missiontosonora@yahoo.com

After a 32 year career at Johnson County Community College (Overland Park, KS) where she created, taught, and chaired the Anthropology Department, Rebecca Cramer has moved to Tucson, Arizona, to take up the life she loves as a desert rat and to devote more time to her writing.

She teaches now as adjunct faculty at Pima College and is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Arizona.

Beca, as she is called by those who know her well, received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and two Masters Degrees from the Universisty of Iowa.

Included in her extensive travels have been faculty exchanges to the Udmurt State University in central Russia and to Baronie College in the city of Breda in the Netherlands. She also recently completed a Fulbright Summer Seminar in Argentina which took her to Villa Maria and Cordoba on the Pampas, Buenas Aires, and the Andean region in the far north of the country.

She is the author of two novels in the Bluenight Mystery Series, Mission to Sonora and The View from Frog Mountain. A third, High Stakes at San Xavier, is forthcoming.

A film version of Mission to Sonora is in preproduction with Kreinbrink-Higgins Productions, Inc.

She has been a member of SACC since 1997.

Anthropology Faculty
Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
redwards@cabrillo.edu
(831) 479-6294

I have regularly taught Cultural, Archaeology, California Indians, North American Indians and a series of area courses since 1971. My education includes AA, San Francisco City College, 1961; BA San Francisco State University 1966; MA from UC Davis in 1969; and various additional graduate study and professional training from 1967-to 1997. Also a Registered Professional Archaeologist.

I have been interested in aspects of public education and in the teaching of introductory anthropology. Some of the organizations I have been active in over the years include 1) Bay Area Archaeological Cooperative, 2) Bay area Teachers of Anthropology, 3) A-1 Conferences of Introductory teachers of Anthropology of California, 4) California Consortium for Archaeological Technology (http://www.pathwaystoarchaeology.org/), and 5) the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges (since 1984) and SACC President (2007). I also was the Professional Advisor to the Santa Cruz Archaeological Society when it formed in 1972 and (with a few sabbaticals) continue in that role today.

My research in archaeology has been focused on the prehistoric and historic eras of California. In recent years I have carried out research/field classes on prehistoric sites and Spanish Colonial sites along the Central California Coast from Monterey to San Francisco and a mid-20th century Japanese- American site in the Pajaro Valley. In July 2007, we are returning to the Spanish Presidio of San Francisco.

Mt. San Jacinto College
1499 N. State St.
San Jacinto, CA 92583
pford@msjc.edu
(951) 487-6752

I am an archaeologist and occasionally carry out analyses of animal remains. At MSJC I teach the introductory courses in physical, cultural, and archaeology and also courses on California Indians, North American Indians, World Prehistory and the 200-level archaeology courses (one on excavation & recovery, the other on lab analysis). I’ve been fortunate to work with the development of the Western Center for Archaeology & Paleontology. The museum exhibits document the archaeology and paleontological work carried out prior to the making of Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet, CA. Sometimes I teach my MSJC classes at the museum (www.westerncentermuseum.org). I think that SACC Annual Meetings are, by far, the best professional meetings I have ever attend.

Professor, Department of Anthropology
Miramar College
10440 Black Mountain Road
San Diego, CA 92126
(619) 388-7534

1994, B.A., Anthropology, University of CA, San Diego
1996, M.A., Cultural Anthropology, University of CA, San Diego

Classes taught:
Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Intro to Physical Anthropology
The Cultures of Mexico

Adjunct Faculty
Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
km82@roadrunner.com

BA, MA, Calif. St. Univ., Fullerton.
Master’s Thesis: Japanese Tea Ritual in Orange County

Classes taught: Intro to Cultural Anthropology; Intro to Physical Anthropology; Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion; Anthropology of Religion (CSUF).

Interests: Applied cultural anthropology, global studies, belief systems, East Asia, Oceania, paleoanthropology, general archaeology, shamanism.

Professor of Anthropology Emeritus
Los Angeles Pierce College
6201 Winnetka Avenue
Woodland Hills, CA 91371
steinpl@piercecollege.edu
stein39@att.net

Philip L. Stein, a native of Los Angeles, received his BA in Zoology and MA in Anthropology from UCLA. He began teaching at Pierce College in 1965 and retired in 2009. During his 44 years at Pierce College he has held many academic and administrative positions, most currently Chair of the Department of Anthropological and Geographical Sciences. During the year before his retirement, he served on the college’s Academic Senate, Departmental Council, Academic Policy Committee, and chaired the Professional Ethics Committee. He has also taught at East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles City College and California State University, Northridge.

