#grinnell college

[nodynasty4us]

From the November 15, 2023 article:

In a Nov. 13 letter signed by State Representatives Barb Kniff McCulla, Austin Harris, Dean Fisher, Jon Dunwell, Helena Hayes and Hans Wilz and Senators Ken Rozenboom and Cherielynn Westrich, the group said they will not attend a Nov. 28 dinner at the college. They said their absence is intended to express their disappointment in a statement made by the college in the wake of a walk-out led by students to show support for Palestine and condemn Israel’s actions in the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Read the article for details, but in short:

A student group asked the college administration to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The administration did not do this but instead issued a generic statement calling for understanding and hope.

Republican lawmakers are apparently disappointed that the administration did not discipline or at least denounce the students.

Also of note is this bit:

The legislators were concerned with another part of the message, which said instances of antisemitic and Islamophobic harassment are on the rise on college campuses, and the college denounces antisemitism and Islamophobia.  The lawmakers  said that statement equates the two forms of discrimination.

Gee, I wonder which prejudice they consider to be more serious?

(Grinnell College is private, not state-supported.)

[minnesotafollower]

Loving Herbie Hancock’s Jazz Music  

The New York Times recently published commentaries on Herbie Hancock’s jazz music from 11  jazz musicians, writers and critics.[1] Here are Herbie’s tunes that they listed as ones that would make someone fall in love with jazz: Textures Actual Proof Maiden Voyage (Remastered) Hornets 4 A.M. Speak Like A Child Butterfly Chameleon The Prisoner (Remastered) Rockit Head Hunters Although this…

[kemetic-dreams]

[teenagefeeling]

was googling celebrities from chicago to try and decide if i could find someone with an accent that's the exact same as mine and wikipedia claimed kumail nanjiani is from here and like he isn't, but so he grew up in karachi, pakistan and moved to america at 18 to go to college and it is cracking me up that out of all of the world-famous, extremely highly rated schools he could have gone to in the U.S., he chose to move to iowa and major in philosophy at grinnell.

[whohebecomes]

I submitted my application 11 /19 /2024

I going to get accepted. This is the first day of the rest of my life.

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1640 Justus Sustermans - Portrait of a Lady in Red Dress

(Grinnell College Museum of Art)

[myfootyrthroat]

I worked at a place that had a queer affinity group that was composed entirely of white people, ages 23-28, most of which (like, over 3/4) had graduated from the same small private liberal arts college (in addition to other demographic similarities that are probably implied by 'small private liberal arts college').

I briefly joined, and at one point people referred to something I wasn't familiar with. When I asked for clarification, there was a lot of "That's like, basic queer history. Someone didn't take Dr. Simon's QUST 1330 class, lol." I pointed out that it wasn't really a 'queer' thing, it was a 'you all went to Grinnell' thing, which went over like a lead balloon.

If you start a "European Football Fan Club" but it's entirely dedicated to watching Manchester United matches, don't get mad if someone points out that it's more of a Manchester United fan club? "Oh, so Manchester fans aren't European Football fans to you?" of course they are, but let's not pretend this group is broader than it is.

[luke-hughes43]

chicklets interview | will and dani

i ended up down a rabbit hole, especially with the idea of maybe having dani and will start dating a couple months earlier. like the night he gets back from world juniors is when i'm thinking. which is a few days before his interview with spittin chicklets.

i'm including some parts of it, but also adding my own thing with it!

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will's pov

i'm meeting up with biz and whit over zoom for their podcast. we were supposed to meet in nashville at the draft but the plan changed. after winning the world juniors, it made sense to finally get it going.

i finally made it official with dani, the night i got back. only took me two years. she came home with me for the weekend, just to get some us time before school, and she's currently napping.

one thing i've learned about dani, is that she struggles sleeping so when she gets the chance to sleep, she'll take it. so she's sleeping in my bed while i'm doing this.

i jump on and start talking with the guys. a little way into us talking, biz asks about school, "so with leonard blowing kisses to the sweden fans, did he ever do something like at school? like who had the nastiest student section?"

