PRIMARY DOSSIER 2003
September, 2003
Dorothy Kay Billings
Last Update: 1991
Date of Birth: June 17, 1933
U.S. Citizen
Tenured 1972
Graduate Faculty Membership Full 1972-present; Associate 1968-1971.
I. Education:
Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1951-2.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1952-5. B.A., American Institutions, Feb.,1955.
Auckland University College (now University of Auckland), Auckland, New Zealand. Studied anthropology at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Columbia University, New York, New York, 1956-63. A..B.D., Anthropology, 1964.
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Ph.D., Social Anthropology, 1972..
Academic Appointments
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York. Instructor in Primitive Art, Department of Education, 1959-63
Hunter College, Bronx, New York (now Herbert T. Lehman College, City University of New York). Instructor, Department of Anthropology, 1963.
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Senior Tutor (tenured) Department of Anthropology, 1964-7.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Visiting Lecturer, winter and spring terms, 1968.
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, 1968-91. Associate Professor, 1992-present.
Memberships in Professional Organizations
The Polynesian Society, 1955-present
American Anthropological Association, 1957-present
Anthropological Society of New South Wales, 1964-present
Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, 1978-present
New Zealand Association for Social Anthropology, 1983-present
Society of Visual Anthropology, 1973-present
Australian Anthropological Society 1990-present
International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, 1973-present.
International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1988-present
Society for Cross-Cultural Research, 1990-present.
Academic Honors and Awards
Election to Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi,1954, University of Wisconsin, Madison. ( Did not join).
Fulbright Scholarship to New Zealand for the academic year (February-December) 1955.
Candidate’s statement on his/her role in the department or unit within the University:
I am one of three cultural anthropologists remaining in the Department of Anthropology. I continue to teach some of the courses which I have taught since 1968, but altered to accommodate changes in the world and in anthropology. I have developed, and am the only person in the department who has taught, Intercultural Relations (200), World Cultures (303), Peoples of Africa (307), Peoples of the Pacific (506), Peoples of China (515), Art and Culture (522), Women in Other Cultures (542, cross-listed as Women’s Studies 542), and.(as independent study or blue-carded) Language and Culture (651). Anthropology 303, 307, 506, and 515 are recommended to students by the advisors for the International Studies field major. Anthropology 303 and 515 are recommended to students by the Director of International Business. I have regularly taught the introductory courses (100, 102, 124), and all the graduate seminars in cultural anthropology (802, 837, 848). I wrote the proposal for and have many times taught the required core course for graduate students in cultural anthropology (746). Over the years I taught the departmental theory course, Theories of Culture (647) when Dr. Holmes was on sabbatical, and I have taught it regularly since he retired. I, along with my colleagues, continue to teach Psychological Anthropology (318), a major area of research for me. This year I am teaching, for the first time at Wichita State University, a course which I have taught in my earlier academic posts and which is in my major area of research: Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion (327). With colleagues from all six colleges of the university, I coordinated the development of what is now LAS 300G (Global Issues; formerly Peace and War: Global Issues). Since all lecturers in the course teach on a volunteer basis, I also taught this course from 1985 to 1996 as an overload every third semester. The last two times we have given this course the credit hours have come to anthropology and I teach it as one of my three courses.
I have chaired thesis committees in anthropology in many areas, most of them involving substantial fieldwork outside of Wichita and all of them dependent, as is nearly always the case in cultural anthropology, on qualitative interpretation. I have also chaired committees for students working locally on projects or internships. In addition, I have been a member of committees for students working in archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics, and museum exhibition. Because of my interest in interdisciplinary research, I have been glad to chair several committees for students seeking the MALS degree, and to serve as a member of several additional committees. All of these students take some of their courses in anthropology.
I am now the only member of the department whose research is in the Pacific. My research has been focused on art, religion, and the relationship between culture and personality. In 1988, I began to present papers at the Congresses of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (I..A C.C.P), whose members have done a great deal of research on the contrast I proposed in my dissertation (1972) between individualism and group-orientation in cultures. I have published two chapters in books resulting from these congresses. My work has been cited by three of the founding members of the I.A.C.C.P. and I believe I am at present the only anthropologist working with this organization.
