Glenn Petersen
Professor
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
Department: Sociology and Anthropology
Areas of expertise:
Email Address: glenn.petersen@baruch.cuny.edu
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- Teaching
- Research and Creative Activity
- Grants
- Honors and Awards
- Service
Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, Columbia University
B.A., Anthropology, California State College, Hayward
Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
---|---|---|---|
Spring 2023 | ANT | 1001H | Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro |
Spring 2023 | ANT | 4017 | Semi On The Ant Of Peace & War |
Spring 2023 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2022 | FYS | 1000 | Freshman Seminar |
Fall 2022 | ANT | 3009 | Intro to Human Geography |
Fall 2022 | ANT | 1001H | Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro |
Fall 2022 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2022 | GEOG | 3009 | Human Geography |
Spring 2022 | ANT | 1001H | Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro |
Fall 2021 | ANT | 4017 | Semi On The Ant Of Peace & War |
Fall 2021 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2021 | ANT | 1001H | Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro |
Spring 2021 | ANT | 1001H | Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro |
Spring 2021 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Spring 2021 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
Fall 2020 | ANT | 1001H | Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro |
Fall 2020 | ANT | 3036 | World Regional Geography |
Fall 2020 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2020 | GEOG | 3036 | World Regional Geography |
Spring 2020 | ANT | 1001H | Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro |
Spring 2020 | ANT | 4017 | Semi On The Ant Of Peace & War |
Spring 2020 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2019 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Fall 2019 | ANT | 1001H | Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro |
Fall 2019 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2019 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Spring 2019 | GEOG | 3036 | World Regional Geography |
Spring 2019 | ANT | 1001H | Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro |
Spring 2019 | ANT | 3036 | World Regional Geography |
Spring 2019 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2019 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2018 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2018 | ANT | 4015 | Anthropology and Contemporary World Issues |
Fall 2018 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Spring 2018 | ANT | 4015 | Anthropology and Contemporary World Issues |
Spring 2018 | ANT | 1001H | Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro |
Fall 2017 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2017 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2017 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
Fall 2017 | ANT | 4015 | Anthropology and Contemporary World Issues |
Fall 2015 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Summer 2015 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Spring 2015 | ANTH | 71700 | Crit Issues Internatl Studies |
Spring 2015 | ANT | 4017 | Semi On The Ant Of Peace & War |
Fall 2014 | ANT | 4015 | Anthropology and Contemporary World Issues |
Fall 2014 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Spring 2014 | ANT | 4015 | Anthropology and Contemporary World Issues |
Fall 2013 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2013 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Fall 2013 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
Summer 2013 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2013 | ANT | 3036 | World Regional Geography |
Spring 2013 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Spring 2013 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2013 | GEOG | 3036 | World Regional Geography |
Spring 2013 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Fall 2012 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2012 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Fall 2012 | ANT | 4015 | Anthropology and Contemporary World Issues |
Spring 2012 | REL | 5000 | Independent Study REL I |
Spring 2012 | ANT | 4017 | Semi On The Ant Of Peace & War |
Spring 2012 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2011 | ANT | 4015 | Anthropology and Contemporary World Issues |
Fall 2011 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Fall 2011 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Spring 2011 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
Spring 2011 | ANT | 4015 | Anthropology and Contemporary World Issues |
Spring 2011 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Fall 2010 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Fall 2010 | ANT | 4017 | Semi On The Ant Of Peace & War |
Spring 2010 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Spring 2010 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2010 | ANT | 4015 | Anthropology and Contemporary World Issues |
Fall 2009 | ANT | 4015 | Anthropology and Contemporary World Issues |
Fall 2009 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Summer 2009 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Summer 2009 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Spring 2009 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Spring 2009 | ANT | 3036 | World Regional Geography |
Spring 2009 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Spring 2009 | GEOG | 3036 | World Regional Geography |
Fall 2008 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2008 | ANT | 4015 | Anthropology and Contemporary World Issues |
Summer 2008 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Summer 2008 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2008 | SOC | 4100 | Sociological Theory |
Spring 2008 | ANT | 3085 | Sel Topics Ant/Soc |
Spring 2008 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2007 | GEOG | 3009 | Human Geography |
Fall 2007 | FRO | 1000 | First Year Seminar |
Fall 2007 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Fall 2007 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Spring 2007 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Spring 2007 | IDC | 3001H | Honors - People of New York |
Spring 2007 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Fall 2006 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Fall 2006 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
Fall 2006 | GEOG | 3036 | World Regional Geography |
Summer 2006 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Spring 2006 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Spring 2006 | GEOG | 3009 | Human Geography |
Spring 2006 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2006 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Spring 2006 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Fall 2005 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Fall 2005 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Fall 2005 | GEOG | 3009 | Human Geography |
Summer 2005 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Summer 2005 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Summer 2005 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Spring 2005 | ANT | 3085 | Sel Topics Ant/Soc |
Spring 2005 | SOC | 4900 | Sociological Analysis |
Spring 2005 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Fall 2004 | GEOG | 3009 | Human Geography |
Fall 2004 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Fall 2004 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Summer 2004 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Spring 2004 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2004 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2004 | SOC | 5000 | Independent Study Sociology I |
Spring 2004 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2004 | GEOG | 3009 | Human Geography |
Fall 2003 | ANT | 1001H | Honors-Intro to Cul Anthro |
Summer 2003 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2003 | SOC | 3085 | Sel Topics Ant/Soc |
Spring 2003 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2003 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2003 | ANT | 3085 | Sel Topics Ant/Soc |
Fall 2002 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Summer 2002 | ANT | 5000 | Independent Study ANT I |
Spring 2002 | GEOG | 3009 | Human Geography |
Spring 2002 | GEOG | 5000 | Independent Study Geography I |
Fall 2001 | GEOG | 3009 | Human Geography |
Fall 2001 | FRO | 1000 | First Year Seminar |
Fall 2001 | ANT | 1001 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology |
Books
Petersen, G. (2021). War and the Arc of Human Experience. Lanham, MD, USA, Hamilton/Rowman &Littlefield.