"maine was tough. they were saying whatever they wanted up there. they said some absurd stuff to our goalie."

whit chimes in, "that's because they don't have any teeth."

i laugh and then add, "well so they were like throwing condoms and they were landing on my mom underneath."

"she was probably saying 'grab one will please!' the whole time." whit says. i'm laughing but i'm also extremely glad that dani is asleep and can't hear this. she'd kill me, would not be a good start to our relationship.

"wait, used ones? or were they new?" biz asks. whit dies and i cannot believe he just said that. i shake my head, "i hope they were new."

"well i don't know i never went to college." biz tries defending himself. i'm still laughing about it. RA ends up asking, "outside of hockey, how was your first semester of college?"

"it was I mean coming from the program. so it was obviously online now so it's completely different from uh when whit was there when you guys were at school, but um so it's we do school at the rink. so now going to class it was a little bit different of making sure you get there on time."

"so you're saying that you didn't have to go class and now your having to attend the classes?" biz clarifies. i nod, "yeah."

biz asks again, "how much sleeping is going on in class? because when i was taking classes during my time in the ohl, within 5 minutes of being there i was asleep."

"some days are tougher than others. to get to class." i explain without going into detail. i know they know what i'm talking about. we go on talking about my major and theater class with the boys.

we go on into my birthday with st. patrick's day being in boston and then playing for junior eagles and then knowing lenny for a while. we also talked a little bit of taking summers off and not skating year round. biz says, "i wanna go back to the classes, did you have any funny interactions with students? like have has anyone maybe sent over a note to you like I don't know?"

"um, sometimes. I mean sometimes we'll like be walking from class to class in the hallways and then a kid for his one other class would ask to interview the line we do an interview in between classes with another student for his class" i explain a little bit. it has happened and it was weird. me, lenny, and gabe agreed immediately that it was weird. biz comments, "ok that's kinda silly."

i'm thinking of a few times where i'm just running into dani in the halls as i explain it and whit catches me. he says, "he was blushing a little at the beginning biz. I think he's leaving out some certain females that might have reached out these guys."

"that's what i mean though. bc hockey is more well known than bc football am i wrong?" biz asks. whit, RA, and grinnell agree and say that he's right. he continues, "so like bc hockey is like the thing you must be just getting hounded in the halls here."

i chose my words carefully, "well we have some friends that help us out with work if we need to or study groups and stuff like that."

"the fuck does that mean? am i missing something here?" biz says.

whit stars laughing and trolls me, "he's got a tutor. he's got a few different tutors." biz interrupts, "you have a tutor?"

i more or less don't respond and whit starts listing of girls names, "ashley and jasmine and maggie." RA adds laughing, "charity."

the boys are laughing. i chuckle and say, "ok, i have a girlfriend."

"oh shit. smitty is locked down huh?" biz comments. whit adds, "you must be mr romantic huh? i'm sure your mom is begging for you to grab those condoms now."

i laugh and say, "it's new so relax. but yea, i'm dating someone, so no study groups. actually, she is my tutor. she helps me out when i ask for it." which is true, dani does tutor me and is helping me with my classes when i ask her.

whit laughs, "is that how you met her and locked it down?"

"no. i've known her for almost 3 years. and that's all i'm saying." i say and shut it down. i'm not telling people who my girlfriend is. me and dani haven't even been on campus as a couple yet so the chicklets boys don't get to know about it yet.

we go back to talking about the program. and then whit starts asking about sebs and the jump to the program and making the teams. biz starts talking about me being a morgan wallen guy and i'm nodding along. him and whit sing the chorus of last night and then whit says, "i saw him at fenway last summer. did you go to one of those?"

"yea i went friday night." i say. whit says how he was there that night too. we start talking about music and country music and then who in the room at world juniors had the aux cord. i say, "brindley has the aux cord."

"that's a big job." biz says.

"he brought the michigan music to our team which was good." i say. biz pipes up, "grinnell always talks about this big booty mix is that what's going on pregame or does he actually shuffle up his own thing?" i start laughing because i do jam to a good big booty mix every now and then. and brindley did throw one on in the room. he asks, "why are you laughing? you a big big booty mix guy?"