I also work regularly with the only general international organization for our discipline, the International Union for Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (I.U.A.E.S.). In recent years I have viewed the areas where I do field work in relation to the institutions of “development” forced upon them in the contemporary world. With a Russian colleague, I have begun to focus on sustainable development, and I have brought some of our students, as well as professional anthropologists from elsewhere, to present papers at the Congress of the I.U.A.E.S. I now co-chair a Commission in this organization.
I have been active in trying to bring our department and our students into contact with community organizations which share the interests and responsibilities of anthropology in understanding global affairs, international relations, multicultural concerns, and issues of social justice in the modern world. I have advised student groups who wish to try to stimulate interest and understanding of these issues through their own work on campus.
II. Teaching Information (since 1996)
A. General Teaching Load
1. Teaching Load by semester.
Credit Hours Enrollment/Credit Hours
3 Anth 102 Cultural Anth Sp 96 20/60
3 Anth 542 Women Other Cultures Sp 96 30/90
3 Anth 506 Peoples of the Pacific Sp 96 5/15
3 Anth 200 Intercult Rels Fl 96 12/36
3 Anth 498 Readings in Anth Fl 96 1/3
3 Anth 522 Art and Culture Fl 96 19/57
3 Anth 848 Recent Developments Fl 96 9/27
1 Anth 870 Indep Readings Fl 96 1/1
3 Anth 200 Intercult Rel Sp 97 6/18
3 Anth.303 World Cultures Sp 97 15/45
2 Anth. 498 Readings Sp 97 2/2
3 Anth. 837 Seminar in Cult Anth Sp 97 11/33
2 Anth 870 Indep Readings Sp 97 ½
1 Anth. 870 Indep Readings Sp 97 1/1
3 Anth.100 Anth Modern Life Su97 22/66
3 Anth.498 Readings Su 97 3/9
3 Anth. 870 Indep Readings Su97 1/3
2 Anth. 871 Internship Su 97 2/2
1 Anth. 876 Thesis Su 97 1/1
3 Anth. 124 Gen Anth Fl 97 26/78
3 Anth. 124 Gen Anth Fl 97 20/60
3 Anth. 506 Peoples of the Pacific Fl 97 5/15
3 Anth. 870 Indep Readings Fl 97 2/6
2 Anth. 873 Advanced Project Fl 97 1/2
3 LAS 300G Global Issues Fl 97 9/27
3 Anth 124 General Anth Sp 98 20/60
3 Anth 303 World Cultures Sp 98 22/66
3 Anth. 647 Theories of Culture Sp 98 15/45
3 Anth 498 Readings Sp 98 1/3
1 Anth. 872 Internship Su 98 1/1
1 Anth. 876 Thesis Su 98 3/
1 Anth. 307 Peoples of Africa Fl 98 1/3
1 Anth 870 Indep. Readings Fl 98 sabbatical 1/1
3 Anth. 124Q General Anthropology Sp 99 16/48
3 Anth. 303Q World Cultures Sp 99 22/66
3 Anth. 647 Theories of Culture Sp 99 19/57
3 Anth. 498 Indep. Readings Sp 99 1/3
3 Anth 102Q Cultural Anth Fall 99 39/117
3 Anth 542 Art and Culture Fall 99 22/66
3 LAS 300G Global Issues (Team) Fall 99 26/78
3 LAS 300 Honors, Dana Soertaert Fall 99 1/3
3 Anth. 498 Indep. Readings Fall 99 1/3
3 Anth 870 Indep. Readings Su 99 1/3
3 Anth. 303Q World Cultures Sp 00 18/54
3 Anth. 542Q Women Other Cultures Sp 00 10/30
3 Anth. 837 Sem Cultural Anth Sp 00 13/39
3 Anth. 498 Readings Sp 00 1/3
3 Anth. 498 Readings Su 00 2/6
3 Anth 307 Peoples of Africa Su 00 20/60
3 Anth 102Q Cult Anth (0024) Fall 00 35/105
3 Anth 318 Culture and Personality Fall 00 13/39
3 Anth 802 Methods in Anthropology Fall 00 (Canceled)
1 Anth 847 Colloquium Fall 00 (Non-Credit)
3 Anth. 303Q World Cultures Sp 01 20/60
