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Social Networks, Wellbeing and Responses to Shifts in Immigration Policy and Practice

Posted June 24th, 2008 by rhowe
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Contact:
Alexandra Brewis
Theme:
Societies and Their Natural Environments

Description:

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Team Members:

This project is linked to the research programs of the South Phoenix Collaborative. A full list of team members can be found here. Core faculty include:

• Jennifer Glick, Associate Professor, SSFD

• Alexandra Brewis, Professor of Medical Anthropology

• Amber Wutich, Assistant Professor

• Christopher Boone, Associate Professor 

Funding Sources:

• National Science Foundation ($750,000—pending)

Partnerships:

This project is linked to the research programs of the South Phoenix Collaborative. A full list of partners can be found here.

Leveraging Culture and History to Support Healthy, Resilient & Just Communities

Posted June 24th, 2008 by rhowe
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Contact:
Alexandra Brewis Slade
Theme:
Biological, Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health

Description: Ranch market in South Phoenix

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Team Members:

This project is linked to the research programs of the South Phoenix Collaborative. A full list of team members can be found here. Core faculty include:

  • Amber Wutich, Assistant Professor
  • Alexandra Brewis, Professor of Medical Anthropology
  • Christopher Boone, Associate Professor

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    Funding Sources:

    •   SHESC's Late Lessons from Early History program, supported by the President's Initiative Fund

     

    Partnerships:

    This project is linked to the research programs of the South Phoenix Collaborative. A full list of partners can be found here.

    Prelude to Plant Domestication in Eastern North America

    Posted May 27th, 2008 by rhowe
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    Contact:
    Jane Buikstra
    Theme:
    Societies and Their Natural Environments

    With National Science Foundation support, Dr.

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    Team Members:

     

    • Jane Buikstra, Professor of Bioarchaeology
    • Tim Messner, Postdoctoral Fellow (Archaeobotany)
    • Gregory Vogel, Director of Research, Center for American Archeology
    • David Asch, Archaeobotanist
    • April Sievert, Lithics Analyst (microwear)
    • Steve Bozarth, Phytoliths
    Funding Sources:
    • NSF: ~$300,000
    Partnerships:

     

    • Center for American Archeology
    • Illinois State Museum

    The Phoenix Innovation Study

    Posted March 24th, 2008 by rhowe
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    Contact:
    Sander van der Leeuw
    Theme:
    Urban Societies

    The Phoenix Innovation Study, initiated by the School of Human Evolution and Social Change is a core project of the Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University Initiative. The research team, led by professor Sander van der Leeuw, is exploring the entrepreneurial landscape of the Phoenix Metro Area. To spur increased innovation in the Phoenix metropolitan area, we must first understand our community's assets.

    Publications:

    Team Members:
    • Sander van der Leeuw, Principal Investigator, School of Human Evolution and Social Change 
    • Nancy Jurik, School of Justice and Social Inquiry
    • Jose Lobo, School of Human Evolution and Social Change & W.P. Carey School of Business
    • Gabriella Sanchez, Research Assistant 
    • Lisa Meierotto, Project Coordinator
    Funding Sources:

    The Kauffman Foundation

    Partnerships:
  • School of Social Work
  • SkySong 
  • W.P. Carey School of Business

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    Phoenix Area Environmental Justice Project Series

    Posted March 4th, 2008 by rhowe
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    Contact:
    Bob Bolin
    Theme:
    Societies and Their Natural Environments

    Description:

    Publications:

    Grineski, S., Bolin, B. & Boone, C. (2007). Criteria air pollution and marginalized populations: Environmental inequity in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Social Science Quarterly, 88(2), 535-554.

    Bolin, B. (2006) Race, class, and disaster vulnerability. In Rodriguez, Quarantelli and Dynes (Eds.), Handbook of disaster research (pp. 113-130). New York: Springer.

    Grineski, S., Bolin, B. & Agadjanian, V.  (2006). Tuberculosis and urban growth: Class, race and disease in early Phoenix, Arizona."  Health and Place, (12), 603-629

    Bolin, R., Grineski, S., & Collins, T. (2005). The geography of despair: Environmental racism and the making of South Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Human Ecology Review, 12(2), 156-168.

    Team Members:
  • Bob Bolin, Professor, ASU
  • Chris Boone, Professor, ASU
  • Sara Grineski, Assistant Professor, University of Texas, El Paso
  • Ed Hackett, Professor, ASU

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    Funding Sources:
  • LTER

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    Geographic Vulnerability Analysis of Water Resources in the Phoenix Area

    Posted March 4th, 2008 by rhowe
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    Contact:
    Bob Bolin
    Theme:
    Societies and Their Natural Environments

    Description:

    Publications:

    Team Members:
  • Bob Bolin, Professor, ASU
  • Mohan Seetharam, Post-doctoral Fellow, DCDC, ASU
  • Patricia Gober, Professor, ASU
  • Brian Pompeii, Graduate Research Assistant, ASU

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    Funding Sources:
  • DCDC

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    AOC: Archaeological Data Integration for the Study of Long-Term Human and Social Dynamics

    Posted January 11th, 2008 by rhowe
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    Contact:
    Keith Kintigh
    Margaret Nelson
    Katherine Spielmann
    Theme:
    Societies and Their Natural Environments

    Description:

    Publications:

    Team Members:
  • Keith Kintigh, Co-Principal Investigator 
  • Margaret Nelson, Co-Principal Investigator 
  • Katherine Spielmann, Co-Principal Investigator
  • Selcuk Candan, Co-Principal Investigator (Computer Sciences) 
  • Hasan Davulcu, Co-Principal Investigator (Computer Sciences) 

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    Funding Sources:

    National Science Foundation

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    Protohistoric Zuni Social and Political Organization

    Posted January 10th, 2008 by rhowe
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    Contact:
    Keith Kintigh
    Theme:
    Societies and Their Natural Environments

    Description:

    Publications:

    Team Members:
  • Keith Kintigh, Principal Investor

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    The Hopewell Ancient Native American Societies Project

    Posted January 3rd, 2008 by rhowe
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    Contact:
    Christopher Carr
    Theme:
    Culture, Heritage and Identity

    Description:

    Publications:

    Team Members:
  • Christopher Carr, Principal Investigator
  • Mark Bahti
  • Wesley Bernardini
  • D. Troy Case
  • Ashley Evans
  • Anne Goldberg
  • Beau Goldstein
  • Cynthia Keller
  • Kitty Rainey Kolb
  • Tina Lee
  • Teresa Rodrigues
  • Ian Robertson
  • Chad Thomas
  • Rex Weeks
  • Jaimin Weets

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    The Anthropology of Host-Pathogen Co-Evolution

    Posted January 3rd, 2008 by rhowe
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    Contact:
    Jane Buikstra
    Theme:
    Biological, Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health

    Description:

    Publications:

    Team Members:
    • Jane Buikstra, SHESC, Principal Investigator
    • A. Magdalena Hurtado, SHESC
    • Anne C. Stone, SHESC
    • Amy W. Farnbach, SHESC
    • Alicia K. Wilbur, SHESC
    • Lisa Jones-Engel, University of Washington
    • Charlotte A. Roberts, University of Durham
    • Noreen Tuross, Harvard University
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