"i mean sometimes." i start to answer but whit cuts me off, "that's his tutor. i'm sorry girlfriend."

i toss my head back to laugh. i'm so glad that she's asleep right now. biz says, "what else besides morgan wallen? i know we're digging deep on the music stuff here."

"what about tate mcrae? heard your a big tate mcrae fan." grinnell asks. that asshole. he's tryna get me in trouble with dani. biz gets excited talking about her album. i stay quiet while he talks. grinnell asks again, 'you ever send her a dm?"

"no, he wouldn't do that. cut another players grass like that." biz defends me. i say, "i might've."

"no way."

i immediately say, "ok, lets set a few things straight here. when i sent her the dm, i didn't know she got cheated on by another hockey player, and i was not dating my girlfriend at the time. this was before school, so me and my girlfriend were not anywhere close to dating."

"look at you tryna cover your tracks." whit says and laughs. i say, "she's gonna kill me. i mean she knows i sent it. ryan told her as a joke so she knows but still. i'm not tryna get in trouble."

"good man." RA says with a laugh.

we talk about sydney sweeney and her movie a little bit. and about will smith the rapper. i'm getting fidgety, i don't normally sit still like this for long so i'm moving around in my chair. and i guess i moved too far and dani sleeping got in the shot. whit asks, "is that your girlfriend sleeping in the background?"

i smile, "yeah. it's her nap time. she doesn't sleep much at night so she normally naps in the afternoon when she has the time. since we're on break still, she's taking her nap and it just so happened that i'm doing this at the same time as her nap."

"well that's nice. how new are we talking?"

"i finally made things like official with her when i landed after world juniors, but i've been working on it for months. she's here for the weekend with me before we're heading back to school. funny enough, she was in the same theater class as me, lenny, and gabe." i say. i'm trying not to give away too much.

"oh so she really was your tutor?" whit jokes.

i shake my head, "not really. she's a political science major but needed to take theater to fill a credit and it just so happened that she sat in front of us. but we've known her for a few years. i've been trying for months to take her out and she let me take her out, two days before we left for world juniors and i knew i had to make it official when i got back. but again, i've known her for a while."

"good man. but political science major, she must have a brain on her?" whit says. i nod with a smile, "yea, she's wicked smart. she has her eyes set on law school, but she's also an athlete here so she understands the grind of everything. she's honestly amazing though and one of the best people i know."

"aw smitty's in love." biz comments. everyone laughs and i blush. whit says, "now that you told us about your girlfriend, we're gonna grill you on her now."

"i'm not giving everything away." i say.

they nod and then whit asks, "so how does a political science pre law student take theatre class with 3 top NHL prospects?"

"well you have to take a certain amount of non major credits. like your gen eds, and she needed like an art one or something like that and she wanted something lowkey to off set her poly sci classes and be relaxed and she settled on theatre i guess. i think if she knew that me, gabe, and ryan were in that class and would be sitting behind her all semester, she would've picked a different class." i explain joking.

"i don't blame her. is she close with them too?" whit asks. i nod, "oh yeah. i mean she's known us since the program, so she knows gabe and ryan well. and her best friend is cutter's girlfriend, so she's close with some of the boys."

"that's good i guess. what about ryan and gabe, they locked down?" whit continues hounding me on my dating life. i nod, "they have girlfriends too. my girlfriend is pretty close with both of their girls so we have a good group going right now. i'm not telling you her name, i don't need your crazy fans finding her and hounding her dms."

"fair enough. you telling us off the record?" biz asks. i shrug, "maybe. both of her brothers play hockey so if i say her name, she's gonna get found. and i'm not doing that to her. she's got enough going on. her pre season starts next week."

"what sport does she play?"

"lacrosse. she's like amazing. i would watch her play last year and she is so good. i'm excited to get to see her play in person this year. she's an outstanding athlete, probably better than me." i say smiling.

