Dr. Ackerman's Courses:

ANTHROPOLOGY 205: Anthropology and Human Nature

• Syllabus
• The Universal People
• Father and Son
• Primal Myths
• Original Affluent Society
• Malcolm X: Transference
• Maintenance of Meaning and Motivation
• Myth of the Great Father
• The Loss of the Creature
• The Dreaming, an Australian World View
• Deceit of the Raven
• Hey Hey, We’re the Monkeys
• The Animal Self
• For a Price, Final Resting Places that Even Tut Could Appreciate
• Cultured Chimpanzees get the Message
• Writing in the Dark
• The Bonobas
• Patch Job
• Robert Hass Discusses His Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poetry

ANTHROPOLOGY 259: Hunting Societies

• The Dreaming, an Australian World View
• Hunters and Gatherers

ANTHROPOLOGY 227: American Culture

· The American Culture Dialogue and Its Transmission

· Creating America

· The Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education

· Is Freedom Just Another Word for Many Things to Buy?

· A Fine Romance

· Dress codes get tough on teenage fashions

· The Millionaires Who Don't Feel Rich

· The Road to Rightville

· Thy Neighbor’s Stash

· The Devil Sells Prada

· Middle-Class Life After Maytag?