Spring

2016 Anthropology News

Department of Anthropology, 316 Manning Hall.

University of Memphis, Memphis TN 38152

901.678.2080 - http://www.memphis.edu/anthropology

Stan Hyland wins Sol Tax Dis�nguished Service Award.

Dr. Hyland will be honored with the 2016 SfAA Sol Tax

Award for excep�onal contribu�ons in: 1) leadership in

SfAA organiza�onal structure and policy; 2) central roles in

communica�on with other disciplines or sub-disciplines;

3) edi�ng and publishing; 4) developing applied anthropol-

ogy curricula; 5) formula�ng ethical standards of prac�ce;

and 6) innova�ve ac�vi�es that promote the goals of the

SfAA and the field of applied anthropology . Dr. Hyland will

offer brief reflec�ons on his career of exemplary service at

the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Mee�ng

Awards Ceremony in Vancouver, Canada on April 1, 2016.

Ruthbeth Finerman elected to SfAA Board of Directors.

Congratula�ons to Dr. Finerman on her elec�on. Her 3-

year term of office will begin at the SfAA Mee�ng in Van-

couver, Canada, March 29-April 3, 2016.

Congratula�ons to Dr. Micah Trapp, who won an Engaged

Learning Fellowship for 2015-16 to incorporate engaged

scholarship projects into ethnographic methods training.

Congratula�ons to Dr. Keri

Brondo, new Director of

Interna�onal Studies. Dr.

Brondo will con�nue to teach

and mentor Anthropology

students while direc�ng the

interdisciplinary BA program

in Interna�onal Studies.

Dr. Michael Duke used a fall

2015 leave for research on

health risks of Marshallese

immigrants living in Spring-

dale, Arkansas.

Alum Amy Santee (MA 2011)

produces Anthropologists in

Prac�ce, an ongoing series of interviews featuring anthro-

pologists who work outside the academy. Read her inter-

view with Kevin Newton (2015) at: h@p://

anthropologizing.com/2015/12/01/anthropologists-in-

prac�ce-an-interview-with-kevin-newton-user-research-lead

-at-tennessee-data-commons/. Other interviews feature

alums Janne Flisrand, Chris�n Reeder, Amy SchaDlein, Jesse

Smith, Susanne Salehi, Allison Hennie, Harmony Farner and

Stacey Burgin. Amy also presented a recent AAA webinar on

business and design anthropolo-

gy, now posted at: h@p://

anthropologizing.com/ 2015/

12/01/anthropologists-in-

prac�ce-an-interview-with-kevin

-newton-user-research-lead-at-

tennessee-data-commons/

Welcome Dr. Chris Barton. New

instructor Dr. Barton earned his

Ph.D. at Temple in 2014 and

joined the faculty in Fall 2015.

His exper�se is race, class and

African American archaeology.

Stan Hyland

Keri Brondo

Chris Barton

Anthropology News Spring 2016

Dr. Stan Hyland Re�res. The department honored Stan’s

official re�rement in Fall 2015. Stan joined the faculty in

1977 aDer earning his Ph.D. at U Illinois, Urbana.

In almost 40 years at UofM

Stan taught nearly every MA

candidate and mentored

dozens of students; virtually

all have gone on to success-

ful prac��oner careers. Stan

shaped broad recogni�on

for applied anthropology in

the Mid-South by “seeding”

numerous governmental

en��es, medical centers,

businesses, grassroots agen-

cies and non-profits with

students and alumni, and fostering genera�ons of graduates

who transi�on into professionals who train and mentor.

Stan strengthened the department’s na�onal reputa�on as

Chair of Anthropology, and then as Director of the School of

Urban Affairs and Public Policy, where he spurred interdisci-

plinary collabora�ons in both teaching and engaged scholar-

ship, and mentored genera�ons of faculty.

Among his many achievements, Stan led a seminar at the

School of American Research and edited a follow-up 2005

book on Community Building in the Twenty-First Century. He

published almost 3 dozen ar�cles, secured over $1 million in

research funding, and served on the Editorial Board of Hu-

man Organiza�on. Stan won the 2016 Sol Tax Dis�nguished

Service Award, and he’s been honored with the AAA Solon T.

Kimball Award for Public & Applied Anthropology, SfAA Prax-

is Award, and two dozen other pres�gious community and

university awards. These include the Unsung Neighborhood

Hero, Harold Love Outstanding Community Involvement,

Meritorious Faculty, Excellence in Engaged Scholarship,

Faudree Profes-

sorship, Dis�n-

guished Teach-

ing, and Superi-

or Performance

in University

Research

Awards.

Congratula�ons

to Stan on his

re�rement, and

our thanks for nearly 4

decades of inspira�onal

teaching & leadership.

We are pleased he will

remain ac�ve as Profes-

sor Emeritus.

Alum Chris Reeder

(2007) spoke at an in-

terna�onal conference

on Habitat for Humani-

ty’s use of data to build

funding. A video of her

community develop-

ment work is posted at

h@ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd-1qcZx2ak

Alum Kenny La*a (2014) was featured in a NAPA podcast

on applied anthropologists. Hear his interview at: h@p://

prac�cinganthropology.org/podcasts/2015/La@a_K.mp3

Congratula�ons to Dr. Robert Connolly for co-edi�ng an

August 2015 volume of Advances in Archaeological Prac�ce

on “Co-crea�on and Public Archaeology.” View the content

at: h@p://saa.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/saa/

aap/2015/00000003/00000003. Dr. Connolly also won an

Engaged Scholarship Research Grant to support his work.

Congratula�ons to Dr. Keri Brondo, who secured funding

from ALSAC/St. Jude for graduate students interested in

business and design anthropology. Dr. Brondo also re-

ceived engaged scholarship research and travel awards.

Congratula�ons to Drs. Kathryn Hicks and Keri Brondo for

securing funding for and co-organizing a fall 2015 Sierra

Club/UofM grassroots Environmental Jus�ce Conference.

Congratula�ons to 2015 MA graduates Taylor Arnold,

Alicia Clark, Jenessa Gebers, Lauren Haley, Kevin Newton,

Steven Payne, Kyle Simpson, and Kay Zagrodny!

Retired faculty Charles McNutt, Stan Hyland,

Charles Williams & Tom Collins Marie Dennan presents Stan with a

published edition of the Memphis

Neighborhood Timeline

Cynthia Sadler presents Stan with her artworkCynthia Sadler presents Stan with her artwork

MA Candidates Jenessa Gebers, Marie Dennan, Kyle Simpson, Kevin Newton, Kay Zagrodny and Lauren Haley.

Not pictured: Taylor Arnold, Alicia Clark and Steven Payne.