February 1980 Anthropology Newsletter 3

CAP1,Reports Successful Evaluation Conference at AAA Meeting The following account is based on a report sub- mlrted by Jean J Schensul.

The American Anthropological Association's Committee on Anthropology as a Professlon won. sored a day-long conference on ethnographic evaluation at the AAA annual meeting last Novem. ber..designed to promote exchange among anthro- pologists who share common applied Interests. CAP selected evaluatlon as the topic because of the increasing employment and influence of an- thropolOQlh3 In this area and the new perspec- tives in methodology and approach which the dis- cipllne can olfer.

Ninety-eight- persons registered for the con- ference, which was coordinated by Jean J Schen- sui and Helen B Schwartzman. Anthropologists and nonanthropologists working in the areas of nutrition, archeology. social impact assessment, evaluation of heklth service agencies and commu- nity assessment and action research SeNed as facilitators in f ive- workshops. They included James Flttlng, Suzanne Carter, Barry Bainton, Noreen Klncaid, Paul Van.Neuburgh, Oretel Peito. Susan Scrimshaw, Lindsay Allen, Jean J Schen- sul. Maria.Gonzalez, Stephen LSchensul, Helen B Schwartman and Gerald Britan.

Opening the conference. retir,ing President Paul J Bohannan stressedthe4mpgrtanceof evaluatlon !end.pollcy r.esearch,~ayd..Goodenough'(Bennsyi. ?anla),: in the keynote. address, focused on, the proMernalIcroFe o!.'Me .evaluator in service lnstl..

.. tutions andagencies. +these arenas, henofed an inherent- confIict between the .lnte.rests of ad- ministrators and their funding sources, and front ilne sewlce.provlderswho.attempt to act Intheln- terest of their clients;Theevaluator, he argued, Is

Morning and .afiernwn workshops included'an outline of Issues and concerns in specific topic areas, presentation of cases, and case analysis. In a summary session, recorders lrom each work- shop oftered an interpretation of the themesand issues addressed in their group discussions.

Attendance;panicipatlon and evaluation of the conference bolnled to a growing need for new kinds of ,training experiences and exchanges within anthropology. Participants favored more workshops and similar activities at meetings of the AAA and other anthropological organizations.

Departments & People - New Institute Orients PhDs

Toward Nonacademic Market A new summer Institute at the Unlversity of

Virginia wlll help prepare PhDs in the social sciences and humanities lor non-teaching careers by educating them in skills and terminology im- portant in nonacademic occupations.

The institute, offered jointly by the university's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Mclntire School of Commerce, and Office of Career Pian- ning and Placement, wi l l also help participants develop ways to seek jobs effectively and will pro- vide business, industry and government with a pool of hlghly qualified potential employees, say the program's organizers.

The Bweek institute, scheduled from June 9- July 18. 1980, wil l be divided into three sesslons. The first session wil l introduce disciplines 01 management declsion making. Particlpants wil l also begin .the first phase of career develop ment-taking stock of their own needs, abiillles and goals.

Penn Establishes First PhD in Historical Archeology

'Starting in the fall of 1980, the Department o f . American Civilizat.lon at the University of Penn sylvania wlll offer a specialized Ph,D that c o m bines training in anthropological archeology and culture theory .with documentary analysis and American culture-social history. Entering ~ u d e ~ t s . . w ~ o ~ w i l l be.expecm.to 'have a BA in gehkral .anthropology, 'wi l l spend tbe first year expanding' ?h&r.: back&bund in thaory and method and .receiving a basic grounding in American Civilization. After taking an MA exam- lnatlon in American Civilization, they wlil go on to specialized training in historical archeology and take the PhD examlnatlon In that fleld. Primary faculty for the new program include Robert L Schuyier. Martin Biddie. Anthony Gar. van and Henry Glassie. For more information contact Robert .L ,Schuyler. Director, PhD Pro. gram in Historical Arch, University Museum, U Pennsylvania, 33rd and Spruce Sts, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Deaths ARTHUR RANDOLPH KELLY, 79, professor'

emeritus. University of Georgia, died Novgmber 4, 1979. A leading contributor to the archeology of the Southeastern United States for half a cen- tury, he was writing the results of 11 years of ex. cavation at Carters Dam. Georgia. at the time 01 his death. Kelly's active 'association with the University of Georgia started in 1948 and con. tinued until his retirement i n 1968. Prior to that period he had taught at the University of Texas, the source of his undergraduate degree, before studying lor his PhD at Harvard (1929). He also taught fil llllnals (1930-33), waskcd lbr (he Smith. sonian 1934 38) in the period of WPA archeol.

