JEFFREY D. ANDERSON
Associate Professor and Chair,
Department of Anthropology, Colby College.
jdanders@colby.edu
ACADEMIC DEGREES AND TRAINING:
The University of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois. 1980-81; 1984-94. Doctor
of Philosophy in Anthropology. 1994. Master of Arts in
the Social Sciences. 1981.
Masters Thesis Title: The Symbolism of the
Center in Religious Experience.
Dissertation Fieldwork: Northern Arapaho
Tribe, Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming. 1988-94.
Dissertation Title: Northern Arapaho
Knowledge and Life Movement.
Language Studies: German (reading
proficiency); Arapaho (field study).
Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. 1976-80. Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude. 1980.
Sociology/Anthropology.
PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS:
2001. The Four Hills of Life: Northern
Arapaho Life, Knowledge, and Personhood. Anthropology of North American
Indians Series. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of
Nebraska Press. Raymond J. DeMallie
and Douglas R. Parks, editors
2003. One Hundred Years of Old Man Sage:
An Arapaho Life Story. Lincoln, Nebraska:
University of Nebraska Press. (In press)
Arapaho Space-Time: Moving from Homology
to History. (Research
and writing in progress.)
ARTICLES, MONOGRAPHS, AND OTHER
SHORT WORKS:
1997. Introduction. In
George Dorsey and Alfred L. Kroeber. Traditions of the Arapaho. Lincoln,
Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
1998. Ethnolinguistic
Dimensions of Northern Arapaho Language Shift. Anthropological
Linguistics 40:1:1-64.
2000. The Motion-Shape of Whirlwind Woman in
Arapaho Women's Quillwork. European Review of Native
American Studies. 14:1:11-21.
2002. Northern Arapaho Conversion of a
Christian Text: The Our Father. Ethnohistory
48:2:687-710
2002. Arapaho. In
Ember, Carol R., Melvin Ember, and Ian Skoggard, eds.
Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement. New
York: Macmillan Reference USA.
2004. The
Poetics of Tropes and Dreams in Arapaho Ghost Dance Songs. New Perspectives on Native
North America: Cultures, Histories, Representations, Sergei
A. Kan and Pauline Turner Strong, editors. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press.
2004.
Arapaho Ghost Dance Songs
Retranslated. Voices from Four Directions: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America,
Brian Swann, editor. Lincoln: University
of Nebraska Press.
Contradictions of Space-Time and Knowledge in Northern
Arapaho Language Shift. To be published in American
Indian Language Ideology. Margaret
Field, editor. Tucson:
University of Arizona
Press. (Forthcoming)
Seven Ways of Looking at
Old Man Sage. In Linguaculture:
Studies in the Interpenetrations of Language and Culture. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. (Forthcoming)
BOOK REVIEWS:
1998. Blessing for a Long Time: A Circle of
Stories. Anthropology and Humanism 23:2:213-14. Book: Ridington, Robin and
Hastings, Dennis. (1997). Blessing for a Long Time:
The Sacred Pole of the Omaha Tribe. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
2002. Anthropological Linguistics. Book:
Crystal, David (2000). Language Death. Cambridge:
Cambridge University
Press.
2004. American Ethnologist. 30:2: Book: Niezen, Ronald (2000). Spirit Wars. Berkeley:
University of California
Press.
INSTRUCTIONAL TEXTS:
1991. The Girl and the Porcupine: Hiseihihi' noh Hoo. Based on a Traditional
Arapaho Tale. English paraphrasing, Arapaho
translations, and pronunciation key by Bob Spoonhunter
and Jeff Anderson. Illustrated by VJames
Willow. (A children's book)
1993. Co-Authored with Bob Spoonhunter. Teacher Handbook
of Arapaho Language Lessons. Wind River Indian Reservation, Arapahoe, Wyoming: Arapahoe School
1998. Dictionary of the Northern Arapaho
Language. Wind River Indian Reservation, Arapahoe, Wyoming: Arapahoe School.
