In my Cultural Anthropology course – ANTH 2200, we normally go outside on a regular basis to have classes. The major reason that I have always taken my classes outside is to get all of my students an opportunity to get out of the building and experience anthropology in a different setting. On this day, … Read more
WE ARE BACK!! The start of the Fall 2010 semester is in full swing and the excitement of another academic year at East Carolina University is upon us! It’s always exciting to see the new set of students and the returning students come back to ECU. They are filled with energy, enthusiam, optimism, and uncertainty … Read more
Well, another African American Health course is completed and I had another great, fantastic and fast-paced time teaching this online course! Now that this African American course is established during the Summer 1 session (mid-May-end of June), I have re-worked much of the lecture material to make sure students recognize the major themes that I … Read more
On March 31st, 2010, ECU Alumni, Lisa Leone – became the third and final esteemed anthropology alumni for our inaugural season to present her thoughts and humorous comments on what it takes to become a “professional anthropologist.” Lisa is a Senior Autopsy Assistant with the Pitt County Medical Examiner’s Office. She graduated with an Masters … Read more
On March 24th, 2010, ECU Alumni — Kelly Simpson — became the second esteemed anthropology alumni to present her thoughts and insightful comments on what it takes to become a “professional anthropologist.” Dr. Simpson received her M.A. from ECU’s anthropology department in 2003 and her faculty advisor was Dr. Holly Mathews. At ECU, Kelly’s master … Read more
On March 3, 2010, ECU Alumni — Robert Patterson — kicked off the brand new ECU Anthropology Alumni Lectures at my Professional Development Anthropology class. Recognizing a need to connect anthropology alumni with current anthropology students, I developed this series so that formers students can show current students some of the steps in which they … Read more
On February 10th, the Director of the Career Center — Mr. Jim McAtee — visited the Professional Development Anthropology class and talked about “Debt and Finances.” Not surprisingly, many students never had the opportunity to get expert advice about their college debt and fianances, so that’s why I invited Mr. McAtee back to this class … Read more
On January 27th, my spring Professional Development Anthropology class visited the ECU’s Career Center. Although this course is designed to get students to recognize what type of practical skills they have acquired through their coursework, I am actually giving students an opportunity to prepare for the job market before they graduate from ECU. Thus, I … Read more
Greetings Everyone, It’s another exciting Spring semester in which I get to teach my Ethnic Health and Health Disparities course in the distance education, online approach. This course continues to be one of a kind in the nation simply because ethnic health and health disparities is a tough and sensitive curriculum topic to teach even … Read more
Greetings Everyone, I am looking forward again to teaching my Medical Anthropology course in Distance Education (DE) mode for the Spring semester primarily because it offers students the flexibilty to take this upper level course as well an opportunity for me to incorporate the latest technology and course content material that address as many of … Read more