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Robert Borofsky (2002)
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Overview

Anthropologically Connected Programs
Focused on Public Issues & Outreach

Departmental & Inter-Departmental Programs
1

Centers, Institutes, Schools, and Museums
with Anthropology Faculty that Emphasize Public Outreach

8

(For an explanation of the program categories, click here)

Degree to Which Individual Anthropology
Faculty Involved in Public Outreach

Percentage of Full-Time Faculty Cited
Five or More Times in LexisNexis Database for
Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals

11% (of 45 faculty)

Breakdown of How Full-Time Faculty Cited
25 cited 0 times, 15 cited 1-4 times,
4 cited 5-20 times,
1 cited more than 20 times

(For details of how data collected, click here)

Percentage of Full-Time Faculty Listed as Having
Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach

33% (of 45 faculty)

List of Full-Time Faculty Members

Cautions for Interpreting the Data

Data on Anthropologically Connected
Programs Focused on
Public Issues and Outreach

Note: The following descriptions are quoted directly from the specified websites and/or related webpages within the past two years. Editorial changes, where made, involve shortening a description's length, smoothing textual transitions, or clarifying particular points. For an explanation of the program categories, click here.

Departmental & Inter-Departmental Programs

Core Research Themes

The School of Human Evolution and Social Change (a revised and widented Anthropology Department) focuses on a number of research themes, including: (1) Biological, Social, and Cultural Dimensions of Human Health, (2) Culture, Heritage, and Identity, (3) Urban Societies, and (4) Global Dynamics and Regional Interactions.

Centers, Institutes, Schools and Museums with Anthropology Faculty that Emphasize Public Outreach

Center for Environmental Studies

The Center facilitates collaboration among Arizona State University faculty researchers and assists in decision making about environmental issues. It advances identification of key local and global environmental issues and collects reliable information to be used by scholars, policymakers and the greater public. Environmental education and outreach initiatives are woven into the Center for Environmental Studies' research programs, conferences, and workshops. Primary and secondary students and teachers, for example have pportunities to work with Arizona State University students and faculty in long-term ecological monitoring through the Ecology Explorers program. The Center also offers the Environmental Education Resource Guide; participates in Super Science Saturday and environmental education fairs; and develops educational materials associated with long-term research projects.

Archaeological Research Institute

The was established in 1995 as a unit of Arizona State University to undertake the preservation of archaeological materials and related data, to pursue research activities associated with the archaeological record, and to conduct educational programs to disseminate knowledge of the past to Arizona's citizens. ARI encourages and facilitates Native American involvement and training in curation management and museum operation. The public outreach activities conducted by ARI staff are intended to inform the widest possible audience on the activities of the repository and at the same time convey information on archaeology and central Arizona prehistory that will enhance public interest and respect for cultural materials.

Center for Bioarchaeological Research

Dedicated to discovering and communicating new knowledge about past peoples, the center CBR outreach initiatives involve increasing public awareness of past peoples and applying this information to contemporary problems with deep roots. Outreach efforts include developing collaborative research and education initiatives with descendant groups, both directly through the CBR and in partnership with other institutions, such as the Center for American Archeology (CAA), located in west-central Illinois.

Museum of Anthropology

The Museum's exhibits reflect human efforts over time to adapt to—and create systems of meaning within—changing natural, social and political environments. Museum exhibits involve the collaborative efforts of student, faculty and community and, as such, reflect a wide range of interests and topics of study. The Museum aims to share with audiences the many ways in which cultural expression finds form, as well as to highlight creative and adaptive strategies pursued by human communities in different places and in different times.

Center for Latin American Studies

The Center (CLAS) was created to provide our students, faculty, staff, the business sector, and residents of this state, with the requisite skills to allow us to enter into partnerships with the diverse nations and peoples of our own Western Hemisphere. The Center for Latin American Studies seeks to enter into partnerships with community organizations and the Arizona business community with an interest in Latin America. The CLAS seeks to serve as a focal point for identifying programs that provide opportunities for partnerships for our larger Arizona community in the areas of language acquisition, socio-cultural exchange, and economic development opportunities.

