interdisciplinary graduate programs involving linguistic anth ropology

[Elizabeth Brandt]

Dear Jim:

I teach at ASU and for quite a while we had an interdisciplinary program at
the M.A. level in which 1-2 courses in linguitics anthropology were normally
taken by the students.  The program granted degrees in 3 areas:  English,
Foreign Lgs. (Spanish), and Anthropology.  Then finally after years of work
we got planning authority for a degree and possible dept. and the structure
was changed.  At the last minute the program lost funding and English housed
the core.  There is still a university level commitee with representatives
from the different depts. with linguists, but at this point, there are no
required courses in ling anth, though as a manner of course, I get some
students from English each semester.  There is an M.A. LInguistics track,  a
Ph.D. track in Linguistics/Rhetoric, and an TESL track in English.  Our old
anthro ling track has almost disappeared due to lack of students who have
been siphoned off by  the richer offerings in English and the T.A. ships.  I
still serve on committees and have these students in my courses, but overall
ling anth is hurting from its previous status.  We have 2 linguists in
anthropology, but we have had only 3 Ph.D.s in this area and maybe 10-12
M.A. level people.  The M.A. people have gotten jobs in other fields where
they sometimes use their training.  The Ph.D.s all have tenure track jobs, 2
in anthro depts. and one in Asian Studies.

Betsy Brandt

> ----------
> From: 	Barbara Johnstone
> Reply To: 	The Discourse Studies List
> Sent: 	Monday, March 27, 2000 1:58 PM
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> Subject: 	Re: interdisciplinary graduate programs involving linguistic
> anthropology
>
> Jim,
>
> Do you mean interdisciplinary in an administrative sense (i.e.
> interdepartmental) or interdisciplinary in the intellectual sense?
>
> Barbara
>
> --On Monday, March 27, 2000, 7:45 AM -0700 "Jim Wilce" <jim.wilce at NAU.EDU>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm interested in hearing from those who self-identify as linguistic
> > anthropologists and who teach in **interdisciplinary** graduate programs
> > that might bring together such fields as linguistics (including applied
> and
> > socio-), rhetoric, discourse studies, cultural studies, and
> communications.
> > I would like to know how the interdepartmental/university politics work
> for
> > you, what is your institutional role (and that of linguistic
> anthropology
> > courses) in the graduate program, and what sorts of jobs your students
> get.
> > I will compile comments for the list if you reply directly to me at
> > jim.wilce at nau.edu.
> > Jim Wilce, Associate Professor
> > Anthropology Department
> > Box 15200
> > Northern Arizona University
> > Flagstaff AZ 86011-5200
> >
> > fax 520/523-9135
> > office ph. 520/523-2729
> > email jim.wilce at nau.edu
> > http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jmw22/ (includes information on my 1998 book,
> > Eloquence in Trouble: The Poetics and Politics of Complaint in Rural
> > Bangladesh, ISBN 0-19-510687-3.  Call OUP NY office at 800/334-4249.
> > http://www.nau.edu/asian
>
>
>
> ____________________________
>
> Barbara Johnstone
> Department of English
> Carnegie Mellon University
> Pittsburgh PA  15213-3890
> bj4 at andrew.cmu.edu
> +1 412 268 6447
>
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