2001. Arapahoe School Language and Culture: Standards and Benchmarks K-8. Wind River Indian Reservation, Arapahoe, Wyoming: Arapahoe School.
MS. Arapaho-English Grammatical
Dictionary. (Collating of
data in progress.).
ACADEMIC
AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
Colby College, Waterville, Maine. 1996-Present. Associate Professor of Anthropology. Courses Taught: Cultural Anthropology (112); The
Nature of Language (AY 113); Indigenous Peoples and Cultures of North America
(AY 211); Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples (AY 213); Myth and Poetics (AY
329); Senior Seminar: The Anthropology of Time (AY 493/456); Native American
Religion and Empowerment (AY 354); Independent Study (6) (AY 491/492); God is
Red (RH 112); The Rez Road
Follies (RH 112); Colby 201.
Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota. 1994-1996.
Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies/American Indian Studies.
Undergraduate Courses Taught:
Introduction to American Ethnic and Racial Minorities; Introduction to American
Indian Studies; American Indian Leaders. Upper
Division/Graduate Courses Taught: Current Issues and Topics in American Indian
Studies: The Works of Vine Deloria; American Indian
Political History and Legal Status; American Indian Religion and Philosophy;
Cultural Diversity: Bridging Differences and Conflict; Cultural Pluralism;
Indigenous Peoples of the World; Cultural Pluralism.
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota. Visiting
Assistant Professor of Anthropology. Fall Semester
1995. Course Taught: Native North Americans.
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming. 1990-1994.
Coordinator of Native American Student Services (half-time position), Student
Support Services. Responsibilities: Counselor for Native American Students; Advisor for
United Tribes Indian Club, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Organization of North American Indian College
Students (ONAICS); Coordinator Native American
Studies Degree Program; Chairperson of the CWC
American Indian Academic Advisory Committee.
Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming. 1990-1994.
Adjunct Instructor. Anthropology/Native American
Studies. Courses
Taught: Introduction to Physical Anthropology; Introduction to Cultural
Anthropology (Honors); Orientation to College; History of Indians of the United
States; Arapaho History; Indians of the Wind River Reservation; Contemporary
Issues in Native American Studies.
North American Indian Heritage Center, St. Stephens, Wyoming. 1990-93.
Director of Educational Services (half-time position). Responsibilities: Developing Educational Materials
and Programs for Arapaho Language, Culture, and History Instruction in Local
Reservation Schools; Language and Oral History Research Museum Design and Exhibitry; Art and Craft Marketing Development; Educational
Tourism Development; Children's Arapaho Culture Camp.
The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 1988-89.
Preceptor (Lecturer/Advisor), Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences. Responsibilities:
Lecturing and Discussion Leading in the Social Sciences Core Course; Advising
Graduate Students on Course of Study and Master Theses; Evaluating Masters
Theses; Reviewing Applicants for Admission.
The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 1987-88.
Lecturer, Social Sciences Collegiate Division. Courses Taught: Self, Culture, and Society (Political
Economy and Psychology Segments of the Undergraduate Social Science Core).
Triton College, River Grove, Illinois. 1981-89.
Temporary Full-Time Instructor, 1981-84; Adjunct Part-Time Instructor, 1984-89,
Behavioral Sciences. Courses Taught: Introduction to Cultural
Anthropology; Introduction to Physical Anthropology; North American Indians;
Introduction to Sociology; Courtship, Marriage, the Family; Introduction to
Philosophy; Ethics; Death and Dying; Telecourses in
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology and Introduction to Sociology.
Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 1986/88. Lecturer, Sociology/Anthropology. Courses Taught: Humans and Their Natural Environment
(Cultural Ecology); Human Origins.
Morton College, Cicero, Illinois. Fall
1986. Adjunct Part-Time Instructor, Behavioral
Sciences. Course
Taught: Introduction to Anthropology (Physical).
Ray College of Design, Schaumburg, Illinois. Spring
1989. Lecturer. Course Taught: Mainstreams in Philosophy.
RESEARCH
PROJECTS:
Fieldwork in the Northern Arapaho Community
on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming. Summer 1988; 1989-94; Summer
1998; Summers 1999-2002.
