And here’s another class, this time designed for both University of Southern Indiana and Henderson Community College. Unlike the Cultural Diversity class from last summer, this is a more general theoretical introduction to cultural anthropology. Enjoy!
Intro to Physical Anthropology
I’m teaching a new online course, this time at the University of Southern Indiana. I’ve taught Intro to Physical Anthropology for ten years in the classroom, but this is the first time I’ve delivered it online. As usual, the lectures are on YouTube. Check out the playlist!
Cultural Diversity in the Modern World
Here’s another playlist of YouTube lectures developed to accompany on online course I’ll be teaching for the first time this fall. This one is an ethnographic survey, looking at a variety of different cultural traditions around the world. Enjoy!
Old World Civilization this time
(Originally posted: 8/7/2016)
And after almost two years, I’m back with another post! This time, I’ve developed an online course in Old World Civilization, as a companion to the New World Civ class from 2014. Enjoy!
My New Spring Course
(Originally posted: 12/24/2014)
Starting in the Spring, I’ll be teaching a new, completely online, course at Henderson Community College in Henderson, Kentucky. As part of that course, I’ve recorded a series on lectures for Youtube, and I see no reason that they shouldn’t be available here, too! Enjoy!
Advice for first semester freshmen
(Originally posted: 12/22/2012)
It’s been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to post anything here, and that’s because I was wrapped up in finishing the fall semester. As always, I taught a couple sections of First Year Seminar this semester. It’s a course designed to introduce new college students to the kinds of reading, thinking, and writing expected of them in college. My experience in this course over the last several years is that students are woefully unprepared, not for the reading/thinking/writing necessarily (though some students certainly need better high school preparation in those skills!), but for the practical strategies of life on a college campus. Click through to the full story for a few of the most important pieces of advice I have for new freshmen! Continue reading “Advice for first semester freshmen”
Testing Patterns
(Originally posted: 9/19/2012)
I gave the first exam of the semester to my classes this afternoon, and it got me thinking. Like most (I’d assume) adjunct professors, I teach lower-level, introductory courses. And like most lower-level courses, my exams are usually objective exams, a combination of multiple choice and true/false kinds of questions. As students hand in the exams, I stack them face-down. Then I grade the exams from the first exam to be handed in, to the last. Over the last several years, I’ve noticed a pattern. Every class can be divided into about six groups of students, based on the order that they complete the exam. Continue reading “Testing Patterns”
Deciphering Job Announcements in Archaeology
(Originally posted: 10/24/2011)
In what should come as a surprise to no one at all, as the semester has heated up to midterm and beyond, my free time to think about this blog has dropped dramatically. In fact, my free time these days is mostly devoted to the job search in what might be one of the worst job markets ever. I don’t think it’s any secret that this website–primarily consisting of my CV–is a bit of self-promotion for potential employers. And as long as I’ve got you here reading this, I thought I might comment a bit on the academic job search. Continue reading “Deciphering Job Announcements in Archaeology”
The Life of an Adjunct Professor
(Originally posted: 9/5/2011)
I’ve been teaching as an adjunct professor for several years now, beginning in January of 2005, and slowly growing my classroom presence until I now teach full time. It isn’t easy. In fact, its probably the most difficult job I’ve had, not barring the bottom of a backhoe trench in 100 degree/100% humidity weather. Aside from the typical classroom issues that all teachers have to deal with, these are just a couple of the monsters one must slay as an adjunct: Continue reading “The Life of an Adjunct Professor”