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Fort St. Joseph Post - Summer 2014, Department Of Anthropology

Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project

Vol 5, No. 1 Table of Contents:

• Letter from the Project Director
• Field Season Summary
• Public Outreach
• Ongoing Research
• Project History and Highlights
• Alumni Updates
• Recent Outcomes
• Connecting the Past to the Present
• Conference Information

Labor And Vulnerability Among Pastoralists In Northern Kenya, Bilinda Straight

Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award (FRACAA)

The research preliminarily examines the embodied implications of a vulnerable relationship –Samburu grandparents and their young caregivers in the context of contemporary intercommunity violence, globalization, and resource scarcity. While children are recognized caregivers of adults in numerous contexts cross-culturally, including in developed nations like the U.S. and Britain, research on this issue is scant within anthropology and recent in other fields such as geography, medicine, and public health, where it has developed primarily since the 1990s.

Participant/Observer Spring 2014, Department Of Anthropology

Participant/Observer

A Newsletter of the Western Michigan University Department of Anthropology

• Faculty Spotlight: 2013 Emerging Scholar Kristina Wirtz
• Student Spotlight: Diane Roushangar
• Experiential Learning: Anthropology Students Collaborate in the Classroom, Lab, Museum, and Field
• Anthropology in the Community 2014: Apple Island, led by LouAnn Wurst
• Fort St. Joseph 2013-2014
• Drs Jackie Eng and Sarah Schrader engage middle and high school students with STEMulating careers
• WMU Anthropology graduate student Jamie Gomez presents at 40th Annual Paleopathology Meeting & Clayton Pilbro presents at 73rd Annual Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Anthropology Awards 2013-2014
• Faculty Research Corner: Dr. Jackie Eng, Dr. Britt Hartenberger, …