Petersen, G. (2009). Traditional Micronesian Societies: Adaptation, Integration, and Political Organization. University of Hawaii Press.
Petersen, G. (1993). Ethnicity and Interests at the 1990 the Federated States of Micronesia Constitutional Convention. Research School of Pacific Studies: Australian National University, Regime Change and Regime Maintenance Discussion Paper Series.
Petersen, G. (1990). Lost in the Weeds: Theme and Variation in Pohnpei Political Mythology. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, Center for Pacific Islands studies Working Papers.
Petersen, G. (1986). Decentralization and Micronesian Federalism: Pohnpei's 1983 Plebiscite Vote. Suva, Fiji: South Pacific Forum Working Papers.
Petersen, G. (1982). One Man Cannot Rule a Thousand: Fission in a Ponapean Chiefdom. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Journal Articles
Petersen, G. (2018). "Micronesian Ethnography from a Disordered Soul". Anthropology & Humanism,
N/A, G. (2018). The Abyss Stares Back. As You Were: The Military Review, 9.
Petersen, G. (2015). At the Intersection of Chieftainship and Constitutional Government: Some Comparisons from Micronesia . Journal de la Société des Océanistes, 151(2). 265-275.
Petersen, G. (2015). American Anthropology's 'Thailand Controversy': An Object Lesson in Professional Responsibility. SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 30(2). 528-549.
Petersen, G. (2015). Everyday Danger: War Trauma in the Absence of Drama. Blue Nostalgia: A Journal of Pos-Traumatic Growth, 2. 16-32.
Petersen, G. (2014). The Possibilities of Violence and the Skills to Avoid It: On Warfare and Its Absence in Traditional Micronesia. Anthropologica , 56(2). 315-326.
Petersen, G. (2014). Author's reply. Pacific Studies, 37(2). 128-145.
(2013). 3 Books, 3 Years, 2 Leaps of Faith. Arroyo,
Petersen, G. (2012). A Storied Discipline. Chronicle of Higher Education,
Petersen, G. (2012). "The Moral Compass of an Anthropological Career". Anthropology Now, 4(3). 75-84.
Petersen, G. (2011). “Differences, Connections, and the Colonial Carousel in Micronesian History.” . Pacific-Asia Inquiry, 2. 9-20.
(2009). International Media Ethics News: Special Investigation: Jared Diamond Keeping the Peace in Micronesia.
Petersen, G. (2007). Hambruch's Colonial Narrative: Pohnpei, German Culture Theory, and the Hamburg Expedition Ethnography of 1908-10. Journal of Pacific History, 42(3). 317-330.
Petersen, G. (2007). On Checks and Balances Within the Federated States of Micronesia's Presidential System. Journal of Pacific Studies, 29(1).
(2006). “Micronesia’s Breadfruit Revolution and the Evolution of a Culture Area.”. Archaeology in Oceania , 41. 82-92.
Petersen, G. (2005). Important to Whom?: On Ethnographic Usefulness, Competence, and Relevance. Anthropological Forum , (15). 307-317.
(2000). "Indigenous Island Empires: Yap and Tonga Considered". Journal of Pacific History, 35(). 5-27.
Petersen, G. (1999). "Sociopolitical Rank and Clanship in the Caroline Islands". Journal of the Polynesian Society, 108(4). 367-410.
(1999). "Strategic Location and Sovereignty: Modern Micronesia in the Historical Context of American Expansionism". Space & Polity, 2. 179-205.
