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Clan Destiny 2018 Chico State Department of Anthropology Issue 36
CLAN DESTINY
Chico State Department of Anthropology Spring 2018
A Message from the Chair
The View from 311B
These past several years have been momentous
for the Anthropology Department as a whole, rep-
resenting professional success not just for the ex-
ceptional individuals who constitute our faculty, but
continuing the tradition of excellence established
by those who built this program in the first place.
We have hired three new tenure track colleagues:
Dr. Will Nitzky (cultural and museum studies), Dr.
Carly Whelan (archaeology), and Dr. Ashley Ken-
dell (forensics, and with an MA earned here in
2010). We have been awarded accolades not only
for our work products (books, casework, films, ex-
hibits, lectures, etc.), but even for management of
the department offices. Respected senior col-
leagues have retired (Dr. Bayham, Dr. Loker, Dr.
Martinez, Dr. Willey). And some have returned to
teach part time (Dr. Loker and Dr. Willey). Our la- Dr. P Willey featured in Chico Insider for his T. Dale Steward Award for his
boratories continue to perform their missions, ex- lifetime accomplishments and contributions in forensic anthropology,
ceeding expectations, and occasionally even ca- April 2018.
pacity. The Archaeology Laboratory has made
great strides curating existing materials and ampli- intimately involved in forensic casework,
fying the teaching collection. The Advanced Labor- archaeological investigation, exhibit de-
atory for Visual Anthropology has earned a second sign and preparation, film production, and
Emmy Award and the Governor’s Award for Histor- cross cultural comparative analyses. In
ic Preservation, as well as shepherding a suite of short, anthropology at CSU Chico contin-
films onto the national PBS satellite TV network. ues to be complex, dynamic, innovative,
The Human ID Laboratory has conducted work on and unpredictable. It has been my distinct
large numbers of cases, each year more than the honor to serve such admirable colleagues
one before, with over 100 cases last year, and as Chair. I am confident that our new
2018 shaping up so far to break even that impres- Chair, Dr. Georgia Fox, will exceed even
sive record. The Valene L. Smith Museum of An- our elevated expectations in the years to
thropology has mounted annual exhibits that have come.
garnered attention and accolades from many cor-
ners, including C-Span TV. And our students re- Dr. Jesse Dizard
main inspiring, and at the heart of what we do,
Department Chair 2015-2018
Clan Destiny 2018 Chico State Department of Anthropology Issue 36
Department
Highlights
In past 3 years, the members of the
Anthropology Department have had many
exciting accomplishments. Students also
joined in on the fun and showed that the
Anthropology Department is producing
outstanding individuals.
Below you can read about some of the
Dr. Colleen Milligan presented with the 2016 Outstanding Research Mentor Award. outstanding highlights that have swept
the Anthropology Department in the last 3
years!
Dr. Colleen Milligan awarded 2015 Myles Tracy Outstanding Stu-
dent Organization Advisor Award
Adrienne Scott was selected as student speaker for the May 2015
Master’s Commencement (receiving her MA in Education)
KRCR News Featured the Human Identification Lab and the An-
thropology Forensic Archaeology: Field Recovery Methods
Class in June 2015
ALVA awarded the 44th 2014-2015 Historic/Cultural-Program/
Special Northern California Area Emmy Award June 2015
Dr. Eric Bartelink was quoted in The New York Times article What
Dead Pigs Can’t Teach Us About CSI, June 2016
Dr. Eric Bartelink received the 2016 Research Impact Award
Adrienne Scott received the 2016 Superintendent’s Award for Ex- Dr. Brian Brazeal selected for as the 2017 BSS Faculty
Colloquium Speaker
cellence in Museum Education for her Museum-in-the-Classroom
Dr. Colleen Milligan was awarded the 2016 Outstanding Research
Mentor Award
Dr. Jesse Dizard was awarded the 2016 Paul Maslin
Environmental Stewardship Award
Dr. Brian Brazeal selected as 2016-2017 Outstanding Research
Mentor
Dr. Brian Brazeal awarded CSU Chico 2016-2017 Professional
Achievement Honors
Dr. Jesse Dizard is presented with award from SCOOP president,
naming the Anthropology Department office a Tier 3 office for its
Dr. Eric Bartelink awarded CSU Chico 2016- 2017 Professional sustainability practices
Achievement Honors
Faculty, staff and two grad students featured in article “Bones
Abroad” in Inside Chico, February 2017
Professor Emerita Valene L. Smith was featured in Inside
Chico State for her donated gift expanding the Valene L. Smith
Museum of Anthropology, February 14, 2017
C-SPAN featured Dr. William Nitzky regarding Hmong Reflec-
tions: Stories of our Own exhibit at the Valene L. Smith
Museum of Anthropology March 7, 2017
C-SPAN featured Dr. Jesse Dizard regarding the history and
story behind the Nome Cult Trail, March 8, 2017
Dr. Eric Bartelink announced selected as a Lantis Endowed Dr. Jesse Dizard and Dr. Brian Brazeal promoted to full professors,
University Chair April 2018
($40,000 award to advance his research and student centered pro-
jects) , April 25, 2017
Our Advanced Laboratory for Visual Anthropology was featured on
NBC Bay Area, April 2017
ALVA film "A Walk Through Time" has been nominated for a region-
al Emmy award in the "Cultural/Historical Program" category, May
2017
CSU, Chico Emeritus and Retired Faculty and Staff Associa-
tion inducted Dr. Antoinette Martinez into the Hall of Honor May
11, 2017
Adrienne Scott and Amy Huberland received their 15-year CSU,
Chico pin at the 46th Annual Staff Awards Luncheon. May 2017
Dan Bruns and Dino Beltran hold their Emmy’s for “A Walk
Through Time”, 2017
Action News interviewed Dr. Colleen Milligan regarding the Na-
tional Department of Justice $900,000 grant to research water transport of human remains in the Sacramen-
to River, May 2017
ALVA Film “A Walk Through Time” has been awarded an Historic/Cultural: Program/Special Emmy Award at
the 2017 46th Annual Northern California Area Emmy Awards Gala. June 2017
Lisa Westwood was mentioned in USA Today July 18, 2017 “Professor says that Apollo 11 moon-landing
site should be name a National Historic Landmark”
Dr. Eric Bartelink was quoted in the LA Times June 24, 2017 “Scientists make water bottles the old-
fashioned way to see if they were toxic to early Californians”
Lisa Westwood was quoted in the Aug 2017 National Geographic magazine “New Moon Race Endangers
Historic Space Artifacts”
Dr. P. Willey is featured in Chico State's Experience Excellence 2017! Mentioned he is to receive the T.
