Anthropology & Sociology Department

UWC Baraboo/Sauk Co.

Annette Kuhlmann, Ph.D.

Department Information

About the Disciplines
Faculty
Course Offerings - Anthropology
Course Offerings - Sociology
Course Offerings - Women's Studies
Anthro/Soc Links

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DISTINCT DISCIPLINES

Although sociological study has ancient roots in a variety of civilizations, it has come into its own in our own times as a study of urbanization and growth of service economies, colonialization and its aftermaths, and other social changes that accompany these structural transformations of societies.  Sociology asks how rankings, relationship, rivalries and rituals, roles and rules shape human behavior.

Pg. 2 - LION.  Gillon, Werner.  "A Short History of African Art." pg. 226.  Facts on File Publications, New York, NY 1984.
(From the treasure of King Gbehanzin of Dahomey.  Collection:  Charles Fatton. Photo: Andre' Held).

Anthropology and Sociology share interest in the texture of human relationships and in social organization.  They have many ties to other academic disciplines.  Uniquely, Anthropology takes "holistic" perspective, i.e., it studies how cultures integrate group responses to people's biological nature, symbolic and tool-making capacities, and diverse geographic environments.

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Faculty

ANNETTE KUHLMANN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

    Areas of interest include comparative criminology, women studies, race and ethnic relations (Native Americans) social inequality; sociological theory; Western Europe; and qualitative research methods.

     In 1980 I completed the equivalent of an M.A. degree in Education at the Universität Hannover, Germany.  I then attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, and received an M.A. (1984) and a Ph.D. (1989) in American Studies and an M.A. (1991) and a Ph.D. (1998) in Sociology.

     I have published articles in criminology, Native American studies, gender issues, and sociological theory.  I also presented papers on a variety of topics professional meetings. My current research focuses on two related issues. I am interested in the problem of punitiveness and work on this topic with a group of international scholars in Germany. I also investigate the situation of women in prisons in a comparative perspective. Recently I returned form a Sabbatical conducting fieldwork in Germany in this regard.

     In the past, I taught classes in a variety of settings beside the UW Colleges --in German schools, for an American Indian Tribe (the Mexican Kickapoo in Oklahoma), as an Instructor at the University of Kansas.  In addition to my current campus instruction, I continue to teach in a nearby federal correctional institution.  I particularly like teaching in a team with an instructor from another discipline.

    Teaching at the UWC-Baraboo means that I can offer courses that cover a wide variety of topics and the students I encounter come from very different backgrounds and life experiences.  I enjoy discussing with students in my classes how their experiences relate to the social world at large, and how that would in turn, shape their lives.

When I am not working I love to travel inthe US and abroad. I enjoy camping and outdoor activities with family and friends. I also like to make music, read, and play with my cats when I am at home.

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COURSE SYLLABI

2008-2009

2008 Fall Semester

ANT 250  Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective

SOC 234  Sociology of Race & Ethnicity

SOC 101  Introduction to Sociology

2008 Spring Semester

SOC 231 Crime and Criminal Justice

ANT 314  Indians in North America

SOC 101  Introduction to Sociology

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COURSE OFFERINGS - ANTHROPOLOGY

Head.  Gillon, Werner.  "A Short History of African Art." pg 144.  Facts on File Publications, New York, NY 1984.  Akan.  Ghana.  Photo:  Horst Kolo	Head of Man with Horizontal Line.  Gillon, Werner.  "A Short History of African Art." pg. 69.  Facts on File Publications, New York, NY 1984.  (From the National Museum, Khartoum)

ANT 100 General Anthropology
General understanding of humans in relation to cultures, evolutionary development and racial diversity, capacities for society and the development of the world's major cultures. SS

ANT 105 Introduction to Physical Anthropology
The biological basis of human evolution and human variation; the place of humans in the order of primates; consideration and interpretation of the fossil evidence for human evolution.  NS

ANT 104 Cultural Anthropology
Survey of cultural anthropology with emphasis on ethnographic description, methodology and contemporary theory.  Cross-cultural comparisons of societies and institutions.  Course includes both humanistic and social scientific approaches to human socio-cultural diversity.

ANT 250 Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Study of women in a variety of cultures around the world, both past and present.  Includes consideration of the sexual division of labor, marriage systems, child rearing, relationships between men and women, systems of myth and ideology concerning women's roles and the effects of socio-economic development and rapid social change.

