Category Archives: Alma College

Feasting the Staff

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

Yesterday on twitter a friend asked ‘what are your favorite distractions?’ – this was easy for me – conversation. I love engaging with other people, whether the conversation is serious or superfluous. And conversations lead to opportunities and new ideas … Continue reading →

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Tweeting Indigenism

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

I want to write a bit about the experience I had using Twitter this semester with my upper level class.  David Silver just wrote a nice piece about his experience with Twitter this semester, and while I was nodding my … Continue reading →

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Please help me find great books!

Posted on November 3, 2010 by

This term my Introduction to Anthropology students are reading The Price of Stones: Building a School for my Village, by T. Jackson Kaguri. (He’s coming to speak in Alma next week, if you want to come to his lectures!).  This … Continue reading →

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And the Emmy goes to…

Posted on September 29, 2010 by

One of my new colleagues, Dr. Stephany Slaughter, just won an Emmy for the documentary she helped to produce! That’s so exciting – I’ve never known an Emmy winner before. Stephany is a faculty member in the Spanish Department at … Continue reading →

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Encouraging college students to mate randomly: teaching population genetics in the classroom

Posted on September 18, 2010 by

Today in my Introductory Class we did a population genetics activity that I made up.  It worked well, so I thought I’d share it. I wanted students to understand these four causes of population variation: Mutation – the actual transformation … Continue reading →

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