•   MA Thesis Defense:
Monday, May 5th, 2008, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. @ FANER 3515

Margaret Collier
    " " I Gotta Try to Watch What I'm Eating, You Know? " Diabetes Programs In An Amewrican Indian Center "

>> Committee: Dr. Roberto Barrios (Chair)
Dr. Anthony Webster
Dr. David Sutton

•   MA Thesis Defense:
Monday, May 5th, 2008, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. @ FANER 3438 (Physical Anthropology Lab)

Doug Coons
    "  The Place of the Mladeč Remains in the Neanderthal Question "

>> Committee: Dr. Robert S. Corruccini (Chair)
Dr. Tracy Prowse
Dr. Andrew Balkansky

•   MA Thesis Defense:
Monday, April 14th, 2008, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. @ FANER 3438 (Physical Anthropology Lab)

Jon L. Pressley
    "  Dental Reduction as Evidence of Microevolution and Selection Between Middle Archaic and Miccle/Late Woodland Occupations at 11SA87A - The Black Earth Site "

>> Committee: Dr. Robert S. Corruccini (Chair)
Dr. Brian Butler
Dr. Chris Stojanowski

•   Finding Bridges:
Friday, April 11th, 2008, Noon - 1p.m. @ FANER 3515

Mathew Robb
    "  Old Men and Fire: The place of Huehueteol in Mesoamerican Art. "

>> Coffee and Sweet Treats will be provided.

>> Questions? Comments? Potential Presenters? Please contact: Meghan Harrison( mharriso@siu.edu )

•  Asian-American Heritage Month:
Monday, April 7th, 2008, 7 p.m. @ the Student Center's 2nd Floor Auditorium

Janet (Qiaoyun) Zhang
    "  The History of Food. "

>> Why do some Asian cultures use chopsticks? Is an Asian diet healthier for your body? Get answers to these and other question. Learn more about the Chinese dishes and the cultures from which they originated.

>> For additional information, contact Janet at zqy117@gmail.com (U-Card Event)

>> For more events during the SIUC Asian-American Heritage Month, please  Click Here!

•   SIUC Outstanding Scholar Lecture:
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 @ Life Science III Auditorium: Room 1059
4:00 p.m. Lecture
5:00 p.m. Reception

Prof. Izumi Shimada
    " Alloying Archaeology and Science: Thirty Years of Evolution of an Archaeological Project in Peru  "

>> Anthropology professor Izumi Shimada, SIUC's Outstanding Scholar for 2007, is the director of the longest-running archaeological dig in South America. His work has defined much of what is known about pre-Inca peoples on the northern coast of Peru.
All are invited to hear him speak about his research.

>> Supported by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Dean

•   Finding Bridges:
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008, Noon - 1p.m. @ FANER 3515

T. J. Natole
    "  Poetry slams as a genre of new verbal art. "

>> Coffee and Sweet Treats will be provided.

>> Questions? Comments? Potential Presenters? Please contact: Meghan Harrison( mharriso@siu.edu )

•   Ph.D Defense:
Friday, March 7th, 2008, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. @ FANER 2408 (Dean's Conference Room)

Daniel E. Bauer, MA
    "  Negotiating Development: Identity and Economic Practice in Coastal Ecuador "

>> Committee: Dr. Jonathan D. Hill (Chair)
Dr. Jane Adams
Dr. C. Andrew Hofling
Dr. Emma Cervone
Dr. Michael S. Harris

•   Finding Bridges:
!Cancelled! >>Please check rescheduled date later
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008, Noon - 1p.m. @ FANER 3515

Candy Davis
    "  Bilateral Asymmetry in Incisors: Implications for Diagnosing Miocene Hominoid Species. "

>> Candy will be discussing her preliminary findings for her dissertation data!

>> Coffee and Sweet Treats will be provided.

>> Questions? Comments? Potential Presenters? Please contact: Meghan Harrison( mharriso@siu.edu )

•   MA Thesis Defense:
Monday, March 3rd, 2008, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. @ FANER 3438 (Physical Anthropology Lab)

Elliott C. Forsythe
    "  Foraging Strategies, Adaptive Radiation, and Evolutionary Morphology of the Callitrichidae (Mammalia: Primates): Craniometric Evidence "

>> Committee: Dr. Susan M. Ford (Chair)
Dr. Robert S. Corruccini
Dr. Jonathon D. Hill
Dr. Lesa C. Davis

•   Finding Bridges:
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008, 2 p.m. - 3p.m. @ FANER 3515

Dr. Ben Auerbach
    "  Morphological Variation In The New World: A View From The Early Holocene. "

>> Coffee and Sweet Treats will be provided.

>> Questions? Comments? Potential Presenters? Please contact: Meghan Harrison( mharriso@siu.edu )

•   Finding Bridges:
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008, 2 p.m. - 3p.m. @ FANER 3515

Heston Roop
    "  Discourse and Subjectivity in Sport and Cycling "

•   Finding Bridges Colloquium Series: Schedule for Spring 2008

•   MA Thesis Defense:
Monday, January 14th, 2008, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. @ FANER 3438 (Physical Anthropology Lab)

Lindsey Cadwell Baker
    "  Approaches to Multivariate Estimation of African American Versus European American Ancestry from the Distal Femur "

>> Committee: Dr. Robert S. Corruccini (Chair)
Dr. Tracy Prowse
Dr. David Sutton

>> Open to the Public