Anthropology and the Engaged University

Linda A. Bennett is an associate professor of anthropology at Memphis State University and coordinates the research and training M.A. medical anthropology program. She received her M.A. from Indiana University and her Ph.D. from American University in sociocultural anthropology. As a member of the research faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University Medical Center, she conducted more than a decade of research on family rituals and alcoholism. For several years she has done applied clinical research on alcoholism treatment and collaborative fieldwork in biocultural anthropology in Yugoslavia. Currently at-large member of the governing council of NAPA and coprogram organizer for MSAPA, she was a board member of WAPA from 1981-84; a cofounder of The Alcohol and Drug Study Group; and on the governing council of the Anthropological Society of Washington from 1978-86. She is the author of Personal Choice in Ethnic Identity Maintenance: Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in Washington, DC.; coeditor of The American Experience with Alcohol: Contrasting Cultural Perspectives; coauthor of The Alcoholic Family; and author of "Treating Alcoholism in a Yugoslav Fashion," East European Quarterly; "Alcohol in Context: Anthropological Perspectives," Drugs and Society; and "Family, Culture and Alcohol," Recent Developments in Alcoholism. Currently, she is beginning a longitudinal study of depression among treated substance abusers in Memphis.

• Acknowledgments and Dedication  1 Anthropology and the Engaged University: New Vision for the Discipline within Higher Education: An IntroductionLinda A. Bennett and Linda M. Whiteford  2 A Latino Anthropologist in Arizona: Obligations and OpportunitiesMiguel V´asquez  19 Responding to Community Needs through Linking Academic and Practicing Anthropology: An Engaged Scholarly FrameworkStanley E. Hyland and Linda A. Bennett  34 Working with the Difficult Past: Examples from the University of MarylandPaul A. Shackel  57 Building Community Engagement and Public Scholarship into the UniversityLinda Whiteford and Elizabeth Strom  72 Synonyms for Engagement: Forging an Engaged Anthropology in North TexasLisa Henry, Mariela Nunez-Janes, Ann Jordan, and Alicia Re Cruz  90 Engaged Anthropology on “The Last Frontier”Kerry D. Feldman  113 Anthropological Praxis in Higher EducationKathryn A. Kozaitis  133 Engaging Opportunities in Urban Revitalization: Practicing Detroit AnthropologySherylyn Briller and Andrea Sankar  156 Bringing Communities and the University Together: Applied Anthropology at California State University, Long BeachBarbara LeMaster, Karen Quintiliani, and Allison Hunt  179 Additional Material Biosketches  197