"look at this geeking out over his girlfriend. such a good guy. and your even giving her that after dusting me at the locker room tour." grinnell says. i chuckle and say, "hey, be glad she wasn't there. she'd dust both of us. it takes a different kind of athleticism to play lacrosse compared to hockey. i've worked out with her in the summer before having mutual friends and stuff and she kills some us in the weight room. she's just so good."

"and good looking i'm assuming?" biz comments. whit says, "relax biz. these kids are 18, chill out."

"she's 19 but yea, she's beautiful. maybe i'm a little biased because she's my girl but probably one of if not the most beautiful girl i've ever seen. she's so pretty." i say smiling. i love dani and there's no doubt about it. i have no issue saying that to someone. RA says, "what a good boyfriend you are. pumping her tires."

i shrug and whit asks, "can you like text me her name? i promise i won't say it but i wanna see what she looks like and who she is. i promise not to announce it on the pod."

i nod and quickly send him her name and instagram. he pulls his phone out and looks her up. he says, "holy shit dude, she's beautiful. and now seeing who her brothers are, that makes sense keeping her name private. and with where he brothers play, that could go crazy real fast."

"yea. i think besides like our friends, her sister, my sister, and my mom are the only ones who actually know we're together. like her brothers don't even know yet. i've been working on this for years guys. and she knows that but it's been 2 years in the making. it's finally happened and i couldn't be happier."

"so if i shot ryan leonard a text right now, he'll confirm that you've been trying for years to get your girl?" whit asks. i nod and i see him typing on his phone. about a minute later he says, "no shit you weren't lying. i guess you really were playing the long game."

i shrug with a smirk and then say, "no more about my girlfriend. i've said enough. anything you guys got for me?"

"nope. you got anything for us smitty?" whit asks. biz says, "nothing for the ladies man RA?"

"i'm good." i say. we've been at this for like 45 minutes so dani will be awake soon. biz says, "have we talked about us blowing you off in nashville?

"grinnell and i talked about during the locker room tour." i explain. RA says, "not publicly so let's talk about it."

biz says,

"it's my fault because I'd gone four and a half months sober and then they they kind of put all this work on me at the draft where I had to do something at the awards and I hadn't had a drink and then Merles put this fucking margarita in front of me right before we were supposed to go back and you know 10 a.m margs at at this restaurant Nashville and I said you know what I don't give a flying fuck about any more work it's time to crank it so my apologies but there was a reason it got backed up it's because we knew we were going to win a gold medal and come on and get to talk about that in the bean pot brother so congrats on all your success your first half at college and keep kicking ass man keep kicking it.

i smile, "thank you guys for having me."

RA asks, "well what time did they did they call you and bail out at what time did they did they let you know they were bailing out at?"

"I think it was in the morning. because we were supposed to meet at like 1." i say and grinnell says, "yeah Biz gave me the whole grenell cancel everything today."

whit comments, "then didn't go to sleep for like three days after" biz adds, "then I went on then I went on a bender. then I went on my college visit as they call them I'll be all right. well thanks so much buddy. have a great rest of the season pal you're a legend"

"thanks guys." i say and log off. i shut my computer and put my headphones away. i climb into bed with dani and she cuddles right into me and wakes up. she mumbles, "hi will."

"hey baby. have a good nap?" i ask and kiss the top of her head. she nods, 'yea. how was the podcast with chicklets?"

"good. i didn't wake you did i?" i ask while rubbing her back. she says quietly, "no. what'd you guys talk about?"

"little bit of everything. school, world juniors, the program. i talked abotu a little bit."

"me?"

"yea. nothing crazy and i didn't name drop but it got mentioned about dating and girls and stuff in college so i said i have a girlfriend and they asked a bunch of questions but i didn't say too much. is that ok? i can have them take it out."

"no it's ok. as long as my name wasn't said."

"it wasn't, i made sure not to. we're not there yet." i say. she nods in agreement and we just stay like that for a bit. she's not big into being touched so i'm surprised she's cuddling with me right now but i'm not gonna say anything. i love having her in my arms.

[jules-has-notes]

2019 VoicePlay spring roundup — here, there, and everywhere

An eventful start to the year led into an equally busy spring. In particular, they put out a deluge of music videos, releasing a new one every other week during April and May before settling down to a more reasonable pace.

