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Anthropology Professor Ranked No.1 in Boulder Survey
leeson_k@CUBLDR.COLORADO.EDU
Fri, 25 Feb 1994 08:00:56 -0700
February 25, 1994
CU-BOULDER ANTHROPOLOGY PROFESSOR
RATED NUMBER ONE IN 1994 BOULDER CHOICE AWARDS
In a recent survey by the Colorado Daily, Professor Deward E.
Walker, Jr. of anthropology and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and
Race in America, scored tops in the best professor category. Walker, an
expert in contemporary Native American culture, has garnered respect from
students, professors and members of the local Native American community for
his service. CSERA director and professor Evelyn Hu DeHart said "His
reputation is national and he's highly regarded in the Pacific Northwest,
among tribes like the Nez Perce, for his service. He sees himself as an
applied anthropologist, and believes it's required for scholars to take
their knowledge back to communities and put it at their disposal."
In second place was Robert Pois of the history department. Pois,
who specialized in European and German history, is a consummate lecturer
who manages to make the often tragic and violent history of Germany a
vibrant, and sometimes even humorous adventure. Pois is known for his
quips, one-liners and unusual but effective analogies. Other professors
netting votes were Charles Wilkinson, Man-of-the-West, water expert of the
Law School and athlete, inventor, Harley rider, engineer, Igor Gamow of the
physics department.
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