Jeanne Simonelli (Ph.D., U. Oklahoma), an applied cultural anthropologist, is professor and chair of Anthropology at Wake Forest University. Her anthropological field experiences are united by the broad theme of change and choice in Mexico, Oklahoma, rural New York, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, and Jerusalem. At Wake Forest, she directs the Southwest Summer Program, and is co-director of the University of Texas-El Paso/Wake Forest Chiapas Project.
Simonelli uses an applied service component in classes as diverse as Language and Culture, Anthropology of Gender and Applied Anthropology and is interested in having students bring an anthropological perspective into the local community. Simonelli is committed to taking anthropology and the understanding of other peoples to a general audience through public speaking, books, articles, and poetry.
Also, previously published on the Cultural Survival website (now archived here), The Battle for Markets in Chiapas: Fighting the Permanent War (co-written by Duncan Earle, of the University of Texas at El Paso). She is currently working in politically sensitive Chiapas, Mexico.
A poem about Chiapas by Dr. Simonelli
SAR Press-publisher of "Crossing Between Worlds"
"El Horizonte"-(requires Acrobat Reader)Service learning trip to Chiapas, Mexico which will be held over the 2002-2003 winter break, and will focus on several service intiatives with two undergraduate senior Anthropology students.
The Maya Program-A regularly recurring service learning trip to Chiapas, Mexico, held in the summer. Participants include students from Wake Forest University, as well as the University of Texas at El Paso, and others.
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E-mail: simonejm@wfu.edu