Petersen, G. (1996). "Reclaiming Rousseau: The Government of Poland's Relevance for Modern Anthropology". Dialectical Anthropology, 20. 247-283.
Petersen, G. (1995). "The Complexity of Power, the Sublety of Kava". The Power of Kava Special issue, Canberra Anthropologist, 18(1&2). 34-60.
(1995). "Nan Madol's Contested Landscape: Topography and Tradition in the Eastern Caroline Islands". ISLA, 3(1). 105-128.
(1993). The 1990 Federated States of Micronesia Constitutional Convention: "Calm Before the storm?". The Contemporary Pacific, 6(2). 337-369.
(1993). "Kanengamah and Pohnpei's Politics of Concealment". American Anthropologist, 95. 334-352.
(1992). "Dancing Defiance: The Politics of Pohnpeian Dance Performances". Pacific Studies, 15(4). 13-28.
Petersen, G. (1992). "The Vietnam War As an Exemplar of American Culture". Dialectical Anthropology, 17. 217-223.
Petersen, G. (1990). "Some Overlooked Complexities of Pohnpei Social Complexity". Micronesica Supplement, 2. 137-152.
(1990). "The Small-Republic Argument in Modern Micronesia". Philosophical Forum, 21. 393-411.
(1987). "Redistribution in a Micronesian Commercial Economy". Oceania, 57. 83-96.
(1985). "The Ponapean Vote for Independence: A Cultural Analysis". Pacific Studies, 9. 13-52.
(1984). "Ponape's Body Politic: Island and Nation". Pacific Studies, 8. 112-136.
Petersen, G. (1984). "A Moral Economy and an Immoral Trusteeship". Cultural Survival, Occasional Paper , (12). 89-96.
(1984). "The Ponapean Culture of Resistance". Radical History Review, 28-30. 347-366.
Petersen, G. (1982). "Ponapean Matriliny: Production, Exchange, and the Ties that Bind". American Ethnologist, 9. 129-144.
(1980). "Growing Up With New Guinea: Pigs for the Ancestors Reconsidered". Dialectical Anthropology, 5. 255-259.
(1979). "Breadfruit or Rice?: The Political Economics of a Vote in Micronesia". Science & Society, 43. 472-485.
(1979). "External Politics, Internal Economics, and Ponapean Social Formation". American Ethnologist, 6. 25-40.
Book Chapters
Petersen, G. (2022). “How Bartholomew’s Many Hats are Like Persevering on an Early Warning Barrier”. Dr. Seuss’s Guide to National Security In Progress.
Petersen, G. (2016). federated states of micronesia. In Levine, S. (Ed.), Pacific Ways: Government and Politics in the Pacific Islands Wellington,New Zealand. Victoria University Press.
Petersen, G. (2016). Led Astray by Too Much Kava. First Fieldwork University of Hawaii Press.
Petersen, G. (2014). A Few Steps from Swagger to Terror. Voices of War War Writers Campaign.
Petersen, G. (2003). "Routine Provocation and Denial: From the Tonkin Gulf and Hainan to Kyoto and the Pacific Islands. In Shibuya, E., & Rolfe, J. (Eds.), Security in Oceania in the Twenty-first Century (pp. 193-230). Honolulu. Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.
Petersen, G. (2000). "Strategic Location, Sovereignty, and Cash in the Federated States of Micronesia". In Fitzpatrick, J. (Ed.), Endangered Peoples: Oceania (pp. 93-106). Westport. Greenwood.
Petersen, G. (1999). "Politics in Post-War Micronesia". In Kiste, R., & Marshall, M. (Eds.), Anthropology in American Micronesia (pp. 145-197). Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press.
Petersen, G. (1997). "Decolonization: The Highest Stage of Imperialism?". In Denoon, D. (Ed.), Emerging from Empire: Decolonisation in the Pacific (pp. 73-89). Canberra. Australian National University.
Petersen, G., Petersen, V. G., & Petersen, G. (1997). "Family and Fieldwork on Pohnpei". In Flinn, J., & Marshall, L. (Eds.), Family and Fieldwork (pp. 84-95). Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press.
Petersen, G. (1997). A Micronesian Chamber of Chiefs?. In White, G., & Lindstrom, M. (Eds.), Chiefs Today: Traditional Pacific Leadership and the Postcolonial State (pp. 183-196). Stanford. Stanford University Press.
Petersen, G. (1995). "Why Is Micronesian Independence an Issue?". In Lal, B., & Nelson, H. (Eds.), Lines Across the Sea Canberra. Pacific History Association.
Petersen, G. (1992). "Some Pohnpei Strategies for Economic Survival". In Lockwood, V., Harding, T., & Wallace, B. (Eds.), Contemporary Pacific Societies (pp. 185-196). Englewood Cliffs. Prentice-Hall.
