DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL CULTURES AND LANGUA GES SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY

V OLUME 2, I SSUE 1 CulturallyCulturally SpeakingSpeaking S PRING 2014

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Exchange 1

News from the Chair Featured Student 2 You Don’t Say 3 The Department of to campus in January and Global Cultures and Lan- can’t wait to return on a Beneath the Surface 3 guages has been in a stage permanent basis this sum- of transition. Dr. Dieter mer and spend more time Where in the World? 4 Jedan, who had served as with the faculty, staff, and chair for 20 years, retired at especially students.” Club News 4 the end of academic year Dr. Alexander is busy Study Abroad 5 2013. preparing to make the move Since that time Dr. from Auburn to Cape Department News 6 Leslee Pollina added to her Girardeau. Her duties will 2014 Graduates 6 duties of chairing the De- begin August 1. partment of Psychology by agreeing to serve as the Dr. Toni Alexander, Chair interim chair of the Depart- ment of Global Cultures and agricultural to urban land Languages until a new chair “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, use. was named. that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own Dr. Alexander will be After an extended leading a multi-disciplinary search process, the Depart- language, that goes to his heart.” department, to which she ment is pleased to welcome looks forward. “I’m very — Nelson Mandela Dr. Toni Alexander of Au- excited to be joining the burn University to South- Southeast Missouri State east. Dr. Alexander’s field is University Community and Cultural Geography with a especially the Department of particular concentration in Global Cultures and Lan- socio-spatial relationships. guages. I’ve long had a She is particularly interested passion for all disciplines in patterns of ethnic and represented there and feel racial segregation and the like it is a place where I will social context that either not only feel right at home, promotes or inhibits it. but can also be of service. I Other areas of her research thoroughly enjoyed my visit The Art Building, home of the Department of Global Cultures and are domestic migration and Languages

Costa Rican Exchange

In October 2013 a group visited classes, made presen- to be on have traveled to Costa Rica of six students and two fac- tations, traveled around the Southeast’s campus. They as part of the exchange pro- ulty members from the Uni- region, and generally be- are part of an exchange pro- gram as well. versity of Costa Rica (UCR) came acquainted with what gram between Southeast and In 2004 Warren Ander- visited the campus of South- it might be like to study here the University of Costa Rica son, professor of anthropolo- east Missouri State Univer- as an international student. that is now 10 years old. Six gy, and a fellow anthropolo- sity for 10 days. They stayed Their visit marked the groups of Southeast students gist from the University with host families in Cape (usually anthropology or seventh time that such a (cont’d. on p. 3) Girardeau and host students, group has traveled to the foreign language majors) P AGE 2 V OLUME 2, I SSUE 1

Featured Student Haley Dolosic

Haley Dolosic came from a family active International club. She found a hand. She was housed with a host fami- of world travelers and knew from an great conversation partner, a student ly and loved her friendly homestay early age that she wanted to study from Angers who wanted to become an “mother,” who spoke no English and abroad. Her father traveled in the U.S. English teacher. They shared conversa- introduced Haley to her extended family Military and as then as a civilian con- tion in both French and English. tractor and her parents spent time in of children and grandchildren. While the campus was Haley’s many countries. At the age of fourteen home base, she took the opportunity to Haley accompanied them to Paris and Haley is graduating with majors in venture in to the city frequently, thanks from that point there was no doubt that both French Education and Global Stud- to an efficient public transportation she would return to . She spent ies with a minor in Spanish in May system. Haley notes that crime is rela- the Fall 2012 semester at Southeast’s tively low, but it is always wise to travel 2014. She has been accepted into a exchange partner in France, the Univer- with a friend. Outside of Angers, she Ph.D. program and awarded a fellow- sity of Angers. It was an unforgettable traveled west to the village of Le Croi- ship in Foreign Language Education/ experience, both academically and per- sic near the Atlantic Ocean, and to the sonally, which she would recommend to Second Language Acquisition at Wash- eastern city of Strasbourg, on the Ger- any Southeast student. ington University in St. Louis. man border. The French rail system offers discounts for students, and a pop- ular system of ride sharing has devel- oped at the University. She was able to visit Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Paris, among other cities. Haley was in France during the Presidential Election of 2012 and was able to view the coverage from a differ- ent perspective. Among the people she met, there was a wide range of attitudes towards Americans. Overall, Haley found the French people to be friendly and helpful, with a few exceptions. The bureaucracy may be confusing, but functioning in a new system contributed to her boost in self-confidence and inde- pendence. Haley feels that any student with a sense of adventure and a willing- ness to work at learning a foreign lan- Haley took classes in composition, guage will reap enormous benefits from literature, philosophy, and translation, studying abroad. It was the experience “Anthropology is the most all conducted in French. Comparing of a lifetime. French students to American students, humanistic of the sciences she feels that French students are more Haley also was awarded a $1000 self-motivated and tend to put forth national Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and the most scientific of the their best effort constantly without giv- Study Abroad Scholarship in the sum- humanities.” ing in to the temptation to slack off. mer of 2013. She studied Spanish lan- They enjoy social life, and love to get — Eric Wolf guage and culture six hours per day for together with friends at clubs, but over- all they spent less time partying and one month at the Universidad Técnica more time focusing on their long-term Del Norte in Quito, . goals. They get more sleep and proba- bly eat healthier foods, including fewer The classes included visits to his- snacks and high-sugar items. Having toric and cultural sites and museums, as undergone a rigorous routine of classes well as trips to the surrounding cities. and exams since middle school, they On one visit to a village in the high handle stress better than American col- Andes, students saw a cloud forest, a lege students. tropical forest so humid that clouds At Angers, Haley found a lot of settled among the trees. Haley was able choice in activities outside of class, from sports to dance. She joined the to experience Ecuadorian culture first C ULTURALLY S PEAKING P AGE 3

Costa Rica (cont’d.)

of Costa Rica got together to plan Dr. Warren Anderson program from the Costa Rican side how their respective universities might (anthropology), Dr. Kim Louie of the exchange in preparation for a better facilitate student exchanges. The (Spanish), Dr. Anne Marietta (nutrition study abroad trip by Southeast students SEMO – UCR short-term exchange and dietetics) and Mr. Dave Wiant from in May 2015. program resulted from these discus- the community will be going to visit the sions, and since its inception more than program sites throughout Costa Rica in Caitlan Hester, a recent Southeast 132 students and faculty members have May. The purpose of the trip is to be- graduate, has been working as a lan- made the trip to spend anywhere from come familiar with the logistics of the guage teacher at a branch campus of UCR in Guápiles, Costa Rica. She plans 10 days to two weeks with their interna- tional peers. Some students have chosen on extending her stay for another year. to stay longer, some have developed Southeast is currently hosting a internships, and others have returned to Costa Rican student who is working on pursue a semester or more of study his Masters in engineering, a direct abroad. result of the SEMO – UCR exchange program.

You Don’t Say Dr. Debbie Lee-DiStefano

Where did the hat origi- palm or jipijapa palm. an jipijapa became to be known around nate? Okay, I hear you. You’re expect- The story is that a tourist, allegedly the world as the Panama hat! ing a question along the line of “Who is a Spaniard, came to Ecuador, saw the buried in Lincoln’s tomb?” hats and immediately saw a potential Actually, while we were on a recent business. The hats were mass-produced trip to Ecuador, I learned that the Pana- and shipped first to the Isthmus of Pana- ma hat is native to Ecuador and is a ma before proceeding to the Americas, favorite of the indigenous people of the Europe and Asia. Ecuadorian highlands. The hats became known by their The hats were originally made from point of international distribution in- the leaves of the Carludovica palmate stead of their place of domestic origin. plant known by the locals as the toquilla And that’s how the traditional Ecuadori-

Beneath the Surface

Three Southeast Anthropology Revisiting Duncan Wilkie’s House in the early 2000s. They focused students attended the annual meet- 1 at the Hunze-Evans Site.” They particularly on stylistic interpreta- ing of the Missouri Archaeological summarized the contents of a late tion and raw material analysis, Society from April 4-6. At this aca- prehistoric building excavated by which might provide clues about the demic conference students net- archaeologist Duncan Wilkie in the relationship between the prehistoric worked with other Missouri archae- 1980s and questioned the way that occupants of the site with people in ologists and presented some of their archaeologists make assumptions other Mississippian communities in research at the Hunze-Evans site, a about prehistoric gender ideologies the broader region. Mississippian site near Cape and relations. This trip was made possible by Girardeau, Missouri, which dates to Deseray Helton and Kara about A.D. 1300. Thebeau made a poster presentation generous funding from the Charles Senior Dakota Price co-authored entitled “A Limestone Effigy Pipe Hunze Site Fund and the Anthropol- and presented a paper with Dr. from the Hunze-Evans Site” in ref- ogy Society. Bengtson entitled “Gendered Build- erence to a remarkable object found ings in the Mississippian World: at the site during surface collection P AGE 4 V OLUME 2, I SSUE 1

Where in the World . . . ?

