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now & then Published for the Students, Alumni & Friends of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Studies 1 From The Chair After a hiatus of three years, we are reviving our department newsletter, Now & Then. The newsletter will primarily be in electronic format with paper copies being distributed to our generous departmental donors and to university administrators. To our alumni and current students we will endeavor to circulate the newsletter via e-mail. It is our hope that you will find items of interest in Now & Then and that you may be able to see the true impact that your support of the department has for our current students. Thanks and enjoy, Brian Bates Chair Awards & Honors Three signature awards are given annually to deserving students who excel academically and meet the award criteria. Last spring, the departmental award winners were announced at the Cook-Cole College of Arts & Sciences Annual Academic Award Banquet with additional recognition of their achievements at a departmental awards banquet. We are pleased to announce this year’s honorees: Alyssa Michelle Engiles Awarded Diane M. Sheffield Memorial Scholarship This year the Sheffield Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Alyssa Michelle Engiles, Class of 2010, who is majoring in criminology with a minor in psychology. Engiles, from Stafford, Va., completed a summer internship at the Rappahannock Juvenile Center where she volunteered with their treatment and rehabilitation programs. The Sheffield Scholarship is awarded to a sophomore or junior majoring in sociology, anthropology or criminal justice who has given evidence of strong scholarship, is active in campus and department life, and has demonstrated commitment to Longwood University and the department. The scholarship was established by Michael Sheffield, husband of the late Diane Sheffield in honor of their son, Mike (Class of 1989, Sociology). Both Michael and Mike Sheffield continue to support this scholarship with their generosity. Longwood University The Cook-Cole College of Arts & Sciences Editorial Contact: Brian Bates Chair, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice Studies Associate Professor of Anthropology 201 High Street, Farmville, Virginia 23909 434.395.2875 [email protected] Alyssa Michelle Engiles

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now&then Published for the Students, Alumni & Friends of the

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Studies

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From The Chair After a hiatus of three years, we are

reviving our department newsletter,

Now & Then. The newsletter will

primarily be in electronic format with

paper copies being distributed to

our generous departmental donors and to university

administrators. To our alumni and current students we

will endeavor to circulate the newsletter via e-mail. It is

our hope that you will find items of interest in Now & Then

and that you may be able to see the true impact that your

support of the department has for our current students.

Thanks and enjoy,

Brian Bates Chair

Awards & Honors Three signature awards are given annually to deserving students

who excel academically and meet the award criteria. Last spring,

the departmental award winners were announced at the Cook-Cole

College of Arts & Sciences Annual Academic Award Banquet with

additional recognition of their achievements at a departmental

awards banquet. We are pleased to announce this year’s honorees:

Alyssa Michelle Engiles Awarded Diane M. Sheffield Memorial Scholarship

This year the Sheffield Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Alyssa

Michelle Engiles, Class of 2010, who is majoring in criminology with a

minor in psychology. Engiles, from Stafford, Va., completed a summer

internship at the Rappahannock Juvenile Center where she

volunteered with their treatment and rehabilitation programs.

The Sheffield Scholarship is awarded to a sophomore

or junior majoring in sociology, anthropology or criminal justice who

has given evidence of strong scholarship, is active in campus and

department life, and has demonstrated commitment to Longwood

University and the department. The scholarship was established by

Michael Sheffield, husband of the late Diane Sheffield in honor of their

son, Mike (Class of 1989, Sociology). Both Michael and Mike Sheffield

continue to support this scholarship with their generosity.

Longwood University The Cook-Cole College of Arts & Sciences

Editorial Contact:

Brian Bates Chair, Department of Sociology, Anthropology

and Criminal Justice Studies

Associate Professor of Anthropology

201 High Street, Farmville, Virginia 23909

434.395.2875

[email protected]

Alyssa Michelle Engiles

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Nasim Moadab Receives Kathleen Goodwin Cover Scholarship Award

This year’s recipient of the Kathleen Goodwin Cover Scholarship was

Nasim Moadab, Class of 2011, member of the women’s tennis team,

with a double major in sociology and psychology. Moadab completed

a summer internship at the Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center in

Midlothian, Va., where she received hands-on experience working in a

health care environment. She is from Colonial Heights and plans on

attending medical school upon graduation from Longwood.

