Digital Commons @ IWU

People, Not Symptoms: A Visual Ethnography of Ayurvedic Doctor Ashlesha Raut, Elizabeth Baranski
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Communal Healing Among the Ojibwe: Past and Present, Alexa Dawson
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Rice Terrace Degradation in Ifugao: Causation and Cultural Preservation, Chaepter Negro
Honors Projects

Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Understanding the Daily Life of Undocumented High School Youth, Sylvia Rusin, Meghan Burke, Faculty Advisor
Meghan A. Burke

Mother Goddesses and Subversive Witches: Competing Narratives of Gender Essentialism, Heteronormativity, and Queerness in Wiccan Ritual and Theology, Carly Floyd, Meghan Burke, Faculty Advisor
Meghan A. Burke

Nine Months in One Day: A Visual Ethnography with Caroline and Elizabeth Fox-Anvick, Kayla Ranta
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

It’s about more than reproduction: a visual ethnography about Jennifer Sedbrook, Sommer Martin
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Laurie Bergner: A Bloomington-Normal Community Educator Shaped by Her Values, Jessica Bugayong
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Community Lawyering and the Immigration Project: An Ethnographic Study of Charlotte Alvarez, Kathryn Jefferson
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Swahili Permutations: Ngoma and Identity in the Lamu Archipelago, Rebecca Gearhart
Rebecca Gearhart

Colleen Connelly: Taking the First Step towards Improving Food Accessibility, Michelle Rekowski '19
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Skype, Facebook & Chat Rooms: New Modes of Expression and Changing Gender Relations among Swahili Youth at Home and Abroad, Rebecca Gearhart
Rebecca Gearhart

The Effects of Social Media on Body Image, Danielle Di Cristofano
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Mother Goddesses and Subversive Witches: Competing Narratives of Gender Essentialism, Heteronormativity, and Queerness in Wiccan Ritual and Theology, Carly Floyd, Meghan Burke, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

HIV-Related Pulic Health Initiative Best Practices in Select International Cities, Madisen Vukich, James Sikora, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Women in Power: Visual Ethnographies of Women Leaders in Bloomington-Normal, Lucy Bullock, Anna Kerr-Carpenter, Raelynn Parmely, Jordan Prats, Madi Vukich, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Curiosity and What To Make of It (text and video), Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Honorees for Teaching Excellence

Accessibility to Food Intolerance and Food Allergy Resources in McLean County, Illinois: An Interdisciplinary Pilot Study, Raelynn Parmely
Honors Projects

Sacred Partnership: A Visual Ethnographic Study of Rabbi Rebecca L. Dubowe, Anna Kerr-Carpenter '17
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

“Don’t Cross Momma!” A Visual Representation of LGBTQI Woman Leader Jan Lancaster, Lucy Bullock '17
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

PRIMARY SOURCES OUT OF CONTEXT - African Women: A Historical Panorama by Patricia W. Romero, Rebecca Gearhart
Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy

Artistic and Scholarly Sessions: At the Crossroads: Anthropology, Interfaith, and Experiential Learning, Rebecca Gearhart, Elyse Nelson Winger, Sana Shafiuddin, Class of 2017, Lisa Mishra, Class of 2015
Inauguration of Eric R. Jensen

The Effects of South Korean Pop Culture on the Country’s Standards of Beauty and Success, Cristina Cervantes, Charles Springwood, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Women Leaders as Change Agents: Mary Campbell’s Story of Academic and Community Leadership, Raelynn Parmely '17
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

A Comparison of United States and Chinese Societal Views on Corporal Punishment, KiriLi Stauch, Charles Spingwood, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Review: Paolo Israel, In Step with the Times: Mapiko Masquerades of Mozambique, Rebecca Gearhart
Scholarship

Forming and Performing Swahili Manhood: Wedding Rituals of a Groom in Lamu Town, Rebecca Gearhart
Rebecca Gearhart

Review: Paolo Israel, In Step with the Times: Mapiko Masquerades of Mozambique,
Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy

From the Philippines to The Field Museum: A Study of Ilongot (Bugkalot) Personal Adornment, Sarah E. Carlson
CrissCross

Filling a House with Meaning: The Construction of a Chicago Housing Cooperative, Laura Hones
CrissCross

Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Understanding the Daily Life of Undocumented Latino High School Youth, Sylvia E. Rusin
CrissCross

Wilds of Alaska Inspire Student Composer, University Communications, Illinois Wesleyan University
News and Events

Diabetes as a Health Inequality Among Native Americans, Chelsea Green, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Henry '14 Selected for MoMA Internship, Kim Hill
News and Events

Concepts of Illness Among the Swahili of Lamu, Kenya, Rebecca Gearhart, Munib Abdulrehman
Rebecca Gearhart

Concepts of Illness Among the Swahili of Lamu, Kenya, Rebecca Gearhart, Munib Abdulrehman
Scholarship

Distinguished Professor, Author to Speak, Tia Patsavas
News and Events

New Book Fills Major Gap in Kenyan History, Kim Hill
News and Events

Contesting Identities: The Mijikenda and Their Neighbors in Kenyan Coastal Society, Rebecca Gearhart, Linda Giles
Rebecca Gearhart

Contesting Identities: The Mijikenda and Their Neighbors in Kenyan Coastal Society, Rebecca Gearhart, Linda Giles
Scholarship

Contesting Identities: The Mijikenda and Their Neighbors in Kenyan Coastal Society, Rebecca Gearhart, Linda Giles
IWU Authors Bookshelf

Pierogies to Hamburgers: An immigration story, Madeline Cross '13
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Russian-Jewish Immigration and the Life Experiences of Dr. Marina Balina: A Photo Essay, Lauren Henry '14
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

An American who Emigrated from Poland: The Significance of Education and Family Support in the Acculturation Process, Stephanie Pierson '13
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

The Long Road to Becoming American: One Kenyan’s Immigration Journey Filled with Perseverance, Discrimination, and Student Visa Restrictions, Katelyn Eichinger '14
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Bicultural Living: Maria Luisa Mainou’s Experience with Immigration and Cultural Change, Alicia Gummess '13
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Snapped into Focus: Addressing the Challenges Faced by Undocumented Mexican Immigrants in the United States, Nora Peterson '14
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Singing to the Spirits: Cultural and Spiritual Traditions Embodied in the Native American Gourd Dance, Alicia M. Gummess
Honors Projects

American by Citizenship or American at Heart? An analysis of becoming an “American” as seen through the eyes of an Indian-American immigrant, Helen Brandt '14
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Students Tell Local Immigrant Stories Through Films and Photos, Kim Hill
News and Events

Pierogies to Hamburgers: An Immigration Story, Madeline Cross, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Understanding the Daily Life of Undocumented High School Youth, Sylvia Rusin, Meghan Burke, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Home, Transformed: A Visual Ethnography of a Puerto Rican Professor in the Midwest, Laura Hones, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

American by Citizenship or American at Heart: an Analysis of Becoming an American as Seen Through the Eyes of an Indian-American Immigrant, Helen Brandt, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Snapped into Focus: Addressing the Challenges Faced by Undocumented Mexican Immigrants in the United States, Nora Peterson, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

The Long Road to Becoming American: One Kenyan’s Immigration Journey Filled with Perseverance, Discrimination, and Student Visa Restrictions, Kaitlyn Eichinger, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Bicultural Living: Maria Luisa Mainou's Experience with Immigration and Cultural Change, Alicia Gummess, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Human Pillars and Hungry Bridges: An Ethnological Study of Construction Sacrifice, Robert Diehl, Charles Springwood, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Forced Migration and Accumulation by Dispossession: A Suggested Model for Understanding Mexican Immigration, Alejandro Monzon, Meghan Burke, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Becoming American from Bulgaria to the United States: The Firsthand Experience of Nikolay Karnev, Kevin Bowers, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

An American Who Emigrated From Poland: The Significance of Education and Family Support in the Acculturation Process, Stephanie Pierson, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Russian-Jewish Immigration and the Life Experiences of Dr. Marina Balina, Lauren Henry, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Gaman: “Enduring the Seemingly Unbearable with Dignity”, Amanda Knezovich, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Becoming American: A Visual Ethnographic Examination of Immigrant American Identity, Jacob Roy, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Nairobi to Normal: The Roots, Growth, and Cultivation of an Illinois-Based Immigrant Farmer, Katrina Lukes, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Native American Projectile Points: What Stories Can They Tell Us?, Katelyn S. Scott
Honors Projects

