{"id":13025,"date":"2015-08-28T09:56:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T13:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=13025"},"modified":"2021-02-10T17:50:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T22:50:06","slug":"anthropology-department-past-and-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/anthropology-department-past-and-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropology Department: Past and Present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/08\/Arlen-and-tosha-250x300.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13033\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/08\/Arlen-and-tosha-250x300-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"Arlen and tosha 250x300\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/08\/Arlen-and-tosha-250x300-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/08\/Arlen-and-tosha-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>The department of anthropology hosted a welcome back BBQ on August 22, 2015 to welcome six new faculty members and\u00a0to honor the department&#8217;s inaugural chair, and current Associate Dean for the College of Sciences,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/anthropology.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/chase-arlen-f\/\">Arlen Chase, Ph.D., <\/a>for\u00a0his many\u00a0contributions to the department.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Arlen Chase\u00a0was the department of anthropology\u2019s inaugural chair when\u00a0they became\u00a0a department in 2006 and reamained chair until 2014.\u00a0 He and his wife Diane were the 4th and 5th anthropologists hired at UCF and they were housed in a combined department as part of a smaller academic unit.\u00a0 Currently, the department has grown to 22 faculty and 2 support staff.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chase was honored with a plaque in the main office, recognizing his service as the inaugural chair.\u00a0 The department conference room was also given his namesake, the <em><strong>Dr. Arlen Chase Conference Room<\/strong><\/em>, in recognition of his service and leadership of the department.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The faculty are wonderful teachers and researchers.\u00a0 I have truly enjoyed the small part that I have played in helping to build a cornerstone unit for the College of Sciences \u2013 and I was both surprised and honored by my colleagues in their decision to apply my name to our conference room,&#8221; stated Chase<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anthropology.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/dupras-tosha\/\">Tosha Dupras, Ph.D., <\/a>current chair of the department stated,\u00a0&#8220;Dr. Arlen Chase\u2019s passion and vision helped us grow and thrive as a department during some of the most difficult budgetary years in UCF\u2019s history.\u00a0 His leadership was exactly what the department of anthropology needed as we split from sociology(department) and developed our graduate program.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chase envisions more growth in the future of the deparment.\u00a0 &#8220;Once the Ph.D. program\u00a0is approved by the Florida Board of Governors,\u00a0I have no doubt that UCF will have a nationally-ranked program in Anthropology,&#8221; stated Chase.<\/p>\n<p>Among the\u00a0new faculty members welcomed\u00a0to the deparment of anthropology\u00a0at the\u00a0event were:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/anthropology.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/branting-scott\/\">Scott Branting, Ph.D., <\/a>Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 He was most recently the Director of Geospatial Initiatives and the Geographic Research Center at the American Scoots of Oriental Research and was a Research Associate at the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/anthropology.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/callaghan-michael\/\">Michael Callaghan, Ph.D., <\/a>Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 He was most recently a Visiting Assistant Professor and Adjunct Professor at Southern Methodist University.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/anthropology.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/duncan-neil\/\">Neil Duncan, Ph.D., <\/a>Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 He was most recently a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Archaeology Center at Stanford University.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/anthropology.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/harris-shana\/\">Shana Harris, Ph.D., <\/a>Visiting Lecturer<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 She was most recently on a Postdoctoral appointment with the National Development and Research Institutes.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/anthropology.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/kovacevich-brigitte\/\">Brigitte Kovacevich, Ph.D., <\/a>Assistant Professor<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 She was most recently an Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/anthropology.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/starbuck-john\/\">John Starbuck, Ph.D.,<\/a>\u00a0Assistant Professor<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 He was most recently a visiting lecturer at Indiana University Northwest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The department of anthropology hosted a welcome back BBQ on August 22, 2015 to welcome six new faculty members and\u00a0to honor the department&#8217;s inaugural chair, and current Associate Dean for the College of Sciences,\u00a0 Arlen Chase, Ph.D., for\u00a0his many\u00a0contributions to the department. 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