The Cover Scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior majoring in

sociology or anthropology who has demonstrated high professional,

intellectual, and personal standards and has contributed to the social

and cultural programs at Longwood. The scholarship is named after

Professor Kathleen Goodwin Cover who taught at Longwood for 30

years and was Chair of the Department.

Mary Elizabeth Farrell Receives Outstanding Graduating Senior Award

This special award is presented to an outstanding graduating senior

who has displayed exemplary academic performance in the

department. Our 2009 Outstanding Graduating Senior is Mary

Elizabeth Farrell who earned the B.A. degree in Anthropology with

a minor in Communication Studies

Farrell, from Spotsylvania, Va., developed an extensive fieldwork

resume during her years at Longwood, conducting work at sites in

Prince Edward, Westmoreland and Charlotte Counties in Virginia, and

also in Great Britain and on the island of Jost Van Dyke in the British

Virgin Islands. Farrell created a Field School Manual that is being used

by students in Dr. Bates’s and Dr. Jim Jordan’s field courses. She was

instrumental in running the Peter Francisco Chapter of the

Archeological Society of Virginia. Following a year of fieldwork,

Farrell plans to enter graduate school in 2010 to earn her doctorate in

anthropology with an emphasis on archaeology. This special award

is supported by matching funds from Lieutenant Colonel Gregory

L. Bowman, U.S. Army, Class of 1990 (sociology), who received

this award in 1990.

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Our 2009 Outstanding Graduating Senior is Mary Elizabeth Farrell

who earned the B.A. degree in Anthropology with a minor in

Communication Studies

Nasim Moadab

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STUDENT PROFILES

Sydney Goheen Sociology – Summer 2009 Internship

Sydney Goheen spent five weeks working seven days a week,

averaging 12 hours a day, as a Centreville field organizer intern for

Terry McAuliffe's campaign in the Virginia Democratic Gubernatorial

Primary. As a field organizer, Goheen’s studies in sociology were

applied in more ways than one, as she observed,“… interacting one-

on-one with voters of a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds,

I was well prepared to handle many situations and meet the different

needs of individuals.” Goheen reported that she learned more during

her internship than she could have ever imagined at the outset and

stated, “during my time with the McAuliffe campaign, I went from your

average campaign volunteer to an electioneering, politicking, volunteer

organizing multi-tasker – reporting daily numbers, meeting personal

goals, and partaking in the ritualistic campaign lifestyle.”

Katherine York Anthropology – Longwood Magazine Guest Columnist

Anthropology major, Katherine “K.C.” York, did double duty during

Dr. Jordan’s May 2009 course on sustainability conducted at

Longwood’s Hull Springs Farm on the Northern Neck. She was

enrolled in the course and covered the events of the class as a special

assignment writer and photographer for the Fall 2009 issue of

Longwood Magazine. She wrote: “After a journey of over 790 miles in

distance and 3,000 years in time – from the earliest Native American

Indians to the most recent tourist, we were sorry to see our course

come to an end.” On that last night at Hull Springs Farm, Dr. Jordan

said, “It is good from time to time, that we pause to reflect that we,

today, are not the first or only people to love this beautiful place and

to take joy from it. The Indians who lived here, the Colonists 400 years

ago, all those who earned their livelihood from the rivers and creeks,

the ancient farmers and the modern ones, the “come here” tourists and

summer people and now we Longwood scholars have all called this

place home. Surely the spirits of all these people are still here on

the Northern Neck.”

Sarah Coen Criminal Justice Minor – Central Virginia Criminal Justice Academy

Sarah Coen, majoring in liberal studies with a minor in criminal justice,

completed her professional semester at The Central Virginia Criminal

Justice Academy in Lynchburg, Va in December. Professor William

Burger supervised Coen in this joint venture between Longwood

University and the Central Virginia Criminal Justice Academy. The

program allows a limited number of highly motivated and academically

superior undergraduate students who plan a career in law enforcement

to attend the Academy fulfilling their internship requirement. Upon

completion of their studies at the Academy, students will have

completed all of the requirements mandated by the Virginia

Department of Criminal Justice Services for certification as a police

officer in Virginia. Upon graduation from Longwood, Ms. Coen plans

a career in law enforcement in Virginia.