Dale Stewart Award for outstanding lifetime contribution to forensic anthropology this upcoming
year, awarded by the Anthropology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences
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P. Willey was interviewed for Inside Chico State, Trail Angels Bring Magic to Pacific Crest Trail in the Sept
11, 2017 Vol 48, Issue 1. Regarding P’s yearly tradition of providing food and drink to those on the Pacific
Crest Trail
In November, the student run Sustainability Consultations of Office Practices (SCOOP) evaluated
our CSU Chico Anthropology Dept on our sustainability initiatives. On Nov 29, 2017 they awarded our
department the Tier 3 Green Office Certification (they said it was the highest award a department can
achieve)
Dr. Brian Brazeal selected as 2017 BSS Faculty Colloquium Speaker on Dec 4, 2017, talk entitled “The
Wealth of Sinners: Violence and Virtue in the Global Emerald Trade”
Human Identification Lab reaches a record amount of cases, surpassing the 100 case mark in 2017
Valene L. Smith winner of the 2018 14th UNWTO Ulysses
Prize Laureate for Excellence in the Creation and Dissemination of
Knowledge in Tourism
Dr. P. Willey received the T. Dale Steward Award for his lifetime ac-
complishments and contributions in forensic anthropology at the AAFS
70th Annual Scientific Meeting Feb 2018
Dr. Eric Bartelink won the Ellis R. Kerley Award for the best paper
submitted to the American Acad-
emy of Forensic Sciences 70th
Annual Scientific Meeting in the
Anthropology section. Eric was
Valene Smith at the Museum of Anthropology,
January 2018 also nominated/accepted to the
Board of Directors for the Ameri-
can Academy of Forensic Sciences as the Anthropology Section’s
representative to the AAFS. Feb 2018
Dr. William Nitzky was interviewed by Action News Febrary 21,
2018 regarding the Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology's Im-
prisoned at Home exhibit and The Reflections on Civil Liberties
Film and Lecture series.
Dr. Ariane Belanger-
Vincent selected as one
of five finalists for the Best
Academic Record in the
Category of Ph.D. with a Dr. Eric Bartelink and Dr. P Willey at the
dissertation in the School of 70th Annual AAFS Meeting, April 2018
Social Sciences for the AY
2015-2016. March 2018.
Melody Yeager is awarded with the Paul Persons
Sustainability Award. March 2018
Dr. Jesse Dizard and Dr. Brian Brazeal promoted to Full
Professors, April 2018
Melody Yeager presented with the Paul Persons Sustainabil-
ity Award, March 2018
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Student Highlights
Anthropology Student Lowell Thomas was the
winner of the 2016 BSS Outstanding Master’s
Thesis
Double Major Anth/Political Science student David
Linville received CSU Chico Advisory Board 2017
Outstanding Student Service Award David Linville
Graduate Student Martha Diaz was selected to be
Graduate Speaker at May 2017 Graduation
Graduate Student Derek Boyd selected as the
2016-2017 CSU, Chico Outstanding Thesis Win-
ner
NBC Bay Area Asian Pacific America with Rob-
ert Handa discusses ALVA film "Stories in Thread:
Hmong Textiles" with Chico State anthropology
graduate students Tamera Maxey and Dayne
Martha Diaz
Gradone. April 2017
Graduate student Martha Diaz was featured in the
Chico Statements Spring 2017 issue. The article
featured Martha's work interning at
the Colibri Center and Pima County Medi-
cal Examiners Office
Graduate Student Dayne Gradone recipient of
2017-2018 Lt. Robert Merton Rawlins award. July
2017
Dayne Gradone
Three Graduate students participate in CSU,
Chico’s 32nd Annual Student Research Competi-
tion and take home the prize! First Place -
Dayne Gradone, Second Place – Valerie
Sgheiza, and Third Place – Ashlynn Weaver.
March 2018
Graduate students Katie Jorgenson and Noel
Jones win the Student Paper Award and Josh
Nowakowski wins the Rozaire Award for re-
search at the Society for California Archaeology
2018 conference
Dr. Carly Whelan and Lisa Westwood with graduate students at
the SCA meeting 2018
Clan Destiny 2018 Chico State Department of Anthropology Issue 36
Advanced Laboratory of Visual
Anthropology (ALVA)
Don’t touch that dial. The Advanced Laboratory for Visual
Anthropology, known to its friends as ALVA, has had a rol-
licking time over the past few years. We won Emmy
Awards for Matt Ritenour’s “The Impact of the Frolic” and
Dan Bruns’ “A Walk Through Time.” We’ve completed films
on Hmong Textiles, “Stories in Thread” by Tamara Maxey;
Japanese Internment, “Mr. Tanimoto’s Journey,” by Jesse
Dizard and antibiotic resistance, “Potter’s Field,” by Christi-
na Jeffries-Kinney. We released our first feature length
film, “Illusions In Stone,” by Brian Brazeal. And we have
ALVA Cinematographer Matt Ritenour, takes to the skies over Northern California in
several more projects in the works, so stay tuned… search of B-Roll.
The Human Identification Lab received a large grant from the National Insti-
tute of Justice to study the fluvial transport of
The Human ID Lab continues to be a busy place with human remains in the Sacramento River. This
both forensic casework and outdoor scene recoveries. project will result in the development of a web-
Our recovery team has been all over the north state, and based app that will aid in searching for missing
our caseload has grown by leaps and bounds over the persons in riverine systems.
past few years. The lab is now averaging about two cas-
After 28 long years of service, Dr. P. Willey
es per week, and about one recovery every other week.
announced his retirement. P. continues to be
We are very thankful for Alex and our many interns and
active in forensic casework and in research
graduate students for their tremendous work at scene re-
projects in the lab. In 2017, Dr. Ashley Kendell
coveries and in the Human ID Lab. Alex continues to per-
joined the faculty in the Anthropology Depart-
form her duties
ment, ensur-
masterfully, and
ing that our
keep the lab run-
program will
ning like a well-
remain ro-
oiled machine.
bust in the
In addition to the years to
volume of case- come. Also
work, we have in 2017, Dr.
several ongoing Milligan be-
bioarchaeological came the
research projects Human ID
involving a pauper A Chico State Reunion at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences meeting including professors, past and present Lab’s co-
cemetery from Santa Clara County and an ossuary as- director and Dr. Kendell is starting the transi-
semblage of human bones from Fort Mason in San Fran- tion toward becoming the official coordinator of
cisco. In 2017, Drs. Colleen Milligan and Eric Bartelink the Certificate in Forensic Identification.
