MW 2:45-3:45
| ANTH336001 | WI:Ethnographic Methods | TR | 0435PM | 0550PM | ZH 236 |
| ANTH361001 | WI:Writing Gender | MWF | 0145PM | 0235PM | ZH 237 |
| ANTH373001 | ST:The Anthropology of the "New" Old Europe | MWF | 1025AM | 1115AM | ZH 237 |
I went on to major in anthropology and take my doctorate in
anthropology too, at the University of Washington in Seattle (a city with many
traffic lights!) I did my fieldwork in Spain, in the north westernmost
region called Galicia. My original fieldwork lasted for two years but I
returned many times since then to visit old friends and conduct more
research. I have been teaching at UNCA since 1990. For many years, I
was the only anthropologist and I taught many anthropology classes. Then,
in 1998 I had a life-changing event: I suffered a massive stroke.
The rest of that year (98-99) was spent engaging in rehab (the most difficult
challenge yet in my life). In 99-00, I worked quarter-time as the Director
of International Programs and in 00-01, I plan to work full-time, half-time as
the Liberal Arts Learning and Disability Services Coordinator (a new position)
and half-time as a teacher. In the summer of 2000, my husband, Ken
Betsalel, and I attended the first-ever National Endowment for the Humanities
Summer Institute on Disability Studies in San Francisco for five weeks.
(Disability Studies is an emerging, interdisciplinary field [similar to Women's
Studies] combining literature, history, sociology, anthropology, political
science, etc.) I am working on an article about death in Galicia and
writing poetry (a new interest). My dream is to write a book about my
experiences with my stroke, weaving in interviews with other young stroke
survivors.