3 Anth. 647 Theories of Culture Sp 01 21/63
3 LAS 300G Global Issues Sp 01 29/87
3 Anth. 870 Ind. Readings Sp 01 1/2
2 Anth 870 Ind. Readings Sp 01 1/3
1 Anth 874 Adv Project Anth Sp 01 2/2
1 Anth 107 Cult Lab Fall01 1/1
3 Anth 307 Africa Fall 01 8/24
3 Anth 515 China Fall 01 5/15
3 Anth 802 Methods in Anthropology Fall 01 5/15
3 Anth. 303Q World Cultures Sp 02 28/84
3 Anth. 837 Sem Cult Anth Sp 02 8/24
3 Anth 522 Art and Culture Sp 02 5/15
3 Anth. 870 Ind. Readings Sp 02 1/3
3 Anth 875 Thesis Sp 02 1/3
3 Anth 498 Readings Su 02 2/6
3 Anth 102Q Cultural Anth (00036) Fall 02 25/75
3 Anth 506 Pacific Fall 02 15/45
3 LAS 300G Global Issues Fall 02 42/126
1 Ant 107 Cultural Lab Fall 02 4/4
2 Anth. 837 Adv Proj Anth Fall 02 1/31
1 Anth 875 Thesis (1710) Fall 02 1/1
2 Anth 875 Thesis (1656) Fall02 2/4
2 Anth 876 Theses (1764) Fall 02 1/2
1 Anth 876 Thesis (1710) Fall02 1/1
3 Anth 102Q Cult Anth(00036) Sp03 39/117
1 Anth 107 Cult Lab Sp03 2/6
3 Anth 303Q World Cultures Sp03 22/66
3 Anth 498 Readings Sp03 1/3
3 Anth 647 Theories of Culture Sp03 31/93
3 Anth 770 Advanced Readings Sp03 4/12
2 Anth 871 Internship Sp03 1/2
2 Anth 874Adv Project Sp03 2/4
2 Anth 875 Thesis Sp03 1/2
2. Undergraduate Research/Development Projects Supervised
Honors Defense Committee, Member:
John M. Davis, Department of Journalism, 1983.
Patrick J. O'Connor, Department of American Studies, 1986.
La Vonne Portz, Department of Political Science, 1986.
Page, Thomas, “Age Related Differences in Visuo-Spatial Working Memory Comparisons of Two Tasks.” Honors Thesis in Psychology, 1997.
Mentor for anthropology undergraduate students:
Davis, Marc, McNair Scholar , 1996-97
Matthews, Kim, McNair Scholar, 1997-98.
3. Graduate Research/Development Projects Supervised
Students Included in Sessions Organized for Professional Meetings:
Central States Anthropological Society (C.S.A.S,), 1997: Five enrolled graduate students (Becky Riel, Kay Kautz, Susan Johnson, Ned Farley, and Dirk Lobenbruck)) presented papers in a session which I organized and chaired for the Annual Meeting in Milwaukee. (See presentations.)
C.S.A.S, 1998: Five current and former graduate students, from class of 1971 to the present (Susan L. Allen, Linda Davis-Stephens, Susan Cecil, and Kathryn Fulton) presented papers in a session which I chaired and organized for the Annual Meeting in Kansas City. (See Presentations)
International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (I.C.A.E.S.), July, 1998. I co-organized and co-chaired a panel of 28 presenters for the international meetings of this organization which included seven WSU participants: five students or former students (David Ryniker, Susan Hascall, Susan Johnson, Erin Kenny, and Kathryn Fulton).
II. B. Dissertations, Theses, and Final Projects
Chair, Thesis Committee: M.A.,Anthropology
Ashworth, Kenneth A., 1981. Pawnee art style and culture.
Boydston, Jeanne Marie Kirkpatrick, The Status of Women Among the Yoruba and Ibo of Nigeria. 1979.
Fulton, Kathryn Anne, 1999. Fire as a cultural expression of Kansas ranching.
Hascall, Susan C. 1992. Women international students and the trans-cultural experience.
Johnson, Susan C., 1997. Ten Women of Fiji.
Kenny, Erin Joan, 1995. Topless dancing in the Midwest: an anthropological analysis.