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The Archaeology Lab
The Archaeology Laboratory bustles Archaeology Northern Data Sharing goal is to identify spatial patterning of
with activity! Undergraduate and Meeting, in Vallejo. Katie and Noel plan activities that can be used as infer-
graduate students work diligently to present additional information at the ence for small scale questions con-
analyzing artifacts, preparing field- 2018 Society for California Archaeology cerning features and artifact clustering
work reports, writing conference Conference in San Diego. and composition commonly found in
presentations, and re-housing ar- the archaeological record of nomadic
chaeological Under the cultures.
collections. Direction of
Dr. Whelan, Additionally, participants in the Ar-
In the summer undergradu- chaeological Curation Internship over
of 2017, stu- ate Kevin the past several semesters have been
dents working Wells col- working to re-house archaeological
with the Ar- lected obsid- collections stored in the Archaeology
chaeological ian samples Curation Facility. By doing this, stu-
Research Pro- from Nevada dents insure that collections are well
gram travelled and Oregon. cared for and available to future ar-
to northwest These sam- chaeologists for research.
Nevada to pre- Chico State Anthropology Students Survey the High Desert of Northwest
ples will to
form archaeo- be used in Finally, in October 2017, the Anthro-
logical surveys in the high desert, the Arch Lab’s obsidian source
where numerous prehistoric archaeo- type collection. Using the lab’s
logical sites were recorded. Students portable X-Ray fluorescence
also conducted surveys on the Sac- spectrometer, Dr. Whelan and
ramento River, collaborating with the her students will identify unique
Geographic Information Center at suites of trace elements in ob-
CSU, Chico. Currently students are sidian samples. Archaeologists
preparing the reports that detail the can use this information to identi-
findings of these surveys. fy the origins of obsidian found
on archaeological sites.
Graduate students Caity Bishop and
Dr. Matthew O'Brien demonstrates Flint Knapping techniques
Katie Jorgensen are currently work- Since 2015, graduate students
ing with Dr. Whelan to analyze and have assisted with the photogrammetry pology Graduates Student Association
catalog artifacts work associat- organized several events for Califor-
from sites in the ed with Dr. nia Archaeology Month. The students
Big Chico Creek O’Brien’s Mon- hosted a movie night, a flint knapping
Ecological Re- golia Ethnoar- demonstration with the help of Dr.
serve, excavated chaeology Pro- O’Brien, and a children’s event hosted
by previous Ar- ject (DEP). at the Chico Public Library.
chaeological Field Current gradu-
Methods courses. ate students
In the spring of Noel Jones
2017, Dr. Saraya Rider Rehouses a Collection as Part of the Archaeology
and Cecily
Whelan’s Lab Meth- Curation Internship Merwin are tak-
ods course ana- ing time lapse
lyzed artifacts from an archaeological photographs from Dukha reindeer camps
site in Sacramento County. Noel in northern Mongolia to map the loca-
Jones presented portions of their tions of people and animals from the pre-
Archaeology students, Corey and Noel at the
analysis at the Society for California vious five field seasons. The research Sacramento River
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The Northeast Information Center
Greetings from the NEIC! We have gist Richard Jenkins). The 2017 Current NEIC staff include: Dr. Carly
been busy (as usual), archiving cultur- meetings were very successful, and Whelan, Faculty Coordinator; Amy
al resources information for Northeast- featured several current and former Huberland, Coordinator; Kyle
ern California, and digitizing, digitizing, Chico Anthropology students. Deutsch, GIS Specialist; Robert
digitizing…..The GIS conversion pro- McCann, Adrienne Springsteen and
cess has been completed for four We have been tracking some of our Kyle Piercy, Research Assistants; and
counties (Butte, Glenn, Sutter, and past staff and students and have up- Russell Eads, Research Associate.
Tehama) within our service region, dates on their careers. Jacques Pel- Two new hires, former NEIC interns
and we’re currently working on con- tier, a former NEIC intern and staff Candice Walker (BA, CSU Chico) and
version of resource and report infor- person, is currently employed fulltime Cecily Merwin (current CSU Chico
mation for a fifth county (Sierra). In at ENPLAN, a consulting firm out of grad student), will be starting work at
addition, we have ongoing GIS-related Redding, and hopes to defend his the NEIC in December 2017.
contracts with Plumas National Forest, Master’s thesis at CSU Chico in
Bureau of Land Management, Office Spring of 2018. Jessica Sharp (BA,
of Historic Preservation, and an CSU Chico), another former intern
agreement involving digitization of and NEIC staff person, currently
cultural resource information within works as an Archaeological Techni-
Karuk tribal territory (Siskiyou and cian for the Natural Resources Con-
Trinity counties). servation Service out of Red Bluff.
Stacey Mikulovsky, our former GIS
In the fall of 2016, former NEIC Facul- Specialist, is working on a variety of
ty Coordinator Dr. Antoinette Martinez GIS and remote sensing projects for
retired, and was replaced by Dr. Carly Mendocino National Forest. Another
Whelan, who was recently hired as former NEIC GIS Specialist, Cate
part of the Anthropology Department Davis (MA, CSU Chico) is currently
faculty. Dr. Antoinette Martinez, Amy employed as an Archaeologist/GIS
Huberland, Ashlee Taylor, Cate Davis, Specialist at Gallaway Consulting in Dr. Antoinette Martinez, Amy Huberland, Ashlee Taylor, Cate
Davis, and Althea Asaro
and Althea Asaro are pictured attend- Chico. And last, but not least, Ashlee
ing the 2016 State of Jefferson Histori- Taylor (BA, CSU Chico) recently got
cal Group meetings in Arcata. At that accepted to the University of Louisi- Anyone interested in conducting re-
meeting we were persuaded to host ana in Baton Rouge. She will be search at the NEIC or setting up an
the 2017 SOJ meetings in Redding working on a Master’s degree in An- internship, please contact us via email
(along with CSU, Chico alumnus thropology and is currently employed or phone – see our website at http://
Trudy Vaughan and Calfire Archaeolo- by their Museum of Natural Sciences. www.csuchico.edu/neic.
The Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology
Expansion! This has been the mission and vision by be-
operating word for the staff and coming the nexus for com-
students at the Valene L. Smith munity engagement and
Museum of Anthropology. Dur- collaborative exhibitions.
ing campus expansion projects Museum Studies students
and upgrades over the last few and staff will facilitate con-
years, the museum has also versations for expanded
undergone an impressive ex- storytelling, including multi-
pansion of its own, gaining new cultural experiences and
gallery and public spaces. Pro- community-oriented pro-
fessor Emeritus, Dr. Valene L. jects. Further, the expan-
Smith has been the primary sup- sion will increase the muse-
porter of the museum since her um’s exhibit schedule from
2009 testamentary bequest. an eight-month calendar to
Once again, Valene’s vision and The opening of the newly expanded Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology eleven months. Expanded
generosity in the form of gallery space broadens the
$250,000 gift, made it possible for the to its present space in the new Fine museum’s capacity beyond the ANTH
museum to assume the vacated Arts and Humanities Building on 467 course, which creates the main
space of the former Janet Turner campus. exhibition. Currently, the museum has
Print Museum, which was relocated The museum’s expansion helps plans for three exhibits a year. For the
the staff and students realize the
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2017/2018 calendar, the featured exhib- 12 educational system. Past winners ums in China and brings the cul-
its include Shadow and Water: Puppets include The Getty, Monterey Bay tural anthropological perspective
of Indonesia and (September-December Aquarium, Crocker Museum of Art, the to his museum courses. To date
2017), Imprisoned at Home (December Los Angeles County Museum of Art, he has two exhibits under his di-
2017- September 2018), and Sacred and the Museum of Tolerance. The rection. Dr. Georgia Fox is the
Splendor: Religious Icons from the
director of the museum and
Judith Hilburg Collection (February
has been guiding graduate
-May 2018).
students’ research for the ex-
For the Shadow Puppet exhibi-
hibitions in the expanded
tion, the shadow and water pup-
space, also known as the
pets are on loan to the museum
North Gallery. Heather McCaf-
from Rick and Nancy Ostrom of
ferty, assistant curator contrib-
Chico. They spent several years
utes to this effort among her
living and working in Indonesia
many duties.
and became avid collectors of
Several Museum Studies
these traditional art forms. Arti-
students recently have com-
facts for the exhibit focusing on the
pleted their graduate research,
incarceration of Japanese Ameri-
including Liam Townsend,
cans during the Second World
Jacqueline Coon, and heather
War have been generously loaned
Martin. The fruits of Heather’s
from Sacramento State University as well Museum-in-the-Classroom outreach research is now available on our
as individual donors. The central theme project was created by Adrienne Scott, museum website, where the pub-
of the exhibition revolves around the sto- museum curator. She worked at Hook- lic can now access part of the
ries of the Tule Lake Segregation Center. er Oak School in Chico initially with re- museum’s basketry collection.
Students spent a weekend in October tired Grade 6-8 teacher Denise Findlay. For those of you who remem-
building a reconstructed diorama-like They are both currently engaged in de- ber the early days of the Museum
barrack to create an immersive experi- veloping a shortened version for the Studies Program with its founder
ence for visitors. The construction was Willows School District. Keith Johnson at the helm, you
directed by Sam Umeda, a former camp Family programming is still central will recall it has had many homes-
survivor himself. to the Museum’s mission. Along with from the hallowed halls of Trinity,
the expanded footprint, the program- to the hidden gem status of the
As one of CSU, Chico’s unique and ming continues to provide visitors the
valuable assets, the Museum of Anthro- third floor of Langdon Hall and
opportunity to experience other cultures now it has finally arrived to a cen-
pology serves the wider Chico communi- with an emphasis on educational and
ty. In addition to the Museum Studies tral location. At the Meriam Li-
memorable experiences. In the fall, the brary Complex, everyone on or off
Program, the museum conducts tours for museum hosts Museum Day Live, a no-
more than 1,000 K-12 students each campus has no excuse not to
cost activity day for children through a stop in for a look.
year. The museum hosts public lectures, partnership with the Smithsonian Insti-
a film festival, and celebrates local har- On a final note, the museum
tution. In the spring, the museum cele- was recently accepted in the Re-
vests at the Local Table annual fundrais- brates I ♥ Anthropology weekend with
er. The museum also regularly takes pro- ciprocal Organization for Associ-
more fun-filled learning experiences for ated Museums (ROAM), a pro-
grams, artifacts and presentations out to all ages.
K-12 students in the community. This gram that allows our museum
reflects Dr. Smith’s wish for the members free admission to
museum to “become Chico’s win- over 250 museums across
dow to the world.” the country and Cana-
Our efforts were recognized in da. This benefit, along with
2016, when we were awarded our newly designed museum
the California State Superinten- totes and mugs, has inspired
dent's Award for Excellence in a surge in membership! For
Museum Education for our alumni, we have a spe-
the Museum-in-the-Classroom cial membership package
Project. The Superintendent’s that we would love to share
Awards for Excellence in Museum with you. If you would like to
Education competition is a joint become a member of the
project between the California museum, visit our website or
Association of Museums (CAM) contact Heather McCafferty
and the Office of the State Superinten- at 530-898-3326 or anthromuse-
We are also proud to recognize the um@csuchico.edu to learn about
dent of Public Instruction. CAM received newest faculty member to the Museum
entries from a diverse range of institu- our alumni membership package.
Studies Program, Dr. William Nitzky.
tions, representing the significant contri- His research centers on ethnic muse-
butions museums make to California’s K-
Current and Retired
Staff and Faculty
collection and those brought back to
Ashley Kendell forming acorns from an autumn food source
the lab in new projects.
to a subsistence staple in the central Sierra
Nevada. She also used X-ray fluorescence
Faculty since 2017 (XRF) spectrometry to determine the
sources of obsidian artifacts, and examine
Ashley Kendell completed her PhD in physical change in obsidian procurement strategies
anthropology at Michigan State University in in the region over time. Dr. Whelan now
2016. Upon completion of her degree, Ashley serves as Director of the Northeast Infor-
took a Visiting Assistant Professor position at mation Center and the Archaeology Labora-
the University of Montana where she taught a tory.
variety of physical anthropology courses and
Since arriving at Chico, Dr. Whelan has
served as the forensic anthropologist for the continued her research into the prehistoric
state. In the Fall of 2017 Ashley began her acorn economy of California. Before con-
current position as an Assistant Professor at tact, California was the most densely popu-
Chico State. In addition to teaching she is lated and linguistically diverse region north
working as a forensic anthropology consultant of the Valley of Mexico. But unlike the agri-
with the Human Identification Lab. Ashley cultural Mesoamerican and Mississippian
Dr. Carly Whelan
loves being back at Chico State and is hon- societies, the people of California subsisted
exclusively on wild plant foods. By using
ored to have been selected for the position!
