The Center for Prairie Studies encourages and supports scholarship by faculty, staff, and students that focuses on regional issues and notions of place. This page provides a small sample of this scholarship.
Faculty and Staff
| Andelson, Jonathan (anthropology) |
| Brown, Jackie (biology) |
| Caulkins, Doug (anthropology) |
| Eckhart, Vince (biology) |
| Smith, Paula (English) |
Students
Education
| "Place and Agriculture in the Liberal Arts: An Agricultural Education Curriculum", Kip Kelley |
Food and Agriculture
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"Diversity and the Farmers' Markets of Central Iowa", Madelyn Gardner '12 (August 30, 2011) "Soil Ain't Dirt: The Many Meanings of Soil in the Lives of Iowa Farmers", Madelyn Gardner '12 (May 2012) |
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"Sauk and Mesquakie Food Consumption in 1808", Jacob Gjesdahl '10 (April 26, 2009) "Changes in the Meskwaki Food System: From Extensive Hunting to Intensive Agriculture and Wage Labor", Jacob Gjesdahl '10 (May 7, 2010) |
| "Iowa's Bison: Ancient Animals in an Industrial Landscape", Kayla Koether '12 (February 8, 2012) |
| "The Failure of Economic Authority", Ben Schrager '08 |
| "Generational Issues in Iowa Farm Communities", Caitlin Vaughan '10 (May 2010) |
History
| "Drainage on the Grand Prairie: the birth of a hydraulic society on the Midwestern frontier", Sam Imlay '12 |
Practicing Anthropology Student Projects 2012
Students in Professor Monty Roper’s “Practicing Anthropology” course in Fall 2012 had the opportunity to apply the lessons of anthropology by working in groups on behalf of an organization in Grinnell that sought assessments and advice regarding some issue or challenge the organization faced. The course syllabus stated, “We will learn and practice appropriate methodologies as well as the roles that anthropologists can play in policy by serving as practicing anthropologists in the Grinnell community. Students will form several research teams, each of which will carry out a needs assessment, program evaluation, or some other project on behalf of a Grinnell organization. “
