Anthropology

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6.3.10
Campus news

Kathleen Saunders, an instructor in the Department of Anthropology at Western Washington University, has been named the recipient of the 2009-2010 Ronald Kleinknecht Excellence in Teaching Award for Non-Tenure-Track faculty from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

From the award announcement:

5.7.10
Faculty publication

Western Washington University students Daniel Moser (will graduate with a degree in Chemistry in spring 2010) and Geoff Melly (Biology/Anthropology, fall 2010) and faculty member Gregory O'Neil (Chemistry) attended the American Chemical Society Puget Sound Section Undergraduate Research Symposium at Central Washington University.

5.3.10
Campus news

The Department of Anthropology at Western Washington University welcomed a delegation from Brunei Darussalam to campus on Saturday, May 1.

Pahin Dato Seri Setia Lim Jock Seng, Brunei minister of foreign affairs, and Dato Yusoff Abd Hamid, ambassador to the United States, made a special trip to WWU with their delegation while passing through Seattle on their way to Washington, D.C. The purpose of the trip was to visit Linda Kimball, professor emerita of anthropology at WWU. Kimball is a noted scholar on Brunei Malay language and culture.

2.8.10
Campus news

Faculty members from the anthropology, sociology and environmental studies departments are getting together from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, in Academic Instructional Center West Room 204 to discuss the recent earthquake and ongoing humanitarian situation in Haiti, says Scott Miles, an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at Western Washington University.

12.16.09
In the media
For the past 21 years, Viva Barnes has been measuring her life in 12-week increments and batches of flashcards. In 1988, the single mother began taking one class per quarter while she worked in Western Washington University's cashier office. On Saturday, Dec. 12, Barnes, now 55, graduated from Western with two degrees. "That felt great," said Barnes, who now works in the anthropology department and hopes to stay there. "I felt like I actually accomplished something. I feel like I walk taller. I feel proud of myself."
10.26.09
Campus news
Anthropology | presentation

The public is invited to an upcoming series of presentations and discussions on critical policy issues associated with immigration. The presentations are scheduled as part of the Western Washington University course "Global Migration," Anthropology 475.