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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL & CULTURAL STUDIES Department of Barnett Hall, Rm 2000 Truman State University 100 East Normal Society & Environment Kirksville, Mo 63501 TRUMAN STATE UNIVERS ITY WINTER 2016 660-785-4667 societyandenvironment @truman.edu New Faces societyandenvironment. truman.edu/ It seems like every year Introducing our new recently, the big news for faculty: the newsletter has been something about faculty Dr. Cory Anderson's coming or going. This year is interests focus on the per- INSIDE no different. Dr.McDuff sistence of the plain people T HIS has retired, I am back from (Amish, Mennonites, etc.) sabbatical (and back to being amidst the greater ethnic ISSUE: Department Chair), two of and religious homogeniza- the temporary faculty we tion of the West. In addi- had last year have moved on tion to publishing on this (Dr. Ujjaini Das and Dr. subject, he is also founder New Faces Christopher Kelley), and and co-editor with Dr. Dr. Cory Anderson Field Schools & we have new temporary Joseph Donnermeyer Study Abroad faculty teaching in sociology (Ohio State University- the everyday experiences of (Dr. Stephen Christ, and Rural Sociology) of The Mexican immigrants in the Notables & Dr. Victoria Mayer), Journal of Amish and United States that contrib- Honors including one also teaching Plain Anabaptist Studies. ute to Mexican-American Research some geography (Dr. Cory identity formation. More specifically, how Mexican Faculty Notables Anderson). His background includes both sociological and Americans experience daily Alumni Notes Amid all the coming and geographic dimensions. life at home, at work, in going students are learning in Dr. Anderson received public life and in how these and out of the classroom, his Ph.D. from The experiences impact their engaging their world through Ohio State University. sense of personal identity, study abroad, research, He teaches Sociological their relationships with na- internships, field schools, Inquiry, The Geographic tives, their interactions with and service learning, and Perspective, Introduction their families and communi- graduating into life after to GIS, a variety of sociol- ty, and the identity work Truman where they contin- ogy topics courses such as that goes into producing ue to find a wide variety of Amish Society, and Sociol- such categories and social exciting opportunities. This ogy of Religion. worlds. newsletter showcases our student achievements in all In his research, Dr. Stephen is currently of these areas. Stephen Christ examines preparing his dissertation project, "Authentic continued on page 13 P A G E 2 Field Schools 1800s. The goal of the Leslie enjoyed exploring the study was to learn about history of Maine, as well as, the settlers’ ways of life modern Maine with her from what was found. fellow archeologists making her summer memorable. Leslie learned to be flexi- (Leslie is pictured on the far ble when no artifacts were right.) found and from the weath- er forcing her to work in a laboratory. Senior Anthropology She learned how to set up Major Jessi Falvey a grid, work a total station, participated in a field school record unit levels and other through the Heritage and basics of archeology. Archaeological Re- Leslie Hickman, Anthropology Major search Practice (HARP) Leslie finally realizes her in Scotland mapping a mili- One of the avenues that dream of trying archeology. tary road in the Scottish makes Truman distinct is The experience gave Leslie highlands. The road was students engaging in real- a chance to follow through created by General Wade world opportunities and in a long standing interest. in an attempt to make the Anthropological Field area more accessible Schools are one such following the Jacobite upris- opportunity. Last summer “ When I first heard ings of the 18th century; Anthropology majors about archaeology, I the attempt of the English earned credit in practical was in the seventh government to gain control field-studies here and grade. I randomly of Scotland. The road was abroad. A few majors picked up a book my an influential trade route share their experience. dad had bought at a and now considered to be garage sale about an the modern roads of Junior Anthropology archeologist/forensic Scotland today. Major Leslie Hickman anthropologist who spent July at a field school solved centuries-old In the field, Jessi used plain tabling, field surveys, monu- through Muhlenberg Col- murders and I immedi- lege called Archeology in ment recording, and photo- ately fell in love with Maine in Brooklin, Maine graphic surveys to collect on Harriman Point, a 100 everything archaeolo- data. acre plot of colonial land gy, especially the idea owned by a wealthy family of unveiling the past.” Geographic Information during the 1700s and early Systems (GIS) created a DEPARTMENT OF SOCIETY & ENVIRONMEN T TRUMAN STATE UNIVER SITY P A G E 3 formed a special bond with her peers both professional and personally. “We learned to work