University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Department of Sociology and Archaeology Sheldon Smith Professor 437M Carl Wimberly Hall 608-785-6775 (office) 608-785-8486 (fax) smith.shel@uwlax.edu

Spring 2005 Schedule

Ant/Soc 202-001, Contemporary Global Issues, 338 Carl Wimberly Hall, M W F 8:50 - 9:45 am
Ant/Soc 202-002, Contemporary Global Issues, 338 Carl Wimberly Hall, M W F 11:00 - 11:55 am
Ant/Soc 202-003, Contemporary Global Issues, 338 Carl Wimberly Hall, M W F 1:10 - 2:05 pm
Ant/Soc 399-001, Middle East in Transition, 338 Carl Wimberly Hall, T Th 12:40 - 2:05 pm

Office Hours

10:00 - 10:55 am M W F
9:00 - 11:00 am & 2:15 - 3:00 pm T Th or by appointment

Teaching and Research Interests

Dr. Smith offers courses on cultural anthropology, the third world, political cultures of Latin America, and the multi-disciplinary Global Issues course in the General Education Program.  Sheldon has traveled and done research in Guatemala, Columbia and Mexico, and is a member of the Latin American Studies Institute. He has made numerous presentations at professional meetings, was senior editor of Human Systems Ecology, and also author of World In Disorder: An Anthropological Perspective, which is in its second printing by University Press.  Recently, he wrote and published Cultural Anthropology: Understanding a World in Transition (Allyn Bacon 1998) with Phillip Young of the University of Oregon.  Additionally, he has another book, entitled Latin America in Transition: the Influence of Culture on Ecology, Power and Diversity, that is soon to be released.  Finally, through his work in the General Education course Ant/Soc(202) Contemporary Global Issues he has developed a burgeoning interest in terrorism and will be working to change the ANT355 Peoples of Africa and the Middle East course to one titled "Terrorism and Globalization."