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Students at the MA level may be interested in working with one of several data sets from my fieldwork (i.e., visiting, travel, time allocation, farming, household consumption, and hunting). For example, one of my MA students is investigating patterns of local mobility using my data on traveling and visiting, a topic that is fairly standard on foragers but has not received much attention among supposedly sedentary farmers; and another is working with my hunting data, critically evaluating the applicability of the currently popular “costly signaling” theory.

Students at the PhD level may tailor their dissertation research to fit into projects I am planning, or develop their own, independent projects that dovetail with my research interests. For PhD students interested in fieldwork in Indonesia, developing language skills is critically important, and students should avail themselves of language training opportunitIes through SEASSI, the Southeast Asia Studies Summer Institute [http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/SEASSI/].

I welcome opportunities to co-author papers with students, as it provides important experience in working with field material and publishing, both of which are important for professional credentials. For example, a former McNair Scholar and honors student worked with some of my fieldnotes and the Human Relations Area Files on a cross-cultural examination of religious skepticism. We are writing up three joint papers, based on her work, aimed at anthropological journals.

The Department of Anthropology offers Research Skills (Anthropology 2950), Undergraduate Research (Anthropology 4950), and Honors Research (Anthropology 4950H) courses for which students do research with a faculty member and receive course credit.

Additional Resources

MU College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Mentorship Program:
http://coas.missouri.edu/urmp.html

MU Study Abroad Program:
http://international.missouri.edu/studyabroad/

MU Academic Scholarships:
http://sfa.missouri.edu/sch-index.php

McNair Scholars Program:
http://www.missouri.edu/~mcnair/

Reading

Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Directory of Global Volunteer Opportunities (11th edition). Edited by Paul Backhurst (2005). Food First Books.

The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars from Graduate School through Tenure. J. A. Goldsmith, J. Komlos, and P. S. Gold (2001), University of Chicago Press.

The Craft of Research (2nd edition). W.C. Booth, C.G. Colomb, and J.M. Williams (2003), University of Chicago Press.

A Practical Guide to Graduate Research. Molly Stock (1985), McGraw-Hill.

Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day. J. Bolker (1998), Henry Holt & Co.

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