McMullen, Monica L., 1975. Art as an expression of culture in non-literate society.
Ryniker, David C., 1991. Kastom, stories and Christianity in the Solomon Islands.
Chair, Project Committee: M.A., Anthropology
Branwell, Wendy, 2001. The Wind People: A historical and grammatical introduction to the extinct Kanza language.
Ikebe, Nagisa, 2001. An evaluation of the American character and national character studies in anthropology: selected book reviews and an annotated bibliography.
Martinez, Janine, 2003. Native America: Incarcerated .Dual Photograph and Art exhibit, id-America All-Indian Center, April-July 2003.
Sanford, Cynthia, 2000. Mourning in Victorian America. A Museum Exhibit.
Wilkinson, David, 2003. The Prison Project: A case Study for Action Anthropology.
Chair, Internship Committee: M.A., Anthropology
Baynes, Jason,.1997. Internship, Indochinese Center.
Hicks, Sherry (forthcoming). Internship with the Parole Office, Kansas state, Wichita office
O’Shea, Dawn, 1998. An Internship Project at the Wichita Indochinese Center. .
Chair, Thesis/Project Committee: Master of Liberal Studies
Carr, Norman M., 1995, thesis. Tourism as sustainable development: assessing issues and developing models for fragile environments.
James, Tamara, 1999-ongoing, internship/project. Leading educational tours in Cuba.
Knee, Signe, 1990, project, including video. Independent research in Middle Eastern women and the Palestinian uprising.
Mawhiney, Barbara, 1977, thesis. Culture and communication.
Member, Thesis Committee: M.A., Anthropology
Cecil, Susan Phibbs, 1988. The royal bronze work of Benin. (Chair: Holmes)
Charlton, Cynthia K,.1997. Project in forensic anthropology. (Chair: Moore-Jansen)
Crawford, Duane, 1982. Laotian cultural history: a synthesis of historical, cultural, and biographical information. (Chair: Holmes)
Deutsch, Richard S., 1979. Community in the urban context. (Chair: Holmes)
Eguchi, Atsuko, 1999. A multivariate craniometric study of biological affinities and interactions of the peoples of Japan. (Chair: Moore-Jansen)
Eisenberg, Judith, 1970.The trait of masking in Melanesia. (Chair: Holmes)
Erwin, Jennifer Jones, 1974. Leadership in New Guinea: highlands and lowlands. (Chair: Hart)
Erickson, Carol J.,1979. Teilhard de Chardin: a critical study of Point Omega. (Chair: Parris)
Hill, David V., 1984. Pottery making at the Ewing Site. (Chair: Rohn)
Holmes, Roy M., 1972. Mohave dreaming: focus, theme, and function. (Chair: Holmes)
Hoshut, Nasanbuke, 1994. Arranging traveling exhibitions from China: an anthropological view of the cultural and socio-political influences on museum management in China. (Chair: Rohn)
Jantz, Vernon R., 1978. Samoan children's drawings: a cultural analysis. (Chair: Holmes)
Li, Xi, 1997. The social and domestic status of professional Chinese women under the economic reform in the 1990s. (Chair: Rohn)
McCleary, Steve A., 1994. Anatomical stature reconstruction: an analysis of the Fully method. (Chair: Moore-Jansen)
McGarry, Thomas E., 1975. Cibola corrugated: a proposed new pottery type from the Southwest. (Chair: Rohn)
Nickel, Christine, 1973. Two archaeological sites in the Perry Reservoir region, Jefferson County, Kansas, 1973. (Chair: Rohn)
Orsbon, Susan D., 1991. Captive chimpanzee behavior and the influence of estrus. (Chair: Schneider)
Roth, Dwight E., 1981. Aging and modernization among the Yoder Amish and Hesston Mennonites, 1981. (Chair: Holmes)
Wilkinson, Kent W., 1999. Functional art styles of the Pajarito Plateau during the pueblo IV stage. (Chair: Rohn)
Member, Project Committee: M.A. Anthropology
Dougherty, James Lee, 2003. Operations Manual for the Office of the Wichita City Archaeologist. (Chair: Hughes)
Member, Internship Committee: M.A. Anthropology
Falen, Joe, 2000. A survey of wagons and carriages at Old Cowtown Museum. (Chair: Hughes)
Member, Thesis/Project/Internship Committee: Masters of Liberal Studies
Chamberlain, Stacy R., 2000. Marriage: what’s love got to do with it? (Liera-Schwichtenberg: chair)
Weibe, Karen, 1993. Cross-cultural interviewing and language. (Bennett-Kastom, chair.)