Archival Research of Arapaho Ethnographic
and Linguistic Material. National Anthropological Archives.Smithsonian Institution. Summer
1997.
Arapahoe School Language Curriculum Project. Arapahoe School, Arapahoe, Wyoming. Summer 1993.
Northern Arapaho Oral History Project. National Park Service Cultural Preservation Project.Northern Arapaho Tribe. 1990-92.
Arapaho Dictionary Revision Project. Arapaho Language and Culture Commission.
Northern Arapaho Tribe. 1989-91.
RESEARCH
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
American Philosophical Society. Phillips Fund. 1988. Arapaho
Language Study.
Institute for Intercultural Studies. Summer 1989. Field Research Grant.
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Year
Fellowship. 1989-1990
National Institute of Mental Health. National Research Service Award.
1990-92.
Colby College Social Science Division Research Grant. Summer
1997, 1998, 1999.
PAPERS
AND PRESENTATIONS:
Central States Anthropological Society. 1986 Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. Title: The Temporal and Ontological Orientations
Underlying Arapaho Life Movement.
American Society for Ethnohistory. 1986 Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. Title: Arapaho Cultural Continuity through Tacit
Values and Meanings.
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois. 1987 Lecture Series. Title:
Plains Indian Cultures.
Social Sciences Division Workshop for
Graduate Student Teacher Preparation, University of Chicago. 1988.
Chicago, Illinois. Title: Effective Classroom Methods.
Plains Indian Seminar. 1992.
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming. Title: The Missions of Wind River (Co-Author: Bob Spoonhunter).
Wyoming Multicultural Institute: "Multi-Modal
Approaches in the Mainstream." 1993. Wyoming Association for Bilingual Multicultural Education. Riverton, Wyoming. Title: Arapaho Language Education in Early Childhood:
Theme Focused Math, Art and Language Instruction.
Rocky Mountain World History Association. 1993 Conference on Indigenous Peoples. Regis University, Denver, Colorado. Title: The Imposition of White Man's Space and Time
on Northern Arapaho Culture.
Native American Studies Symposium: "The
Future of American Indian Tradition." 1994. Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming. Title: Defining Tradition.
American Society for Ethnohistory. 1994 Annual Meeting. Tempe, Arizona. Title: Space-Time Approaches in Ethnohistory.
Gustavus Adolphus College. Department
of Anthropology. February 17, 1995. Title: Space-Time in Bourdieu's
Theory of Practice
Central States Anthropological Society. 1995 Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, Indiana. Title: Neyoooxetusei:
The Motion-Shape of Whirlwind Woman in Hinono'ei
(Arapaho) Art, Language, and Myth.
Mankato State University History Department
Lecture Series. 1995. Mankato, Minnesota. Title: Euro-American Imposed Changes in Arapaho
Space-Time.
American Society for Ethnohistory. 1995 Annual Meeting. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Title: Arapaho Conversion of a Christian Text.
Colby College Social Sciences and Humanities Colloquium. 1996.
Title: Space-Time Homology across Cultures and Disciplines.
American Society for Ethnohistory. 1996 Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon. Title: Northern Arapaho Ethnoethnohistory.
Northeastern Anthropological Association
1998 Annual Meeting. Orono, Maine. Title: The Politics of Tropes and Dreams: Poetic
Dimensions of Arapaho Ghost Dance Songs.
Colby College Social Sciences and Humanities Colloquium. 1998.
Waterville, Maine. Title: Contradictions in American Indian Human Rights
Issues.
American Society for Ethnohistory. 1998 Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Title: Old Man Sage: When Will His-Story Be Told?
Central States Anthropological Society. 1999 Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. Title: Arapaho Places in Wyoming and Colorado.
American Anthropological Association. 1999 Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. Title: Arapaho Places in Wyoming and Colorado (revised).
Bowdoin College Department of Anthropology.
February 1, 2000. Brunswick, Maine. Title: The Ecuadorian Indigenous Rights Movement.
