Events
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Professor Bruce Owens leads Wheaton College's Semester in Bhutan at Royal Thimpu College
March 22, 2013Professor Bruce Owens is leading 11 students in a semester of study in Bhutan in the Spring 2013. This is the fourth group of Wheaton College students that will spend a term at Royal Thimphu College. Anthropology majors Benjamin Kragen '14 and Ariel Eaton '14 will be joining the Thimpu community and interning while they [...] More » -
Professor Eric Kelley's new publication in Cultural Survival
March 19, 2013Visiting Instructor of Anthropology, Professor Eric Kelley's new publication in Cultural Survival Quarterly on the land tenure struggles of the Avá-Guaraní in Paraguay touches on issues shared by many indigenous peoples of the Americas. Professor Kelley's account of the eviction process that the community of Yva Poty suffers resonates with the tentative land tenure many [...] More » -
Cecilia Menjivar to Speak at 31st Annual Sociology and Anthropology Senior Symposium
January 28, 2013Cecilia Menjivar, Cowden Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the T. Denny School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University is the Cole Lecturer at the 31st Annual Sociology and Anthropology Senior Symposium dinner. Cecilia Menjivar's research examines the social worlds of individuals who live in hostile and violent environments. In her research such adverse [...] More » -
Engaged Anthropology
November 26, 2012First rate pedagogy has a good fit with carefully considered political engagement. In November 2012, Professor Kerner and the students in her methods class demonstrated that the knowledge gleaned from Anthropology can be used to encourage transformation. As quoted in a recent Wheaton Wire article, Professor Kerner "challenged the class to come up with something [...] More » -
Feast and Famine: Food Summit
November 12, 2012Through the collaborative efforts of the Office of Service, Spirituality and Social Responsibility, the student food group AfterTaste, Professor Donna Kerner and students of her Anthropology class, FEAST or Famine, all came together to host a series of talks about food. Over the course of three nights conversations were held on food topics ranging from [...] More » -
Preparing for Senior Year Meeting for Juniors and Traveling Sophomores
October 18, 2012On November 6th at 5:00 we will be hosting a meeting for all juniors on currently on campus and sophomores who plant to study abroad for the full year or in the Fall 2013. In our meeting we will discuss what you should think about before your senior year, how to seize opportunities available to [...] More » -
Professor Hilary Haldane to Speak at Wheaton
April 16, 2012Professor Haldane (Quinnipiac University) will speak on "When Human and natural Disasters Collide: Understanding the Violence of Everyday Life." More » -
Anthropology Picnic RSVP
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Faculty: Tech 'n Talk, Professor Donna Kerner
April 2, 2012Digital Storytelling: Does narrative have a place in scholarship? Tuesday, April 3 at 12:30 in Faculty Dining. Many are beginning to see short, narrative multimedia as a compelling complement to traditional forms such as the venerable research paper. Join Donna Kerner as she describes how new media has pushed her students’ work in new directions, and opened [...] More » -
Health Careers Without Borders
March 23, 2012The Filene Center for Academic Advising and Career Services and the Provost Office at Wheaton College Invite you to Join Health Careers without Borders Panel, a science at the Center Event featuring Anthropology Alumni working in Health Care At the Diana Spencer Café, Mars Center for Science and Technology on Thursday March 29th, 2012 from [...] More »
