Jeanne L. Shea
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Fall 2006 Courses
Course
Description: This freshman seminar investigates the connections between
gender and health in the experience and representation of bodily illness, the
social production of health problems, and the political economy of health
care. The course will focus on women’s experiences of their physical and
psychological well-being in cultural perspective, the ways in which social
images of gender ideals affect women’s mental and physical health, and the ways
in which the position of women in society affects their access to quality
health care. Classes will center around discussion of
these issues, drawing from both U.S.-based and cross-cultural examples, and
students will write several essays and a term paper on related topics. Enrollment:
18 first-year students. Requirement satisfied: one Social Sciences
course.
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Anthropology
225: Anthropological Theory
Course
Description: This upper level seminar provides an introduction to anthropological
theory. Through interactive class discussions, students explore the main
approaches that social and cultural anthropologists have taken to the analysis
of culture and society from the mid-1800s to today. The course introduces
students to a wide variety of theoretical approaches in sociocultural anthropology, including evolutionism,
historical particularism,
functionalism, critical theory, interpretivism,
feminism, and postmodernism, among others. It examines the key features
of these theoretical approaches, the historical context of their emergence, key
scholars instrumental in their development, and the issues and debates on which
they have focused.
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Readings
Course
Description: Independent readings and research on a focused topic under the
supervision of a professor and/or assisting a professor in the process of
teaching a course or conducting research. Apply to professor with
relevant interests, fill out the independent study form below, and turn form in
to the independent study coordinator in Williams 509. Prerequisite:
Anthropology major. Six hours of anthropology.
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Course Description: Supervised service or research integrating theoretical and practical
anthropological issues. Identify organizations with internship opportunities,
discuss your ideas with a professor who might serve as your academic
supervisor, fill out the Internship Form below, and turn it in to the
internship coordinator in Williams 509. Prerequisite: Anthropology major. Nine
hours of anthropology.
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internship form
Readings
Course
Description: Advanced independent
readings and research on a focused topic under the supervision of a professor
and/or assisting a professor in the process of teaching a course or conducting
research. Apply to professor with relevant interests, fill out the
independent study form below, and turn form in to the independent study
coordinator in Williams 509. Prerequisite: Anthropology major. Nine hours of anthropology.
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Spring 2007 Courses
Course Description: This introductory lecture course
introduces students to various facets of Chinese culture and society with a
focus on issues of cultural representation, sociocultural diversity, continuity and change, and
cross-cultural comparison.
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Anthropology
172: Gender, Sex, and Culture
Course
Description: Cross-cultural treatment of women which emphasizes the
interrelationships between female status, social organization, and ideological
systems. Prerequisite: 21. Alternate years.
Cross-cultural study of gender, sex and sexuality, including exploring the cultural
construction of categories and cultural practices related to gender, sex and
sexuality. Pre/co-requisite: ANTH 21.
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syllabus (in preparation)
Readings
Course
Description: Independent readings and research on a focused topic under the
supervision of a professor and/or assisting a professor in the process of
teaching a course or conducting research. Apply to professor with
relevant interests, fill out the independent study form below, and turn form in
to the independent study coordinator in Williams 509. Prerequisite:
Anthropology major. Six hours of anthropology.
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here to see independent study form
Course Description: Supervised service or research integrating theoretical and practical
anthropological issues. Identify organizations with internship opportunities, discuss
your ideas with a professor who might serve as your academic supervisor, fill
out the Internship Form below, and turn it in to the internship coordinator in
Williams 509. Prerequisite: Anthropology major. Nine hours of
anthropology.
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internship form
Readings
Course
Description: Advanced
independent readings and research on a focused topic under the supervision of a
professor and/or assisting a professor in the process of teaching a course or
conducting research. Apply to professor with relevant interests, fill out
the independent study form below, and turn form in to the independent study
coordinator in Williams 509. Prerequisite: Anthropology major. Nine hours of anthropology.
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here to see independent study form
Courses Taught in Other Semesters
Anthropology
21: Human Cultures
Course
Description: This course provides an introduction to the academic
discipline of cultural anthropology and explores a broad range of human experiences,
examining the question of how and why humans and their cultures vary in space
and time. Overall, this course is divided into three units: introduction to
cultural anthropology, central topics in cultural anthropology, and applying
anthropology to contemporary social problems.
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Anthropology
095: East Asian Cultures (TAP)
Course Description: In exploring East Asian cultures, we focus on Chinese culture
in mainland
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Anthropology
152: Cultures of
Course Description: Introduction to the cultures of East Asian
societies with a focus on issues of cultural representation, sociocultural diversity, social
change, historical interactions, and cultural comparison. Prerequisite: Anth 21.
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Course Description: Introduction to medical anthropology. Social and cultural perspectives on health and
illness experiences, doctor-patient interactions, healing practices, and access
to health and health care. Pre/co-requisites: ANTH 21 or 3
credits of SOC. Cross-listings: SOC 155
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Course Description: Cross-cultural study of the individual in a sociocultural context examining
cognition and culture, symbols, alternative states of consciousness, human
sexuality, deviance and madness, and ethnotherapy.
Prerequisite: 21. Alternate years.
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Course Description: Description and analysis of ethnic, racial, and
religious groups in the U.S. Examination of social/cultural patterns in the
larger society and in these groups themselves. When I teach this course,
I focus on Asians in the
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Course
Description: Explores cultural diversity in views and experiences of the
lifecycle and aging.
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Anthropology
290: Ethnographic Methods
Course
Description: This course provides a space for advanced students to consider
theoretical, ethical, and practical issues surrounding research methods in the
field of sociocultural
anthropology. In this course, students will have the opportunity to learn about
various methods used in the collection, analysis, and expression of research
materials in sociocultural
anthropology; to consider ethical and practical issues involved in
anthropological fieldwork; to assess and debate the poetics and politics of
ethnographic writing; and to try their hand at participant observation,
interviewing, ethnographic writing, research project design, and proposal
writing and presentation. Prerequisite: Anth
21 and a 100-level anthropology course.
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Anthropology
295: Medical Anthropology
Course
Description: This course applies social and cultural perspectives to the exploration
of health and illness experiences, doctor-patient interactions, healing
traditions and therapeutic practices, and the political economy of health and
health care. This advanced seminar provides an opportunity for students to
read, analyze discuss, and write about an extensive selection of scholarly
literature in medical anthropology and conduct independent research on related
topics. Class meetings focus on student presentations and interactive class
discussion.
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