Petersen, G. (1992). "Dependency and Bankruptcy". In Lehman, C., & Moore, R. (Eds.), Multinational Cultures (pp. 167-173). Westport. Greenwood.
Petersen, G. (1992). "Off-the-Shelf Tradition: Variation Versus Invention". In Rubenstein, D. (Ed.), Pacific History (pp. 201-211). Mangilao. University of Guam Press.
Petersen, G. (1990). "Free Labour in Colonial Pohnpei". In Moore, C., Leckie, J., & Munro, D. (Eds.), Labour in the South Pacific (pp. 161-164). Townsville. James Cook University Press.
Petersen, G. (1989). "The Projection from Pohnpei". In DeVita, P. (Ed.), The Humble Anthropologist (pp. 77-81). Chicago. Wadsworth.
Petersen, G. (1989). "Micronesian Nation-Building and Pohnpei Ethnicity". In Howard, M., & Stavenhagen, R. (Eds.), Nation-Building and ethnic Relations in the Pacific (pp. 285-308). Tokyo. United Nations University Press.
Petersen, G. (1989). "Pohnpei Chieftainship in the Era of the Nation-State". In Skalnik, P. (Ed.), Outwitting the State (pp. 23-39). New Brunswick. Transaction.
Petersen, G. (1985). "Ritually Changing the Seasons". In Bazerman, C. (Ed.), The Informed Writer (pp. 378-384). Boston. Houghton Mifflin.
Petersen, G. (1972). "Taro Farming in Waipio Valley, Island of Hawaii". In Armstrong, R. W. (Ed.), North Kohala Studies: Human Ecology (pp. 23-46). Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press.
Presentations
Petersen, G. (2002, February 28). "Property Rights and Political Process in Micronesia: On the Intersection of Classic Political Theory and Ethnographics Data". Presented at the Symposium on Common Property and Customary Rights in The Contemporary Pacific, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania annual meeting. New Zealand: University of Auckland.
Petersen, G. (2002, July 31). "Chieftainship and Classical Republican Theory". Presented at the Second International Conference on Power and Hierarchy in the History of Civilization. St. Petersburg, Russia: Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Petersen, G. (2001, October 31). "Is Anyone Listening?: On Anthropology's Relationships with Colonialism and Decolonization". Presented at the Pacific Islands, Atlantic Worlds Conference. : Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program, New York University.
Petersen, G. (2001, June 30). "Routine Provocation and Denial: From the Tonkin Gulf and Hinan to Kyoto and the Pacific Islands". Presented at teh Island State Security Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii: Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.
Petersen, G. (2001, April 30). "Micronesian Chiefs and an Island Theory of International Relations". Presented to the Seminar on "The New Internationalism," Center for Place, Culture and Politics. : Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Petersen, G. (2001, February 28). "Important to Whom? On Ethnographic Competence and Relevance". Presented at the Symposium on Critical Ethnography, Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania annual meeting. Miami
Petersen, G. (1999, February 28). Colliding Trajectories in Micronesian Geopolitics". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. Hilo, Hawaii
Petersen, G. (1998, July 31). "Micronesian Independence and The Lessons of American Imperical History". Legacies of 1898 Summer Seminar. : Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, University of Iowa.
Petersen, G. (1998, February 28). "Chieftainship and Hierarchy: A Comparative Analysis". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. Pensacola
Petersen, G. (1997, October 31). "Indigenous Pacific Islands Empires: Some Sociopolitical and Historical Considerations". Comparative Colonialisms conference. : Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Binghampton University.
Petersen, G. (1997, October 31). "Independence, Geopolitics, and Expansionism: Micronsia and the United States in Historical Perspective". From Dependency to Freedom, Symposium on the Marshall Islands. : Hofstra University.
Petersen, G. (1997, February 28). 'No Accident: The Trajectory of American Expansion into the Pacific, 1784-1945". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. San Diego
Petersen, G. (1996, December 31). "Decolonization: the Highest Form of Imperialism?". Conference on Decolonisation in the Pacific Islands. : Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University.
Petersen, G. (1996, October 31). "Strategic Location and Sovereignty: Modern Micronesia in the Historical Context of American Expansionism". Association of American Geographers, Middle States meeting. Philadelphia
Petersen, G. (1996, February 28). "Stratification of Class?: On the Comparative Utility of Some Comparative Concepts in teh Study of Pacific Islands Societies". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. Kona, Hawaii
Petersen, G. (1996, July 31). "Decolonization and the Lies we Tell Ourselves". Pacific History Association meetings. Hilo, Hawaii
Petersen, G. (1994, February 28). "Fieldwork and Family on Pohnpei". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. San Diego
Petersen, G. (1994, February 28). "Pohnpei's Utilitarian History". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. San Diego
Petersen, G. (1993, October 4). "Chieftainship and Hierarchy". Columbia University Seminar on Ecological Systems and Cultural Evolution.