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Celebrate good times

Layne and Tony started the spring by unboxing PattyCake's 100K YouTube subscriber plaque during a livestream chat with their fans. The next day, VoicePlay released a long-awaited video for "Any Way You Want It". A few days after that, VP passed new subscriber milestones of their own on both YouTube and Facebook.

Then the boys spent most of the rest of April working on various projects. In addition to releasing their next video — this time for a Chris Stapleton inspired rendition of "Tennessee Whiskey" — they also had a fair bit of dance rehearsal for their updated "Boy Bands" medley.

They did take a weekend off for some fun times in the middle of the month, though. J.None went to see rapper / singer Tobe Nwigwe. Layne and Cyndi had a night at the theater to see friends in the Andrew Lippa musical Wild Party.

J.None with Tobe Nwigwe and singers // Steins and friends having a night out

VoicePlay then capped off the their April adventures with two nights of shows at a casino ballroom in northern Nevada.

VoicePlay on stage at Cactus Petes in Jackpost, NV — photo by Matt Hartgrave

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The hits keep on coming

May began with yet more music videos. VoicePlay put out their groovy version of Prince's "Kiss", and PattyCake released the second episode of their Villains Lair series featuring a trio of disgruntled fairy tale step-moms.

The day after that, VoicePlay headed back to NYC. This time they hit the town in style for the Shorty Awards.

The winner of their category was announced rather unceremoniously in a montage of several awards, and sadly it wasn't our guys, but they seem to have had a fun time anyway. At the very least, they got to visit New York and meet some other folks who are situationally famous.

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During a couple more weeks plugging away at home, some of the guys also worked on other projects. Layne and Tony finished off a group of videos they'd produced for YouTubers Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden, and J.None played a string of private events with Paradigm Party Band.

Then VoicePlay released their video for club jam "Lost In Japan" in mid-May before heading out of town again for a concert in Fairmont, MN. On the way there, Earl had a chance airport encounter with wrestling legend Shawn Michaels.

Fairmont, MN show — photos by Joseph Kreiss

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On the way home, J.None took a detour to Virginia to attend his high school choral director's final spring show and wish him well on his retirement after more than thirty years as an educator.

J.None and Dr. Don Krudop at the Salem High School spring choral concert

VoicePlay finished the month by filming the fiercely demanded video for an expanded version of their boy bands medley that had been thrilling audiences at live shows for many years.

Backstreet's back! Alright!

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Family time

At the beginning of June, the fellas took a few days of well-deserved rest with their loved ones. Eli and Ashley had a fun night out with an old friend and said hello to Matt Sallee again when Pentatonix came to town on their tour. Layne and his girls celebrated Dori's third birthday with another adorable family music video and a whole royal court of well wishers.

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Back to work

When VoicePlay reconvened once more, they gathered at Rayne's Room for a relatively simple video shoot compared to their recent output — the next entry in their "Aca Top 10" series. This time they tackled themes from popular sitcoms.

A few days later, they hopped on a plane to Iowa where they headlined a concert at Grinnell College's fifth annual Summerfest.

When they got home, they dropped their next album. In response to popular demand, the boys compiled a baker's dozen of the tunes from their music videos over the previous two and a half years, and released them on physical media. "Citrus" includes the best of the best from that period, starting with J.None's first collaboration with the group before he was a permanent member, and spanning through his first full-length co-arrangement for the group.

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As you were

The guys took a little more downtime to close out the month and spend time with their families.

Meanwhile, J.None was still on that grind. He played a set in a group show at a local venue with his occasional collaborator, Daniel Kelley Howard.

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Then he headed over to Cocoa Beach to film a promo video for another gig band called Summer Breeze, which is part of Entertaiment Central's offerings. That group's specialty is, as the name suggests, yacht rock and light retro party tunes.

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Things calmed down a bit for the summer, but that's a story for another time.

[xxconnection]

from Sisterhood is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women's Liberation Movement

text: Above [1st photo, by Louise Brotsky], Chicago WITCH hexes the Transit Authority for raising the subway fare.

