NEWS OF THE DEPARTMENT

• This term, the department will have its external observation, an event which occurs every
  ten years. Three outside evaluators will be on site at the college for two days (March 26th
  and 27th) and will speak to faculty, students and administrators. The department has
  prepared a self-study (available in the office), which evaluates the curriculum, the progress
  made in the past decade, the goals and mission of the department, and the challenges we face.
  The evaluators will prepare a report for the department and the administration with their
  observations, assessments, and recommendations.
• The Human Osteology class has new bones on the way! Thanks to funding from Provost
  Tramontano and Dean Wilson, new casts should be coming soon.
• This summer, not only will there be field schools in Israel and Brooklyn, but several Core
  Curriculum Upper Tier courses taught by members of the department.
• Our new curriculum for introductory courses in archaeology (2.2) and physical anthropology
  (2.4) goes into effect this fall. Each of these courses will have a two-hour lab (scheduled for
  3-5 in the afternoon) attached to it, and each will now be worth 4 credits.

FACULTY

• Pat Antoniello was in India with a group of students during intersession and will return to
  that country during the summer. She and the students are observing health care in villages
  and visiting public health clinics.
• Arthur Bankoff is preparing to go back to the excavations at Tell Bet Shemesh, Israel, for
  the fourth year. With him will be several graduate students (Cory Look, Slobodan Mitrovic,
  Marcus Watson) and undergraduates. Second summer session, we will be digging at the
  Lott House in Marine Park again.
• Jillian Cavanaugh just had her book published, the title is Living Memory: The Social
  Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town. Also, congratulations on her
  promotion and tenure, which took effect this year.
• Bonnie Gustav is on sabbatical in 2008-09, spending the year in Sedona AZ. At the same
  time, she is busy aiding the college by supervising the renumbering of all courses, which has
  been mandated by the university.
• Sophia Perdikaris had a great field school season on Barbuda during the winter
  intersession. She will be Visiting Scholar for the McCaulay Honors College for the fall 2009
  semester. George Hambrecht, a recent CUNY Ph.D., will be substituting for her.
• Alfie Rosenberger has had several new articles on New World primate evolution published.
  He is also working on a new approach to teaching physical anthropology, comparing various
  pedagogic methods. In connection with this, he has proposed that the college build a new
  computer lab specifically for object-based science courses (like physical anthropology and
  archaeology).
• Russell Sharman’s new book Nightshift has been favorably reviewed in a number of
  periodicals, and he is at work on several other projects, including a screenplay. He remains
  fully engaged at the college,teaching several Core Curriculum sections as well as the
  intensive writing 30.5W course.

GRADUATE STUDENTS/ADJUNCT FACULTY

• We welcome Justin Gladman and Michael Polson to the department as new Chancellor’s
  Fellows. Justin has been working in the Digital Morphology Lab with Professor Rosenberger,
  and will be teaching an intro physical section next term. Michael is teaching Anthro 1 this term,
  and will continue next term as well. We also welcome another recent CUNY Ph.D., Gerard
  Weber, to our ranks as adjunct, teaching the ever-popular Anthropology of Sex (Anthro 6)
  course.
• Baris Kuymulu is finishing up his stint as a Chancellor’s Fellow this term, but will be back as
  an adjunct next term to continue his relationship with Brooklyn College.
• Aside from teaching, Matthew Brown, Cory Look and Slobodan Mitrovic have been
  cleaning up the archaeology lab (0207N) preparatory for using it for undergraduate teaching.
  They are also responsible for the departmental website.
• Siobhan Cooke, who taught as an adjunct last year, is a Writing Fellow this year, helping
  students produce literate reports and papers.
• Christa Paterline will be teaching Anthro 37.5 (American Urban Experience) again next
  term for the benefit of the School of Education. It is also open to anyone else who is interested.
  It will meet only on Friday mornings.