Yet another example why we need more people taking anthro classes.
Mike Pavlik


-----Original Message-----
From: mlewine@...
To: bmuckle@...; redwards@...
Cc: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 3:50 PM
Subject: [SACC-L] :: Welcome to Cuyahoga Community College


we ( my college's Center for Community Research)got a little news attention on
this "find" of flint tool fragments that were included in our 19th century urban
dig site this summer season. The tv people (Ph.D. in communications) labeled it
"Cave Men" found in urban dig!  Then they used the old Life Magazine artist
rendition of Neanderthals!  I begged them to stop that lead  and they were so
annoyed with me for asking them to substitute "prehistoric" for Cave Men, that
they stopped running the story!  Even more revealing: my colleagues and friends
said that it did not matter to them, Cave Man simply means "old and exotic"!
How about that for critical theory in action!
I am gone taking Sally on a celebration to Alaska on our 37th anniversary- see
y'all soon.

http://www.tri-c.edu/home/default.htm

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Be sure to check out the SACC web page at www.anthro.cc  (NOTE THE NEW
ADDRESS!!) for meeting materials, newsletters, etc.
Yahoo! Groups Links




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Hi Mark,  Another example of the difficulty of science talking to
journalist! We need to write the story for them.  Before you leave can you  give
me the
address of the folks in charge of that Race project that you talked  about a
few weeks ago?  I finally did find the material I needed.   Bill Byrne


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Thanks Bill, send it to me, because I want to collect a set from SACC
folks and deliver it as a critical mass when they are ready. Otherwise,
it will get "lost" in their outbox.

-----Original Message-----
From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Tbbyrnehom@...
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:50 AM
To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [SACC-L] :: Welcome to Cuyahoga Community College

Hi Mark,  Another example of the difficulty of science talking to
journalist! We need to write the story for them.  Before you leave can
you  give me the address of the folks in charge of that Race project
that you talked  about a
few weeks ago?  I finally did find the material I needed.   Bill Byrne


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Be sure to check out the SACC web page at www.anthro.cc  (NOTE THE NEW
ADDRESS!!) for meeting materials, newsletters, etc.
Yahoo! Groups Links

Mark Lewine 2883 Sedgewick Rd. Shaker Heights, OH 44120

-----Original Message-----
From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Tbbyrnehom@...
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:50 AM
To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [SACC-L] :: Welcome to Cuyahoga Community College

Hi Mark,  Another example of the difficulty of science talking to
journalist! We need to write the story for them.  Before you leave can
you  give me the address of the folks in charge of that Race project
that you talked  about a
few weeks ago?  I finally did find the material I needed.   Bill Byrne


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ADDRESS!!) for meeting materials, newsletters, etc.
Yahoo! Groups Links

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SACC Colleagues: Forwarded for your information.  Send your comments,
suggestions and ideas directly to Anthropology News Editor Stacy
Lathrop.
Lloyd Miller




Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Stacy Lathrop" <slathrop@...>
> Date: August 8, 2006 3:41:28 PM CDT
> To: "Stacy Lathrop" <slathrop@...>
> Cc: "Sarah Walker" <swalker@...>
> Subject: FOR COMMENT --- Anthropology News Draft CFP on Teaching
>
>
>
> Dear AN Contributing Editors,
>
>
>
> Following up on my message last month asking for help in developing
> a series in AN on teaching and anthropology, GAD Contributing
> Editor Susan Sutton offered the draft call for papers below.
> Please send me by August 29 any comments, suggested additions or
> deletions, and other ideas for further development of this proposed
> series.
>
>
>
> With many thanks,
>
>
>
> Stacy Lathrop
>
> Managing Editor, Anthropology News
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
> Draft Anthropology News Call for Papers: TEACHING
>
>
>
> Teaching is what most anthropologists do most of the time.  It
> nevertheless occupies a very marginal position in our major
> journals and our annual meetings.  AN is therefore soliciting
> commentaries and analyses related to teaching and anthropology.
> Submissions that take up the following issues are particularly
> welcome:  anthropology and the general education curriculum;
> anthropology and experiential learning (service learning, study
> abroad, action research, community engagement); teaching across
> differences of culture, class, race, and gender; the role and
> status (or lack thereof) of teaching in the academy and the
> discipline;  the construction of meaningful courses and curricula;
> team-teaching across subfields, disciplines, and nations; and what
> it is that anthropology can contribute to student learning on
> various critical issues.  Short pieces on particular teaching
> methods that you have found productive are also welcome, especially
> if these are framed by larger methodological and theoretical
> discussions.   Submissions should be under 1000 words.
>
>
>
>
>
> Stacy Lathrop
>
> Managing Editor
>
> Anthropology News
>
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> 2200 Wilson Blvd., Suite 600
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August 15, 2006

