Skidmore
Department
Factsheet
|
| Home |
|
| News! | |
| Department | |
| Major | |
| Courses | |
| Faculty | |
| Students | |
| Policies | |
| Resources | |
| Site Map | |
| Skidmore | |
|
This
Page
MAJORS: Sociology; Anthropology;
Sociology-Anthropology; Social
Work All
department programs encourage understanding and critical
analysis of culture, social institutions, and social issues.
The department's curricula serve students with general interests
in the social sciences and human service professions. A
major in the department prepares students for fields requiring
knowledge of social science and human services as well as
for graduate training in the social sciences, social work,
business, law, and other professional fields. The Anthropology program incorporates area studies (e.g., sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific, American Indians) as well as substantive fields (e.g., psychological anthropology, symbolic behavior, ecological anthropology). We also offer a wide range of archaeology courses. Many anthropology students study abroad for a semester. Students emphasizing archaeology often become involved in archaeological excavations. Anthropology administers a program in contract archaeology that offers students a diverse array of archaeological field and laboratory experiences. Through this program Skidmore students may receive training and experience in on-going survey and excavation projects, including environmental impact assessments.
The
department participates actively in Skidmore's interdisciplinary
programs in Scribner
Seminars, Law
and Society, Environmental
Studies, and Women's
Studies. Department faculty have terminal degrees (PhD or M.S.W.) from leading graduate schools. Here are our faculty along with their special areas of interest:
Here are some examples of books and articles by department faculty: THIS SECTION BELOW IS UNDER RECONSTRUCTION!
Dances of the Tewa Indians by Jill Sweet.
About 90 students with diverse backgrounds and interests
major in the department. The department annually presents
the Everett V. Stonequist
Award, the O. Roger Gallagher Award, the Betten and
Betten Award, and the Nancy
Beth Rautenberg, '83, Award to outstanding students
in Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. The department
also has a chapter of Alpha
Kappa Delta, an international honor society recognizing
and encouraging superior academic achievement in sociology.
Active faculty-student collaboration takes place in all three department disciplines, and student-faculty teams regularly receive collaborative research grants. In recent years students and faculty collaborated on projects on "Constructing Social Problems: The 'Deserving Poor'," "Alternative Use: An Ethnography of a Saratoga Sub-Culture," and "An Exploratory Study of the Effectiveness of Residential Care." Many department majors go on to graduate or professional studies. Recent department majors are now continuing their academic work at such schools as the University of Washington, Emory University, SUNY at Albany, Smith College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Florida State University. Among jobs held by students who have majored in Sociology, Anthropology, or Social Work at Skidmore are:
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATIONThe department was founded in 1930, with Everett V. Stonequist as Chairman. Professor Stonequist served as department chair for 40 years and was well-known for popularizing the concept of "marginal man."
The department has an excellent anthropology laboratory used for both teaching and research. We have several large and well-documented collections of Indian artifacts for student use and study.
Who to contact for more information:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The
The
department emphasizes teaching excellence and believes that
teaching and scholarship are mutually enriching activities.
All members of the department are actively involved in research
and publication, with research interests generally coinciding
with teaching interests. 
Thinking
About the Baby: Gender and Transitions into Parenthood
by Susan Walzer. ( Philadelphia: Temple University
Press, 1998. 
Fishy
Business: Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of
Nature by Rik Scarce.
Department
majors play active roles at Skidmore and win a number of
awards each year. For example, department majors are regularly
elected to Phi Beta Kappa and the Periclean Honor Society.
Two majors have received an American Sociological Association
summer grant for the MOST program at the University of California
at Berkeley and at the University of Wisconsin. Two graduating
seniors have recently received prestigious Fulbright grants
to conduct year-long research projects abroad. 
The
department is connected to the College's computer network,
with ready access to the College's central network of Sun
computers and to Internet and the World Wide Web. The department
has several IBM computers and a laser printer available
for student use. The department maintains site licenses
for the MicroCase statistics package and data sets. The
College provides additional statistical software, including
SPSS, SAS, and BMDP. All faculty have networked computers
in their offices. 