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Socio-Cultural Anthropologists

Sam Migliore
Sam Migliore
Office: Room D207 (Surrey)
Room 2018 (Langley)
Phone: 604.599.2397
Voice Mail: 9066
Email: sam.migliore@kwantlen.ca

Courses:

Education: PhD in Anthropology, McMaster University

Interests: Sam Migliore is a medical and visual anthropologist. He has worked extensively with Italian Canadians, and has also traveled to Italy for additional research. His research has led to the publication of numerous articles, several ethnographic films, and two books. Sam is currently the principle investigator of a SSHRC-funded research project addressing issues related to culture and well-being among Italian Canadians in Cape Breton, southern Ontario, and the lower mainland of British Columbia.

Selected Publications:

2005 Crafting a Praxis-Oriented Culture Concept in the Health Disciplines: Conundrums and Possibilities (written with Margaret Dorazio-Migliore and Joan Anderson). Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine 9 (3): 339-360.

2001 From Illness Narratives to Social Commentary: A Pirandellian Approach to "Nerves." In Medical Anthropology Quarterly 15 (1): 100-125.

1999 Italian Lives, Cape Breton Memories. Co-edited with Evo DiPierro. Sydney: University College of Cape Breton Press.

1997 Mal'uocchiu: Ambiguity, Evil Eye, and the Language of Distress. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Selected Ethnographic Films:

2005 La Sagra della Marrocca (The Corn Festival, Casalincontrada, 2003). DVD. Surrey, B.C.

2005 Gruppo Preghiera (The Prayer Group: An Ethic of Well-being). DVD. Surrey, B.C.

1994 Truth in Wine: Well-Being Among Italians in Cape Breton. Video. Sydney, Nova Scotia.

1992 The Feast of the Madonna Del Monte: A Twin City Celebration. Video. Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Teaching Philosophy:

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Larissa Petrillo
Office: Room D207 (Surrey), Room 2370 (Richmond)
Phone: 604.599.2401 (Surrey), 604.599.2610 (Richmond)
Voice Mail: 9022
Email: larissa.petrillo@kwantlen.ca

Education: B.Sc. (University of Toronto); M.A. (Wilfrid Laurier University);
Ph.D. (University of British Columbia)

Fieldwork Background: Lakota community, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, 1995-present.

Interests: Larissa Petrillo has a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of British Columbia. Her dissertation contextualizes the life stories of a Lakota/Mexican couple from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. This work, Being Lakota: Identity and Tradition on Pine Ridge Reservation (2007), has since been published by the University of Nebraska Press and is well-respected for its methodology and ethics. She has worked in Women’s Studies, First Nations Studies, Anthropology, English and Canadian Studies. Her central academic interests are in social and cultural change, cross-cultural communication, research ethics, oral history methodology, gender studies and indigenous knowledge.

Selected Publications:

L. Petrillo. (2008) “Figuring it Out: Sundancing and Storytelling in the Lakota Tradition,” 91-111 in Religion and Healing in Native America. Suzanne J. Crawford, ed. Westport, CT: Praeger Press.
L. Petrillo, in collaboration with Melda and Lupe Trejo. (2007) Being Lakota: Identity and Tradition on Pine Ridge Reservation. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
L. Petrillo. (2007) “Crazy Horse.” International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2nd ed. New York: Macmillan.
L. Petrillo. (2002) “I Am Reading These Stories: Review Essay of Helen Hoy’s How Should I Read These?: Native Women Writers in Canada” Essays on Canadian Writing 77:186-192.
L. Petrillo. (2000) “Bleakness and Greatness in Ian Frazier’s On the Rez,” American Indian Quarterly 24(2):287-291.

Archaeologists

Brian Pegg

Brian Pegg

Office: Room D207 (Surrey), Room 2370 (Richmond)
Phone: 604.599.3177 (Surrey), 604.599.2610 (Richmond)
Voice Mail: 9034
Email: brian.pegg@kwantlen.ca

Courses:

Education: B.A. (U. Western Ontario), M.A. (Simon Fraser)

Professional Memberships: Member, B.C. Association of Professional Archaeologists

Interests: I have been working professionally in archaeology and anthropology since 1990; my first job was excavating a 350-year old Odawa fishing village on the beautiful shoreline of Georgian Bay in Ontario. From there, I continued on to finished an undergraduate degree in Anthropology at the University of Western Ontario, and a graduate degree in archaeology from Simon Fraser University. I have directed or worked on archaeological projects at buried Neutral and Ojibwa villages in Ontario, archaeological sites in the Northwest Territories, ancient shell middens and rock shelters in Baja California ( Mexico), and 7,000-year-old fishing camps, alpine sites, and cedar harvest sites in British Columbia and many sites and locations throughout British Columbia. I have mentored many new recruits to the field of archaeology over the years, as well as providing specialized training to archaeologists with many years of experience.

