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Field sites: Northern Tanzania

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Courses: Kiswahili ... Human Evolution ... Ecology of the Maasai Ecosystem ... Methods course and Field project

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ACM Tanzania Program

Field Projects

Fall 2004

Titles of field projects completed by participants in the fall 2004 ACM Tanzania Program.

These papers are not available for distribution.

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Lauren Cator, Colorado College -- Testing Affinity for Sebaceous vs Apocrine Derived Human Chemosensory Stimuli in Glossina swynnertoni in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Cara Chomski, Carleton College -- "They Cause Hunger to Them:" The Human-Wildlife Conflict and 'Benefit Sharing' in Minjingu Village, Tanzania.

Emily Danielson, Grinnell College -- The Land is Free: The Paradox of Cultivation Regulation Within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Emily Giovanni, Ripon College -- Determinants for Vigilance Level of the Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchelli) in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.

Carla Horsley, Coe College -- "But how did you get the breasts if no one opened your pathway?" Education and Female Reproductive Health in Maasailand

Marci Jacobs, University of Chicago -- Verbal Gift Exchange Among the Maasai, Endulen, Tanzania

Melissa Hope Johnson, Lawrence University -- Power and Medicine: Social and Health Implications of Gender Roles in Maasai Traditional Medicine

Bennett Jordan, Lake Forest College -- Foraging Behavior of the Red-Headed Rock Agama (Agama agama) in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Andrew Allan Link, Lawrence University -- Termite (Macrotemes bellicosus) Mounds' Effect on Vegetation Biodiversity and Quality in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Alex Maywright, Monmouth College -- Thermal Characteristics of Burrows Created by the African Burrowing Wolf Spider (Geolycosa, Lycosidae) in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Ove Kenneth Nodland, University of Chicago -- Emorata: The Maasai Initiation of Girls

Alexandra O'Neill, Carleton College -- Behavioral Responses of African Elephants, Loxodonta africana, to Tourist Trucks in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Lauren Page, Grinnell College -- Cultural Constructions of Disabled Individuals Among the Maasai of Northern Tanzania

Mathew Pflaum, Grinnell College -- Temporal Niche Differentiation and Interspecific Competition at a Feeding Site in Tarangire National Park of Northern Tanzania

Danielle Racke, Knox College -- The Response of Agama agama to Common Pollution Materials When Prey Available

Yui Sugiura, University of Chicago -- Female Circumcision: The Zebra Cannot Shed Its Stripes

Juliana Thornton, University of Chicago -- "Evil Spirits, Illnesses and Homes of Peace:" The Stories of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Arusha, Tanzania, Funding and Policy Implications

Mary N. Tibbets, Knox College -- A Comparison Between the Biodiversity of Tarangire National Park and the Adjacent Maasai Lands