economic principles to examine the acorn
subsistence system, Dr. Whelan hopes to William Nitzky
shed light on how it was able to support the
large, settled populations of prehistoric Cali- Faculty Member since 2015
fornia, and break down the long-held associ-
ation between complex societies and agri- William (Will) Nitzky joined the CSU,
culture. Her recent research has including Chico Department of Anthropology in
an examination of the practice of long- Fall 2015. He comes to Chico after liv-
distance transport of acorns across the Sier- ing in Japan for five years, with his wife
ra Nevada. She is also examining the costs (Sanae) and daughter (Kaili), where he
and benefits of acorn storage and compar- finished his PhD in sociocultural anthro-
ing it to the storage of grains in agricultural pology from Arizona State University in
economies. She plans to test her findings by 2014. Will has a Master’s degree from
working with Native partners to build tradi- the University of Hawaii, Manoa in Asian
tional acorn storage granaries and collect Studies and a Bachelor’s degree from
data on the storage ability of various spe- George Washington University in Inter-
Dr. Ashley Kendell
cies. Dr. Whelan is also establishing a field national Affairs and East Asian Lan-
site in the northern Sierra Nevada to exam- guages and Literature. His research
Carly Whelan ine regional variation in the acorn economy. focuses on the cross sections of herit-
age, tourism, ethnicity, and identity poli-
With support from a College of Behavioral tics within the context of contemporary
Faculty since 2016
and Social Sciences Strategic Performance East Asia and China. Since 2000, he
Fund Award, Dr. Whelan and recent Anthro- has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in
Archaeologist Dr. Carly Whelan joined the
pology graduate Kevin Wells expanded the the culturally diverse region of south-
CSU, Chico Department of Anthropology in
Archaeology Laboratory’s obsidian source west China examining how rapid mod-
the fall of 2016. She earned her PhD from the
library to include dozens of sources from ernization and Chinese state govern-
University of California, Davis in the spring of
northern California, western Nevada, and ance has affected marginalized ethnic
that year. While at Davis, Dr. Whelan special-
southern Oregon. Faculty and students can minority populations, rural development,
ized in prehistoric California archaeology, fo-
now use the Archaeology Lab’s XRF analyz- and poverty alleviation. Now in Dr. Va-
cusing on the role that women played in trans-
er to source obsidian artifacts in our curation lene L. Smith and Dr. Stacey Schaefer’sClan Destiny 2018 Chico State Department of Anthropology Issue 36
old office on the second floor of Butte Hall, its use in funeral rituals and ceremonial prac- Asia to northern California. The exhibit
Will wears two hats in the Department for tices and, most recently, its “second life” as a also featured the ALVA film Stories in
Cultural Anthropology and Museum Studies. secular element in tourism performances. Will Thread he produced. Continuing his close
presented this research at the 3rd Association work with North State communities, Will
His current research concentrates on three of Critical Heritage Studies Conference in curated with his students the recent exhi-
different areas. Within his decade-long re- Montreal, Canada in 2016 and this coming bition, Imprisoned at Home (Jan. 2018-
search on the proliferation of museums in summer, 2018, with assistance by Depart- Aug.2018). Through collaboration with
China under a nationwide cultural heritage ment of Anthropology students, he will return Japanese American community members,
preservation campaign, Will is exploring the to China to produce a documentary film on the exhibition focuses attention on the
recent wave of new museological projects, the life of the bronze drum. social injustices of the mass incarceration
called ecomuseum (shengtai bowuguan).
of Japanese and Americans of Japanese
These village Will’s most re- descent during WWII and a diversity of
community- cent research narratives on the untold story of Tule Lake
based living project shifts to Segregation Center. This spring 2018, in
museums Japan and the an effort to broaden the discussion on the
have intro- rise of Chinese topic of the legacy of the mass incarcera-
duced an alter- international tion of Japanese Americans, Will devel-
native role of tourism. Alt- oped a 5-Part Lecture and Film Series,
the museum at hough scholarly Civil Liberties: The Story of Mass Incarcer-
the local level literature has ation of Japanese Americans in WWII, to
in China. This focused on Chi- provide an alternative medium for discus-
research pro- na’s domestic sion and awareness for our faculty, staff,
ject is one of tourism market since the country’s open-door students, and the general public.
the first ethnographic studies on community policy in the 1980s, there remains a consider-
museums in the country (the first in English) able lack of data on the demographics of Chi- Now that Will is part of the Anthropology
and analyzes how the Western new muse- nese international tourists, motivations of team at Chico State, he is overjoyed to
ological concept of the ecomuseum, based tourists, and the increasingly prevalent soci- share his experiences in research, teach-
on principles of community development and ocultural impacts of Chinese international ing, and outreach to contribute to the al-
the democratization of heritage manage- tourism. Will focuses on this timely topic to ready stellar work of the department.
ment, is being adapted in China. Through contribute to our understanding of the direc-
the use of both qualitative and quantitative tion of the global tourism industry, namely the
ethnographic methods, and collaborating impact of the world’s fastest growing tourist
with academic institutions and scholars in population, the Chinese. His preliminary data
China, Will is uncovering the similarities and collected in Summer 2016 from interviews
differences in the outcomes of ecomuseum with Chinese tourists, tour guides, local Japa-
development across different ethnic minority nese businesses, and Japanese officials,
village sites. Will is currently working on a sheds light on the patterns and behaviors of
monograph entitled Heritage for Community: Chinese tourists and how this new tourist
An Ethnography of Ecomuseums in China market has begun to transform Japan’s tour-
and has presented on this research in the ism industry. Will presented on his findings at
invited UNESCO-IRCI sponsored symposi- the Japan Studies Association Conference, in
um “Negotiating Cultural Intangible Herit- Hawaii in 2017.
age”, in Osaka, Japan, and the Smithsonian
Institute and Wenner Gren sponsored muse- Now that Will has arrived in Chico, he has
um workshop, “Borders: Museums in the pursued his interest in applying new muse-
Age of Mobility,” in Mexico City both in Sum- ological approaches in education and com-
Dr. William Nitzky
mer 2017. munity participation at the Valene L. Smith
Museum of Anthropology. As a professor in
As an offshoot of his ecomuseum research, the Museum Studies Program, he strives to Eric Bartelink
Will has begun to map the historical trajecto- provide students with a strong foundation in
ry of bronze drum heritage across the region museum theory and practical experiences to
of southwest China and northern Vietnam, Faculty since 2006
develop a strong skill set in museum work.
where the most bronze drums in the world Will oversaw the installation of two exhibitions
are found. Since the bronze drum (tonggu) Dr. Bartelink finished his twelfth year
at the Museum of Anthropology. He and with the Department of Anthropology!