Essay


How to Make Sure Children Are Scientifically Illiterate


By LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS

Voters in Kansas ensured this month that noncreationist moderates will
once again have a majority (6 to 4) on the state school board, keeping
new standards inspired by intelligent design from taking effect.

This is a victory for public education and sends a message nationwide
about the public's ability to see through efforts by groups like the
Discovery Institute to misrepresent science in the schools. But for
those of us who are interested in improving science education, any
celebration should be muted.

This is not the first turnaround in recent Kansas history. In 2000,
after a creationist board had removed evolution from the state science
curriculum, a public outcry led to wholesale removal of creationist
board members up for re-election and a reinstatement of evolution in the
curriculum.

In a later election, creationists once again won enough seats to get a
6-to-4 majority. With their changing political tactics, creationists are
an excellent example of evolution at work. Creation science evolved into
intelligent design, which morphed into "teaching the controversy," and
after its recent court loss in Dover, Pa., and political defeats in Ohio
and Kansas, it will no doubt change again. The most recent campaign
slogan I have heard is "creative evolution."

But perhaps more worrisome than a political movement against science is
plain old ignorance. The people determining the curriculum of our
children in many states remain scientifically illiterate. And Kansas is
a good case in point.

The chairman of the school board, Dr. Steve Abrams, a veterinarian, is
not merely a strict creationist. He has openly stated that he believes
that God created the universe 6,500 years ago, although he was quoted in
The New York Times this month as saying that his personal faith "doesn't
have anything to do with science."

"I can separate them," he continued, adding, "My personal views of
Scripture have no room in the science classroom."

A key concern should not be whether Dr. Abrams's religious views have a
place in the classroom, but rather how someone whose religious views
require a denial of essentially all modern scientific knowledge can be
chairman of a state school board.

I have recently been criticized by some for strenuously objecting in
print to what I believe are scientifically inappropriate attempts by
some scientists to discredit the religious faith of others. However, the
age of the earth, and the universe, is no more a matter of religious
faith than is the question of whether or not the earth is flat.

It is a matter of overwhelming scientific evidence. To maintain a belief
in a 6,000-year-old earth requires a denial of essentially all the
results of modern physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology and geology. It
is to imply that airplanes and automobiles work by divine magic, rather
than by empirically testable laws.

Dr. Abrams has no choice but to separate his views from what is taught
in science classes, because what he says he believes is inconsistent
with the most fundamental facts the Kansas schools teach children.

Another member of the board, who unfortunately survived a primary
challenge, is John Bacon. In spite of his name, Mr. Bacon is no friend
of science. In a 1999 debate about the removal of evolution and the Big
Bang from science standards, Mr. Bacon said he was baffled about the
objections of scientists. "I can't understand what they're squealing
about," he is quoted as saying. "I wasn't here, and neither were they."

This again represents a remarkable misunderstanding of the nature of the
scientific method. Many fields - including evolutionary biology,
astronomy and physics - use evidence from the past in formulating
hypotheses. But they do not stop there. Science is not storytelling.

These disciplines take hypotheses and subject them to further tests and
experiments. This is how we distinguish theories that work, like
evolution or gravitation.