Loudermilk, Kimberly,1987. Between chaos and conformity: the witch in literature as metaphor for women in culture. (Kitch, chair)
Udoh, Patricia, 1995. Internship project at Familia Multicultural Center. (Johnson: chair)
Khurshid, Roksana Noor, forthcoming. (Chair: Gordon)
Member of Thesis Committee: M.A., Other Departments
Barnett, M. Regina, 1980. Perceptual symmetry and oddity learning in a Ccimpanzee (Psychology: Klingsporn, chair)
Franklin, Alton, 1978. The self-inflicted thesis. (English: Sobin, chair)
Green, Reada A. 1995. Constructing a meanings-of-money assessment index. (Sociology: Matson, chair)
Page, Leslie E. A., 1996. Trash Wars: a case study of influences on municipal solid waste disposal policy and landfill siting in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. (Public Health: Swan, chair)
Ryan, April, 1975. A comparison of methods for the extinction of avoidance behavior. (Psychology: Kenyon, chair)
Torline, Diana C., 1977. The effectiveness of instructional classes in reducing negative postpartum emotional reactions. (Psychology: Brumaghim, chair)
Unrun, David R., 1976. Death as drama: An analysis of the spatial and temporal aspects of funerary behavior. (Sociology: Riemer, chair)
Member, PhD Committee, WSU
Afrank, Janet, Qualifying Exam for PhD in Psychology, 1995. External Examiner. (Chair: Burdsal)
Francis, Anthony E., PhD Dissertation in Chemistry: Philosophical implications of quantum mechanics,1999. Member of examining committee. (Chair: Talaty
II. D. Courses and Laboratories Developed
Women in Other Cultures (Anthropology 542): I developed this course as part of the Women's Studies program, beginning in 1972 at WSU. Women in Other Cultures continues to be cross-listed in Women’s Studies.
International Cultural Understanding (now Intercultural Interactions, Anthropology 200): I developed this course to give students opportunities to do small-scale field work projects with students from other cultures and in local institutional settings. Dr. Deema DeSilva gave substantial help in developing this project, and co-taught it the first time it was given, 1981.
Advanced Studies in Cultural Anthropology (formerly 503/746, now 746): This is one of three courses which the department developed to require for graduates students (and originally also for undergraduate majors). I developed the proposal for the course in cultural anthropology.
Peace and War: Global Issues (LAS 300G, originally LAS 299A): In 1985, I developed and continue to coordinate this inter-disciplinary course, which typically features 27 faculty members from 18 departments in all six colleges. The course and its history are described in Billings, Dorothy K., 1986 (See Publications, Conference Proceedings). The course continues to be given as LAS 300G every third semester under the title Global Issues.
II. E. Teaching Materials Developed
Collection of readings in theory developed originally for Anthropology 746, later used for Anthropology 647, Theories of Culture, 1989. (Not included in secondary dossier.)
Syllibi, bliographies, maps, xerox copies of art objects, etc. developed as supplements to texts. (A selection of these are included in the secondary dossier, II.E).)
II. F. Grants for Curriculum and Program Development
WSU, Blue Sky grant, 1986. The Peace and War Group used this money to buy periodicals for Ablah Library.
II. G. Student Advising/Counseling Load
(See Thesis Committees.)
II. H. Evaluative Information on Teaching
1. Student evaluations (see secondary dossier)
Quantitative and qualitative evaluations
Student Support Services Teacher of the Year Award, 1997
Recent nominations by students for university-wide teaching awards sponsored through Academic Affairs.
2. Other available evaluations
c. Noteworthy student accomplishments of performance directly related to teaching by the faculty member.