Center for Asian Studies

The mission of the Center is to promote and support the study of Asia at Arizona State University, in the Phoenix metropolitan area, and in the greater community. The Center's outreach program has become affiliated with the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) as the Arizona site for organizing annual professional development seminars in Asian Studies for secondary school teachers. The affiliated Program for Southeast Asian Studies is also actively participating in outreach activities to K-12 and community organizations including the Arizona Asian American Association, as well as Southeast Asian American communities, city officials, and business communities.

Russian and East European Studies Center

The Center administers research, training, and outreach programs involving the lands and people of Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Over two dozen ASU faculty from five colleges and the university libraries collaborate in Center programming. REESC also works with other post-secondary educational institutions, government agencies, local high schools, and private corporations in coordinating programs of research, study, travel, and exchange relating to Russia and Eastern Europe.

The Institute of Human Origins

The Institute of Human Origins (IHO) conducts, interprets and publicizes scientific research on the human career. IHO’s unique approach brings together scientists from diverse disciplines to develop integrated, bio-behavioral investigations of human evolution. Through research, education, and the sponsorship of scholarly interaction, IHO advances scientific understanding of our origins and its contemporary relevance. Combining interdisciplinary expertise and targeted funding, IHO fosters the pursuit of integrated solutions to the most important questions regarding the course, cause and timing of events in human evolution.

Data on Individual Anthropology
Faculty Involved in Public Outreach

List of Full-Time Faculty Included

David Abbott
J. Marty Anderies
Brenda Baker
Michael Barton
Bob Bolin
Elizabeth Brandt
Jane Buikstra
Christopher Carr
John Chance
Geoffrey Clark
James Eder
Steven Falconer
Edward Hackett
Nora Haenn
Sharon Harlon
Michelle Hegmon
Thomas Hudak
Gwyneira Isaac
Marcus Janssen
Donald Johanson
Hjorleifur Jonsson
William Kimbel
Keith Kintigh
Kelly Knudson
John Martin
Leanne Nash
Ben Nelson
Margaret Nelson
Charles Perrings
Charles Redman
Kaye Reed
Gary Schwartz
Arleyn Simon
Michael Smith
Mark Spencer
Katherine Spielmann
Barbara Stark
Christopher Stojanowski
Anne Stone
Saburo Sugiyama
Takeyuki Tsuda
Sander van der Leeuw
Peter Welsh
Robert Williams
Michael Winkelman

Note: Please click on the hotlinks below each individual's name for specific details regarding that faculty member's public outreach. The names of the faculty are listed as they were searched in the LexisNexis data base. For details of this process and how faculty, if they wish, can explore whether additional citations exist through the inclusion of middle initials and names, click here.

David Abbott

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 1, Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

J. Marty Anderies

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Brenda Baker

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Michael Barton

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Bob Bolin

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Elizabeth Brandt

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Jane Buikstra

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 3, Magazine & Journal Citations 1

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Christopher Carr

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 2, Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

John Chance

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Geoffrey Clark

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 2, Magazine & Journal Citations 2

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

James Eder

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Steven Falconer

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 1, Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Edward Hackett

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Nora Haenn

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Sharon Harlon

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Michelle Hegmon

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Thomas Hudak

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Gwyneira Isaac

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Marcus Janssen

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Donald Johanson

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 101, Magazine & Journal Citations 12

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Hjorleifur Jonsson

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

William Kimbel

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 13, Magazine & Journal Citations 3

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Keith Kintigh

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 9, Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Kelly Knudson

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

John Martin

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 1, Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Leanne Nash

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Ben Nelson

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 1, Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Margaret Nelson

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 3, Magazine & Journal Citations 1

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Charles Perrings

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 1, Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Charles Redman

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 6, Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Kaye Reed

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Gary Schwartz

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Arleyn Simon

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Michael Smith

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 1, Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Mark Spencer

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Katherine Spielmann

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 1, Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Barbara Stark

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 1, Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Christopher Stojanowski

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Anne Stone

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 2, Magazine & Journal Citations 1

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Saburo Sugiyama

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 5, Magazine & Journal Citations 1

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Takeyuki Tsuda

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Sander van der Leeuw

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0, Magazine & Journal Citations 1

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Peter Welsh

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0, Magazine & Journal Citations 1

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
Yes - click here for details

Robert Williams

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

Michael Winkelman

Citations in the LexisNexis Database
Newspaper Citations 0 , Magazine & Journal Citations 0

Significant Accomplishments in Public Outreach
[none specified to date]

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