Job Title:
Professor of Anthropology
Unit:
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Contact Info:
2267 Wiekamp Hall
574-520-4618
jmvander@iusb.edu
Community Engagement Involvement:
Community-Engaged Teaching, Internships, Community-Based Research, Outreach
Focus Area(s):
Arts, Culture and History, Education and Learning
Community Partners:
Ruthmere Museum
The History Museum
Motivations and Impact Statement:
The unique research method used by anthropologists is participant observation. Students benefit from this learning process, too. If they are interacting in the field with members of a community, getting their hands dirty in a investigative excavation, or get to handle artifacts while setting up a museum exhibit, they are more likely to remember the topics from the class and internalize the learning objectives.