I chaired the M.A. committees of the following students, who have continued in careers related to their work at WSU and who have continued to work with me (in professional presentations, editing, citations, and so on):
•David Ryniker received his PhD in anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he went following receipt of his M.A. at WSU. For his master’s thesis, he began work under my direction in the Solomon Islands, which he continued as the basis of his PhD dissertation, in which he cites his own work and mine and we continue to work together on research and publication. He was selected outstanding graduate student in the University in 1995, and has been teaching at UBC full time since 2001.
•Susan Hascall has gone on, following her M.A. Degree at W.S.U. to a distinguished career as a lawyer. She has studied Native American casinos, the law, and sustainable development in order to present a paper in our session at the ICAES, 1998 (see Professional presentations).
•Erin Kenny left for Peace Corps work in Mali following her M.A. at W.S.U. She is now A.B.D. from the University of Kentucky, where she was asked to teach in both anthropology and women’s studies. She participated in our session on sustainable development at the ICAES meeting in 1998 (see Professional presentations) and is now doing PhD field research in Guinea.
•Kathryn Fulton went on to the University of Oregon following her receipt of the M.A. in anthropology at WSU, and she has now completed all her PhD work there except her dissertation research. She joined us in the sustainable development session at the ICAES in 1998.
I was an active committee member for the following students, with whom I have continued to work as they developed their careers:
•Ben Urish, whose work was in film and in the area of American Studies, worked with me on editing a video in 1979. As an instructor at Temple University, the center for Visual Anthropology in this country, now Dr. Urish re-edited my New Ireland video in 1997-98, and presented it with me at the Visual Anthropology session of the ICAES in 1998.
•Susan Cecil is now teaching anthropology full time at Butler Community College. She joined us to present a paper in Kansas City at the Central States Anthropological Society meetings in 1998.
•Susan L. Allen went on from a B.A. in anthropology at W.S.U. to create an interdisciplinary PhD degree in Anthropology and Media at the University of Kansas in the mid-1970s . She joined a group of WSU graduates to present a paper in Kansas City at the Central States Anthropological Society in 1998.
III. Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Information
A. Research Grants
1. Submitted as Principle Investigator to external agencies
National Institute of Mental Health, 1972, "The Johnson Cult Restudied", for return to New Ireland and New Hanover in July and August. Direct costs: $4,938, indirect costs: $1,255. Total: $6,193. Small Grant MG22519-01 (approved).
National Institute of Mental Health, 1974, "Style of Culture, Persistence and Change." Funds were requested for the making of a film by F. Roger Sandall, who has received several international awards for his documentary films of Mexicans and Australian aborigines. Supported by Margaret Mead. MH 24927, $52,315. (rejected).
Kansas Committee for the Humanities, 1977, "Perspectives on Obscenity." I served on the steering committee which planned this series of programs. The YWCA acted as sponsor. Seven panel discussions dealt with "obscenity" from the perspective of law, psychology, social science, religion, community organizations, the arts, and literature. This grant was planned following the arrest of a student president of the Erotic Arts Society at Wichita State University, and efforts by the local District Attorney to control commercial magazine sales and movie presentations. $8,000 (approved). See unpublished manuscript, "The Case for Free Inquiry," in the WSU Ablah Library Special Collections.
National Endowment for the Humanities, 1979, "Anthropology, Drama and the Human Experience: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Social Values." This grant provided room and board and education for three weeks, and was administered by the Division of Experimental Programs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. I obtained summer salary support.
Kansas Committee for the Humanities, 1985, "Peace and War: Perennial and Current Issues". I wrote the proposal, in cooperation with other faculty members, for this grant, which funded presentation and videotaping of the Faculty Lecture Series on War and Peace and the Wichita Conference on Issues of Peace and War. $19,000 (approved). The videos are now in Ablah Library Special Collections.
Kansas Committee for the Humanities, 1989, "Global Education." Funds requested for Global Education Conference at Wichita State University, sponsored by WSU Peace and War Group and Global Learning Center. KCH $8,694, local $12,340, total $21,034 (rejected). Funded by WSU.
3. Submitted to WSU college or University research committees.
Wichita State University, 1972, "Cultural Style and Mental Health." Cost-sharing in support of NIMH small grant MH 24927. $825 (approved).
Wichita State University, 1974 "New Ireland and New Hanover: Continuing Restudy," for funds to return to New Ireland and New Hanover during the months of June-August. I was accompanied by photographer Marc Isaacson, graphic Design department, who also received some support from the University, including the use of Videotape Portapak equipment from the Media Resource Center. He filmed the video which I subsequently edited. $3,500 (approved).
