Alan C. Swedlund | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 21, 1943 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology |
| Institutions | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Alan C. Swedlund (born 1943) is a biological anthropologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1] Early in his career he was an assistant professor at Prescott College, Prescott, AZ.[2] His research focuses primarily on the history of the human population, and on health and disease. He is the author of "Shadows in the Valley: A cultural history of Illness, Death and Loss in New England, 1840-1916".[3]
Early Life and Education
editSwedlund was born in Sacramento, CA and grew up in Colorado. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder.[4] As an undergraduate he concentrated on Southwestern archaeology under the direction of Dr. David A. Breternitz. As a graduate student he re-directed his primary focus towards biological anthropology and bioarchaeology under the direction of Drs. Jack Kelso and Alice M. Brues. Swedlund's research interests have always centered in how biological and socio-cultural factors interact in the processes of aging, health, and disease in a variety of human cultures - both past and present.
Career
editArriving at Prescott College as a young assistant professor in 1970, Swedlund joined Southwestern archaeologist Dr. George Gumerman, and archaeologist/ethnologist Dr. Robert C. Euler to forge a major in anthropology within the Institute for Man and Environment. Prescott College was a young institution, one of the several small, liberal arts colleges founded in the 1960s and 70s to provide alternative and innovative educational experiences for undergraduates.
Professor Swedlund was hired as Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1974 and joined Dr. George Armelagos in developing a curriculum and Ph.D. degree in biological anthropology. Dr. R. Brooke Thomas and Dr. Laurie Godfrey followed soon after to complete the core faculty in biological anthropology at that time.[5] Swedlund served as Chair of the Department, from 1990 to 1995, completed his academic career at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and is now Professor Emeritus in the Department.[6]
Other Affiliations, Visiting Appointments and Honors
edit- American Anthropological Association, Chair of the Biological Anthropology Section, 1988-1992[7]
- American Association of Physical Anthropology[8]
- Wenner-Gren Foundation, Member and Chair of the Advisory Council, 1992-1996[9]
- University of Massachusetts, Chancellor’s Medalist and Distinguished Lecturer, 2002-2003[10]
- University of Rome, Visiting Professor, 1991
- School for Advanced Research, Weatherhead Resident Scholar, 1995-1996; Summer Scholar 1999, 2005[11]
- McMaster University, Hooker Distinguished Professor, 1998[12]
- St. John’s College, Oxford University, Visiting Scholar, 2001
- New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Laboratory of Anthropology, Research Associate, 2001-2006
- Santa Fe Institute, External Faculty Member, 2003-2013
Selected publications
edit- George J. Armelagos and Alan C. Swedlund. Disease in Populations in Transition. Praeger Press (1990).
- D. Ann Herring and Alan C. Swedlund, eds. Human Biologists in the Archives: Demography, Health, Nutrition and Genetics in Historical Populations: Anthropological and Epidemiological Perspectives. Cambridge University Press (2003).
- D. Ann Herring and Alan C. Swedlund, eds. Plagues and Epidemics: Infected Spaces Past and Present. Berg Publishers (2010).
- Alan C. Swedlund. Shadows in the Valley: A cultural history of Illness, Death and Loss in New England, 1840-1916. University of Massachusetts Press (2010).
- Catherine M. Cameron, Paul Kelton, Alan C. Swedlund, eds. Beyond Germs: Native Depopulation in North America. The University of Arizona Press (2015).
- Alan C. Swedlund. "A view on the science: Physical Anthropology at the Millennium". In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Issue 113, No. 1-4 (2000).
- Robert L. Axtell, Joshua M. Epstein, Jeffrey S. Dean, George J. Gumerman, Alan C. Swedlund, Jason Harburger, Shubha Chakravarty, Ross Hammond, Jon Parker, and Miles Parker. "Population growth and collapse in a multiagent model of the Kayenta Anasazi in Long House Valley". In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 99 (Suppl. 3), pp. 7275-79 (2002).
- Alan Swedlund and Duane Anderson. Gordon Creek Woman Meets Spirit Cave Man: Reply to Owsley and Jantz. In American Antiquity, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 161-167 (2003).
- Jacqueline Urla and Alan Swedlund. "Measuring up to Barbie: Ideals of the feminine body in popular culture". In Gender in Cross Cultural Perspective (4th edition). Caroline Brettell and Carolyn Sargent, eds. Prentice-Hall (2004).
- Alan C. Swedlund, Lisa Sattenspiel, Amy Warren, Richard S. Meindl, and George J. Gumerman III. "Explorations in paleodemography: an overview of the Artificial Long House Valley agent-based modeling project". In New Directions in Biocultural Anthropology. Molly K. Zuckerman and Debra L. Martin, eds. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell. pp. 403-426 (2016).
References
edit- ^ "Emeritus & Adjunct Faculty | Department of Anthropology". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ "Alan C. Swedlund CV" (PDF). people.umass.edu.
- ^ "Shadows in the Valley | University of Massachusetts Press". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ "University of Colorado Boulder | Department of Anthropology".
- ^ "Emeritus & Adjunct Faculty | Department of Anthropology". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ "Emeritus & Adjunct Faculty | Department of Anthropology". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ "Biological Anthropology Section". Biological Anthropology Section. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ "American Association of Physical Anthropologists". physanth.org. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ "Patrons of the Human Experience: A History of the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, 1941–2016".
- ^ "Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series/Chancellor's Medal | College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | UMass Amherst". umwebstaging.oit.umass.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ "Weatherhead Fellowship | School for Advanced Research". sarweb.org. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ "UMass Amherst Anthropologist Named Distinguished Visiting Professor at Canadian University". Office of News & Media Relations | UMass Amherst. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
External links
edit- Alan C. Swedlund's faculty page at UMass Amherst
- Alan C. Swedlund's CV (PDF)
- Department of Anthropology, UMass Amherst
- Santa Fe Institute
- New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Category:American anthropologists Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:1943 births Category:Living people