
from 1995,
12-month embargo
JSTOR Arts & Sciences 1
1995 – 2001
Ekstrom Library periodicals
1872 - present
Molecular Biology & Evolution
12-month embargo
0737-4038
Highwire Press Free
from 1983,
Oxford University Press
Kornhauser Library periodicals
1996 – present
1993 - present
PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
0027-8424
embargo
Highwire Press Journal
PubMed Central
1915 - present
from 1915, 6-month
JSTOR Health & Gen. Sciences
Kornhauser Library periodicals
1915 – 2004
1953 - present
Public Culture
0899-2363
Highwire Press Journals
Project Muse
Ekstrom Library periodicals
2000 - present
1999 – 2004
1992 - present
Review of African Political Economy
0305-6244
ProQuest Research Library
1997 - 2000
World Archaeology
embargo
0043-8243
EBSCOhost Academic
JSTOR Arts & Sciences 2
Informaworld Journals
Ekstrom Library periodicals
from 1993, 12-month
1969 – 2003
2000 – present
1969 - present
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FORM 5B: Comparative Analysis of Monograph Collections
University of
Louisville
University of
Alabama,
Birmingham
Temple
University
4,288
5,232
26,444
11,983
Virginia
Common
wealth
University
6,651
7,250
79,476
21,003
Agriculture
Anthropology
Art & Architecture
Biological
Sciences
Business &
Economics
Communicable
Diseases
Education
Geography &
Earth Sciences
Government
Documents
Health Facilities
Public Health
History &
Auxiliary Sciences
Languages &
Literature
Law
Medicine
Philosophy &
Religion
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
6,638
6,582
62,674
16,159
84,565
81,157
114,058
139,365
756
674
3,762
1,305
27,796
11,716
41,056
14,560
37,619
12,772
43,685
17,056
11,865
5,748
78,992
7,227
2,332
9,879
110,046
2,631
11,286
98,407
12,785
44,413
99,564
4,529
20,181
171,798
197,335
156,073
158,065
252,015
23,922
4,835
45,981
12,366
10,515
34,326
35,360
31,757
40,216
16,427
8,035
96,393
29,891
9,117
42,570
22,462
10,542
38,651
35,110
13,266
62,440
43,539
13,200
62,161
Totals
704,659
588,401
894,559
1,001,673
9,754
9,701
70,860
14,451
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OFFICE OF THE DEAN
October 30, 2007
Ekstrom Library
University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky 40292
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
1.
Phone: 502-852-6745 Fax: 502-852-7394
Danel F. Mahoney Assistant University Provost Office of the Provost University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292
Dear Dan:
The proposal for the MA program in Anthropology has been reviewed by Mary Barbosa-Jerez,
Reference Librarian CD collections Specialist, and by James E. Manasco, Head, CD collection
Development. The University Libraries' collection of journals, electronic resources and special
collections are adequate to support the proposed program; the monograph collection is competitive
compared to our benchmarks. Improving the level of monographic holdings in Anthropology would
require additional funding.
The Libraries became a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in 2002 and we
continue to build collections to support the mission of the university.
Sincerely,
Hannelore Rader
Dean, University Libraries
CD Gail Gilbert
Jonathan Haws .
James E. Manasco
Julie Peteet
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