Petersen, G. (1993, October 31). "Politics in Post-War Micronesia". Conference on Anthropology in American Micronesia. : Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaii.
Petersen, G. (1993, December 31). "Why Is Micronesian 'Independence' an Issue?". Conference on Colonial Inheritance: The Pacific Islands Since Independence. : Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University.
Petersen, G. (1993, August 31). "On Cross-Cutting and Contradictory Hierarchies". International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Mexico City
Petersen, G. (1993, March 31). "Pohnpei's Utilitarian History". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. Kona, Hawai
Petersen, G. (1993, August 31). "The Mis-Placed State". International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Mexico
Petersen, G. (1992, February 28). "A Micronesian Chamber ofChiefs?". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. New Orleans
Petersen, G. (1991, March 31). "Not about the Past, But Not without the Past". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. Victoria, B.C.
Petersen, G. (1991, May 31). "The Complexity of Power, the Subtlety of Kava". Pacific Science Association, 17th Congress. Honolulu
Petersen, G. (1991, June 30). "The Clash of Traditions: Reconciling Diversity and Competition in the '90s". Lawrence, NJ: American Telephone and Telegraph Engineering Labs.
Petersen, G. (1990, February 28). "Dancing Defiance". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. Kauai
Petersen, G. (1990, August 31). "Constituting an Old Order: The Federated States of Micronesia Constitutional Convention". Pacific Islands Political Studies Association Conference on Ethnicity. Laie, Hawaii: Institute for Polynesian Studies.
Petersen, G. (1990, November 30). "Redesigning the Federated States of Micronesia: Ethnicity and Interests at the 1990 Constitutional Convention". : Regime Change and Maintenance Programme, Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University.
Petersen, G. (1990, February 28). "In the Absence of Truth, Limits on Power". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. Kauai
Petersen, G. (1990, December 31). "Off-the-Shelf Tradition: Variation versus Invention". Pacific Science Association Conference. Guam
Petersen, G. (1988, March 31). "Dependency and Bankruptcy". Conference on Multinational Cultures. : Hofstra University.
Petersen, G. (1987, September 30). "Some Overlooked Complexities in Pohnpei Social Complexity". Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, First Micronesian Archaeology Conference. : University of Guam.
Petersen, G. (1986, December 31). "Teaching the War in Vietnam As a Exemplar of American Culture". American Anthropological Association annual meetings. Washington, D.C.
Petersen, G. (1986, June 30). "Pohnpei ethnicity and Micronesian Development". United Nations University Conference on Ethnicity and Development. Suva, Fiji
Petersen, G. (1985, December 31). "Egalitarian Strategies and Hierarchical Tactics". American Anthropological Association annual meetings. Washington, D.C.
Petersen, G. (1985, November 30). "Researcher, Teacher, Citizen: The Classroom as a Point in a Continuum". Invited Speaker, College of Staten Island Conference on General Education. Mohonk Mountain
Petersen, G. (1985, October 31). 'Small Island, Big Aspirations". : New York Academy of Sciences, Junior Academy.
Petersen, G. (1985, June 30). Commencement Address. : John Dewey High School Science Academy.
Petersen, G. (1985, October 31). "Decolonization or Deception?". Minority Rights Group Conference on Asian and Pacific Americans. New York: Columbia University.
Petersen, G. (1984, March 31). "What Were the Ponapeans Voting Against?". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. Molokai, Hawaii
Petersen, G. (1983, March 31). "The Chiefs of Ponape". S.I.: Staten Island Archaeology Society, wagner College.
Petersen, G. (1983, October 31). "When Informants Become Friends: Who We Know and How We Know". : Department of Anthropology, Columbia University.
Petersen, G. (1983, October 31). Community Sensitivity Discussion Leader. : New York City Police Department.
Petersen, G. (1983, August 31). "Ponapean Chieftainship in the Era of the Nation-State". International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Quebec, Canada
Petersen, G. (1983, January 31). "From Chiefdom to State". : New York Academy of Sciences, Anthropology Section.
Petersen, G. (1982, December 31). "Ponape's Body Politic", G. Cronin, ed., pp. 56-80. Proceedings of the Conference on Evolving Political Cultures in the Pacific. : Laie: Institute of Polynesian Studies.
Petersen, G. (1982, March 31). "WhyPonapean Trade Strores Fail". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. Hilton Head, SC
Petersen, G. (1982, February 28). "Ponape's Body Politic: Island and Nation". Conference on Evolving Political Cultures in the Pacific Islands. Laie, Hawaii: Institute for Polynesian Studies.
Petersen, G. (1981, May 31). 'Cultural Anthropologicy in the Twentieth Century: What Do We Do When We Run Out of Tribes?". The Margaret Mead Lecture in Science. : Rockefeller Uiversity, New York Academy of Sciences-Junior Academy.