Professor Stein is a fellow of the American Anthropological Association and a past president of the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges. He is also a member of the American Anthropological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

He has co-authored two textbooks now in print: Physical Anthropology with Bruce Rowe (11th ed, 2014, McGraw-Hill) and The Anthropology of Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft with his daughter Rebecca Stein (4th ed., 2017, Routledge). In retirement he continues to teach online and in the college’s non-credit program for seniors.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Three Rivers Community College
7 Mahan Drive
Norwich, CT 06360
(860) 383-5216
whare@trcc.commnet.edu

Quinebaug Valley Community College
742 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239
BLynch@qvcc.commnet.edu

I was turned on to anthropology while finishing high school, through an introductory course at the local community college. At SUNY-Geneseo I majored in anthropology, receiving a BA in 1977. After my Masters in Theology in 1983 at St. John’s University (focused largely on Liberation Theology, Religion and Culture), I went for my M.A./Ph.D. in cultural anthropology at the University of Connecticut (1989-1992).

While at the University of Connecticut, I became a member of the original Society for Anthropology of North America, as my own interests and research in graduate school had been focused on what was earlier known as “studying up.” I did my graduate work in the late ‘80’s and early ‘90’s so by that time the “studying up” discussions in the discipline seemed like almost faint memories!

Currently I am a professor of anthropology and sociology at Quinebaug Valley Community College (QVCC), a small community college in rural northeastern Connecticut, as part of a 12 college state system. I have been here for almost 14 years and in this time have been the one-person Anthro./Soc. department. In general, we offer basic anthropology courses including: ANT 101 (the Five Field course); ANT 105 Intro. to Cultural Anthropology; ANT 118 Health, Healing and Culture; and ANT 133 Peoples of the World. We have several other courses on the books, but we find them difficult to fill as they don’t have the same program-fit and/or transferability as the ones we regularly offer.

Since starting at QVCC in the early 1990s, my growing focus has been on the development of effective teaching (both my own and that of my colleagues), involving the integration of new technologies (now part of the taken-for-granted landscape) into non-technical curriculum. It has also included serving as our college’s faculty-development coordinator. In addition, I have been committed to developing “learning outcomes assessment” as part of our everyday engagement in teaching and learning. This latter work has been a growing focus for me for more than three years or more, not only locally but also within our state system as well as on a regional and national level. Imagine! An anthropologist with a focus on the study of one’s own “culture” (college culture) and interested in studying within this culture how (and how effectively) we do what we think we do! But then, how the subjects of this culture receive my work is a whole other story! (Ask me about it some time!)

In all of this, SACC has been a wonderful, personable group with which to associate. The newsletter and the listserv both keep us connected to one another and to important discussions in our discipline and in our teaching.

MA (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, Canada)
BA, Anthropology major, African Studies Minor (University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada)
lbarkley@selkirk.ca

I am the lone instructor at Selkirk College in Castlegar, BC. The Community College is nestled in the Columbia Mountains, where we have to keep the doors of the College closed so that the black bears don’t come in! I teach introductory courses in biological/physical anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology, as well as ethnic relations and the anthropology of religion. Courses also include components on peace to complement the peace studies program.

My research interests focus on identity construction through narrative. Past research includes work with a “multi-racial” group of “immigrants” from South Africa about their identities in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa, and how these were affected by immigrating to Greater Vancouver, BC, Canada. Current research is examining the intersections between identity, place and occupation among family farmers and ranchers in Southern Alberta, as well as the impact of the Alberta oil boom and large-scale industrial farming on the viability of this way of life.

University of Guelph
tad.mcilwraith@uogueph.ca

I am an anthropology instructor at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. I teach an introductory course in cultural anthropology as well courses related to Indigenous peoples, public issues anthropology, and the Anthropology of Place. My research relates to Indigenous knowledge. I work with Indigenous communities in western Canada to document the local significance of wind and water. And, in those community partnerships, we are looking at the impact of hydro-electric dams and wind turbines on traditional practices. I recently published a short article about teaching first year anthropology students and the disorienting dilemmas that instructors use to help convey course concepts. The paper is freely available.

bmuckle@capilanou.ca

Bob teaches anthropology at Capilano University in North Vancouver, Canada. His primary teaching and research interests include archaeology and the Indigenous Peoples of North America. He joined SACC in 1999, and served several years on the executive, including a term as president. He directs local archaeology research projects, and writes extensively about anthropology. Since 2012 he has written a monthly column called ‘Archaeology in North America’ for the American Anthropological Association’s on-line Anthropology News, and he has authored, co-authored, or edited several anthropology textbooks.

Anthropology Program Head
Assistant Professor Anthropology
President: Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges
College of Western Idaho
5500 East Opportunity Drive, Nampa, ID 83687
208-562-3403
nikkigorrell@cwidaho.cc

After attaining both her B.A. (2002) and M.A. (2008) in Anthropology from Boise State University, Nikki began her teaching career at the College of Western Idaho in 2010. Her passion for Anthropology has led her to conduct field research in various countries around the world including the British Isles, the Basque Country, Poland, Turkey and Guatemala. Her research interests consist of indigenous populations and their adaptive strategies for autonomy and revitalization. Her area of concentration is the Basques, the native Europeans that have thrived longer on the continent than any other group. In addition, Nikki researches the contemporary Mayans of Guatemala and Mexico, with whom she has spent several months of intensive fieldwork in the past few years. In 2016 Nikki began her tenure as President of the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges and is looking forward to hosting SACCFest in Boise, Idaho April 5-8 2017!