has been listed as a “cultural relic” and ANTH 467 students created Hmong Reflec-
“intangible heritage” on China’s national and He finally bought a house with his wife
tions: Stories of Our Own (Dec. 2016- Amy and daughter Malia. In 2016, they
provincial registries of cultural heritage, the Aug.2017). Through community collaboration
drum has undergone a process of commodi- added a new family member—Izzy, a
with the the Oroville Hmong Cultural Center, terrier-mix of some sort. In 2017, Eric
tization and politicization. This research pro- the Hmong Student Association, CSU-
ject explores the transformation in function of and his family enjoyed a nice trip to
Sacramento Special Collections, and Leaders the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
the bronze drum in the everyday life for Yao, for a Lifetime, Will and his students told the
Miao, and Zhuang ethnic groups, examining and a visit to Oahu for some much
story of the Hmong journey from SoutheastClan Destiny 2018 Chico State Department of Anthropology Issue 36
needed rest and relaxation. “Identifying Difference: Forensic Methods 2013); “Isotopic and Genetic Analyses of a
and the Uneven Playing Field of Repatria- Mass Grave in Central California:
For the past two years, Eric has served as Implications for Hunter-Gatherer Warfare
tion” for Sociopolitics of Migrant Death and
the President of the American Board of and Demographic Expansions” for
Repatriation: Perspectives from Forensic
Forensic Anthropology and as a member American Journal of Physical
Science”, edited by Krista Latham Alyson
of the Organization of Scientific Area Com- Anthropology (2016) with Jelmer Eerkens,
O’Daniel (2017, Springer), "Stable Iso-
mittees Anthropology Subcommittee Traci Carlson, Ripan Malhi, Jennifer Blake,
topes” in Oxford Bibliographies, edited by
(under the National Institute of Standards Gry Barford, Allan Estes, Ramona
John Jackson (2016, Oxford University
and Technology). He received a Lantis Garibay, Justin Glessner, Alexandra
Press), and lead authored “The Role of
Endowed University Chair Award in 2017 Greenwald, Kari Lentz, Hongjie Li, and
Forensic Archaeology in the Investigation
to fund stable isotope research on undocu- Charla Marshall; “Trophy Heads or
of Missing Persons” with Colleen Milligan
mented migrants from South Texas and Ancestor Veneration? A Stable Isotope
(CSU, Chico) and Caroline Sturdy Colls in
Arizona to aid in identification efforts. In Perspective on Disassociated and
Handbook of Missing Persons, edited by
October 2017, he traveled to the Latin Modified Crania in Central California” for
Stephen Morewitz and Caroline Sturdy
American Forensic Anthropology meetings American Antiquity (2016) with Jelmer
Colls (2016, Springer), and “Stable Isotope
in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to present a paper Eerkens, Laura Brink, Rick Fitzgerald,
Forensics as an Investigative Tool in Miss-
and to co-present a workshop. Ramona Garibay, and Randy Wiberg;
ing Persons Investigations” with Amy
MacKinnon (CSU, Chico MA 2015), Julia “Stable Isotope Evidence of Independent
Eric recently co-authored two introductory Child Foraging in Prehistoric Central
Price- Prince-Buitenhuys (CSU, Chico MA
texts in physical anthropology, Essentials California” for Journal of Archaeological
th 2016), Brett Tipple, and Lesley Chesson in
of Physical Anthropology (10 edition) with Science: Reports (2016) with Alexandra
Handbook of Missing Persons, edited by
Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, and Wenda Greenwald and Jelmer Eerkens; “Cribra
Stephen Morewitz and Caroline Sturdy
Trevathan (2016), and Introduction to Orbitalia as a Potential Indicator of
th Colls (2016, Springer). He co-authored
Physical Anthropology (15 edition) with Childhood Stress: Evidence from
“Forensic Applications of Isotope Land-
Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, Russell Paleopathology, Stable C, N, and O
scapes (‘Isoscapes’): A Tool for Predicting
Ciochon, and Wenda Trevathan (2017), Isotopes, and Trace Element
Region-of-Origin in
both published Concentrations in Subadults from a 17th –
Forensic Anthropology
through Cengage/ 18th Century Cemetery in Jēkabpils,
Cases” with Lesley
Wadsworth Press. Latvia” for Journal of Trace Elements in
Chesson, Brett Tipple,
In addition, he Medicine and Biology (2016) with Gunita
James Ehleringer, and
recently co-edited Zariņa, Sabrina Sholts, Alina Tichinin (BA,
Todd Park for
New Perspectives 2015), Vita Rudoviča, Arturs Vīksna,
"Forensic Anthropolo-
in Forensic Hu- Austra Engīzere, Vitolds Muižnieks, and
gy: Theoretical Frame-
man Skeletal Sebastian Wärmländer; “A Comparative
work and Scientific
Identification Taphonomic Analysis of 24 Trophy Skulls
Basis", edited by Don-
(2017) with Krista from Modern Forensic Cases” for Journal
na and Cliff Boyd
Latham and Mi- of Forensic Sciences (2017) with
(2018, John Wiley &
chael Finnegan, Josephine Yucha and James Pokines; and
Sons), and “An Explo-
published through “Multi-method Resolution of a Case of
ration of Skeletal Evi-
Elsevier/ Small-Scale Commingling” for Journal of
dence of Injury Recidi-
Academic Press, Forensic Sciences (2017) with Alex
vism in Cases of Tran-
and contributed Perrone (CSU, Chico) and Kevin Dalton
sients from Northern
two main chapters
California” with Julia
titled “Applications
Prince-Buitenhuys
of Stable Isotope
(CSU, Chico MA
Forensics for Ge-
olocating Uniden-
2016), Heather Mac- Ariane Bélanger-
Innes (CSU, Chico MA
tified Human Re-
mains from Past Dr. Eric Bartelink 2017), and Colleen Vincent
Milligan (CSU, Chico) in Broken
Conflict Situations and
Bones, Broken Bodies: Bioarchaeological
Large-Scale Humanitarian Efforts” with Lecturer since 2015
and Forensic Approaches for Accumula-
Greg Berg, Lesley Chesson, Brett Tipple,
tive Trauma and Violence, edited by Caryn
Melanie Beasley (CSU, Chico MA 2008),
Tegtmeyer and Debra Martin (2017, Lex- Dr. Ariane Bélanger-Vincent has been
Julia Prince-Buitenhuys (CSU, Chico MA
ington Books). teaching in the Department of Anthropol-
2016), Heather MacInnes (CSU, Chico MA
ogy since fall 2015. She teaches many
2017), and Krista Latham, and “Human
Eric co-authored “Resource Intensification classes such as Applied Anthropology,
Skeletal Variation and Forensic Anthropol-
and Osteoarthritis Patterns: Changes in Anthropology of Food, Cultural Anthro-
ogy” with Stephen Nawrocki and Krista
Activity in the Prehistoric Sacramento-San pology, International Development and
Latham.