Petersen, G. (1981, April 30). "New Fossils and recent Theory in Hominid Evolution". Presented to the science faculties of New York City Public School District 3 and 2, Jan. 1982 and April 1981 respectively, for the New York academy of Sciences.
Petersen, G. (1981, March 31). "The Sacred and the Fun". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. San Diego
Petersen, G. (1980, April 30). "Growing Up with New Guinea". Conference on {Pigs for the Ancestors} Reconsidered. : New York Academy of Sciences.
Petersen, G. (1980, February 28). "Brilliant Island, Swaying in Soft Motion". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. Galveston, Texas
Petersen, G. (1979, November 30). "The resurgence of Traditional Politics on Ponape". American Anthropological Association annual meetings. Cincinatti
Petersen, G. (1979, March 31). "Illusions and Delusions: Aspects of Dependency on Ponape". Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania meetings. Clearwater Florida
Petersen, G. (1979, April 30). 'Class, Sociobiology, and the Class on Sociobiology". Conference on Marxism and Science. : New York University.
Petersen, G. (1979, August 31). "Contemporary Ponapean Politics". Pacific Islands Seminar. Honolulu: Univeristy of Hawaii.
Petersen, G. (1978, May 31). "Projecting teh Present onto the Past". CUNY Conference on Anthropology and History. : CUNY Graduate Center.
Petersen, G. (1978, February 28). "Full Disclosure: Knowledge Secrecy, and Social Distance". Association for Social Anthropology annual meetings. Monterey, Calif.
Petersen, G. (1976, March 31). "Whose Land Is It?: :and reform and Political Power". Northeastern Anthropological Association annual meetings. : Wesleyan University.
Petersen, G. (1976, November 30). "Ritually Changimg the Seasons". American Anthropological Association annual meetings. Washington, D.C.
Petersen, G. (1975, November 30). "The Evolution of Double Descent in an Oceanic Society". American Anthropological Association annual meetings. San Francisco
Petersen, G. (1970, March 31). "Excavations at 4-CCO-312". Society for California Archaeology meetings. Asilomar, California
Other Scholarly Works
Petersen, G. (2013). Santa Barbara Was My Paris.
Petersen, G., & Tate, N. (2005). Entries on Federated States of Micronesia and Chieftainship. Governments of the World.
Petersen, G., Kaeppler, A., & Love, (1998). Entries on song and dance and on kava ceremonies. Encyclopedia of Word Music: Australia and the Pacific Islands.
Petersen, G., & Oliver, P. (1997). Entries on dwellings, feast houses, and cook houses. Blackweel Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World.
Petersen, G., & Seltzer, R. A. (1996). "Don't Take Responses at Face Value". Mistakes that Social Scientists Make. 28-29.
Petersen, G. (1993). "Micronesia". p108.
Petersen, G. (1986). "Nicaragua: Vietnam Redux?". 17(3), 12-15.
Petersen, G. (1985). "The Age of Asia-Pacific Countries". 3412-18.
Petersen, G. (1975). "What Do We Do Now that We Have Voted To Be Independent?". 6-10.
Reviews
Petersen, G. (2011,March 1). Suffering and Sentiment: Exploring the Vicissitudes of Experience and Pain in Yap. Pacific Affairs.
Petersen, G. (2011,January 1). SUMMONING THE POWERS BEYOND: Traditional Religions in Micronesia. University of Hawai'i Press.
Petersen, G. (2011,October 14). HAWAI'I AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE U.S. AND JAPAN BEFORE THE PACIFIC WAR. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
Petersen, G. (2010,January 1). IMPERIAL ARCHIPELAGO: Representation and Rule in the Insular Territories Under U.S. Dominion After 1898. Writing Past Colonialism.. University of Hawai'i Press.
Petersen, G. (2010,March 1). VANISHED ISLANDS AND HIDDEN CONTINENTS OF THE PACIFIC. Pacific Affairs.
Petersen, G. (2009,April 1). MEMORIES OF WAR: Micronesians in the Pacific War. Pacific Affairs.
Petersen, G. (2000,January 1). Traditional versus Democracy in the South Pacific. Pacific Studies.
Petersen, G. (1995,January 1). "Power Corrupts--Does Corruption Empower?". Oceania.
Petersen, G., Lebot, V., & Lindstrom, L. (1995,January 1). Kava: The Pacific Drug. Pacific Studies.
Petersen, G. (1995,January 1). Sixy-four signed reviews. Library Journal.
Petersen, G., & Dorrance, J. (1994,January 1). The United States and the Pacific Islands. Pacific Affairs.
Petersen, G., & Roff, S. (1993,January 1). Overreaching in Paradise. Australian Journal of International Affairs.