the National Park Service (1938-47). His work was the basis for the establishment of Ocmulgee National Monument near Macon. Kelly's Prelim- inary Report on Archeological Exploralions, Macon, Georgia. was published by the Smith- sonian in 1938; he also excavated at the Etawah Mounds, reporting this work in 1964. Other reports and articles on work, primarily in Georgia and South Carolina. were published by the Smithsonian, American Antiquity and his univer- sity.

ogy. an 6 went - ' on to become chief archeologist in

ALBERT0 RUZ LHULLIER, long-time director of the Center for Mayan Studies, National Univer- sity of Mexico, died in Montreal in August 1979 durlng his trip to the Americanist Congress. He was born In France but was a Mexican national who studied at the 'Escuela Nacional de Antro- pologla (diploma in archeology 1945) and the Uni. versidad Nadlonai (master in anthropologlcal sciences 1945) Commencing in 1940 he was a professor at the Escuela Nacional and an arche ologist iii the lnstituto Nacionai de Antropoioyia y Hlstorla. He later.]olned the faculty of the Na. lional Universlty and assumed dlrectorshlp 01 the Center for Mayan Studies, which included the editorsh.ip of the annual Estudios de Cultura Meya, begun in 1961. Best known.for hls dls. covery of the Maya classic-period tomb in the Temple of the Inscriptions. Palenque, Chiapas, Ruz worked in the Maya area in both Mexico and Guatemala. He was particularly concerned with classic and postclassic ceramics and ceremonial architecture. Among hi3 many pubii- cations are La Civilizacidn de 10s antiguos Mayas (1963) and Cosrumbres lunerias de ios an- tiguos Maya (1968).

The second session wiii be devoted to career research activities, including visits to businesses and agencies In nearby cities such as Richmond, Virginia, and Washington. DC.

Case studies, computer games and similar exer. cises in the third session will help participants lo understand organizatipnal behavior. At thls stage, oarticioants wi l l be well into the lob search pro cess.

Informal lunches during the inshtUle will allow parlicipants to meet wirh repmsenlatives from government agencies and bdslnesses.

The institute will accept a maximum 01 40 StJdentS. and preference wil l be given to those who have completed PhD reoulrements. PartiCl. pants will live In universlty dorms or neerhv apart. ments.

of the Dean. Grad Sch of Arts and Sciences. 4.. Cabell Hall. U Virginia. Charlottesvlile. VA 22903. Appllcations wi l l be accepted through March 15. 1980, and applicants will be notilied of a d m s sions decisions by April 15. TLition tor the insti. lute is $200.

ADpllca1,ons may be obtelned by wrlting It

In Brief. . . Roger D Abraham, has assumed the Kenan Pro-

fessorship of Humanities and Anthropology at Scrlpps and Pitzer Colleges. . . Walter R Gold. schmldt Is . vlslting Professor of the Social Sciences at Pitzer College during the 1979-80 fall semester.. . Roaallnda Gonzalez is Instructor In Anthropology at the Chicano Studies Center 01 the Claremonl Colleges.. .June Helm has been a p pointed Chair of the Department of Anthropology al the University 01 Iowa. . . Mac Marshall (Iowa) accepted a 2.year appointment beginning Janu- ary, 1980, as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow a1 the Papua New Guinea Institute 01 Applied Social and Economic Research to participate In a na- tional study of ~ l c o h o l us8 and abus@. . ,Jerry A Moles will become coordinator of the Kellogg pro- gram in international agricultural development at Pomona College.. . Marlon J Rlce (Georgia) has received a long-term research grant under the indo.American Fellowship Program to study "Al- firmatiye Action in Higher Education in India." During his tenure in India, which began January 1, he will.be afflliated with the University of Kerala in Trivandrum. His research, however, will take him to universities throughout India.. . Lawrence Rosen (Princeton) has been admitted to the bar of the US Supreme Court. Earlier he was admitted l o the practlce of law before the Fourth Clrcult Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of North Caro- l ina.. . Bruce G Trigger (McGill) has received the 1979 Cornplanter Medal for Iroquois Research lor his two-volume history of the Huron people, The Children of Aataenlsic .(McGill.Oueen's University Press, 1976) and for his editing of the Northeast Volume of the Smlthsonlan institution's Hand- book 01 North American Indians (Vol 15. 1978). The medal is one 01 the oldest anthropological awards in North America.. . The Papago Indian tribe honored Ruth Underhlli last fell a1 a banquet on Ih& 6@11§ resavalion.

Correction

The submission deadline for the Ethnic Studies Prize competition sponsored by Fairieigh Dlckinson University was reported incorrectly in the Oct 1979 AN, p 6. The deadline is June 30, 1980.