FACULTY ACTIVITIES:

• Dr. Charles Ewen published  a  book,  Pieces  of  Eight:  More  Archaeology  of  Piracy,  with  co-­‐editor,  Russell  Skowronek,  University  Presses  of  Florida  (Jan.  2016)

• Dr. Holly Mathews has a chapter, “The Cultural Construction of Illness, Identity and Survivorship,” in Cáncer y Sociedad: Múltiples Miradas, Enfoques, Recortes, published by the Argentina Ministry of Health for the Spanish-speaking world.

• Dr. Megan Perry published an article with two of her former MA students, K. Parker, and R.T. Montgomery, “Homicide at Early Islamic Qasr Hallabat” in Near Eastern Archaeology (2015) 78: 236-246. She also presented papers at the Institute Franҫais du Proche-Orient in Amman in September and the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge University in December and two co-authored papers with students in November.

• Dr. Christine Avenarius spent the fall semester as Visiting Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg. She also presented an invited lecture, “Network Structure and Value Shifts in China: Explaining Preferences in Rural and Urban Conflict Resolution,” at the Max Planck Institute for Ethnology, Halle, Germany.  

STUDENT ACTIVITIES:

• BA graduate Marli Richmond was admitted to the MA program in bio-anthropology at George Washington University.

• BA graduate and SECU summer intern Haley Drabek accepted a position with the Journey Museum in Rapid City, South Dakota

• MA graduate Kathryn Parker accepted a position with SEARCH, a nationwide contract archaeology firm

• MA graduate Dan Baicy is field director for Thunderbird Archaeology and was part of a team that recently discovered remains of a revolutionary period ship in Old Town Alexandria while excavating in preparation for waterfront redevelopment.

January, 2016 VOL 4, ISSUE 2

The Department of Anthropology formed a new Advancement Council to provide advocacy, consultation, and financial support for the Department and the continuing development of its programs. Pictured  (left  to  right)  are  members:  Martha  Marble,  Ron  Kemp,  Randy  Daniel,  Aaron  Bowman,  Amar  Singh,  Denard  Harris,  Brent  Lane    

               *GIVE  TO  ANTHROPOLOGY*    http://www.ecu.edu/cs-­‐cas/anth/Give-­‐to-­‐Anth.cfm    

ECU ANTHROPOLOGY ACTIVITIES

Welcome to our newest faculty member, Dr. Cynthia Grace-McCaskey. She  has  a  PhD  in  applied  anthropology  from  the  University  of  South  Florida  and  most  recently  worked  for  the  NOAA  Pacific  Islands  Fisheries  Science  Center  and  Univ.  of  Hawaii’s  Joint  Institute  for  Marine  and  Atmospheric  Science  as  a  social  science  program  officer.