Willoughby, Pamela - Anthropology

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Pamela
Last Name: 
Willoughby
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Anthropology
University Affiliation: 
University of Alberta
Phone: 
7804920138
Email Address: 
Pam.Willoughby@ualberta.ca
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Anthropology
Subject: 
Biology
Social Sciences
Geographical Region: 
Africa
Time Period: 
Ancient
Specific Area of Research: 
Archaeology; History of Archaeology; Human Biological and Cultural Evolution; Palaeolithic archaeology, Origin and early evolution of our species, Homo sapiens The Middle and Later Stone Age and the origin of anatomically modern humans in Africa Stone age prehistory of the Lake Rukwa Rift Valley, southwestern Tanzania Experimental analysis of stone tool production and function
Academics
PHD Program: 
Anthropology
PHD University: 
University of California at Los Angeles
PHD Date: 
1985
Major Publications: 
The Evolution of Modern Humans in Africa: A Comprehensive Guide. Lanham, Maryland: AltaMira Press, 2007, 439 pp. Spheroids and battered stones in the African Early and Middle Stone Age. Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology #17/BAR International Series #321. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 1987, 253 pp. “From the Middle to the Later Stone Age in Eastern Africa”. Refereed book chapter for Marta Camps and Parth R. Chauhan, editors, A Sourcebook of Paleolithic Transitions: Methods, Theories and Interpretations. New York: Springer, 42 ms. pp.; accepted August 15, 2008. “Palaeoanthropology and the evolutionary place of humans in nature”. International Journal of Comparative Psychology 18(1): 60-90, 2005.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
American Anthropological Association (elected Fellow, April 1993) American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association of Physical Anthropologists Archaeological Institute of America Associate of Current Anthropology Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists The British Institute in Eastern Africa Canadian Archaeological Association Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology Canadian Association of African Studies East African Association for Palaeoanthropology and Palaeontology L. S. B. Leakey Foundation (Founding member of the Alumni Council) Paleoanthropology Society Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society La Soci
Courses Taught: 
Anthropology 101, Introduction to Anthropology; 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1999/2000 (twice, shared with Dr. Michael Evans) Anthropology 150, Race and Racism, 1985/86, 1995/96, 1997/98, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04 Anthropology 202, Introduction to Anthropology, 1985/86, 1986/87 Anthropology 206, Introduction to Archaeology, 1985/86, Spring 1986, Spring 1987, 1999/2000 Anthropology 209, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, 1985/86, 1998/99 Anthropology 219, World Prehistory, 1986/87 (twice), 1990/91, 1991/92 Anthropology 230, Technology and Culture, 1985/86 Anthropology 312, Lower Palaeolithic Prehistory, 1985/86, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2006/07, 2008/09 Anthropology 313, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Prehistory, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2007/08 Anthropology 391, Hominid Origins, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09 Anthropology 481, Development of Archaeological Method and Theory, 1992/93, 1994/95, 1998/99, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2006/07 Anthropology 48x/58x (special topics seminar), Origin and Dispersal of Modern Humans, 1992/93, 1994/95, 1997/98, 2001/02 Anthropology 486, Evolution and Social Life - What does it mean, in evolutionary terms, to be a modern Homo sapiens?, 2005/06, 2007/08 Anthropology 491, Stone Tools: 1988/89, 1990/91, 1992/93, 1994/95 Anthropology 495, Archaeological Methods, 1986/87 Anthropology 593, Evolution and Social Life, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2007/08