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About Barbara Hendry (Retired)

Barbara Hendry was an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Georgia Southern University. She joined Georgia Southern in 1991.

Positions

Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Emeriti, Retired, and In Memoriam
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Grants

2016 Faculty Development Summer Award
Georgia Southern University
$3,000
2011 - 2012 Development of Instruction Award
Georgia Southern University
$2,655.92
2004 CLEC grant
Georgia Southern University
$500
2003 Faculty Research Grant
Georgia Southern University
$5,700
2002 Faculty Development Professional Travel Grant
Georgia Southern University
$684
2000 Faculty Development Professional Travel Grant
Georgia Southern University
$888
1999 Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship (to study Spanish in Costa Rica for 3 mos.)
International Rotary Foundation
$10,000
1999 European Union Center of Georgia
European Union Center of Georgia
$1,500
1999 Faculty Research Grant
Georgia Southern University
$2,428
1998 Southern Center for International Studies Travel Grant
Southern Center for International Studies Travel Grant
$178
1997 Faculty Development Grant
Georgia Southern University
$3,000
1997 Faculty Research Grant
Georgia Southern University
$1,000
1996 Summer Research Sabbatical
Georgia Southern University
$1,660
1995 Faculty Research Grant
Georgia Southern University
$1,000
1995 Professional Travel Grant
Georgia Southern University
$575
1994 - 1995 Faculty Service Grants for Bulloch County Oral History Project
Georgia Southern University
$8,000
1992 Visiting Scholar to Coastal Heritage Society, Savannah, Georgia
Georgia Humanities Council Grant
$7,000
1987 Florida - Spain Alliance Program
Florida - Spain Alliance Program
$3,000
1987 Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
$3,500
1985 Tinker Grant for pre-dissertation research in Spain
Tinker Grant for pre-dissertation research in Spain
$2,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2014 - Present Member, J. A. Paredes Steering Committee, Society for Applied Anthropology
2003 - Present Listserve Manager/Moderator, Southern Anthropological Society
2009 - 2010 Organizer, Annual Meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society, Savannah, GA
2004 - 2009 Member, Editorial Board, Southern Anthropologist
2002 - 2003 President, Southern Anthropological Society
1999 - 2003 Regionalism Policy Network Member, European Union Center of Georgia
2001 - 2002 President, Southern Anthropological Society
2000 - 2001 President Elect, Southern Anthropological Society
1997 - 2000 Councilor, Southern Anthropological Society
1994 - 1997 Student Paper Competition Chair, Southern Anthropological Society
1993 Local Arrangements Chair, Annual Meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society, Savannah, GA
1993 Program Section Chair, Anthropology Section of the Georgia Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting
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Honors and Awards

  • 2003 – 2004: Educational Leave Award from Georgia Southern University
  • 1997: Awarded tenure and promotion at Georgia Southern University
  • 1997: Fellow, Columbia Oral History Summer Institute, Columbia University, NY, June 15 - 27
  • 1996: Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology
  • 1983: Best Student Paper, Anthropology Section, Florida Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Melbourne, FL, April
  • 1977: Award for Outstanding Community Service by the town of Gretna, Florida
  • 1968 - 1972: National Merit Scholarship

Courses

  • Qualitative Research Methods (graduate seminar)
  • Race and Ethnicity in Spain and Latin America
  • Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean
  • Gender and Anthropology
  • Anthropology of Ireland
  • European Cultures
  • Global Perspectives in Anthropology: People of the World
  • Anthropological Inquiry
  • The Rural South
  • Applied Anthropology
  • Ethnographic Methods
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • Introduction to Anthropology (four-field)

Education

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1991 Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Florida
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1983 M.A. in Anthropology, Florida State University
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1972 B.A. in Sociology, Florida State University
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Links

Contact Information

Department of Sociology & Anthropology
P.O. Box 8051
Carroll Bldg, Rm 1003
Statesboro, GA 30460

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Articles in Refereed Journals (6)

Invited Encyclopedia Article (1)

Articles in Non-Refereed Publications (4)

Technical Reports (2)

Other (3)

Conference Papers (31)