I will bring first-hand experience working in applied archaeology and anthropology to teaching. I have direct experience working with aboriginal peoples, cultures, and governments on projects ranging from real estate development to land claims research, and have worked through difficult issues such as conflicts between private property rights and aboriginal title. Taking a course with me will provide a glimpse of an exiting career in archaeology or anthropology that may lie ahead for Kwantlen students.

Ken Stark

Ken Stark

Office: Room 2370 (Richmond), Room D207 (Surrey)
Phone: 604.599.2610 (Richmond), 604.599.3177 (Surrey)
Voice Mail: 9614
Email: ken.stark@kwantlen.ca

Courses:

Education: BA, University of British Columbia (1986); MA, University of British Columbia (1989); PhD University of Hawaii (1996).

Fieldwork Background: I have conducted archaeological fieldwork and research in Japan, Hawaii, Fiji and Indonesia.

Interests: My research interests include a wide variety of topics including the archaeology of East and Southeast Asia, prehistoric subsistence strategies in tropical regions, lithic technology (stone tool analysis) and mortuary analysis.

I am interested in studying patterns of change and adaptation in ancient human societies of the Asia/Pacific region. Some of the ways I have explored this include a study of variation in ancient burial practices on the island of Kyushu in Japan, and more recently, an analysis of stone tool-making and subsistence strategies used in prehistoric economies of eastern Indonesia. My primary goal lies in explaining the evolution and diversification of ancient technological and economic traditions in the southwestern Pacific region. I think this region can provide a wealth of data concerning how ancient societies adapted to varying environmental conditions in prehistory. In teaching, I try to impress upon my students the importance of integrating theory and methodology in archaeological research, and instill a greater understanding and respect for human cultural and biological diversity.

Selected Publications:

Latinis, D. Kyle and Ken Stark

44(1): 119-136.

Latinis, D. Kyle and Ken Stark

2003 Roasted dirt: assessing earthenware assemblages from sites in Central Maluku,

Indonesia. In, John Miksic (Ed.), Earthenware in Southeast Asia. Singapore:

Singapore University Press: 103-135.

Latinis, D. Kyle and Ken Stark

Von Benda Beckmann (Eds.), Old World Places, New World Problems:

Exploring Issues of Cultural Diversity, Environmental Sustainability, Economic

Development and Local Government in Maluku, Eastern Indonesia. Canberra:

Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University.

Stark, Ken and D. Kyle Latinis

Stark, Ken

Yam Hypothesis" from the Archaeological Record. Ph.D. Dissertation,

Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii.

Stark, Ken and D. Kyle Latinis

Cakalele 3: 69-86.

Stark, Ken

Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia.

Biological Anthropologists

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Sabine Stratton
Office: Room D217 (Anthropology Lab, Surrey), Room 2018 (Langley)
Phone: 604.599.2166 (Surrey), 604.599.3324 (Langley)
Voice Mail: 9376
Email: sabine.stratton@kwantlen.ca

Courses:

Education: B.Sc. (Zoology), B.A. (Anthropology), M.A. (University of Alberta)

Interests: Sabine Stratton received two undergraduate degrees and her Master of Arts from the University of Alberta. The degree in zoology led to an interest in skeletal biology and a degree in physical anthropology established an enthusiasm for the study of human biology. While serving on the medical examiner’s human identification team, investigating the 1986 Hinton Via Rail collision, a fascination for human individualization crystallized. Research since that time has focused upon human skeletal anomalies; ante- and post-mortem x-ray comparison; video superimposition; and public perceptions toward autopsy. Currently she is completing her Ph.D. investigating the unique aspects of the human sacro-iliac joint (posterior hip joint). Stratton is a member of the following organizations: American Academy of Forensic Sciences, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, and the Paleopathology Association.

Field Work: Lake Baikal, Siberia

Sabine Dig Site

Selected Publications:

S. U. Stratton. (2004) "Kurma XI 2003 Field Season Osteology Report". Submission for MCRI program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for the Baikal Archaeology Project.

S. U. Stratton and O. B. Beattie. (1999) "Mass Disasters: Comments and Discussion Regarding the Hinton Train Collision of 1986", in Forensic Osteological Analysis: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology, edited by S. I. Fairgrieve. Springfield, Ill.: C. C. Thomas, Chapter 18, pp.267-286.

S. Stratton. "The Attitude of University Students Toward Autopsy". Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of The American Academy of Forensic Sciences Volume 4, February 1998. Abstract, pp. 214-15.

Photos of Research published in The Buffalo People, Prehistoric Archaeology on the Canadian Plains by Liz Bryan. Edmonton, Alberta: The University of Alberta Press. 1991, pp. 112-113.