Adjunct Professor of Anthropology

Social and Behavioral Sciences Sub Division
College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn IL 60137
(630)942-2800 EXT.57617
ariyarat@cod.edu

Social and Business Sciences
Heartland Community College
1500 W. Raab Road
Normal IL 61761
(309)268-8595
ari.ariyaratne@heartland.edu

I am a cultural anthropologist and a competent generalist with a broad training in all major sub-disciplines of general anthropology. I received my Ph. D. in cultural anthropology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For my doctoral dissertation, I have conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the village of Kandalama, North Central Sri Lanka. I have presented papers on this research at the meetings of Annual Madison Conference on South Asia, American Institute of Sri Lanka Studies (AISLS), and South Asian and Middle Eastern Brown Bag Lecture Series, University of Illinois.

I have also presented papers on anthropological pedagogy at the meetings of Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Central States Anthropological Society (CSAS), and Society for Anthropology at Community Colleges (SACC).

I have taught anthropology for University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL (2001), Parkland College, Champaign, IL (2002-2004), and Eureka College, Eureka, IL (2006).

Currently, I teach anthropology for College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL, and Heartland Community College, Normal, IL. For both of these colleges, I teach the following courses: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Introduction to General Anthropology, and People and Cultures of World: South Asia . I offer these courses by using hybrid format (a mixture of traditional teaching methods such as lecture and discussion, and online pedagogical features such as online class notes, power point presentations, original online readings from anthropological literature, and streaming videos) and fully online format.

My research interests include Cultural Anthropology, Anthropological Pedagogy, Ethnography of State, South Asia, and Sri Lanka.

Wilbur Wright College, Social Sciences Department
4300 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago, IL 60634
shart9@ccc.edu
733-481-8353

BA, Sociology, Beloit College
MA, Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago
MA, Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz

Right now, I teach classes in Cultural Anthropology (Anthro. 202), The Study of Society (Soc. 201) and Race and Ethnic Relations (Soc. 211). I am in the process of developing a core course in Global Studies for a new program, and I’m hoping to develop a course in Museum Anthropology in the next decade or so. My syllabi are available upon request.

I am newly hired at Wilbur Wright College as a full time faculty member; I am the only full time Anthropology instructor and one of two Sociology instructors. Before being hired at Wright, I was a full time instructor (non-tenure-track) at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. While there, I taught a wide variety of courses in Sociology, including Field Methods, Classical Theory, Contemporary Theory, American Woman: Changing Image, Sociology of Sexuality, and many more.

Before going to graduate school, I was lucky enough to be hired as an exhibit developer for Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. I was an assistant developer for a small, interactive exhibit called “Families at Work” (taken down in 2000) and a developer for the Field’s Africa Exhibit (installed in 1993 and still there). This experience is what led me to graduate school in Anthropology.

I am currently in the “revise-and-resubmit” phase of completing my doctoral dissertation, entitled “Things from Home.” It’s a study of how African Americans and Jewish Americans use objects in their homes to construct and perform their racial/ethnic/religious identity. I am hoping to graduate with my PhD in Sociology before the end of 2007 from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Adjunct faculty
Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Joliet Junior College
Joliet, Illinois
815-729-9020; anthropmor@aol.com

BS, MA University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC)

Teaches at Joliet Junior College and National Lewis University
Photograph of Mike excavating at a site in Belgium.

Classes taught at JJC: Introduction to Anthropology, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Multicultural Societies, Introduction to Sociology, History of Horticulture.

Classes taught at National Lewis University: Introduction to Anthropology, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Anthropology of Gender, and South American Cultures.

At UIC: Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Physical Anthropology II, Human Origins, Natural Science 105, and Human Evolution.

Mike is trying to add Intro to Archaeology to the line up at JJC. He also would like to see Anthropology available in more schools and at more grade levels.

Faculty emeritus, Des Moines Area Community College
650 48th St., Des Moines, IA 50312.
515-255-0975
lloyd.miller@mchsi.com
Editor, Teaching Anthropology: SACC Notes and Contributing Editor (for SACC’s Section column), Anthropology News.

It is with great sadness that our friend, Lloyd Miller, has recently passed. We leave his profile here out of deep respect for his contributions to SACC for many years.

He obtained BA and MA degrees from the U Wisconsin-Madison and taught anthropology and Spanish at Kankakee CC (1968-70) and Des Moines Area CC (1970 until retirement in 2000). From 1974-81 he was administrative director of Social and Behavioral Sciences at DMACC. He joined SACC at the Mérida Conference in 1990 and edited its publication and AND column from 1991 until he stepped down in 2014.

During his career, he conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the village of Chan Kom and elsewhere in the Yucatán, and presented papers on this research at meetings of the AAA, Central States Anthropological Society and SACC (