New Faculty in Anthropology & Sociology
2001-2002

Neil Gross, who's finishing his degree in sociology at U Wisconsin, Madison, will be joining the department as a visiting assistant professor in Sociology next year. He will offer courses that range from The social life of ideas to Work and contemporary capitalism.

Paul Ryer (to right in photo), a doctoral candidate from the University of Chicago and an Amherst graduate in recovery, will offer two anthropology courses on Latino issues during the spring term.

News of other ANSO faculty on the move:

Eileen Crist, who joined the department last year, will be returning to Virginia Tech in the fall of 2001 to continue her work in Science & Technology Studies.

Gilbert Tostevin and Gilliane Monnier, archaeologists who shared a visiting position in the department for two years, will be moving on to the Twin Cities, where Gil has accepted a position in the Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota.