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The second edition of Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Douglas Raybeck’s Mad Dogs, Englishmen, and the Errant Anthropologist: Fieldwork In Malaysia was recently published by Waveland Press, Inc.

Douglas Raybeck, professor of anthropology emeritus, presented a paper titled “Divorce and Modernization: A Comparative Study” at the meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR) held March 1st to 4th in New Orleans.

An article by Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Douglas Raybeck appears in the winter issue of The Journal of College Admission. In “The Conversion of an Internet Cynic” Raybeck describes how he came to appreciate online education.

Douglas Raybeck, professor of anthropology emeritus, contributed a chapter in a new book titled Extraterrestrial Altruism. The chapter, “Predator: Prey Models and Contact Considerations,” focuses on whether or not “an intelligent alien will be beneficent, neutral or hostile.”

Several articles by Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Douglas Raybeck have recently been published in a book and journal. He contributed two chapters to Improving College Education of Veterans and two articles to the journal Cross-Cultural Research.

Hamilton College attracted the media’s attention quite often this year in feature stories and news reports. Among the areas most often addressed by the media in covering Hamilton were topics related to the admission process.

An invited commentary titled "Introduction: Diversity Not Uniformity," written by Professor of Anthropology Douglas Raybeck was published in the June 2009 issue of Ethos, the Journal of the Society of Psychological Anthropology. Raybeck also presented "The Nature of Human Intelligence ... and that of 'Others'?" at the 25th Annual CONTACT Conference at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.

In an article appearing on CBSnews.com and CNET that took a look back at the iconic Apple Super Bowl television ad of 1984, Anthropology Professor Emeritus Douglas Raybeck said, "It's probably the most explicit statement of, basically, a cultural revolution. This is what they're saying--that this is new and really different and revolutionary."

Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Douglas Raybeck was interviewed for a Washington Post article (12/31/08) about the tradition of dropping an object at midnight to mark the entry of a new year. Raybeck contends that it all comes down to a human need to mark moments of change. "It's a shared experience. Everyone can see the inception and the terminus of the ball drop," he said.