Right [2nd photo, by Marilyn Salzman], Washington DC WITCH hexes billion-dollar corporation, United Fruit Company for "slave-labor practices abroad and sex discrimination in hiring at home."

Opposite page [3rd photo, by Henry Wilhelm/East St. Gallery, Grinnell, Iowa] Grinnell College (Iowa) students stage a nude-in to confront a representative from Playboy Magazine speaking on "The Playboy Philosophy." They demanded that he also take off his clothes. He fled.

Opposite right [4th photo, by Bill Nowlin/LNS-NY], Women's Liberation guerrilla theater at the Bridal Fair, New York. Disruptions of merchandise shows for brides took place all over the US in 1969.

Opposite below [5th photo, by Paul Stelter/Chicago Maroon], Protest against the firing of Marlene Dixon, radical, feminist, and teacher, at the university of Chicago, 1968. A major riot followed, and university buildings were seized and held by students.

The sign in the last picture reads: "UC's concern for women: 1. Dormitory hours 2. Teacher putdowns 3. Ignoring the study of women 4. 9 tenured women faculty 5. Firing Marlene Dixon

[nodynasty4us]

The Vivek Ramaswamy campaign continues to spin a traffic accident as an attack.

The student newspaper at Grinnell College was on the scene and points out that the unoccupied car was illegally parked, and that the campaign tried to hide this from police investigating the accident.

[thebloodbrothers-archive]

The Blood Brothers - Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

September 11, 2003

[vintagepipemen]

Unidentified student, Grinnell College, 1965. 

[ludmilachaibemachado]

Jefferson Airplane, Grinnell College, lowa 1966❤️💙

Via @isabelfutre on Instagram💙

[lboogie1906]

Danai Jekesai Gurira (born February 14, 1978) is a Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright. She is known for her starring roles in The Walking Dead, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. She is the playwright of the Broadway play Eclipsed, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. She has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, In The Continuum, which she co-wrote and starred in. She was born in Grinnell, Iowa to Josephine Gurira, a college librarian, and Roger Gurira, a tenured professor in the Department of Chemistry at Grinnell College (both parents later joined the staff of the University of Wisconsin–Platteville). She lived in Grinnell until age five she and her family moved back to Harare, Zimbabwe, after the country gained independence. She returned to the US to study at Macalester College, graduating with a BA in Psychology. She earned a MA in acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She taught playwriting and acting in Liberia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. She performed in a production of the Ntozake Shange play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf”. She appeared at the Global Green Sustainable Design Awards to read a letter written by a New Orleans native displaced by Hurricane Katrina. She co-founded Almasi Arts, an organization dedicated to continuing arts education in Zimbabwe. She serves as the Executive Artistic Director. She signed an open letter begun by the ONE Campaign. She founded the non-profit organization Love Our Girls, which aims to highlight the issues and challenges that specifically affect women throughout the world. She partnered with Johnson & Johnson in the fight against HIV/AIDS. She was announced as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. As a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, she dedicates her support to putting a spotlight on gender equality and women's rights. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CopQgRgrnHb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[creativemorningstucson]

Meet January's Speaker, Steve Nash. 🎉

Steve Nash has been President & CEO of Archaeology Southwest in Tucson since January, 2024. Prior to then he served as Director of Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (2006-2023) and Head of Collections in the Department of Anthropology at the Field Museum in his hometown of Chicago. Steve earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Anthropology at the University of Arizona and his B.A. at Grinnell College in Iowa.

As Steve likes to say, “the epic sweep of humanity is indeed mighty cool to behold.” Over the course of his career, he has done archaeological fieldwork on Neanderthal sites in southwestern France and in sites across the American Southwest, including tree-ring dating at Mesa Verde National Park.

He is a recognized world leader in the voluntary repatriation and return of ancestors and belongings that are housed in museums in the absence of informed consent, most notably to the Mijikenda people of coastal Kenya. He has published 10 books and dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles, as well as more than 60 “Curiosities” columns at the award-winning on-line anthropology magazine SAPIENS.org.