Santa Fe Study Group Fall 2009
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Tom Hall
thall@depauw.edu
Rogue's Gallery
[aka bio page]
Last Updated 8-27-09

Faculty
Eric Blinman
Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico. 

Tom Hall & Jean A. Poland
Jean & Tom have been partners for over 26 years and live in Ithaca, NY.

Tom is visiting Professor of Native American Studies and Research Associate in Sociology and Anthropology. He is on leave from DePauw University where he is Professor of Sociology. His first book was a history of the SW and he has many publications on indigenous peoples, frontiers, and other topics. He works from his own version of world-systems analysis. For more info see his web page http://fs6.depauw.edu:50080/~thall/hp1.htm and/or his Facebook page.

Jean is retired from Library administration at Cornell. Over her career she has supervised science, engineering, mathematics, and other libraries.

Joe Suina
Professor of Education, emeritus, University of New Mexico.

Students
Charlie Balk
I enjoy watching sports, playing the guitar, and spending time with my family. I am one of four brothers, and grew up outside of Boston. My plan is to major in philosophy, but if I take a liking to SOAN maybe I might switch to that instead. I'm excited about the Santa Fe trip and looking forward to getting to know all of you better.

William Cawthern
I'm majoring in sociology and anthropology, but am not yet decided on a minor. I was born and raised in Boalsburg, PA, all my life and have never been West of Pittsburgh, so I'm really looking forward to staying in Santa Fe and experiencing the Southwest. I'm most interested in the archaeological perspectives of the Southwest, as well as the cultural plurality that I hear is so prevalent in Santa Fe. Outside of school, I enjoy spending time outdoors, watching movies, and watching and playing sports. I spent my whole life playing baseball and lacrosse, but I am always ready for a backyard match of any sport. I look forward to taking advantage of all that Santa Fe has to offer with my classmates.

Amber Codiroli
Amber is a senior at Colgate and is majoring in English and Religion. She is from New Jersey and loves it, but will end up living in California or
Texas… or maybe New Mexico when she graduates. Amber’s plans for the future include joining Teach for America or the Peace Corps, or going to
law school while learning to become a tattoo artist. Seriously. Santa Fe will be Amber’s second semester studied abroad at Colgate. She has just returned from London on the English study group and is excited to experience life in a completely different city with this unique program. Amber cannot wait to meet everyone in Santa Fe and looks forward to what will be an amazing semester!

Lindi Conover [Lower Nicola Valley in Merritt, BC]
Lindi Conover is a senior anthropology and Women's Student major at DePauw University. Her fascination with funny cat pictures determines her daily routine, but she's academically interested in Native American Studies and cultural anthropology. Lindi is a silly talker, should you ever catch her at the grocery store, where she spends much of her time with her grandparents. Lindi spent six weeks in India, researching child sex exploitation, which has resulted in several conference papers and a publication by Syracuse University, co-edited by Dr. Susan Dewey and Dr. Karen Brison.

Tommy Crocker
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Siblings: Brother, Patrick (age 10)
Activities on campus: RA in Curtis Hall, club soccer, adopt-a-grandparent, gospel choir (drums), Earthman Embassy (band on campus)
Interests: soccer, drumming, reading, activism, sustainable living
Favorite Books: Ishmael, Dharma Bums, Tuesdays With Morrie, Mutant Message from Down Under, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Endgame, The Prophet, The Power of Now, A People's History of the U.S., When Things Fall Apart
Favorite Movies: Harold and Maude, Bourne Trilogy, Amelie

Briana Gochenour
I am a junior from Colgate University. I am an Education major and hope to become an elementary school teacher. I love to play all sports especially rugby and softball. I am a diehard Red Sox fan! I also enjoy drawing and playing guitar. I am really excited to be in Santa Fe and get to know the group better.

Shane Hyre
Hometown: Syracuse, NY
Info: Earned my Bachelor's Degree in History from Cornell University.
Currently in the Master's of Arts in Teaching program at Colgate University.
I'm looking forward to the Santa Fe experience.
Hobbies: Backpacking, books, movies and playing tuba.
 