Wichita State University, Research Grant, 1974, "Film: New Ireland and New Hanover." Request for funds to edit the videotape collected by Marc Isaacson and myself in New Ireland and New Hanover during the summer of 1974. $1225 (rejected).
Wichita State University, Sabbatical Research Award, 1976, for library research and writing of manuscript, "Styles of Culture: New Ireland and New Hanover." Salary for spring semester (approved).
Wichita State University, 1979, "Videotape: Death in New Ireland." Funds requested to edit a videotape recording of a funeral filmed by Marc Isaacson and myself in New Ireland in 1974. $1,000 (approved).
Wichita State University, 1983, Sabbatical Research Leave. Salary, Fall Semester (approved).
Wichita State University, 1983, "Research Travel Grant" for return to Papua New Guinea for field research. $500 (approved).
Wichita State University, 1985, Blue Sky Grant to fund resources for a new course, Peace and War: Global Issues. $900, (approved).
Wichita State University, 1987, "Research Findings Distribution." I requested funds from the Office of Research and Administration to copy and distribute my research findings to the people who were studied. $1,000, (approved).
Wichita State University, 1988, "Research in Papua, New Guinea: Ongoing." Summer Faculty Research Award. $3,580, (approved).
Vice-President for Academic Affairs and the WSU Continuing Education Office, 1989, "Global Education" conference. $2,500, (approved).
Wichita State University, 1990 "Research in Papua New Guinea: Ongoing." $4,500, (approved).
Wichita State University, 1990, Sabbatical Research Leave. Fall, 1990, (rejected).
Wichita State University, 1991, Sabbatical Research Leave. Fall, 1991, (approved).
WSU Summer Faculty Research Grant, 1994. Funded $3,000.00
Sabbatical leave for fall, 1998 (approved).
III. C. Presentations of Scholarship
1. Unpublished paper presentations.
1967 "The Johnson Cult of New Hanover." Paper read at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., November.
1968 "The Johnson Cult of New Hanover (revised)." Paper read at the Annual meeting of Kansas Anthropologists, Wichita, November.
1969 "Styles in Culture, Personality, and Leadership: A Melanesian Comparison." Paper read at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Central States Anthropological Society, Milwaukee, May.
1970 "Styles of Leadership: New Ireland and New Hanover." Paper read by invitation at the Bismarck Archipelago Conference organized by William Davenport. Sponsor: Center for South Pacific Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, June.
1970 "Styles in New Ireland Art and Culture." Paper read at 69th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Diego, November.
1971 "Evaluation of Theoretical Approaches to the Interpretation of Cargo Cults." Paper read at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New York, November.
1972 "Style in New Ireland Art." Paper read at Annual Meeting of Kansas Anthropologists, Lawrence, April.
1973 "The Johnson Cult Restudied." Paper read by invitation in the Melanesia Symposium at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Central States Anthropological Society, St. Louis, March.
1973 "Types of Cults, Movements, and Cultures." Paper read at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, November.
1975 "Visual Data Collecting in New Guinea: Big Game in the Jungle Without Gun, But with Cameras, Videotape Portapak Unit, Tripod, 12-Volt Car Battery, Mosquitoes, and a Photographer from New York: A Preliminary Confession." Paper presented (with visual and audio aids) at the Annual Meeting of the Kansas Anthropology meeting, Lawrence, March
1977 "Cooperation and Competition: Persistent Conceptualizations in the Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and the Humanities." Paper presented at the Central States Anthropological Society, Cincinnati, March.
1978 Chairman, session on "Education, Religion, and Race Relations" Central States Anthropological Society, South Bend, Indiana, March 25.
1978 "The Concept of Knowledge in the Johnson Cult." Paper presented in the "Knowledge in Oceania" session, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Monterey, California, February.
1979 "Women in Oceania." Paper presented at the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, Clearwater, Florida.
1979 "Margaret Mead: Science, Levels of Analysis, and Cumulative Effort." Paper presented in Symposium: Margaret Mead's Legacy to Anthropology, Central States Anthropological Society (hereafter C.S.A.S.), Milwaukee, March. Co-organizer with Patricia Grinager.