Petersen, G. (1993,January 1). Power Relations and State Formation. Science & Society.
Petersen, G., & Smith, G. (1993,January 1). Micronesia: Decolonisation and U.S. Military Interests in the Pacific Islands Trust Territories. Pacific Affairs.
Petersen, G. (1990,January 1). Culture Kin and Cognition in Oceania. Man.
Petersen, G. (1990,January 1). Nanyo: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese in Micronesia 1885-1945. The American Asia Review.
Petersen, G., & Hanlon, D. (1989,January 1). Upon a Stone Altar. Oceania.
Petersen, G., & Clifford, J. (1989,January 1). The Predicament of Culture. The Contemporary Pacific.
Petersen, G. (1987,January 1). The Solomon Islands: An Experiment in Decentralization. Pacific Studies.
Petersen, G. (1987,January 1). Affluence and cultural Survival. American Ethnologist.
Petersen, G., & Geddes, W. H. (1985,January 1). Atoll Economy. American Ethnologist.
Petersen, G., & Wessman, J. (1983,January 1). Antnropology and Marxism. Science & Society.
Petersen, G., & Hisikatsu, H. (1970,January 1). Society and Life in Palau.
Petersen, G., & Lieber, M. (1970,January 1). More Than a Living. American Ethnologist, forthcoming.
Petersen, G., Premdas, R., & Steeves, J. (1970,January 1). Decentralization and Political Change in Melanesia.
Petersen, G. (1970,January 1). Cultures of Commemoration: The Politics of War, Memory, and History in. University of Hawai‘i Press.
Petersen, G. (1970,January 1). Culture and Democracy. ISLA: A Journal of Micronesian Studies, forthcoming.
Petersen, G., & Kluge, P. F. (1970,January 1). The Edge of Paradise. ISLA: A Journal of Micronesian Studies.
Petersen, G., & Thomas, N. (1970,January 1). Colonialism's Culture. Current Anthropology, forthcoming.
Petersen, G., & Damas, D. (1970,January 1). Bountiful Island. Oceania, forthcoming.
Petersen, G., & Poyer, L. (1970,January 1). "Power Corrupts--Does Corruption Empower?". The Ngatik Massacre: History and Identity on a Micronesian Atoll.
Petersen, G. (1970,January 1). University of Hawai‘i Press.
Petersen, G., & Kensington, A. (1970,January 1). The Constitution of the Marshall Islands: Its Drafting and Current Operations. Pacific Affairs, forthcoming.
Petersen, G., & Meller, N. (1970,January 1). Constitutionalism in Micronesia.
Title | Funding Agency Sponsor | Start Date | End Date | Awarded Date | Total Funding | Status |
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Why We Fight: War and the Arc of Human Experience. | PSC-CUNY 50 | 07/01/2019 | 12/31/2022 | 04/15/2019 | 3466.88 | Completed |
Micronesian Adaptations and Self-Government | PSC-CUNY 38 | 07/01/2007 | 06/30/2008 | 5000 | Completed |
Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Faculty Research Award (PSC-CUNY Grant) | City University | 2000 | |
Obermann Institute for Advanced Studies Fellowship | 1998 | ||
Faculty Research Award (PSC-CUNY Grant) | City University | 1993 | |
Faculty Research Award (PSC-CUNY Grant) | City University | 1990 | |
Senior Research Fellowship | Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University | 1990 | 1989-1990 |
Faculty Research Award (PSC-CUNY Grant) | City University | 1986 | |
Fellowship Leave | Baruch College | 1985 | 1984-1985 |
Fellowship for College Teachers | National Endowment for the Humanities | 1984 | 1983-1984 |
Scholar Incentive Award | City University of New York | 1984 | 1983-1984 |
Faculty Research Award (PSC-CUNY Grant) | City University | 1983 | |
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Grant | 1983 | ||
Summer Fellowship | National Endowment for Humanities | 1981 | |
Faculty Research Award (PSC-BHE Grant) | City University | 1980 | |
Faculty Research Award (PSC-BHE Grant) | City University | 1978 | |
natioanl Research Service Award | Natioanl Institute of Mental Health | 1976 | 1973-1976 |
Columbia University Traveling Fellowship | 1973 | ||
National Institue of General Medical Studies Traineeship in Human Ecology | 1973 | 1970-1973 | |
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship | 1970 |
College
Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
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Academic Advisory Council, Bernard Schwartz Communication Institute | Present | ||
Evening Session supervisor | Present | ||
Human Subjects Review Committee | Present | ||
NEH-sponsored Darwin curriculum program | Participant | Present | |
Department Executive Committee | Present | ||