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Co-Curricular Activities

Alpha Kappa Delta The Iota Chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology

Honor Society, initiated 19 new members during spring 2009.

Lambda Alpha The Delta of Virginia Chapter of Lambda Alpha, the National

Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology, has enjoyed years of

success since its establishment. Our students have been a model

honor society, active and visible in our Department and on campus,

which has made it easy to recruit many new members each year

(12 in 2009/97 total). Our members have regularly attended the

annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association (AAA)

and made other educational trips and, for the last several years,

have established a regular seminar which meets at least once or

twice a month during the regular semester over pizza and beer to

discuss a scholarly article chosen and presented by one of our

members. Last year we thrived under the leadership of President

Dan Schrier and Vice-President Kathryn Barrows, among other

officers (Sarah Noel and Kelly Betts). Four of our members traveled

to San Francisco to attend the AAA meetings in November, where

they were able to meet authors whose books they were studying

and present papers. Additional students went to Washington D.C. in

the spring to visit the Natural History Museum. This last year our

pizza article discussion seminars were lively and as enjoyable as

they were edifying.

Alpha Phi Sigma The Eta Chi Chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice

Honor Society, initiated nine new members during spring 2009.

Lambda Alpha Epsilon The LAE chapter continues to be an active organization for our

criminal justice students. With thirty members, the Executive

Committee is comprised of Chrissy Ferguson (President), Casey

Tate (VP), Lauren Purcell (Secretary), Jordan Young and Nick

Evans (New Member Educators), Courtney Carey (Treasurer), Katie

Austin (PR), Greg Cooper (Sergeant at Arms), and Misty Watkins

(Alumni Relations). Regular activities include paintball, brother

dinners in D-hall, bowling, car washes, and jail/prison tours.

Program News

SOCIOLOGY

Sociology Club Is Active! By Shannon White, Treasurer

The Sociology Club is an organization that consists of sociology

majors, minors, as well as individuals outside of our major. We get

together to discuss sociological issues as a means to reiterate what we

have learned in class and also as a support system for our fellow club

members. We have academic meetings, as well as social, interactive

meetings weekly. We are working toward community service projects,

and teaming up with other organizations to give back to Longwood

and the town of Farmville. Our plan is to help the Sociology

Department grow and to get the word out about the amazing

opportunities it has for Longwood students.

Our officers are: Liz Sizemore (President), Taylor Hedelt (Vice

President), Patrice Carter (Secretary), and, Shannon White (Treasurer)

ANTHROPOLOGY

Sustainability Course at Hull Springs Farm

Dr. Jordan taught a special topics course this summer: Sustainability:

3,000 Years of Humans and Their Environment on the Northern Neck

of Virginia. Students studied the natural and cultural ecology of the

Northern Neck focusing on variables such as prehistoric and

contemporary climate, soil composition, water, and floral and faunal

communities. A key concern running throughout the course was the

cultural patterns utilized by prehistoric, colonial and contemporary

human populations in this region. A typical day in the course consisted

of a morning seminar followed by six to eight hours of in-the-field

observation and concluded with an evening discussion. Observations

included archaeological, colonial and historical sites, as well as

interviews with contemporary residents.

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Archaeology in England

Dr. Bates and Dr. Jordan developed a faculty-led study abroad course

in 2006 taking students overseas to study the archaeology of England.

The course presents an overview of England through the eyes of

archaeology and anthropology from 5,000 years before the present to

1500 AD. The materials employed in this course include library and

archival sources, archaeological artifacts, physical anthropological

specimens, and examination of field excavation sites. In preparation for

the course, students and professors meet to discuss assigned text

readings and plan for the overseas component of the course. During

the England component of the course, students begin with orientation

to research materials at the British Museum and The Institute of

Archaeology, University College London. On-site examination of

archaeological and historical materials commences with prehistoric

structures at Silbury Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow, and Stonehenge.

