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Dr. Philip G. Groth, Associate Professor of Sociology at the UW-Rock County campus, was the 2000-2001 recipient of the UW Colleges Barrington/Musolf Faculty Research Award. The award was conferred for an article Dr. Groth published entitled, "The Human Ecology of Louisiana Shrimp Fishing," in The Journal of Applied Sociology (Vol. 18, No. 1, 2001). The research was the culmination of a long-term, applied study with a thoughtful application of a theoretical model to empirical data. Dr. Ronald Lippi of the UW-Marathon was the 1999-2000 recipient of the Barrington/Musolf Faculty Research Award.

Dr. Thomas C. Pleger, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the UW-Fox Valley, was appointed to the position of Associate Dean of the UW-Fox Valley for the 2001-2002 academic year. He will contine to teach at the campus on a half time basis.

Dr. Pleger was honored by the Wisconsin Archaeological Society on September 16, 2001 as the recipient of the Lapham Research Medal for distinguished service in anthropological research in Wisconsin. The prestigious honor marked the second time a UW Colleges Anthropologist has won the award. Dr. Carol I. Mason, Professor Emeritus at the UW-Fox Valley, was the 1982 receipient of the honor for her distinguished contributions to Wisconsin archaeology.

NEW FACES:

The Department welcomes Dr. Joseph Downer-Marcel as Sociologist at the UW-Sheboygan in the Fall, 2001. Dr. Downer-Marcel earned his M.A. in Sociology at the Sta. Maria La Antigua, Panama, and his Ph.D. in Sociology/Urban Studies at Michigan State University.

The Department is pleased to announce the appointment of five new tenure-track faculty. They began their appointments in the fall, 2000.

Dr. Allan Meyers was appointed to the permanent tenure-track Anthropology position at the UW Rock County effective in the Fall, 2000. Dr. Meyers received his Ph.D. from Texas A & M University in 1998. During 1999-2000, he was a Visiting Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at Centenary College in Shreveport, LA. Dr. Meyers has extensive archaeological experience in five southeastern states and the Yucatan, Mexico. He is currently working on an interdisciplinary project in the Yucatan excavating a eighteenth/nineteenth century sugar plantation.

Dr. Thomas Pleger, Ph.D., was appointed to the permanent tenure track Anthropology position at the UW-Fox Valley effective in the Fall, 2000. Dr. Pleger has been an Instructor of Anthropology at UW-Fox Valley for the past two years, and was a key force in creating the Archaeology Articulation Agreement between the UW-Fox Valley and the UW-La Crosse.

Dr. Douglas Forbes was appointed Assistant Professor of Sociology at the UW-Marshfield/Wood County. Dr. Forbes received his M.A. in Sociology in 1986 from Southwest Texas State University; and his Ph.D. in Sociology in 1992 from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Christopher Hays was appointed to a joint position as Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the UW-Fond du Lac and the UW-Washington County. Dr. Hays received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the SUNY-Binghamton. His Ph.D. was conferred in 1995.

Dr. Ronald Gulotta was appointed Assistant Professor of Sociology at the UW-Sheboygan. He transferred to the UW-Waukesha faculty following the retirement of Dr. Rejoice Sithole in May, 2001.

The Department welcomes several new Lecturers, including David Tabachnick and Stephen Halesbsky at the UW-Richland Center; and Janet M. Speth at the UW-Fox Valley.

A new feature of the department site is a Meeting Calendar which compiles a listing of some national and regional meetings of interest to sociologists and anthropologists alike. If anyone has a favorite conference or symposium they which added to the calendar, please contact the web master with the details. The Meeting Calendar can be accessed directly from the main page, or from Faculty Resources.

Dr. Thomas Pleger of the UW-Fox Valley recently announced the forging of a Program to Program Articulation Agreement between the UW Fox Valley Anthropology Program and the UW-LaCrosse Archaeological Studies Program.

UW-Rock was the latest UW College campus to join an articulation agreement with the UW-Milwaukee to offer students a unique BA program in Organizational Administration, with the possibility of a minor in Business. Sociology is one of the unique programatic study areas for the new BA. The Organizational Administration Degree is also available at the UW-Waukesha; UW-Waukesha; and the UW-Sheboygan. Interested students or faculty should contact their local Student Services office for additional details.

What's new on the Anthropology WEB HAWG? Plenty. The"Invitation to Anthropology"section compiles a number of internet resources of interest to undergraduate students with questions about anthropology's relevance to their education or future career paths. Several HTML versions of documentary materials about the exploration of the American West are available in the North American Indians section. A recent addition includes links to the archival documents online through Yale Law School's Avalon Project. These records include the account of the Pueblo Indian Revolt, Report of Coronado, the (Amazing) Adventures of Cabeza De Vaca, and excerpts from the Journals of Lewis and Clark. There are new additions to the Archaeology of North America as well, including new mesoamerican near east archaeological links. Recent additions to the web page since the last update are now marked as "NEW" immediately to the right of the entry. Hopefully, this change will facilitate perusal of the internet resources. A number of new archaeological sites, and sites about Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective were recently added.

What's new on the Sociology WEB HAWG? Some. The"Invitation to Sociology" section compiles a number of internet resources addressing questions or concerns students express about the relevance of Sociology to their general field of study or future career path. Like the Anthropology WEB HAWG, it now shows recent additions to the web page since the last update as "NEW" immediately to the right of the entry. Readers will find new additions to Crime and Criminal Justice; Population; Economics/Labor and much more. Many of the recent additions reflect the departmental interest in a global perspective of Sociology.

The Student Resources was subdivided into new sections on "Invitation to Anthropology," and "Invitation to Sociology," parallel to the WEB HAWG's. They feature sites with such anthropological and sociological topics as, "What is Culture?" "What is Anthropology?" And, "Careers in Anthropology and Sociology." A new section on Writing Skills was just added to the collection. There are a number of new listings in the Employment section of Student Resources with internships in archeology and museum studies, and employment/job search sites.

The Faculty Resources page now makes it easier than ever to locate and identify funding and grant opportunities on the world-wide-web. Several new additions include links to Parlimentary procedure and university governance, electronic collaboration, and teaching theories and methodologies.Faculty Resources features a new section on Benefits and Retirement Planning, along with several new additions to the Governance and Personnel sections, including the 1998-1999 University "Red Book" campus budgets. A number of new sites dealing with the issue of asynchronous learning networks, distance education, and technology centers, copyright law, faculty ownership of online course materials, and assessing distance education have been added to "Web based Teaching and Research." Faculty will find many resources about Distance Education, including links to the UW Systems Teaching with Technology Today online Newletter.

And, someone looking for a smile might find it under "Humor" where several sites with university/professional humor are posted.

The Ready Reference Desk has expanded to include new sections on Libraries, Health and Medicine and Databases and Bibliographies. There are new additions in the Government Resources category, and several important databases of European demographic, sociological, and political records. Several additions to the Dictionary and Encyclopedia sections add to the growing collection.

Regretfully, the department's Cyber-Syllabi section was eliminated as faculty members neglect to notify the web-meister of the URL location of their course outlines and syllabus. Check your local campus web site for course outlines posted on the web.

Prof. Ron Lippi launched a newsletter to update faculty, colleagues, and friends about the departmental activities. If you didn't receive a copy, or if you have an addition to the newsletter, Prof. Lippi directly.

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Written and created by Janice Pierce on 08-31-98 for the Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, UW Colleges. Last updated on 10/05/01. If you have comments, suggestions, additions or corrections to this page, please contact Janice Pierce.