Updated 5/9/07 -
Seven Anthropology Students Presented Research at the Annual Frederick Douglass Student Research Conference at BU on April 19 and 20, 2007
Kari Reynolds - "The History of American Hip Hop"
Crystal Diaz - "Hispanic Folkloric Dance Traditions"
Ashli Bosasco - "Black Face Minstrelsy"
Amy Letterhouse - "The Culture of the 20's and Flapper Dancing"
Tina Berardinucci - "Flamenco Dance"
Angela Jackson - "Bharatha Natyam, Classical Indian Dance"
Adrienne Mael - "University Students Perceptions on Marriage, Family and Divorce."
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Anthropology Department Awards given at ceremony on April 29:
Four students were recognized at the University-wide Awards Ceremony. Outstanding Seniors (Kitawna Hoover and Julie Pfromm) and Outstanding Juniors (Angela Jackson and Adrienne Mael) received plaques from department representative Dr. Conrad Quintyn.
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The following news items come from recent editions of BU Today:
 Anthropology students give presentations
Sixteen Bloomsburg University students and two faculty members attend the PASSHE 2007 Anthropology Undergraduate Student Conference at Westchester University April 21-22. The following research paper presentations were given at the conference:
Laura Stebbins - "The 2002 Briggs Farm Archaeological Project: Preliminary Assessment of the Prehistoric Lithic Assemblage." Mentor, DeeAnne Wymer
Ella Daniels, Angela Pollits, and Rachel Prosseda "Communication Technology and Online Social Networks: Cyber-Ethnography in a Facebook Community." Mentor, Faith Warner
Jessica Fiedor - "Past the Pocket Protectors: Today's Geeks and the Culture of Passion." Mentor, Faith Warner
Michael K. Brown - "Are We All Furry on the Inside? Taking a Step into the Online Wilderness of Furcadia." Mentor, Faith Warner
Judith Steinhilper -"Paleoethnobotanical Macro-Remains from Brown's Bottom #1, a Hopewell Habitation Site." Mentor, DeeAnne Wymer
Beth Gockley - "Native American Language Preservation and Revitalization." Mentor, Faith Warner
Kitawna Hoover - "Engendering an Ohio Hopewell Habitation Site: Methodological and Theoretical Approaches" Mentor, Dr. DeeAnne Wymer and Dr. Faith Warner
Katie Catizone, Adrienne Kolb, Kitawna Hoover and Julie Pfromm - "Chronicles of a Rural Community: The McHenry Cemetery Project" Mentors, Dr. Faith Warner, Dr. Sandra Kehoe-Forutan, Dr. DeeAnne Wymer
Adrienne Mael - "The Future of Marriage in the United States: Projecting the Impact of Divorce on the Next Generation" Mentor, Dr.Faith Warner
Judith Steinhilper - "The Devil Doesn't Get All the Good Music: Investigating Christian Rock Concerts." Mentor, Faith Warner
Lauren Hagan and Stacie Graham - "Is America Really 'Lovin' It'? Perceptions of Health in the Fast Food Industry." Mentor, Faith Warner
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BU students travel to Guatemala
A BU student and two of her childhood friends will spend part of the summer working on a project designed to change the lives of women in Guatemala. Julie Pfromm of Nescopeck (left), a BU senior majoring in anthropology, will travel to Guatemala to work with her friend, Danielle Winter, Berwick, a junior majoring in Spanish at Bucknell University. Another friend, Rachael Prosseda (right), from Berwick, a Bloomsburg senior majoring in anthropology, will document the experience on film for an anthropology internship. Details.
Judith Steinhilper nation's top junior in anthropology
Judith Steinhilper is the recipient of the Lambda Alpha: National Collegiate Honors Society in Anthropology 2007 National Dean's List Scholarship. This award is given to the nation's top junior by the executive board of the honors society. Kitwana Hoover is the Recipient of the Charles R. Jenkins Award for Academic Excellence of Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society in Anthropology. BU students recently inducted into Lambda Alpha include: Mary Sue M. Buss, Jessica Ann Fiedor, Amandeep Kaur, William Arthur Ashton, Tarah Renee Henrie, Brian C. Adams, Linsey Rae Dressler, Desiree Marie Maus, Gloriana Kay Brussese, Ella L. Daniels, Adrienne Jean Bateson, Heather Elizabeth Cooke, Laura Kathleen Stebbins, Kaylee Marie Fischer, Sarah Jennifer Janoff, Carolyn Ann Barber, Megan Elizabeth Turan, Loraine Michelle Heller, Angela Marie Jackson, Alicia Nichole Reish and Adrienne Sage Mael.
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Updated 3/9/07 -
From the March 9 Bloomsburg University Today Page –
“Conrad Quintyn, assistant professor of anthropology, presented a
paper/workshop titled: ‘Modern Human Origins and the Existence or Non-Existence
of 'Races?' A Biological Anthropological Perspective’ at Kings College,
Wilkes-Barre. He was invited by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Diversity
Education Consortium to conduct this lecture/workshop in order to discuss the
social reality and biological fallacy of 'race' and its connection to modern
human origins.”
To learn more about the Diversity Education Consortium and their schedule of
events, you may visit http://www.nepdec.org/calendar/calendar_workshops.asp.
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Updated 1/29/07 -
Anthro. Major Conor Lyons (4th from left)
travels to Ethiopia -
(from the 1/29/07 BU TODAY page)____
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Quest
bikes through Ethiopia
Quest, BU's outdoor adventure program, held a mountain bike trip
through Ethiopia, including a crossing of the Omo River Gorge. The trip,
lead by Quest director Roy Smith, ran from Dec. 26 to Jan. 14. Shown
from left are participants: BU alumni Thom Fantaskey, William Healey,
David Briery, BU students Conor Lyons, Quest director Roy Smith,
Ethiopian host, Quest associate director Brett Simpson and BU students
Matt Long and Steve Maze.
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