Currently on leave
mgdavis@truman.edu
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Michael
Davis has been at Truman since 1974. He holds his bachelor’s degree in
German and his master’s and doctorate degrees in anthropology, all from
the University of Oklahoma. His teaching duties include introductory
anthropology (now called Anthropological Inquiry), cultural
anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and North American Indians. His
current research focuses on Native North America, the cultural
anthropology of the martial arts, paleotechnology, and Tai Chi Chuan. He
is a fellow of the American Anthropological Association, a member of the
Central States Anthropological Society, and a member of the Central
Eurasian Studies Society. He has published a book (Ecology,
Sociopolitical Organization, and Cultural Change on the Southern Plains,
Thomas Jefferson University Press) and articles on the Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma, Native North American Archery, and Tai Chi Chuan. Dr.
Davis is currently on leave from 2008-2009.