UGA Anthropology Ph.D. will direct study-abroad campus in India

Dr. Eial Dujovny, Ph.D. '10, has accepted a position as the Resident Director for the South India Term Abroad (SITA) Program in Madurai, India.  As the director, he will run a small study abroad campus for US students spending a semester or year in India.  The program is open to students from any US institution of higher learning and is maintained by a consortium of U.S. institutions that includes George Washington University, University of Denver, Bates, Bowdoin, Grinnell, Smith, Sarah Lawrence, Scripps, and Whittier College.

Dr. Jim Veteto Accepts Position at North Texas University

Jim Veteto, who completed his Ph.D. in spring 2010, has accepted a tenure-track position at the University of North Texas, in Denton, TX. He'll join the anthropology department as an Assistant Professor of environmental and ecological anthropology for the fall semester. Dr. Robert Rhoades was Jim's major professor.

Dr. Laura German publishes book

Laura German (Ph.D., 2001) has co-edited a book recently published by Earthscan, Governing Africa's Forests in a Globalized World. The book examines two thematic areas: decentralization, livelihoods and sustainable forest management; and international trade, finance and forest sector governance reforms. Dr. German is Senior Scientist with the Forests and Governance Program of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia. Dr. Ted Gragson was her major professor. Learn more about the book here.

Obituary, Frank Schnell

Frank Schnell (A.B. 1962; M.A. 1970), an archeaologist with the Columbus Museum for thirty-five years, died January 18 from a fall. Mr. Schnell was a respected colleague of many of the department's faculty, and published widely on Mississippian archaeology and the Native American history of the southern states, particularly of the Georgia tribes.

This obituary appeared in the Bradenton (FL) Herald:

Frank T. Schnell, Jr., 69, Bradenton, died January 18, 2010. Born in Columbus, Georgia, he moved to Bradenton in 2002. He was a graduate of the University of Georgia with a Master's Degree, Worked for the Columbus Museum for thirty five years, and was a member of St. Luke's Methodist Church of Columbus, Georgia. Predeceased by his son, John S.; survived by his wife of forty years, Gail of Bradenton, FL; son, Greg of Cincinnati, OH; sisters, Kay Hawes of Memphis, TN, Mary Lou Mayfield of Union, NJ. A Memorial Service will be at a later date in Columbus, Georgia. Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory 43rd Street Chapel 604 43rd Street West, Bradenton, FL 34209 in charge. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of one's choice or the Haiti Relief Fund. Online condolences may be made to Brown and Sons Funeral Company .

A more detailed accounting of Mr. Schnell's life can be found here.