As we continue to work to improve the abysmal state of science education
in our schools, we will continue to battle those who feel that knowledge
is a threat to faith.

But when we win minor skirmishes, as we did in Kansas, we must remember
that the issue is far deeper than this. We must hold our elected school
officials to certain basic standards of knowledge about the world. The
battle is not against faith, but against ignorance.

Lawrence M. Krauss is a professor of physics and astronomy at Case
Western Reserve University.





Ann Popplestone  AAB, BA, MA

CCC Metro TLC



216-987-3584

FAX:707-924-2471





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The book is a best seller. <Sigh> <Groan>.





http://www.powells.com/review/2006_08_10







Ann Popplestone  AAB, BA, MA

CCC Metro TLC



216-987-3584

FAX:707-924-2471





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Anyone want to run for office?

VP for Membership is open.

Here are the line-ups as I know them.  Please let me know if I have listed
anything incorrectly or if anyone needs to run for office, etc....  This is
not meant to look like a "banana republic" where all the decisions are made,
but we seem to have some difficulty with getting people to run for offices.

2006-07  President:  Rob Edwards  (Asilomar, CA meetings)
              President-Elect:  Ann Kaupp
              Immediate Past President:  Chuck Ellenbaum (can you run for
this?)
              Secretary:  Mary Kay Gilliand
              Treasurer (for life):  Mel Johnson
              VP for Membership:  open

2007-08  President:  Ann Kaupp (Wash, DC spring meetings)
              President Elect:  open  (Dennis Kellogg)
              Immediate Past President:  Rob Edwards
              Secretary:  Mary Kay Gilliand (we hope!)
              Treasurer (may he have a long life):  Mel Johnson
              VP for Membership:  (hope this is a continuation)

2008-09  President:
              President Elect:  George Rodgers' name was mentioned
              Immediate Past President:  Ann Kaupp
              Secretary (for life?):
              Treasurer (if we still have a treasury in spite of AAA):  Mel
Johnson
              VP for Membership:

I have no idea when my term is up, but Program Chair is an office that
should be on the list too (if anyone else wants it!).

          --Becky



-----Original Message-----
From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Dianne C
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:34 AM
To: SACC-l@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SACC-L] Your chance to rule the world (or at least part of SACC)!



Anyone want to run for office?

VP for Membership is open.

Here are the line-ups as I know them. Please let me know if I have listed
anything incorrectly or if anyone needs to run for office, etc.... This is
not meant to look like a "banana republic" where all the decisions are made,

but we seem to have some difficulty with getting people to run for offices.

2006-07 President: Rob Edwards (Asilomar, CA meetings)
President-Elect: Ann Kaupp
Immediate Past President: Chuck Ellenbaum (can you run for
this?)
Secretary: Mary Kay Gilliand
Treasurer (for life): Mel Johnson
VP for Membership: open

2007-08 President: Ann Kaupp (Wash, DC spring meetings)
President Elect: open (Dennis Kellogg)
Immediate Past President: Rob Edwards
Secretary: Mary Kay Gilliand (we hope!)
Treasurer (may he have a long life): Mel Johnson
VP for Membership: (hope this is a continuation)

2008-09 President:
President Elect: George Rodgers' name was mentioned
Immediate Past President: Ann Kaupp
Secretary (for life?):
Treasurer (if we still have a treasury in spite of AAA): Mel
Johnson
VP for Membership:







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For the sake of clarification-- is there a description of  the position, what it
involves, and what it might mean in terms of things like participation at the
annual meetings (SACC & AAA) etc.?   This would be useful information to put out
more prominently.

Brian

________________________________

From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Dianne C
Sent: Mon 8/21/2006 1:34 PM
To: SACC-l@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SACC-L] Your chance to rule the world (or at least part of SACC)!



Anyone want to run for office?

VP for Membership is open.