well as a team, so we were able to collect bet- ter data that contributed to a project that many people are very passion- Jessi Falvey, Anthropology Major ate about. In addition, I got the opportunity to realistic mapping of the until the military road is learn a variety of field military road and over two- completely mapped. hundred sites were recorded methods that sitting in a that contributed to the Scot- Jessi states that this was one classroom could never tish Historical Society. Field of the most meaningful expe- teach me! This experience schools will be run every year riences in her life where she couldn’t be replicated.” ing the recording of different Sarah declares the experi- Senior Anthropology Ma- context layers of dirt. One pit ence was incredible and en- jor Sarah Lamkin attended yielded nearly 200 sherds of joyed very much learning the Strathearn Environs pottery and pieces of a about an ancient culture exca- and Royal Forteviot polished stone axe. Sara’s pit vating places where people (SERF) field school in contained a post pipe, the only lived and worked. She Perth, Scotland through the one found on site, suggesting concludes, “It was very multi- University of Glasgow. The the post was significant. cultural; I got to know people anthropology professors were from Scotland, Ireland, Ger- interested in learning about “Although the digging many, Sweden, Bulgaria, Cana- the history of the area sur- could get repetitive at da, and the US.” Today, Sarah rounding Forteviot, a small times, it was wonderfully still keeps in touch with her town a half hour from Perth exciting to be excavating team. and home to Pictish Kings bits of history hundreds of years ago. that had sat in They worked in three sites: the Scottish dirt two being Early Neolithic since they were (about 6000 years old) and left there by one more recent hillfort. Neolithic peoples living nearly 6000 Sarah and her partner dug a years ago.” pit complex at one of the Neolithic sites. She learned archaeological techniques and excavation by working with trowels and mattocks includ- Sarah Lamkin, Anthropology Major P A G E 4 Chile Study Abroad: Globalization and Culture Change Boating near the Osorno Volcano in the Archipelago of Chiloé are Anthropology Majors Allison, Hope and Daniel As a point of contrast, they spent several days in Chile’s capital city Santiago, where modern high-rises stand as paeans to the national govern- ment’s violent and divisive shift to neoliberal economics forty This past Winter Interim, boast internet cafés and call years ago. Dr. Anton Daughters led a centers. study abroad trip to the Archi- Altogether, the students pelago of Chiloé, a cluster of Strong elements of Chiloé’s gained a strong understanding islands, off the coast of Chile. rural and semi-isolated past of Chiloé and its uniqueness in persist to this day in the form relation to the rest of Chile Three Anthropology Juniors of fishing and farming subsist- while witnessing firsthand the Hope Berntsen, Allison ence livelihoods, reciprocal daily rhythms of the archipela- Kelly and Daniel Wagner labor practices, local go. along with Romance Language artisanry, and unique religious Major Clara Miller- festivals. Pictured below is Hope Broomfield and Philosophy & Berntsen, an anthropology Religion Major with a Spanish Students explored this major, holding up fresh-caught Minor, Kaitlin Walker spent juxtaposition of old and new, hake and conger eel on the one month being immersed rural and urban, local and island of Llingua in Chiloé. into the culture of southern global through the tradition- Chile. al methods of cultural an- thropology: participant ob- Once considered a rural servation, formal and infor- backwater of Chile, Chiloé mal interviews, and general has—in a span of three dec- immersion in local events ades—become one of the and practices. world’s leading exporters of farmed salmon and a significant They also experienced draw for Chilean and foreign daily life in the town Achao, tourists. Villages that thirty island of Quinchao, and visit- years ago had neither electrici- ed smaller islands and villag- ty nor running water now es for overnight homestays in rural households. Hope Berntsen, Anthropology DEPARTMENT OF SOCIETY & ENVIRONMEN T TRUMAN STATE UNIVER SITY P A G E 5 Midwest Sociological Sex Groups,” and McKen- Meetings Society annual meeting in zie and Caitlyn presented, Kansas City, Mo. “Changing Status Charac- Sociology Majors Karlea teristic in Higher Educa- Harbaugh, Natalia Al- Karlea presented, “The tion.” The students were banese, Melissa Kern, Favoritism and Discrimi- mentored by Dr. Christo- McKenzie Parker, Emily nation of Identities in pher Kelley, Visiting Assis- Crickard, Caitlyn Lee, Small Group Tasks,” tant Professor of Sociology. Chelsea McCoy and Jenny Kuhn along with Melissa and Emily present- Amandine Lebrun attend- Dr. McDuff, Professor ed, “Quan-titative Analy- ed the Association of of Sociology, attended the sis of Behavior in Gen- American Geogra- dered Tasks within Mixed phers in Chicago, Il.