Filling a House with Meaning: The Construction of a Chicago Housing Cooperative, Laura Hones
Honors Projects

Seeing life through the eyes of Swahili children of Lamu, Kenya: A visual anthropology approach, Rebecca Gearhart
Scholarship

Observations on Eye Care in Lamu, Kenya: Overlooked Needs and Proposed Interventions, Erick Henderson, Rebecca Gearhart
Scholarship

From the Philippines to The Field Museum: A Study of Ilongot (Bugkalot) Personal Adornment, Sarah E. Carlson
Honors Projects

Springwood's Book on Global Gun Culture Newly Relevant, Matt Kurz
News and Events

Observations on Eye Care in Lamu, Kenya: Overlooked Needs and Proposed Interventions, Erick Henderson '12, Rebecca Gearhart
Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy

Seeing life through the eyes of Swahili children of Lamu, Kenya: A visual anthropology approach, Rebecca Gearhart
Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy

Smile and Style: An Ethnographic Analysis of ISU's Gamma Phi Circus, Sarah Carlson '13
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

When Words Fail, Music Speaks, Hannah Williams '12
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Building Christ-based Relationships, Disciples, and Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ at Illinois State University, Cassandra Jordan '12
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

College Libraries and Student Culture: What We Now Know, Lynda M. Duke, Andrew D. Asher
IWU Authors Bookshelf

Talking Masturbation: Men, Women, and Sexuality through Playful Discourse, Geoffrey Evans-Grimm
Honors Projects

A Web of Connections: The Role of Social Capital and Trust in the Formation of Virtual Organizations, Paige Erin E. Maynard
Honors Projects

Exploring Acupuncture in the American Midwest, Shuting Zhong '11
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Cuba for Cubans? Contradictions in Cuban Development Since 1990, Martin Carriel
Honors Projects

Coping with Forest Fragmentation: A Comparison of Colobus angolensis palliatus dietary diversity and behavioral plasticity in the East Sagara Forest, Tanzania., Noah T. Dunham
Honors Projects

Exile and Russian Literature, David Bethea, Siggy Frank, Evgeny Dobrenko, Marina Balina
Marina Balina

Luck Be A Lady: An Exploration of the Bloomington Bingo Community Through Visual Ethnographic Methods, Monica Simonin 11
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Getting High: An Inside Look into College Students' Lives with Type 1 Diabetes, Amber Spiewak 11
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Twin City Chess Club: a Visual Ethnographic Examination of Chess, Morgan Tarbutton 11
Outstanding Ethnographic Research Projects

Visual Perspectives of the Twin City Chess Club, Morgan Tarbutton, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Getting High: An Inside Look Into College Students' Life With Type 1 Diabetes, Amber Spiewak, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

The Sierra Student Coalition: Sustainability Unites, Diverse Interests Connect, and the Campus Becomes Greener, Megan Mealer, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

The Crossfit Coup D'Etat: A Look at a Dynamic New Lifestyle Combating Modern Lethargy, Geoffrey Evans-Grimm, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

This is What Feminism Looks Like, Hannah Detig, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Luck Be A Lady: An Exploration of the Bloomington Bingo Community Through Visual Ethnographic Methods, Monica Simonin, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

The Hijab: Muslim Women's Perspectives on Veiling in the United States, Christina Salazar, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

How Stories Shape Lives and Build Friendships: A Study of Parents With Children on the Autism Spectrum, Bobby Tazioli, Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor
John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Becoming An Insider and An Outsider: The Research of An Anthropologist (Profile), Erinn C. Howard
Rebecca Gearhart

Swahili Expressive Arts Digital Media Collection, Rebecca Gearhart
Scholarship

Swahili Expressive Arts Digital Media Collection, Rebecca Gearhart
Rebecca Gearhart

Speakers to Visit Anthropology 270, Kimberly Stabosz
News and Events

Open Fire: Understanding Global Gun Cultures, Charles F. Springwood
IWU Authors Bookshelf

"Loss of Estrus" and Concealed Ovulation in Human Evolution: A Reevaluation., Joshua S. Wagener '06
Honors Projects