Recently in the news some 500 students are deficient in their geograph- testing assesses students’ overall subject African refugees were reported to have ical skills—73% of eighth graders and knowledge and problem-solving skills. scaled a fence on the African continent 80% of high school seniors. The assess- The Department of Global Cultures in order to seek asylum in . . . Europe!? ment did not merely ask students to and Languages offers geography classes Whoa. Wait just a minute. How can locate countries on a map (a skill which count for the B.A. in Global Cul- people climb a fence on African soil, demonstrated by only 20% of Ameri- tures and Languages as well as Global descend the other side and be on Euro- cans when instructed to find the United Studies. Sign up and learn more about pean territory? Isn’t there a little body States on a world map). Geography the world in which we live. of water called the Mediterranean Sea between the two? Is this some kind of time-space portal to another part of the globe? How can this be? (No, an embassy is not involved.) Where did this event take place? A recent report by the National As- sessment of Educational Progress dis- cover that nearly 75% of American

Club News

Alpha Mu Gamma, the foreign lan- In April they hiked through Trail of guage honor society, is growing after Tears State Park and learned the names reinstating the group over the past of trees in German. year. The club promotes the study of language and studying in other Emily Waters, club president, in- lands. The group sponsored a Foreign vites all interested students to become Language Trivia night in April. involved and to bring creative ideas for Last year seven students were induct- learning more about the German lan- ed into the society and eight more will guage and culture. You can contact her join in the April 2014 ceremony. The at [email protected]. current officers are working to create a foundation upon which the society will sure to the language. We also arrange be able to grow in the coming years. study times outside of meetings at con- venient times in order to practice lan- For more information on events or guage skills. Spanish Club will also be membership, contact Hannah Smith at hosting a Salsa Night at 6 p.m. in the [email protected]. Mississippi Room of the University “Archaeology is the Peeping Center. Tom of the sciences. It is the Contact club president Zack Quick sandbox of men who care not Spanish Club meets every Tuesday at [email protected] if you have any where they are going; they at 6 p.m. at the University Center in the questions about being involved. merely want to know where Presidents’ Room. In these meetings everyone else has been.” members typically practice Spanish and focus on the areas that a number of —Jim Bishop students have difficulty with including German Club hosted a movie night conversations and grammar. Since the on in February with a screening of the club’s goal is to assist students who comedy Advertising Rules! (2001) about want to learn Spanish, we offer mem- ad men competitively trying to land a bership to any student interested in sup- lucrative advertising contract. plementing class time with more expo- N EWSLETTER TITLE P AGE 5

working center since 500 B.C. and con- Study Abroad tains layers of Jewish, Christian and Muslim heritage. Global Cultures and Languages students have been busy traveling this Students also visited Granada, the past year. last Moor stronghold in . The The first study abroad trip to Alhambra is the most renown building led by Dr. Shu-Chuan Wang-McGrath of the Andalusian Islamic legacy. They last summer was very successful. Stu- also saw a Roman aqueduct and some dents visited various cultural and histor- ical sites in Taipei, Kinmen island, and went to a bullfight in Madrid. Kaoshiung. They experienced the rich- ness of the colonial history of Taiwan, Profe Merget is taking another diversity of the cultures and cuisines. group this year from May 21-June 4. For more information, write her at During the trip, they had the oppor- The second intersession trip went to [email protected]. tunity to interact with the faculty and Munich, from December 29 to students at National Quemoy University January 12. Students experienced some where Dr.Wang-McGrath taught before joining Southeast Missouri State Uni- infamous sites of Nazi Germany by versity. The students were warmly re- walking through Dachau Concentration ceived by President Lee as well as the Camp, touring Nuremberg’s Documen- Dean of Academic Affairs, Dean of tation Center at Zeppelin Field and sit- Student Affairs, faculty members and ting in courtroom of the Palace of Jus- the students. tice where the Nuremberg trials were held after World War II.

