On February 19th, my Professional Development Anthropology class took our annual tour and listened to an excellent presentation from Career Counselor – Mr. John Stowe – of ECU’s Career Center. The Career Center is located at 701 East 5th Stree – across the street from the Art building and on the corner across from the … Read more
On February 27th, my Professional Development Anthropology class was very fortunate to receive a visit from the Graduate School. Dean Paul Gemperline and Director of Graduate Admissions Robin Ashley gave a thorough overview of the steps, procedures and major issues related to applying and going to graduate school particularly ECU’s graduate programs. It’s not often … Read more
On February 20th, my Professional Development Anthropology class visited the ECU Career Center located at 701 East 5th Street – across the street from the Art building and on the corner across from the Chancellor’s house. Our host was Jessie Langley – Liaison to the Thomas Harriot College of Liberal Arts. Although not all students … Read more
Today, my Professional Development Anthropology class visited Joyner Library to learn about using specific databases for conducting all types of anthropological research. Our host, Professor Bryna Coonin of Joyner Library Academic Services, provided an excellent overview and examples on how to use the library’s databases. We were located in the one of the computer rooms … Read more
Well, the spring semester 2013 is in full effect now that it’s the first week of February. I am in my regular rotation of courses for the spring semester which consist of the following courses: 1. ANTH 3252 – Medical Anthropology (DE) 2. ANTH 4501 – Professional Development Anthropology (Face-to-Face) 3. MPH 6008 – Ethnic … Read more
Well, it’s another great semester of Cultural Anthropology coming to an end. I had a wonderful time trying to present my lectures to this class in an innovative and straight-foward way. I was particularly delighted that this class REALLY interacted and engaged regularly with all of the lecture material and the class exercises. In fact, … Read more
On this October lecture day, I decided to take the class outside to conduct a brief fieldwork exercise in observing student behavior. Our cultural anthropology topic primarily focused upon economic issues and the concepts of economizing and maximizing. In this observation area, we were located in front of the student bookstore where alot of student … Read more
We are back! I want to welcome all the new and returning students at East Carolina University! During this fall 2012 semester, I teach one undergraduate course and one graduate course. The courses are: ANTH 2200 – Cultural Anthropology MPH 6007 – Global Public Health (DE) Each year presents a new set of challenges for … Read more
What another amazing semester with my Professional Development Anthropology class! Although this class was the smallest class that I had for this course, it actually was beneficial that it was this size. With only three students in the class, we were able to visit several ECU offices and administrators and learn much more information as … Read more
On April 4th, Mandy Dough presented her lecture for the 3rd Annual ECU Anthropology Alumni Lecture Series. Currently, Mandy is the UNC Online Proctoring Coordinator for the entire UNC university system. She graduated from the department of Anthropology with a B.A. degree and later acquired a Masters degree in Literature. Her area of speciality in … Read more