The Evolution of Hominid Bipedalism, Michael J. Friedman '06
Honors Projects

Beyond the Bun: An Ethnographic Examination of the Meanings and Significance of Hair in Samoa, Laura Myford '05
Honors Projects

Borrowed Meanings: Case Studies of Katsina and Dreamcatcher Traditions, Angela Glasker '05
Honors Projects

Ngoma Memories: How Ritual Music and Dance Shaped the Northern Kenya Coast, Rebecca Gearhart
Scholarship

Taking American Race Relations on the Road...to Africa, Rebecca Gearhart
Scholarship

Ngoma Memories: How Ritual Music and Dance Shaped the Northern Kenya Coast, Rebecca Gearhart
Rebecca Gearhart

Taking American Race Relations on the Road...to Africa, Rebecca Gearhart
Rebecca Gearhart

4 Days for the Prophet,
Scholarship

4 Days for the Prophet,
Rebecca Gearhart

Stepping Around the Mop Water: Views of Status and Occupation in University Custodians and Students, Hope Hoffman
Honors Projects

Trade and Commerce at Sepphoris, Israel, Sarah VanSickle '98
Honors Projects

Ngoma Memories: A History of Competitive Music and Dance Performance on the Kenya Coast, Rebecca Gearhart
Scholarship

Ngoma Memories: A History of Competitive Music and Dance Performance on the Kenya Coast, Rebecca Gearhart
Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy

Gaming in the Rio del Norte: Defining the Typology and Usage of Modified -Potsherds at Pot Creek Pueblo (LA 260, TA 1), Joseph T.M. Gray '97
Honors Projects

10. Donkey Race 3, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

32. Schoolchildren Singing, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

34. Singing Praises, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

40. Uta Leg Rattles, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

47. Zefe in Takaungu, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

08. Decorated Dhows, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

30. Performing Dhikri, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

23. Maulidi ya Rama ceremony 2, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

19. Kinara with Udi and Mirashi 2, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

18. Kinara with Udi and Mirashi, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

17. Goma Dancers with bakora (canes), Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

06. Cornseller at the Donkey Race, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

03. Barazanji Maulidi with twari and kigoma, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

02. Bao La Komwe Competition at Lamu Fort, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

46. Zefe in Kipini, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

42. Young Boy in the Zefe Procession, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

41. Uta Rattles Tied on, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

37. Tanga Town Elders at the Donkey Race, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

35. Spectators at Lamu Seafront, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

33. Singers in the Zefe Procession, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

28. Percussionists with their Instruments, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

21. Maulidi ya Rama Ceremony, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

12. Goma Dancer Performs, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

04. Board Game Competition at Lamu Fort, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

01. Bake Die Shee Accompanies Dancers, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

50. Zefe Procession at the Waterfront, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

49. Zefe in Takaungu with banners and twari, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

48. Zefe in Takaungu 2, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

45. Zamuni Dancers, Takaungu, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

43. Zamuni Dancers Accompanied by Nai, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

39. Uta Dancers, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

38. Uta Dance Circle, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

36. Spectators at the Zefe Procession, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

31. President of Zanzibar Inspects Dancers, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

29. Performing Dhikri, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

27. Omari Saidi, Uta Dance Leader, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

22. Maulidi ya Rama ceremony, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

20. Maulidi ya Rama Accompanied by Twari, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

16. Goma Dancers from Siyu, Pate Island Perform, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

15. Goma Dancers from Siyu, Pate Island Compete, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

14. Goma Dancers from Pate, Pate Island perform Goma La Ndia, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

13. Goma Dancers from Kiunga, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

09. Donkey Race 2, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

07. Dance competition at Riyadha Mosque, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

05. Boy with Twari, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

26. Omari Saidi with Uta Dance Shield, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

44. Zamuni Dancers Accompanied by Twari, Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy
Swahili Expressive Arts Collection

The Mousterian: A Study of a Paleolithic Tool Industry, Loenoard A. Zalucha
Honors Projects

Animal Sociology, Joan Shambrook Weer
Honors Projects

An Analysis of the Effects of Prejudice and Discrimination on Members of the Negro Minority Through the Study of Richard Wright's Native Son and The Long Dream, Marilea White
Honors Projects

Groups Working to Releive Tension Between Minority and Dominant Groups, Arline Cary '60
Honors Projects