1979 "Margaret Mead: Science, Levels of Analysis, and Cumulative Effort. Paper presented in the Margaret Mead Memorial session at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Cincinnati, November. Organizer of session.
1980 "Humor and Joy in Field Work." Presentation at an informal session, American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C., December.
1981 "Ceremonial Exchange and Matrilineality." Presentation by invitation at the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania (hereafter A.S.A.O), San Diego, February. Organizers: Abraham Rosman and Paula Rubel.
1982 "Talk in Oceania." Informal session organizer for presentation at the Annual Meeting, A.S.A.O, Hilton Head, South Carolina, March.
1983 "The Play's the Thing: The Political Power of Dramatic Presentation”: Paper presented by invitation to the Anthropology Division, Centenary Conference, University of New Zealand, Auckland, May 10.
1985 "New Ireland Art." Paper presented in Symposium on New Ireland Art which I organized and chaired at the A.S.A.O Annual Meeting, Boston, March.
1986 "The Johnson Cult: Continued, 1983." Paper presented to the C.S.A.S., Chicago, March.
1987 "Art Style and Social Organization: Level of Relationships." Kansas Academy of Sciences, Wichita, February.
1987 "The Development of a Peace Studies Curriculum at WSU." Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Conference, San Francisco, March.
1987 "Anthropological Approaches to Peace and War." Third Midwest Conference for the U.W. Institute of Peace, Minneapolis, May.
1987 Social Issues: Peace Education. Invited panelist, Kansas Conference on Language Arts Studies, Wichita, October.
1988 "Peacemaking in Tribal Societies." C.S.A.S., St. Louis, March 25.
1988 "Anthropological Contributions to the Study of Peace and War." 12th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (hereafter I.C.A.E.S.), Zagreb, Yugoslavia, July 24-31.
1988 "Social Organization and Epistemology." Australian Anthropological Society Annual Conference, Newcastle, Australia, August 18-20.
1988 "Individualism and Group-Orientation: Contrasting Personalities in Contrasting Melanesian Cultures." International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (hereafter I.A.C.C.P), 9th International Congress, Newcastle, Australia, August 22-25.
1988 "New Ireland Malanggan Art: What Tikana Say About It." American Anthropological Association, 87th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, November 16-20.
1989 "Cultural Hegemony and Applied Anthropology." Invited paper in "Little Collaborations," symposium organized and chaired by Gretchen Chesley Lang, Society for Applied Anthropology, 48th Annual Conference, Santa Fe, April 5-8.
1990 "The Politics of Theater: Contrasting Types of Performance in Melanesia.," Paper presented in the "Art and Politics: session, A.S.A.O, Hawaii, March.
1990 "Traditional and Original Art: Melanesian Contrasts." in the Sources of Creativity in Pacific Art" session, A.S.A.O. Annual Meeting, Hawaii, March.
1990 "How They Interpret Us: Cultural Hegemony and Applied Anthropology." New Zealand Association of Social Anthropologists, Hamilton, New Zealand: August.
1991 "Genus Individualism/Collectivism: Perennial Sightings of an Untamed Beast." Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Puerto Rico, February.
1992 “Individualism/Collectivism in Relation to Hierarchy and Egalitarianism.” Paper presented at the XIth Annual Congress of the I.A.C.C.P, July 11-19, 1992, Liege, Belgium.
1992 “No One, Including the Anthropologist, Is an Island.” Paper presented in the session “What would Margaret Say,” chaired and organized by Dana Raphael, at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, December, 1992.
1992 "Individualism/Collectivism and Equality/Inequality." Paper presentation and Organizer, Informal Session, A.S.A.O. New Orleans, February 19-22.
1993 “Cargo Cult as Nonviolent Protest.” Paper presented in the session “Toward Peace and Justice: Anthropological Perspectives, “chaired and organized by Mario D. Zamora, at the 13th I.C.A.E.S., Mexico City, July 29-August 4, 1993.
1994 “Contrasting Shapes of Things to Come: Cultures and Natural Environments”. Paper presented at the International Conference, “Ethnic Traditional Culture and Folk Knowledge”, at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ethnology and &#