College Affirmative Action Committee | Present | ||
Chairman | Present | ||
Whiting Fellowship Selection Committee | Present | ||
College P&B | Attendee, Meeting | 8/31/2022 | |
Freshman Text Selection Committee | 12/31/2004 | ||
Committee on Implementing College-wide Use of Keys for Writer | 12/31/2002 | ||
Black and Hispanic Studies Oversight and search Committees | 12/31/2002 | ||
Chair Dept of Sociology & Anthropology | Dept chair | 6/30/2002 | |
WSAS move to the Vertical Campus | Coordinator | 12/31/2001 | |
Freshman Orientation Seminars | Leader | 12/31/2001 | |
Block Scheduling Coordinator | 12/31/2001 | ||
Globus Committee | 12/31/2000 | ||
History Department Search Committee | 12/31/2000 | ||
Human Subjects Review Committee | 12/31/2000 | ||
Core Curriculum Revisions Committee | 12/31/1998 | ||
College Personnel and Budget Committee | 12/31/1996 | ||
The Asheville Conference on Liberal Arts Curriculum Revisions | Participation | 6/30/1996 | |
faculty Development Workshops on Students' Writing | Organizing | 4/30/1996 | |
Curriculum Committee | 12/31/1991 | ||
Multicultural Committee | 12/31/1991 | ||
SLA&S Personnel and Budget Committee | 12/31/1990 | ||
SLA&S Executive Committee | 12/31/1990 | ||
Baruch Gallery Committee | 12/31/1990 | ||
P&B Subcommittee on Special Salary Increments | Chair | 12/31/1988 | |
Executive Committee | Faculty Senate | 12/31/1987 | |
Member, Faculty Senate | 12/31/1987 | ||
Planning Committee, Revised Freshman Orientation Program | 12/31/1986 | ||
Department Bibligrapher | 12/31/1983 | ||
Honors and Awards Committee | 12/31/1983 | ||
SLA&S Released Time Committee | 12/31/1983 | ||
SLA&S Committee on Academic Standing | 12/31/1983 | ||
TAP Waiver Review Committee | 12/31/1983 | ||
Baruch Scholar Candidate Interviews | 12/31/1982 | ||
Selection Committee | Evening Session Student Services Director | 12/31/1982 | |
College Honors Committee | 12/31/1982 | ||
College Committee on Athletics | 12/31/1982 | ||
Secretary of the Department | 12/31/1981 | ||
Library and Film Committee | 12/31/1981 | ||
Acting deputy Chairman | 12/31/1981 |
University
Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
---|---|---|---|
CUNY B.A. students (4) | Chairperson | Present | |
M.A. Program in Liberal Studies Faculty | 1/1/1990 | Present | |
Ph.D. Program in Anthropology Faculty | 1/1/1986 | Present | |
PSY-CUNY/CUNY Committee on establishing a CUNY Employee Assistance Program | 12/31/2004 | ||
PSC-CUNY Program for New Faculty Development | 12/31/2004 | ||
PSC-CUNY Committee on Implementing New Contract-Summer Salaries for Department Chairs | 1/1/2002 | 12/31/2003 | |
Committee on Dissertation Fellowships | 1/1/1993 | 12/31/1999 | |
University Committee on Research | Anthropology Liaison | 1/1/1990 | 12/31/1998 |
Graduate Council | 1/1/1988 | 12/31/1998 | |
Ad Hoc Committee on Recruitment of CUNY Undergraduate Minority Students | 1/1/1988 | 12/31/1989 | |
Student Services Committee | 1/1/1988 | 12/31/1989 | |
"Utilizing New York's resources," for the CUNY Anthropology Conference | Organized and chaired the symposium | 5/31/1979 |
Public
Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science | Member | Present | ||||
Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania | Fellow | Present | ||||
Referee for articles and book manuscripts | Present | |||||
Referee for reseach proposals | Present | |||||
"Old scars and New wounds: Continuities in Nationalism, Autonomy, and Separatism," American Anthropological Association annual meetings | Symposium Organizer | 11/30/1991 | ||||
New York academy of Sciences, Scientists in Schools Program | Participant | 1/1/1979 | 12/31/1988 | |||
Congress of United States | Reviewer for the Office of Technology Assessment's program | 1/1/1985 | 12/31/1986 | |||
United Nations | Session Chair | 10/1/1985 | 5/31/1986 | |||
"Equality and Hierarchy in Historical Counterpoint," American Anthropological Association annual meetings | Symposium Organizer | 12/31/1985 | ||||
U.S. House of Representatives | Testimony solicited by the Interior and Insular Affairs subcommittee hearings on termination of the U.S. Pacific Islands Trusteeship | 4/30/1985 | ||||
U.S. Senate | Testimont before Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee hearings on termination of the U.S. Pacific Islands Trusteeship | 5/31/1984 | ||||
Columbia University Seminar on Ecological Systems and Cultural Evolution | Chairperson | 1/1/1980 | 12/31/1981 |