Here are the line-ups as I know them. Please let me know if I have listed
anything incorrectly or if anyone needs to run for office, etc.... This is
not meant to look like a "banana republic" where all the decisions are made,
but we seem to have some difficulty with getting people to run for offices.

2006-07 President: Rob Edwards (Asilomar, CA meetings)
President-Elect: Ann Kaupp
Immediate Past President: Chuck Ellenbaum (can you run for
this?)
Secretary: Mary Kay Gilliand
Treasurer (for life): Mel Johnson
VP for Membership: open

2007-08 President: Ann Kaupp (Wash, DC spring meetings)
President Elect: open (Dennis Kellogg)
Immediate Past President: Rob Edwards
Secretary: Mary Kay Gilliand (we hope!)
Treasurer (may he have a long life): Mel Johnson
VP for Membership: (hope this is a continuation)

2008-09 President:
President Elect: George Rodgers' name was mentioned
Immediate Past President: Ann Kaupp
Secretary (for life?):
Treasurer (if we still have a treasury in spite of AAA): Mel
Johnson
VP for Membership:





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Hello, all.  Here is the meeting info for the AAA and the next SACC meeting:

The AAA meeting is November 15-19, 2006 at the San Jose Convention Center
(San Jose, California).  The schedule of SACC events follows:

   Prog #  Title
Schedule Info

   0-034   Community Archaeology, Conservation Ethics and Student Success
11/15/2006    2:00 PM      3:45 PM    Willow Glen III-2nd Flr-Marriott San
Jose

   1-189   Business Meeting
11/16/2006    6:15 PM      7:30 PM    Meeting Room C4-Concourse-San Jose
McEnery Convention Center

   2-141   Board Meeting
11/17/2006    2:00 PM      4:00 PM    Pacific-2nd Flr-Hilton San Jose &
Towers

   2-143   Officer's Meeting
11/17/2006    2:00 PM      4:00 PM    Pacific-2nd Flr-Hilton San Jose &
Towers

   2-153   Current Issues in Anthropology:  Five Fields Update
11/17/2006    4:00 PM      5:45 PM    Meeting Room J3-Concourse-San Jose
McEnery Convention Center



The SACC meeting will be April 5-7, 2007 at the Asilomar Conference Center
in Monterey, California.  Below is more info from Rob Edwards
(redwards@...), who is planning the conference.  I will be sending
out a formal call for papers within the next few weeks.

Hope to see you all there!

         --Becky


SACC Annual Meeting 2007

at Asilomar Conference Center,

Monterey, California



Plan now for a California Coastal SACC Fest, April 5th, 6th and 7th, 2007.
Paper sessions are scheduled on the 5th and 7th , a historic tour on the 6th
and optional tours are being planned for Saturday afternoon. After-dinner
speakers are planned for each evening. The theme of the Conference is going
to be Diversity in Time and Space, though any one who has a paper to give is
welcome. Deadline for paper abstracts is February 1st, 2007.

   Registration for SACC members is $250 for all three days, (single day
registration $125) until January 20th, then rates rise to $275 and $135 for
single day registration. Spousal/Significant Other Registration which
includes Friday tour and banquet but not all the bells and whistles is
$140.00

Non-member rate will be $275 until January 20th and $300 thereafter and will
include a one year subscription to SACC Newsletter. Nonmember single day
rates $135 till Jan. 20th, $140 after.

The unusual and wonderful thing about Asilomar besides being located on the
Beach of Monterey Bay is that lodging and food costs are combined and
include three very good meals a day. The combined costs, however, are almost
always cheaper than most local lodging alone. The daily costs depend on how
many are sharing the room.  1 person - 1 room is $175.00.  2 people - 1 room
is $110.00 each.  3-4 people - 1 room is $90.00 each.

If you stay outside Asilomar, there is a daily car fee of $8.75 and you may
want to purchase meal tickets at about $35.00 for the day.





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Yet another shameless plug....My 'Introducing Archaeology' text,
complete with photos by SACC member Barry Kass and back cover blurbs by
SACC members Rob Edwards, Pat Hamlen, and Linda France Stine is now in
the publishers warehouse.