Joaquin Delta Region” for American Globalization, and Power and Scarcity. In
Journal of Physical Anthropology (2017) addition, she teaches one method class
He authored a book chapter entitled
with Colleen Cheverko (CSU, Chico MA in the Department of Political Science &Clan Destiny 2018 Chico State Department of Anthropology Issue 36
Criminal Justice, bringing qualitative
methods outside of the discipline, and a Brian Brazeal
class on genocide in the Sociology De-
partment. She earned her Ph.D. from Uni-
Faculty since 2007
versité Laval (Québec City, Canada) in
June 2016. Her doctoral research exam-
Brian Brazeal has continued his research
ined global policy-making processes relat-
on the international gemstone trade with a
ing to humanitarian intervention. She was
study of the commerce in rubies between
named among five finalists for the best
Mozambique and Thailand. He was de-
academic record in the category of Ph.D.
lighted to receive the Outstanding Re-
with a dissertation in the School of Social
search Mentor award and Professional
Sciences for the AY 2015-2016.
Achievement Honors as well as to have
She is currently developing a new re- been selected as the College of Behavior-
search project on the worldwide imple- al and Social Sciences Faculty Research Library poll naming ANTH 140 a favorite non-major class
mentation of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Colloquium Keynote speaker. However,
Convention. Thanks to a Research, the greatest accolade came from his Gen-
eral Education students in an informal poll
Scholarly, and Creative Activities Grant,
she spent the summer of 2017 conducting conducted in the library (see accompany- David Eaton
research in Thailand, which has an im- ing photograph).
portant problem of contamination on its Faculty since 2005
border with Cambodia. She discussed Daniel Bruns
with de-mining organizations and learned David Eaton’s long-term research inter-
on different clearance techniques. She ests in African studies continue to shape
also worked with non-governmental or- Staff since 2012
his teaching, thinking, and writing. Alt-
ganizations providing support to survivors
Daniel Bruns has been working for the hough his most recent travels to the con-
and mine risk education to Burmese refu-
gees on the Thai-Burma border. Advanced Laboratory for Visual Anthropol- tinent (to Tanzania and Malawi, and to
ogy since January of 2012 as a Laboratory Mali) were necessarily brief, they fed into
Dr. Bélanger-Vincent had many occasions Technician. As part of ALVA’s mission to teaching as well, especially through a
to present the material gathered in Thai- campus Book in Common on Malawi
share anthropological and archaeological
land. She presented a talk entitled “A which sparked a number of related
Mined Path Towards Repatriation: Bur- research with people of all walks of life and
around the world, Dan has helped produce events and projects. He enjoys working
mese Refugees in Thailand” at the An-
thropology Forum in September 2017. It 14 films - 9 of which have been broadcast with and learning from advanced stu-
focused on the Burmese refugees in Thai- on regional and national PBS stations. In dents doing their own African field stud-
land and one of the many issues they 2015 and 2017, Dan was also the recipient ies (Anna Kamanzi in Rwanda; Alexan-
have to face to go back home: landmines. of two regional Emmy awards for the films der Ryll and Ivan Senock in Morocco;
Dr. Bélanger-Vincent and Tamara Maxey, Dayne Gradone in Kenya; and Jason
Impact of the Frolic (as an editor), and A
Masters student in this department, pro- Price of UC Berkeley in Malawi, among
Walk Through Time (as a director). Dan
duced and presented a poster on mine others), and in conversations with Brian
risk education at the BSS Colloquium in continues to help students and faculty in
the Anthropology department to make high Brazeal and Jesse Dizard about their
December 2017. At the 2017 Annual
Meetings of the American Anthropological -quality documentary films for broadcast. experiences (Brazeal recently in Zambia
Association held in Washington, D.C., Dr. and Mozambique, Dizard years ago in
Bélanger-Vincent co-organized a late- west Africa).
breaking session on the current situation
in Burma and the ongoing campaign of Eaton reviews works in Congolese histo-
ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya ry and medical anthropology for journals,
population. The panel reunited many an- and is developing cultural history projects
thropologists working in Burma and con- on equatorial Africa with his colleague
tributed to shed light on the larger histori- John Cinnamon, an ethnohistorian of
cal and political climate that allowed such
Gabon and south Cameroon. Cinna-
atrocities to be perpetrated.
mon’s experience with movements of
Dr. Bélanger-Vincent looks forward to spiritual revitalization complements
many more fun years to teach in this de- Eaton’s love of central African music and
partment. performance. For example, for a joint
session they co-organized at the AAA
meetings in Washington DC this year,
Eaton is giving a paper entitled
Dan Bruns holding his Emmy AwardClan Destiny 2018 Chico State Department of Anthropology Issue 36
“Ambiance kiri-kiri” about bodily fulfillment, core, and Freiburg has been renowned for sentative for the island nation of Antigua
its progressive energy and transport sys-
luxury, and excess in Congolese music and Barbuda. Beginning in 2007, they
tems since the 1970s. Tours and Sala-
and dance. (The first phrase in the title commenced excavations at Betty’s Hope,
manca each have profound traditions of
refers to the ecstatic release desired and public space dating back to Roman times. a 300-year-old sugar plantation, where
achieved in some popular music.) In the Tours, damaged in the Second World War, Georgia conducted archaeological exca-
same session, Cinnamon will discuss sexu- has pioneered new kinds of conservation vations from 2007-2015. The following
alized aesthetics in oral epics and mission- initiatives as well as major development summer in 2016, she had a sabbatical
ary accounts from Cameroon, and Kaman- and expansion, while Salamanca is a leave for the spring semester, and devot-
zi (our alumna, UNESCO ed part of that time to researching in the
World Herit-
now a doctoral National Archives of Antigua and Barbuda,
age Site for its
student at UC where she had access to the over 300
magnificent
Irvine) will architecture years’ worth of the original Codrington
speak to inter- and its eight- Papers, the substantial collection of corre-
twined themes hundred-year- spondence, accounts, and other related
of beauty, eth- old university. materials associated with Betty’s Hope
nicity, and vio- All four can and other enterprises owned by the Co-
lence in Rwan- provide poten- drington family. Besides the archivists,
tial models
da. Georgia was probably the first person in
and lessons
over 40 years to set eyes on these rare
for our own
Eaton has also documents, as previous access had been
city and uni-
become espe- denied to researchers. It made all the dif-
versity as we
cially interested look forward. ference in the world; the 30 rolls of eye-
in urban spaces numbing microfilm that she had previously
and their quali- Eaton also looked at were just not the same as han-
ties of lived ex- enjoys teach-
dling and studying the real thing, and for
perience and Dr. David Eaton ing our gradu-
that she owes her gratitude to Mr. Joseph
ate Core Seminar, which wel-
engagement with the natural Prosper, Antigua’s archivist, for permitting
comes new students each fall into our pro-
world. He studies and photographs US her access to the original papers. The
gram, along with upper-division courses in
cities on the west coast and eastern sea- Medical Anthropology and African Continu- papers are rich in content, and the beauty
board, with special attention to what makes ity and Change, and a capstone course for of reading original documents, particularly
life wonderful for pedestrians and cyclists. our majors in History of Method and Theo- from the eighteenth century, is that, with
He has also had opportunities recently for ry in Anthropology. careful probing, you can sometimes “read
comparative field study in south India (in between the lines,” developing a sense of
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka) and in Spain, the people who produced these docu-
Portugal, and southern Italy. Here in Chi- Georgia Fox ments so very long ago as well as those
co, he’s contributed a major component of who were never given voice in the docu-
the Institute for Sustainable Development’s Faculty since 2001 ments; mainly the enslaved Africans of
‘existing conditions’ report to the Chico City Antigua.
