Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seminar
Analysis of Employment Termination Time Data with Competing Risks
Mara Tableman
Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Portland State University
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
12:30 P.M. - 1:20 P.M
Denny 401
Full CSSS Seminar Series Schedule and Information
Critical Medical Humanities Seminar
'Not Dead Yet': Measuring Health and Allocating Resources
Jerome Bickenbach
Queen's University
Wednesday May 14, 2008
4 p.m.
Communications 120
(to be followed by a reception in the Simpson Center)
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Colloquium Series in Anthropology
Epistemologies of Anthropology and the Environment
Settlement, Development and Dietary Change: The Ecology of Iron Deficiency in Northern Kenya
Bettina Shell-Duncan
Professor, UW Anthropology
Friday May 16, 2008
3:30-5 pm
Denny 401
Full Colloquium Series Schedule
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) Seminar Series
Dissertation Defense
A Microregional Approach to Social Dynamics in the Late Prehistoric Manatuto, East Timor, 11th - 18th Century
Chin-Yung Chao
PhD student in Archaeology
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
2:30pm
Burke Museum Conference Room
Dissertation Defense
Intergenerational Transfers among Martu Aborigines
Brook Scelza
PhD student in Biocultural Anthropology
Thursday, May 29th,2008
3pm
Denny Hall, 401
Dissertation Colloquium
Negotiating Deaf and African American Cultural Identities
Heather Clark
Sociocultural Anthropology Graduate Student
Monday, June 2, 2008
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Denny Hall, 401
To request disability accommodations, contact the Disability Services Office Coordinator at least ten days in advance of event: 543-6450 (voice) dso@u.washington.edu (e-mail)
Dissertation Defense
Rationalized out: Discourses and Realities of Fisheries Privatization in Kodiak, Alaska
Courtney Carothers
PhD student in Environmental Anthropology
Thursday June 5th, 2008
3:15pm
Denny Hall, 401
Dissertation Defense
Social Seascapes, Political Landscapes: Conflict and Cooperation within an Indonesian Marine Park
Leila Sievanen
PhD student in Environmental Anthropology
Friday, June 6th, 2008
9am
Denny Hall, 401
In the News
New Faculty Book:
Beyond the Good Death: The Anthropology of Modern Dying
James W. Green
University of Pennsylvania Press
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In the News
In the Race to the Top, Zigzagging is more Efficient than a Straight Line
Archaeology Assistant Professor Marcos Llobera is in the news these days as a result of his recently published research in the Journal of Theoretical Biology. Find out more at the following sites:
http://www.physorg.com/news122733534.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3412581.ece
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23297119/
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080222-zigzag-better.html
In the News
Recent post in New Mandala’s series of interviews with academics, activists and writers who contribute to major debates in mainland Southeast Asian Studies. The tenth in New Mandala’s series of discussions with prominent personalities is with Professor Charles Keyes.
Read the interview here.
Anthropology Graduation Ceremony 2007: Photos
View photos from the Anthropology Graduation Ceremony held in spring 2007. The event was coordinated by the Graduation Ceremony Committee, chaired by Director of Student Services Diane Guerra.
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Transcultural Bodies: Female Genital Cutting in Global Context
Co-edited by Ylva Hernlund and Associate Professor Bettina Shell-Duncan
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Fieldwork Connections: The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America
By Professor Stevan Harrell (author), Ma Lunzy (author), and Bamo Ayi (author)
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Click on images above for a more detailed view
In the News
UWeek published an article focusing on the work of Affiliate faculty member and King County Department of Transportation archaeologist Tom Minichillo. The article spotlights a co-authored publication that appears in Nature. The Nature article reports new findings that move back the timeline for the evolution of modern humans, and shows that lifestyles focused on coastal habitats and resources may have been crucial to the evolution and survival of these early humans.
Read the article here.
Luce Fellowship and UW SE Asian Archaeology Program
The UW anthropology department has a program in SE Asian Archaeology, in collaboration with the UW Museology Program, Libraries and the Asian Law Center. The new program is offering a graduate fellowship for students studying the archaeology of Southeast Asia.
For more information
Read more about it in University Week
In the News
Columns Magazine recently published an article regarding the work of anthropology Assistant Professor Dr. Peter Lape.
The article focuses on the collaborative research that Peter Lape (along with Robert Kopperl, PhD 2003, and others) is doing with local tribes. The article spotlights Native American traditional diets, reservation diets, diabetes, and wellness, and the challenges of making archaeology useful to Native Americans.
Read the article here.
Getting Together: Photos from the Anthropology Outreach Event
Best Undergraduate Honor's Thesis and Best Undergraduate Essays for 2006-2007
The thesis and essays winners of this year's "Curtis Wienker Undergraduate Prizes" are listed here!
Anthropology Teaching and Mentoring Awards
(from the Anthropology Graduate Students)
Teaching Award
Dr. Gerald Eck
Mentoring Award
Dr. Rachel Chapman
In the News
UWTV recently interviewed anthropology Assistant Professor Dr. Rachel Chapman.
The interview focuses on the intertwining of work and personal experience in Dr. Chapman's research on why ethnicity and race have such a bearing on a person’s life chances. Her research seeks to illuminate the social and cultural factors that hinder access to quality health care for vulnerable and impoverished women, both in Africa and in the United States.
Read the interview with Dr. Chapman here.
In the News
Anthropology Director of Student Services, Diane Guerra, is featured on the cover, and in an article, of UW A&S Perspectives Magazine.
The article is about the UW Exploration Seminars this year, and has some great photos of Diane! See also Diane's blog about her trip with an undergraduate Exploration Seminar class to Senegal and the Gambia in August 2006.
Second Semi-Annual Breadth in Anthropological Research (BAR) Conference
Seattle Archaeology
Visit the new Burke Museum Web Exhibit on
The West Point Archaeological Site (near Discovery Park):
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/westpoint/
This site provides a wealth of information on the cultural background, archaeological methods, and natural science of this site, from archaeologists, Native Americans (Muckleshoot, Suquamish and Tulalip), geologists, and students.
The website has also been selected as a "Competition Winner" in the Information Design category of the CommArts Interactive Design Annual 2006 juried competition. It will also be featured in the September/October issue of Communication Arts.
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