If you teach an intro to archaeology course and want an examination
copy, email Robert O'Reilly at Broadview Press.
roreilly@.... Fax: 705.743.8353 or Telephone
705.743.8990.

It will also be available for viewing at the AAA meetings in San Jose
(Broadview doesn't have its own booth this year, but will be represented
under the banner of 'The Association of Canadian Publishers').

Oh yeah,...if you don't teach archaeology but know someone who does,
please pass this information on.

Thanks for putting up with the plug. Please don't ban me from the list.

Bob

Although this does not directly relate to an instructor in anthropology but
instead
geography, it is something that I think is worth noting and following.  It seems
a
geography teacher was put on administrative leave for putting up foreign flags
in his
classroom because is violates state law.  The article can be retreived from the
following web site.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/9726287/detail.html?subid=22100484&qs=1  
It seems
the flags in question were from China and Mexico.  So much for teaching not only
geographic literacy but also cultural awareness.  Mel Johnson

Here's an update!

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/9731862/detail.html


A teacher in Louisville, KY has been put on administrative leave for
burning a flag in class to stimulate discussion of civil liberties and
freedom of speech.  I'm having problems getting the link, but I'm sure
it's not hard to find.




-----Original Message-----
From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Melvin Johnson
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 12:11 PM
To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SACC-L] Some disturbing news from Colorado


Although this does not directly relate to an instructor in anthropology
but instead
geography, it is something that I think is worth noting and following.
It seems a
geography teacher was put on administrative leave for putting up foreign
flags in his
classroom because is violates state law.  The article can be retreived
from the
following web site.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/9726287/detail.html?subid=22100484&
qs=1   It seems
the flags in question were from China and Mexico.  So much for teaching
not only
geographic literacy but also cultural awareness.  Mel Johnson




Be sure to check out the SACC web page at www.anthro.cc  (NOTE THE NEW
ADDRESS!!) for meeting materials, newsletters, etc.
Yahoo! Groups Links






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How else would we know if you didn't tell us?  Congratulations on having it
all completed!  I'm ordering an exam copy today.

Pamela Ford
Chair, Department for World Studies
Mt. San Jacinto College
1499 N. State Street
San Jacinto, CA 92583
951.487-3725

-----Original Message-----
From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Bob Muckle
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:21 PM
To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SACC-L] archaeology text

Yet another shameless plug....My 'Introducing Archaeology' text,
complete with photos by SACC member Barry Kass and back cover blurbs by
SACC members Rob Edwards, Pat Hamlen, and Linda France Stine is now in
the publishers warehouse.

If you teach an intro to archaeology course and want an examination
copy, email Robert O'Reilly at Broadview Press.
roreilly@.... Fax: 705.743.8353 or Telephone
705.743.8990.

It will also be available for viewing at the AAA meetings in San Jose
(Broadview doesn't have its own booth this year, but will be represented
under the banner of 'The Association of Canadian Publishers').

Oh yeah,...if you don't teach archaeology but know someone who does,
please pass this information on.

Thanks for putting up with the plug. Please don't ban me from the list.

Bob



Be sure to check out the SACC web page at www.anthro.cc  (NOTE THE NEW
ADDRESS!!) for meeting materials, newsletters, etc.
Yahoo! Groups Links

Dear SACCers
I have a question to ask because I am trying to get a few things taken care of
before
life becomes to hectic.  I have a plaque that lists the receipients of the
President's
Awards.  I am trying to update the list and have the following already on the
plaque:
1991--Richard Furlow, 1992--Charles Ellenbaum, 1996--Lloyd Miller, 1997--Philip
Stein.
I need to add the following:  2000--Anthongy Balzano, 2001--Mark Lewine,
2002--Mark
Tromans and 2005--Melvin Johnson.  Am I missing anyone?  Thanks for you help,
Mel
Johnson

Bob,
Good work!  I'm with Pamela, how else would I know?  It is also good timing as
I'm musing about an arky course next summer, so will definitely want to take a
look & support my Canadian colleagues!
Hope all is well with you & yours.
Lori

>>> bmuckle@... 08/24/06 5:20 pm >>>
Yet another shameless plug....My 'Introducing Archaeology' text,
complete with photos by SACC member Barry Kass and back cover blurbs by
SACC members Rob Edwards, Pat Hamlen, and Linda France Stine is now in
the publishers warehouse.