O. Beattie and S. Stratton. "Acetabular Rim Morphology As An Individualizing Characteristic". Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal. Abstract, Volume 20, Number 3, August 1987.

Forensic Case Studies: I was the first anthropology student allowed access to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Alberta. During that time there were numerous cases for which I was allowed to participate and observe, including a mass disaster, the Hinton/Via Rail train collision in February, 1986.

From June, 2002 to June, 2003 I worked as a civilian contractor for the R.C.M.P.

Teaching Philosophy

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Sara Yoshida, Chair
Office: Room 2370 (Richmond)
Phone: 604.599.2610, Voice Mail: 9476
Email: sara.yoshida@kwantlen.ca

Courses:

Education: B.A., M.A. ( Simon Fraser University)

Interests: At Simon Fraser University I was a forensic anthropology consultant to the Office of the Chief Coroner and worked on over twenty cases including: identification of homicide victims, cremated remains, archaeological remains, animal remains, histological analysis, verification of testimony, and a plane crash. In 2002, I was a civilian member of the joint RCMP/Vancouver Police Department Missing Women's Task Force working as an excavator at the Port Coquitlam crime scene.

I have been a physical anthropology consultant since 1998 for many archaeological companies as well as aboriginal bands including Stolo and Sechelt. This work has included many excavations of human remains for reburial, site monitoring, full skeletal analyses of human and animal remains, and the preparation of human remains for radiocarbon dating, isotopic analysis and DNA testing. I am the preferred physical anthropology consultant for Golder Associates, and have been included in the Public Works and Government Services Standing Offer. I teach an annual Human and Animal bone workshop for the BCAPA (British Columbia Association of Professional Archaeologists).

Publications:

Yoshida, Sara J.M. Book Review: Written in Bones: How Human Remains Unlock the Secrets of the Dead by Paul Bahn, Canadian Journal of Forensic Science 2004:03.

I have written numerous technical reports for the Office of the Chief Coroner and professional archaeologists.

Additional Faculty

Kamala Nayar
Office: Room C2850-A (Surrey)
Phone: 604.599.2041, Voice Mail: 9992
Email: kamala.nayar@kwantlen.ca

Education: received a Ph.D. in South Asian Religions at McGill University in 1999.

Interests: Kamala Elizabeth Nayar completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship to research the Sikh community in Vancouver. Her areas of interest include the history of religions, Hinduism, Sikhism as well as historical anthropology, the South Asian diaspora, the Punjabi community in Western Canada, and gender.

Courses Taught:

Selected Publications:

Books and Manuscripts

(forthcoming) T he Socially Involved Renunciate: Guru Nànak’s "Discourse to the Nàth Yogis". Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

(2004) The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver:Three Generations Amid Tradition, Modernity, and Multiculturalism . Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

(2004) Hayagr ã va in South India : Complexity and Selectivity of a Pan-Indian Hindu Deity . Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers.

(1999) "Hayagr ã va: The Many Histories of an Indian Deity", Montreal: McGill University (Ph.D. Dissertation).

Chapters in Books

(in press) "Mistaking Fundamentalism as an Aspect of Sikh Identity: The Experience of Orthodox Sikhs in Vancouver", in Religious profiling: Sikhs as the victims of mistaken identity. Edited by Sandhu, D., Lal, H, & Esperson, E. Huntington, NY: Nova Science, in press.

(forthcoming) "Sikh Women in Vancouver: An Analysis of their Psychosocial Issues" in Women in Sikhism. Edited by Doris Jakobsh and Eleanor Nesbitt. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

(forthcoming) "The Making of Sikh Space in British Columbia: The Central Role of the Gurdwara" in Asian Religions in British Columbia. Edited by Dan Overmyer, Don Baker and Larry DeVries. Vancouver: UBC Press.

Articles

Kamala Nayar and Jaswinder S. Sandhu.

Jaswinder S. Sandhu and Kamala Nayar.

Fall Term Contract Faculty


Cristina Moretti

Office: Room D207 (Surrey)
Phone: 604. 599.3177 (Surrey)
Voice Mail: 9860
Email: cristina.moretti@kwantlen.ca

Course Taught:
Fall 2010 & Spring 2011 - ANTH 1100 (Social & Cultural Anthropology)


Sean Connaughton

Office: Room C2850F (Surrey)
Email: sean.connaughton@kwantlen.ca

Courses Taught:
Fall 2010 -      ANTH 1100 (Social & Cultural Anthropology)
Spring 2011 - ANTH 1100 (Social & Cultural Anthropology)
                          ANTH 1300 (Archaeology)
                          ANTH 2140 (First Nations Cultures of Canada)