Council on our South Campus neighbor- As Georgia stepped on the plane, about to From this research, she was able to
hood, working with Alexander Ryll and with leave the beautiful Caribbean island of combine the archaeological data recov-
substantial student-conducted research Antigua and its sparkling blue waters, she ered from nine years of excavation with
from his largest undergraduate course, felt a pang of sadness. The summer of the documentary evidence, to begin work-
Anthropology 113 (Human Cultural Diversi- 2017 would mark her last year of an ar- ing on her book, Plowing Paradise, which
ty). chaeological field school that she had is contracted with the University Press of
been directing since 2007. Georgia’s as- Florida. The book is an edited volume of
Eaton will continue his comparative re- sociation with the island dates back to contributors involved in the Betty’s Hope
search on these topics during sabbatical 2004, when she first visited the island and
leave fall 2018, studying and documenting Research Project.
met Dr. Reginald Murphy and his lovely Backtracking to 2014, Georgia was
public spaces and street life in four Euro-
pean university towns: Groningen (the wife, Nicki. After touring the island for 10 awarded the David W. and Helen E.F.
Netherlands); Freiburg im Bresgau days, Dr. Murphy and she agreed to begin Lantis University Endowed Chair (her col-
(Germany); Tours (France); and Salaman- a long-term association with our Depart- league, Dr. Eric Bartelink, is its latest re-
ca (Spain). Groningen may be Europe’s ment of Anthropology. Dr. Murphy is the cipient). This generous award has al-
most bicycle-friendly city, with more than chief archaeologist and UNESCO repre- lowed her to pursue avenues of research
fifty percent mode share for daily trips in itsClan Destiny 2018 Chico State Department of Anthropology Issue 36
related to Betty’s Hope and invite other Brian Brazeal, who served as Executive Pro- Humanities building. The dream came
scholars to join them in their research. Just ducer through the Advanced Laboratory for true through the generous gift of the
as importantly, the funding has also al- Visual Anthropology (ALVA). The hardwork- benefactor and Anthropology Faculty
lowed her to subsidize seven Chico State ing crew, consisting of Dan Bruns, Matt Rite- Emeritus, Dr. Valene L. Smith. They
students to join our summer field school nour, and Arik Bord, were presented with a moved into the space during the sum-
over the last four years. Funding from the Northern California Regional Emmy award, of mer of 2017. This new space has al-
Lantis Award had resulted in research that which she is very proud. She is very grateful lowed them to expand operations and
has cumulatively, with her colleagues and to Dr. Brazeal and ALVA for making it possi- have exhibitions all year round. As they
fellow students, resulted in over 20 profes- ble to be able to pursue these projects. The move forward into the future, new oppor-
sional conference papers and posters pre- film has been shown on Northern California tunities will allow them to spread their
sented, seven peer-reviewed publications, PBS Affiliates, but most importantly, the film wings in educational programming, exhi-
and several MA theses and Ph.Ds. The bitions, and other activities at the
last remain- museum.
ing funds To cap off these last few exciting
from the Lan- years, on a rainy day in February
tis award, in 2016, Georgia was greeted by the
combination booming jovial voice of Jerry
with funding Hofwolt, who called to see if she was
from an In- interested in conserving another
structurally ship’s bell. As former Executive Di-
Related Ac- rector of the USS Bowfin Submarine
tivities (IRA) Museum and Park in Hawaii, Hofwolt
grant of was keen to get moving on this pro-
$5,000 al- ject. At the exhibition. The bell’s
lowed for two eventful journey is now over, and so
of the Muse- is this article!
um Studies
graduate
students to Dr. Georgia Fox and students during the 2017 field session
come to Antigua during Rachel Hensler
the summer of 2017 to revitalize the is a tribute to the careful 30-year scholarship
exhibits at the Nelson’s Dockyard Muse- of Dr. Thomas Layton, who researched the Staff since 2016
um, which is now part of a UNESCO World shipwreck and all of its fascinating details.
Heritage site. Rachel Hensler joined the Archaeological
At the Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthro- Research Program in the summer of
In fact, museum exhibits are never far pology, they have made great strides within 2016, began supervising the Archaeology
from Georgia’s mind. They are either be- the last three years. Upon the retirement
ginning a new one, or taking one down! In of her colleague, Dr. Stacy Schaefer,
the last few years, there have been some Georgia became the museum’s director,
wonderful opportunities for the students, and was able to fulfill a tenure-line hire of
staff, and colleagues and herself to tackle Dr. William Nitzky, a cultural anthropolo-
some new exhibit topics, that include Ex- gist who specializes in Chinese ethnic
quisite Endeavors: Jewelry from the Va- communities and museum studies.
lene L. Smith Collection, in February 2017, Since coming on board, Will Nitzky’s
which inaugurated the new space (more boundless energy, great ideas, and tech-
on that later), preceded by Fired Earth: nological know-how have contributed
Beauty and Tradition in Asian Ceramics, significantly to the museum’s growth,
and Flying Lemurs and Mysterious Crimes: along with the fabulous staff of Adrienne
On the Trail of Physical Anthropology. But Scott, museum curator, and Heather
it was the exhibit, Into the Blue: Maritime McCafferty, associate curator.
Navigation and the Archaeology of Ship- These last few years, they had
wrecks, in 2014, that prompted the making dreamed about securing the vacated
of the film, “Impact! The Shipwreck of the space of the Janet Turner Print Museum,
Frolic,” which Georgia produced with Dr. which moved to the new Fine Arts and
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