If you teach an intro to archaeology course and want an examination
copy, email Robert O'Reilly at Broadview Press.
roreilly@.... Fax: 705.743.8353 or Telephone
705.743.8990.

It will also be available for viewing at the AAA meetings in San Jose
(Broadview doesn't have its own booth this year, but will be represented
under the banner of 'The Association of Canadian Publishers').

Oh yeah,...if you don't teach archaeology but know someone who does,
please pass this information on.

Thanks for putting up with the plug. Please don't ban me from the list.

Bob



Be sure to check out the SACC web page at www.anthro.cc  (NOTE THE NEW
ADDRESS!!) for meeting materials, newsletters, etc.
Yahoo! Groups Links

Mel,
It is correct as far as I can tell.  [Just remove the "g" from Anthony *
thanks].  See you in San Jose!
--Anthony

>>> majohns@... 08/26/2006 12:17 PM >>>
Dear SACCers
I have a question to ask because I am trying to get a few things taken care of
before
life becomes to hectic.  I have a plaque that lists the receipients of the
President's
Awards.  I am trying to update the list and have the following already on the
plaque:
1991--Richard Furlow, 1992--Charles Ellenbaum, 1996--Lloyd Miller, 1997--Philip
Stein.
I need to add the following:  2000--Anthongy Balzano, 2001--Mark Lewine,
2002--Mark
Tromans and 2005--Melvin Johnson.  Am I missing anyone?  Thanks for you help,
Mel
Johnson



Be sure to check out the SACC web page at www.anthro.cc  (NOTE THE NEW
ADDRESS!!) for meeting materials, newsletters, etc.
Yahoo! Groups Links

You are so picky Tony, but if you insist.  See you in November.  Mel

--
Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)


---------- Original Message -----------
From: "anthony balzano" <abalzano@...>
To: <SACC-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:22:31 -0400
Subject: Re: [SACC-L] President's Awards

> Mel,
> It is correct as far as I can tell.  [Just remove the "g" from Anthony *
> thanks].  See you in San Jose! --Anthony
>
> >>> majohns@... 08/26/2006 12:17 PM >>>
> Dear SACCers
> I have a question to ask because I am trying to get a few things taken care of
> before life becomes to hectic.  I have a plaque that lists the receipients of
> the President's Awards.  I am trying to update the list and have the following
> already on the plaque:  1991--Richard Furlow, 1992--Charles Ellenbaum, 1996--
> Lloyd Miller, 1997--Philip Stein.  I need to add the following:  2000--
> Anthongy Balzano, 2001--Mark Lewine, 2002--Mark Tromans and 2005--Melvin
> Johnson.  Am I missing anyone?  Thanks for you help, Mel Johnson
>
> Be sure to check out the SACC web page at www.anthro.cc  (NOTE THE NEW
> ADDRESS!!) for meeting materials, newsletters, etc. Yahoo! Groups Links
------- End of Original Message -------

Does anyone know the source of this information?

I came across a very brief note in the current issue of The Week
magazine stating that in a survey of 33 developed nations (the nations
were not listed), the United States ranked second among nations for the
highest percentage of the population rejecting evolutionary theory. The
number one nation in this survey was Turkey!

I did find another (similar) piece of research, but it doesn't involve
Turkey. An article by Gregory S. Paul, "Cross-National Correlations of
Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in
the Prosperous Democracies," Journal of Religion and Society, is
interesting: http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html

It tells much the same story (fig. 1), but I'd like to see the data
with that larger list of 33 nations.

