Melissa Checker (CUNY-Queens C)
Carbon Offsets: More Harm Than Good?
CounterPunch
August 27, 2008
Melissa Checker's article is the most recent installment of Counterpunch's "Pulse of the Planet" op-ed series. Checker highlights the flaws of the carbon offset industry and suggests alternative ways to reduce greenhouse emissions.

John Jackson Jr. (U Pennsylvania)
The Peril of Racial Paranoia
The Philadelphia Inquirer
August 21, 2008
John L Jackson Jr. appeared in the news again, this time highlighting the release of his first non-academic book, Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness. He describes present-day race relations and how racial fears have come to underlie many of our everyday interactions. Jackson and fellow U Penn anthropologist Deborah A Thomas are also co-chairs of the 2009 annual meeting program.

John Jackson Jr. (U Pennsylvania)
Anthropology: The Softest Social Science?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
July 29, 2008
While economists may dazzle with quantitative calculations, John Jackson defends the value of social anthropology, and qualitative research in general, in shedding light on contemporary issues.

Theresa MacPhail (U California-Berkeley)
Courage Comes with Practice
NPR
July 28, 2008
Medical anthropologist Theresa MacPhail tells a powerful personal story about overcoming fear and learning to practice courage.

Roberto Gonzalez (San Jose State U)
Social Scientists in War Zones
WGBH
July 28, 2008
In the wake of the deaths of two Human Terrain System (HTS) social scientists, Roberto Gonzalez spoke with Boston’s WGBH about his many concerns with the HTS program.

Lisa Knauer (U Mass-Dartmouth)
UMass Dartmouth Professor Plans Study of Mayan Immigrants
SouthCoastToday.com
July 27, 2008
A new study by anthropology professor Lisa Knauer will explore the community of Central Americans living in New Bedford.

Setha Mallios (San Diego State U)
SDSU Archaeology Team Unearthing Long-Buried Whaley House Artifacts
Imperial Valley News
July 27, 2008
The Whaley House in San Diego has been called the most haunted house in the US. This summer, SDSU professor Seth Mallios is excavating the house with a team of students.

William Beeman (U Minnesota)
Success in US Iranian Negotiations Depends on Cultural Knowledge
New American Media
July 24, 2008
A recent watershed meeting between US and Iranian officials revealed a deep cultural divide in negotiation styles. William Beeman offers insight into the cultural context of the talks.

Jane Baxter (DePaul U)
Students Search for 'Old Chicago' in Pullman Neighborhood
Chicago Tribune
July 13, 2008
Digging up remnants of a former Chicago shopping arcade unearths evidence of the glitzy past of the city's Far South Side.

James Adovasio (Mercyhurst C), Robert Kelly (U Wyoming)
Texas Archaeological Dig Challenges Assumptions About First Americans
Scientific American
July 3, 2008
Excavations of the Gault Valley in Central Texas raise questions about the theory that the Americas' first inhabitants, the Clovis people, were highly nomadic and did not settle in communities. Web article includes slideshow photographs of the dig.

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