The Roman period takes students to the Caburn Iron Age Hill Fort

and Glynde and Lewes Castle. Medieval lifestyles and culture are

examined along the Thames River in London and Greenwich. This

course has been very popular and is expected to be offered on a

regular basis during winter intersessions.

Archaeology Field School

The Longwood Archaeology Field School turns 30 in 2010! Plans are

currently underway to observe the 30th anniversary of the founding of

the Field School. The celebration will kick off during the Alumni

Weekend and Crew Luau held on June 4-6, 2010 at the Archaeology

Field Station in Clover, Va.

The Longwood Archaeology Field School is currently conducting two

long-term research projects. The first project is the continuing research

at 44CH62 – The Randy K. Wade Site – located in Charlotte County.

The research into the life ways at this 1,000 year-old Amerindian

settlement is a collaborative project between the Field School and

Virginia State Parks. Recently the Field School received a multi-year

$80,000 grant for the continuation of this significant research project.

The Field School is also engaged in research on the island of Jost Van

Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. Recent excavations have provided

insight into economic and political transformations that were taking

place in the centuries leading up to the first encounter with Europeans.

An added dimension to this project is the planned cultural

anthropological research that is planned for the summer of 2010.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

New Program

The criminal justice faculty is in the process of developing a new

program to begin fall 2010. The new offering will be a five-year BS/MS

program that will allow students to get a bachelor’s degree and a

master’s degree in just five years. This program is expected to be very

popular as we move forward with its implementation.

Dr. Debra Kelley Memorial

Plans are moving forward to have a tree planted on campus in memory

of Dr. Debra Kelley. We anticipate that the planting will occur this

spring. We want to thank the many people who contributed money to

this memorial. While the fund to donate money for this is now closed,

anyone who wishes to donate money to the department in Dr. Kelley's

memory is welcome to do that.

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GRADUATE PROGRAM

Dr. William Burger

Diverse Graduates

Dr. William Burger, graduate program coordinator for sociology,

reports that in the spring of 2009 nine students earned their

Master’s degrees in sociology with a concentration in criminal

justice. Graduates came from a wide range of occupations and

backgrounds including law enforcement, education, and counseling.

Dr. Burger worked closely with Dr. Barbrey and also the department

curriculum chair, Dr. Dalton in developing the 5-year B.S./M.S.

program in either sociology or criminal justice. As envisioned, this

program makes it possible for a student to earn his or her B.S.

degree and transition directly and smoothly into the M.S. program

and graduate with both degrees in five years. This degree coupled

with the possibility that a student could also attend the Central

Virginia Criminal Justice Academy, means that we have the

capability to graduate a student with a B.S degree, a M.S. degree

and a law enforcement office certification all in just five years. This

combination makes our program unique in the Commonwealth.

Faculty News

Dr. John W. Barbrey New Faculty Member

John W. Barbrey is a native of Fountain Inn, S.C. He has a B.A. in

History and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Clemson

University, which he earned through night classes while working full-

time for the director of The City of Greenville Parks & Recreation

Department. Coming from a cop family, he originally wanted to be a

lawyer, yet shifted toward public policy in his junior year after becoming

involved in student political organizations in the 1991-92 presidential

election season. The opportunity to conduct CPR/first-aid classes for

city staff members introduced him to teaching. Consequently, in 1999

he quit his job, got married, and moved to Knoxville to earn a Ph.D.

in Political Science in 2003 from the University of Tennessee, with

specializations in public policy process and judicial institutions.

Dr. Barbrey has previously taught criminal justice courses at Armstrong

Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga., and at the University of

Northern Colorado in Greeley. In June 2008, he moved with his wife,

Alicia, from Colorado to Farmville. In February 2009, Dr. Barbrey was

named the new director of the Homeland Security minor.

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Dr. Carl M. Riden Course Development

For the past two summers Dr. Carl Riden, associate professor of

sociology, in collaboration with Dr. Alix Fink, associate professor of

biology, have been working on developing pedagogy for the Finding

Common Ground course held at Yellowstone National Park in

Wyoming. Drs. Riden and Fink are planning to publish work related to

the development of the course.