Deborah

Deborah J. Shepherd, Ph.D.
Anthropology and Sociology
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Coon Rapids Campus
email: deborah.shepherd@...
http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/shepherd/
new phone number: 763-433-1195


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Here's the Science Web link, although it's not terribly informative.
You can certainly find the paper journal in  a College/University
library



http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/313/5788/765







Ann Popplestone  AAB, BA, MA

CCC Metro TLC



216-987-3584

FAX:707-924-2471

________________________________

From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Deborah Shepherd
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:26 PM
To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SACC-L] Survey of national populations--acceptance of
evolution



Does anyone know the source of this information?

I came across a very brief note in the current issue of The Week
magazine stating that in a survey of 33 developed nations (the nations
were not listed), the United States ranked second among nations for the
highest percentage of the population rejecting evolutionary theory. The
number one nation in this survey was Turkey!

I did find another (similar) piece of research, but it doesn't involve
Turkey. An article by Gregory S. Paul, "Cross-National Correlations of
Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in
the Prosperous Democracies," Journal of Religion and Society, is
interesting: http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
<http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html>

It tells much the same story (fig. 1), but I'd like to see the data
with that larger list of 33 nations.

Deborah

Deborah J. Shepherd, Ph.D.
Anthropology and Sociology
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Coon Rapids Campus
email: deborah.shepherd@...
<mailto:deborah.shepherd%40anokaramsey.edu>
http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/shepherd/
<http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/shepherd/>
new phone number: 763-433-1195

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The New York Times summarizes the article from Science



http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/15/science/sciencespecial2/15evo.html?ex=
1157083200&en=63527a9dbf1ca4d1&ei=5070







Ann Popplestone  AAB, BA, MA

CCC Metro TLC



216-987-3584

FAX:707-924-2471

________________________________

From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Deborah Shepherd
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:26 PM
To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SACC-L] Survey of national populations--acceptance of
evolution



Does anyone know the source of this information?

I came across a very brief note in the current issue of The Week
magazine stating that in a survey of 33 developed nations (the nations
were not listed), the United States ranked second among nations for the
highest percentage of the population rejecting evolutionary theory. The
number one nation in this survey was Turkey!

I did find another (similar) piece of research, but it doesn't involve
Turkey. An article by Gregory S. Paul, "Cross-National Correlations of
Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in
the Prosperous Democracies," Journal of Religion and Society, is
interesting: http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
<http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html>

It tells much the same story (fig. 1), but I'd like to see the data
with that larger list of 33 nations.

Deborah

Deborah J. Shepherd, Ph.D.
Anthropology and Sociology
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Coon Rapids Campus
email: deborah.shepherd@...
<mailto:deborah.shepherd%40anokaramsey.edu>
http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/shepherd/
<http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/shepherd/>
new phone number: 763-433-1195

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I just got this answer to my inquiry which I'm taking the liberty to
forward since that was Kip's intention.

Deborah J. Shepherd, Ph.D.
Anthropology and Sociology
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Coon Rapids Campus
email: deborah.shepherd@...
http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/shepherd/
new phone number: 763-433-1195

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Begin forwarded message:

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> Date: August 30, 2006 3:18:50 PM CDT
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Deborah,

This is strictly anecdotal, but some years ago a well-educated
Mexican friend of mine—a teacher of American literature at a Mexican
university—told me that the most puzzling thing about the U.S. and
American culture to her was our persistent and highly emotional
rejection of evolution theory.  I guess I'm not surprised at the
survey you cited.

Best,
Lloyd Miller



On Aug 30, 2006, at 5:26 PM, Deborah Shepherd wrote:

> Does anyone know the source of this information?
>
> I came across a very brief note in the current issue of The Week
> magazine stating that in a survey of 33 developed nations (the nations
> were not listed), the United States ranked second among nations for
> the
> highest percentage of the population rejecting evolutionary theory.
> The
> number one nation in this survey was Turkey!



