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.
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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
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
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
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