Students visited three castles of the Fairy Tale King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Two more trips were made in the the Bavarian Parliament Building, got a intersession 2013-2014. A group of 21 breathtaking view of the Alps from Mt. students and faculty from the Depart- Wendelstein and spent a day conversing ment of Global Cultures and Languages with German students in the medieval and the Department of Agriculture, led city of Memmingen. On a trip to Salz- by Dr. Lee-DiStefano, went to Panama burg, students toured the Mozart from January 2-16. Students explored House, ate in a public house in which Panamá Viejo, the architectural remains Charlemagne reportedly ate in 803 and Three Southeast students spent four of the first Spanish settlement founded ate bread from St. Peter’s Monastery weeks in summer 2013 in intensive on the Pacific coast of the Americas. French classes at the University of Saint Bakery which has been in business -Etienne in east-central France. They The trip to the Panama Canal in- since 1160. were accompanied by Dr. Alice Strange cluded a meeting with a Southeast alum Students are encouraged to sign up where they met other Missouri students who is one of the leading economic for the next trip to Munich in December for a joint program. They were housed advisors for the Canal. 2014. Contact Dr. Poston for more in- with French families and were intro- formation at [email protected]. duced to the local cuisine and culture. Students also traveled to Hartmann The students visited both Lyon, Estate Coffee farm where they saw the France’s second largest city, and Paris different stages of coffee production during their stay. and then sampled a cup of splendid Panamanian coffee. In May 2013 a group of students flew to Madrid, Spain to learn the lan- Other farms on the itinerary were a guage and culture. They visited El Es- dairy farm, cattle farm, a thoroughbred corial, a summer palace of Spanish horse farm and even a vegetable farm royalty, which houses a library of which is family-owned by another 40,000 books and the “Imperial City” of Southeast alum. Toledo. This city has been a steel- Department News

Dr. Gabriele Eckart in the increased salaries of week summer field methods recently published Shifting approximately 50% of South- course, and developing a Viewpoints: Cervantes in east employees. long term research plan for The Department of Global Cultures and Twentieth-Century and the site that will include re- Early Twenty-First- She originated the Facul- Languages ty Social Hour which takes mote sensing and geophysi- Century Literature Written cal survey which allow ar- in Germany with coauthor place twice per semester. This provides faculty a re- chaeologists to “see beneath Southeast Missouri State University Meg H. Brown. This study the soil” without digging. One University Plaza shows that Cervantes’ work laxed atmosphere in which to Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 socially interact with friends Dr. Bengtson has also Mail Stop 4150 actively influenced the literature of a number of and to meet other colleagues. organized the human osteolo- gy (skeletal) collection. She Phone: 651-2146 20th- and 21st-century Lastly, Dr. Lee estab- writers in Germany. The lished working relationships is often called upon to con- Fax: 573.651.2977 sult with the enforce- E-mail: [email protected] book explores literary across campus which led to ment community when they works by German-speaking greater collegiality. authors that engage in an find bones that they suspect In the last two years, Dr. might be human. She enjoys intertextual play with a text Jen Bengtson has worked to written by Cervantes. forensic work and is plan- further develop the archaeol- ning to develop a forensic In May Dr. Debbie ogy program. Most of the anthropology course by Lee-DiStefano will be department’s collections spring 2014. completing her year as come from the Hunze-Evans president of Faculty Sen- site, a prehistoric Mississip- If you are interested in ate. Among her accom- pian village near Cape archaeology or forensic an- plishments are three which Girardeau that dates to about thropology at Southeast, warrant recognition. A.D. 1300. She has orga- please contact Dr. Bengtson at [email protected]. She initiated a compen- nized and inventoried the sation study which resulted artifacts in the Archaeology Laboratory, teaching a four-

Spring 2014 Graduates

The Department of Spanish/Spanish Edu- Haley Dolosic will be We’re on the Web! Global Cultures and Lan- cation: Patricia Goforth, attending graduate school at Washington University in www.semo.edu/gcl/ guages would like to recog- Landon Hill, Elizabeth Lau- nize the following graduates rentius, Danielle Richardson St. Louis in a Ph.D. program in Foreign Language Educa- index.htm for 2014. and Sarah Urban. tion/Second Language Ac- Anthropology: Sarah German: John Slaugh- quisition. Babich, Lauren Ditto, ter. Deseray Helton, Rebekah Congratulations to all of Five graduating students our graduates! Kell, Sarah Little, Meghan of anthropology will be O’Brien, Cameron attending graduate school: Special congratulations McConnell, Dakota Price, Sarah Babich (University of to Dakota Price who won John Slaughter and Laura Western Ontario, anthropol- first prize for Best Theoreti- Van Booven. ogy), Deseray Helton cal Paper at the 2014 Annual Student Research Confer- French/French Educa- (Missouri State University, ence in April. tion: Haley Dolosic. anthropology), Laura Van Booven (University of Memphis, anthropology), Cameron McConnell “Language is the blood of the (University of Missouri/ soul into which thoughts run Columbia, anthropology) and Wyatt Balcer (Southeast and out of which they grow.” Missouri State University, —Oliver Wendell Holmes biology).