Symone Jackson
I live in Detroit, Michigan and I have lived there my entire life. I am currently a Junior at Colgate with a major in Peace and Conflict Studies. My hobbies are reading, dancing and snowboarding. I was on Colgate's Varsity Women's Rowing team for two years but I retired for my junior year in order to prepare for the LSATS. I'm interested in sociology and anthropology because I feel that understanding the behaviors and origins of a people is a useful tool in the study of conflict. I am also a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority on campus.

Starr Kelly
I proudly come from the Kitigan Zibi Anishnabeg, a First Nation in Quebec. For most of my life I grew up in Portland, Maine where I got the privilege to live right on the coast. At Colgate I am majoring in Native American Studies and keep myself busy leading groups like the Native American Student Association and Sisters of the Round Table (SORT). In my spare time, I love to dance but also can be found beading or playing around with my hand drum. On campus, I love hanging out with my housemates in La Casa where we tend to be found in the living room watching reality tv. Personally I perfer to watch House or King of Queens, but it's not so much about what's on rather than who you're with. My favorite music artist of all time is Buffy Sainte Marie. If you've never heard her, you should look her up.

Erin Knauer
My name is Erin Knauer Lopera. My home state is Maryland, although I have lived most my life overseas in Egypt and Spain. At Colgate, I am a SOAN major (Anthropology) and Geology minor, and I enjoy swimming, playing soccer with the women's club, dancing to spanish rhythms with Latin American Dance club, and I am a member of LASO, Latin American Spanish Organization. I embrace my hispanic heritage (my mom is Colombian) and my dream is to backpack through Central/South America. I love to read, travel, daydream, write, learn new languages, and exercise (running/biking/swimming)! I am excited to get to Santa Fe and start the adventure.

Nina Merrill
I will be graduating from Colgate in December '09, so I'm thrilled that I will be in Santa Fe for my last semester! I am a Women's Studies Major and Film and Media Studies Minor and I hope to work in the organic/sustainable food field after I graduate. I am from New York but will probably be living in California after graduation. I am passionate about nutrition, alternative health, and sustainability, and I am a vegan. I also love photography and doing pretty much anything creative.

Shaterra Redd
’11 is majoring in psychology and is part of the Santa Fe Study Group. She will be working at The Drama-Play Connection this summer in Boston where she will work with autistic children to help them develop their social skills. She is currently a Resident Advisor for sophomore students at Colgate. She is also a CU cheerleader and has experience teaching gymnastics to 3-5 year-olds. She misses the volunteering opportunities she has had in the past and hopes to give more of herself in the future. She has enjoyed working with a wide range of people through many experiences, particularly working at Cedar Point Amusement Park last summer in Ohio. Here she worked as a supervisor in catering where she supervised fellow co-workers and catered to different age groups where her department served as a host for parties. She plans on joining the US Air Force after graduating from Colgate. She looks forward to coming to Santa Fe as a member of the SOAN Study Group and she anticipates learning more about herself, Santa Fe as a community, and everyone she will meet.

Casey Schmidt
Casey Schmidt is a junior majoring in Sociology and Anthropology with specific interests in social justice, gender studies, and community development. She enjoys rock climbing, as well as general frolicking in the outdoors. Santa Fe will be the perfect environment to pursue all her interests in more depth, including traveling around the Southwest.

Jacqueline Serrato
Jackie grew up in south side Chicago, but feels equally connected to México. When she's home she enjoys playing hide-and-seek with the neighborhood kids, stopping by the taco drive-thrus at night, DJ-ing at Mexican house parties, and playing the bass in the local church choir. This summer she was hired by the church on a national level to organize college-bound urban youth in various cities around the country. At Colgate she is majoring in Latin American Studies, and practically minoring in Anthropology. She has been the vice-president of the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) for two years. After Colgate she wants to go to law school in the midwest, focusing her law career on immigration and naturalization, civil rights, and/or labor.

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