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I am tempted to say:  "And U.S. Americans should believe in evolution
because....?"

This is not to question the aptness or explanatory power of evolutionary
theory itself, but to ask instead why we might think that U.S. Americans
SHOULD be any more likely to accept evolutionary theory than anyone else
in the world?  What characteristics of U.S. American make us think these
survey results are unexpected or unusual?

Brian




-----Original Message-----
From: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SACC-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Lloyd Miller
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 2:41 PM
To: SACC-L@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [SACC-L] Survey of national populations--acceptance of
evolution

Deborah,

This is strictly anecdotal, but some years ago a well-educated
Mexican friend of mine-a teacher of American literature at a Mexican
university-told me that the most puzzling thing about the U.S. and
American culture to her was our persistent and highly emotional
rejection of evolution theory.  I guess I'm not surprised at the
survey you cited.

Best,
Lloyd Miller



On Aug 30, 2006, at 5:26 PM, Deborah Shepherd wrote:

> Does anyone know the source of this information?
>
> I came across a very brief note in the current issue of The Week
> magazine stating that in a survey of 33 developed nations (the nations
> were not listed), the United States ranked second among nations for
> the
> highest percentage of the population rejecting evolutionary theory.
> The
> number one nation in this survey was Turkey!



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Hi!

As I'm preparing lectures on evolution for my Intro classes next week, I'm
wondering whether anyone can suggest some especially helpful / "popular"
exercises or activities they've used to teach evolutionary theory or the
scientific method?

Cheers,
Tara L. Hefferan, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Alma College
614 W. Superior St.
Alma, MI  48801
Ph:  989-463-7186
Email:  hefferan@...

I think that we're seeing the fruits of poor science
edution and lack of critical thinking skills. We are a
technologically advanced country, yet we have far from
the best education system (excluding community
colleges, of course). Last year an article appeared
(somewhere) that research labs were in trouble because
the US government was slowing down on the processing
of visas for foreign-trained scientists who make up a
very significant percentage of researchers in our
county.

Have a great Fall semester! Teach evolution! Teach
critical thinking!

Phil

--- Deborah Shepherd
<deborah.shepherd@...> wrote:

> Does anyone know the source of this information?
>
> I came across a very brief note in the current issue
> of The Week
> magazine stating that in a survey of 33 developed
> nations (the nations
> were not listed), the United States ranked second
> among nations for the
> highest percentage of the population rejecting
> evolutionary theory. The
> number one nation in this survey was Turkey!
>
> I did find another (similar) piece of research, but
> it doesn't involve
> Turkey. An article by Gregory S. Paul,
> "Cross-National Correlations of
> Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular
> Religiosity and Secularism in
> the Prosperous Democracies," Journal of Religion and
> Society, is
> interesting:
> http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/2005/2005-11.html
>
> It tells much the same story (fig. 1), but I'd like
> to see the data
> with that larger list of 33 nations.
>
> Deborah
>
> Deborah J. Shepherd, Ph.D.
> Anthropology and Sociology
> Anoka-Ramsey Community College
> Coon Rapids Campus
> email: deborah.shepherd@...
> http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/shepherd/
> new phone number: 763-433-1195
>
>
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> removed]
>
>
>
> Be sure to check out the SACC web page at
> www.anthro.cc  (NOTE THE NEW ADDRESS!!) for meeting
> materials, newsletters, etc.
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>

Jo Brian and all,  How about this!  Americans like to think of  themselves as
practical people. How many times have you heard "Experience is the  best
teacher."?  Yet how many Americans will understand that the scientific  method
based on Inductive reasoning IS the experience of repeated  experiments.
Evolution is based on the experience of species undergoing  mutations, such as
the
flu virus we see from year to year.  However, there  is plenty of evidence that
some people have invincible ignorance and we just  need to face that fact
also. Of course some people don't accept the fact  that there are facts.
Have a good year teaching.  From that old retired  sad SACC Bill Byrne


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