ANTHRO 497: Anthropological Archaeology

Instructor: Lisa Young, Anthropology, LSA Partner: Susan Secakuku, Hopi Tribe, Arizona Term:  Fall 2014, Fall 2015 During the Fall 2014 semester, Anthrarc 497 students conducted research and developed a digital archive on agricultural seeds collected in 1935 from the Hopi Reservation – currently housed in the University of Michigan, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA). Although there…

Ped Dent 596:  Etiologies and Management of Congenital Defects of the Craniofacial Complex

Instructor: Petros Papagerakis, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry Partner: Nick Kotsanos, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece Term: Spring/Summer 2015 The goal of this project is for faculty and students of Pediatric Dentistry to examine a wide variety of cases and exchange ideas about treatment options and to enrich the collection of treatment cases through collaborations…

ENG 472: Narratives of Immigration

Instructor: Joshua Miller, LSA English Literature Partner: Catherine Rotenberg, Ben Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel Term: Fall 2015 Many scholars of North American literatures teach immigrant novels with perspectives and emphases that vary from those of U.S. faculty.  As international peers, students explore the historical context of both the immigrant’s country of origin and of the…

MOD GREEK 201 & 202: Greek Language and Culture

Students in Modern Greek courses engage in Cultural Conversations with college students in Greece who are learning English as a second (or third) language. Conversations are based on students’ analysis of the results of a cultural questionnaire that both groups have answered.  The survey is based on the MIT Cultura project and customized to address “hot topics” (topics of cultural clash) between the two cultures.