ANT 302 Archaeology of Wisconsin
Survey of Wisconsin archaeology from the earliest occupation of the state through the historic period and subsequent tribal breakdown.  Emphasis is on ecological and historical factors influencing development of prehistoric and historic aboriginal culture of Wisconsin.  Prereq:  previous anthropology course or cons. instr. SS/ES

ANT 308 Archaeology North America
Main pre-Columbian cultures north of Mexico.  Includes evidence for cultural developments and diversity of cultural groups.  Prereq: previous anthropology course or cons. instr. SS/ES

ANT 314  Indians of North America
Description and analysis of native cultures and the role of environmental and historical factors in North America.  Prereq:  A previous anthropology course or cons. instr.

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COURSE OFFERINGS - SOCIOLOGY

Algerian Couple. Gillon, Werner.  "A Short History of African Art." pg. 40.  Facts on File Publications, New York, NY 1984.  Photo:  K.H. Striedter.

SOC 101  Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to the basic concepts, theories and methods of sociology, emphasizing the significance of the self and culture, social process and organization and forces of social stability and change.

SOC 130 Contemporary Social Problems
Sociological analysis of the nature, extent, causes and potential solutions to selected major social problems such as poverty and wealth, racial and gender discrimination, crime and violence, drug abuse, family problems, quality of education, inadequate health care, population problems, intergroup conflict and threats to the environment.  SS

SOC 220 Sociology of Marriage and Family
Marriage and the family as social institutions in a changing world.  Historical changes and societal variations in family patterns.  Changes over the life cycle.  Explores the sources and consequences of a variety of family forms.  SS

SOC 231 Crime and Criminal Justice
Explores the nature of crime and reviews ideas about definitions, causes, and solutions.  Includes an introduction to the day-to-day functioning of the criminal justice system, the police, lawyers, courts and correctional personnel.  SS

SOC 234  Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
The experience of American racial, religious, ethnic and nationality groups. The nature of intergroup relations in the United States.  Relationship of intergroup dynamics to social change, and to basic ideological, technological, and institutional structures and processes.  Emphasis on social conflict over the distribution of economic and political power, family patterns, housing, education and access to the legal system.

SOC 250  PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY*
Role of organizations, such as business, government, education and religion in American society.  Impact of organizations on members and clients, the internal dynamics of organizations, and the interchange between organizations and their environment, including the society as a whole.  Prereq:  Sophomore standing.
*WislineWeb course; an Internet web-based course

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COURSE OFFERINGS - Women's Studies

The Womens Studies Certificate (WSC) Program at the University Wisconsin-Baraboo /Sauk County explores women's lives and experiences, both historically an in contempory societies. The courses analyze the contributions and importance of women in the development of human societies and bodies of knowledge, and they challenge the errors of ommission in traditional academics.

WOM 101: An Introduction to Women's Studies (Delieverd via Compressed Video)

ART 290: Women in the Arts

WOM 202/PHI 202 Feminist Philosophy

WOM 279/ENG 279: Women in Literture

WOM 250/ANT 250: Women in Cross Cultural Perspective

WOM 291: Selected Topics in Women's Studies

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College credits in UW Colleges Anthropology and Sociology courses transfer to UW baccalaureate institutions within the University of Wisconsin system.  In most instances, the credits will transfer to many four year colleges throughout the United States.

Ceremonial head dress carved from wood showing stylized raven.  Siebert, Erna and Forman, Werner.  "North American Indians". pg. 35.  Drury Hse, Russel St., London WCZ 1967.  Printed in Czechoslovakia. 

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Pg. 5 - Painting "Three Winnebago and One Sioux", by Laurie Hausman-Whitehawk.

Pg. 6 - Shaman's 'Soul Catcher' carved from bone.  Siebert, Erna and Forman, Werner.  "North American Indians". pg. 85.  Drury Hse, Russel St., London WCZ 1967.  Printed in Czechoslovakia.

Pg. 7 - Ceremonial head dress carved from wood showing stylized raven.  Siebert, Erna and Forman, Werner.  "North American Indians". pg. 35.  Drury Hse, Russel St., London WCZ 1967.  Printed in Czechoslovakia. 

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last updated 7/21/08