University of Wisconsin, Department of Anthropology. March 1, 2000. Madison, Wisconsin. Title: Time for Dominance and Resistance in Northern
Arapaho History and Contemporary Life.
University of Iowa,
Department of Anthropology. Iowa City, Iowa. 2001. Title: The Imposition of White Man's Time in
Northern Arapaho History.
American Society for Ethnohistory. 2001 Annual Meeting. Tucson, Arizona. Title: The Social Construction of Marriage and
Divorce on the Wind River Reservation, 1908-1924.
Maine State
Women's Studies Conference. 2001. Colby College, Waterville, Maine. Title: Teaching What You Are Not (Co-Presenters: Pam Thoma and Betty Sasaki)
American Indian Studies Series, University of Wyoming, Department of Anthropology. 2002. Title: The
Four Hills and Old Man Sage: Arapaho Ways of Surviving the Contradictions.
Social Sciences and Humanities Colloquium. Spring 2002. Title: Space-Time
Homology in Human Knowledge Systems.
OTHER
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM EXPERIENCE:
"The Future of American Indian
Tradition." Native American Studies Symposium. March 1994. Central Wyoming College. Riverton, Wyoming. Position: Project Director.
St. Stephens Indian School Excel Summer Camp. August 1992, June 1993. St.
Stephens Indian School. St. Stephens, Wyoming. Position: Arapaho Language/Culture Instructor (ages
5-10).
Northern Arapaho Language Camp. August 1988, August 1989. Arapaho
Language and Culture Commission. Northern Arapaho
Tribe. Ethete, Wyoming. Position: Humanities Scholar.
Cultural Diversity: Bridging Differences and
Conflict. March-June 1995. Multidisciplinary
Program Grant. Mankato State University. Mankato, Minnesota. Position: Lab Instructor.
Arapahoe School Summer Language and Culture Program. June 1998. June 1999. Arapahoe School, Arapaho Wyoming. Position: Researcher and Teacher Assistant.
COLBY
COMMUNITY AND COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES:
ADMINSTRATIVE & COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE
Faculty Director, Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Study Abroad Program in Quito, Ecuador. Fall 2000.
Founding Advisory Committee, Indigenous
Peoples of the Americas Minor. 1997-
Advisory Committee, African American Studies. 1996-
Co-Organizer. The
New Faculty Group. 1997-98.
Oak Institute for Human Rights Faculty Board. 1998-present
Library Committee. 1998-1999.
Independent Study Committee. 1997-98.
Dismissal Proceedings Committee. 2000-2002.
Chair, Faculty Nominating Committee. 2001-present
Anthropology Department Library
Liaison. 1996-98.
Anthropology Department Website
Coordinator. 1996- present
Search Committees (4) 1999-2002.
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Minor, Coordinator
ex officio. 1998-present
Antropology Department Coordinator for Study Abroad Programs. 2001-present
Anthropology Department Chair. 2002-present.
STUDENT AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Book Discussion Group (RH
112), Coburn Hall. Spring 1998. The
Rez Road Follies by Jim Northrup (Anishnabe).
Instructor, Colby 201, "Life on the
Color Line." Fall 1998.
Dormitory Activity: Dreamcatcher
Making, Dana Hall. Spring 1998.
Faculty Associate. Dana
Hall, 1997-98; Taylor Hall, 1999-2000.
Book Discussion Group (RH
112), Treworgy Hall. Spring
1997. God is Red by Vine Deloria,
Jr. (Lakota).
Dormitory Lecture and Discussion Session:
Leonard Hall. Fall 1996. Topic:
Contemporary Native American Issues.
Social Sciences and Humanities Colloquium. Fall 1996. Paper Presented:
"Space-Time Homology across Cultures and Disciplines."
Interviewer, Senior Exit Interviews. Office of the Dean of Students. Spring
1997-2002.
Faculty Advisor, Four Winds Club. 1999-2002.
S.O.A.R. Presentation. Title: Why
Native America Clashes with the Color-Coordinated Interior Design
of the Colby Campus and Curriculum
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