Dr. Lee M. Bidwell Extracurricular Activities

Dr. Lee Millar Bidwell has been awarded

Certified Family Life Educator status by the

National Council on Family Relations. The goal

of family life education is to promote strong, healthy family interaction

through education. Dr. Bidwell, along with Dr. Jennifer Apperson,

Professor of Psychology, have developed a parent support program

called “Making Memories, Securing Futures,” which they recently

taught in the Farmville area. Dr. Bidwell is currently working to redesign

the family studies concentration in the sociology major so that students

completing the program would qualify for provisional family life

educator status.

Dr. James W. Jordan Extracurricular Activities

In addition to his teaching and research, Dr. Jordan has served each

summer for the past 10 years as a naturalist for Virginia State Parks,

carrying out research and presenting programs on the archaeological,

historical and natural features of our Parks.

Dr. Doug Dalton Professor of Anthropology

Besides conducting research for the various courses he teaches,

Dr. Dalton continues to work on his Papua New Guinea material, has

an article on Pacific Island Mortuary Rites under review for an edited

volume on that topic, and is working on a paper on the topic of "cargo

cult" for an Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania panel

discussion this year.

Dr. Jason “Jake” Milne Assistant Professor

Dr. Milne, with his colleague Steven Seiler at the University of

Tennessee, recently published three chapters in the Encyclopedia of

Death and Human Experience, a Sage publication. He currently has a

paper under review titled “Why Soccer Referees Quit.” This past year

he and senior Elizabeth Bosworth conducted research on how men

project their masculinity at Longwood. This research was presented at

the annual Southern Sociological Society meeting in New Orleans last

spring. Dr. Milne will be continuing his research on masculinity in

higher education and will begin a new research stream related to the

closing of the schools in Prince Edward County, Va. Dr. Milne

continues to involve students in his research agenda and he

welcomes the help of any student who is interested in pursuing either

of these research streams.

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Faculty Research

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Dr. Walter Witschey Professor of Anthropology and Science Education

Dr. Walter Witschey and Clifford T. Brown (Florida Atlantic University)

have contracted to produce A Historical Dictionary of Ancient

Mesoamerica for Scarecrow Press (approx. 200 pages; hardbound).

Dr.Witschey and Brown, who are co-PIs on the Electronic Atlas of

Ancient Maya Sites, have recently begun updating the Atlas with

coordinates from Google Earth, at which most large Maya sites are

visible in the aerial imagery. [See http://MayaGIS.SMV.org]

Dr. Carl Riden Associate Professor of Sociology

Dr. Riden is continuing her work on campus climate and the

experiences of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender)

students at Longwood and possibly other similarly sized institutions in

the area. Dr. Riden and senior Andy Hudgins, Class of 2010

(sociology), presented this work at the 2009 Southern Sociological

Society Annual meeting where it was well received as an initial study.

Additionally, Marquis Mapp, Class of 2010 (sociology) who will be

doing his internship in juvenile probation during fall 2009 and who is

currently completing a directed study on gender and juvenile

delinquency, will be presenting his work (combining both experiences)

at the Wednesdays with Women’s and Gender Studies forum later

this semester.

Dr. John W. Barbrey Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology

Dr. Barbrey is working on a number of research projects,

two of which are related to crime mapping, using Arcview 9.2 GIS

software. If convicted offender data can be obtained from the

Virginia Supreme Court with location identifiers (e.g., street address)

it will be possible to look for statistical correlations between

the locations of the homes of known convicts and pockets of

other demographic characteristics, e.g., poverty/income/

race/educational attainment, for the county.

Mrs. Sharon Perutelli Administrative Assistant

In January 2008 Sharon Perutelli very happily assumed the duties

of Administrative Assistant for the Sociology, Anthropology and

Criminal Justice Studies Department. She enjoys working with our

faculty, taking care of department needs and especially takes

pleasure in working with our majors. Sharon is wife to Mike and

mom to Matt, Longwood class of 2009 (History). When not

working in the Department, Sharon is busy tending to life on her

family property, Triple Oak Farm, in Prospect.

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Studies

201 High Street

Farmville, Virginia 23909