J. Kenneth Smail Professor of Anthropology Davis House 20 OFFICE: (740) 427-5812 FAX: (740) 427-5815 e-mail: smail@kenyon.edu

Courses Taught:

Anthropology 110, Human Origins: Paleoanthropology -- Course Description and Course Syllabus
Anthropology 111, Contemporary Humans: Bioanthropology -- Course Description and Course Syllabus
Anthropology 320, Primate and Human Paleobiology: The Fossil Record -- Course Description and Course Syllabus
Anthropology 321, Evolution and Human Evolution: History, Theory, and Current Issues -- Course Description and Course Syllabus
Anthropology 322, Primate Behavior and Social Organization -- Course Description and Course Syallabus
Anthropology 325, Human Osteology, Anthropometry & Forensic Anthropology -- Course Description and Course Syllabus
Anthropology 326, Human Nature and Culture: Evolutionary Perspectives -- Course Description and Course Syllabus

Specializations/Teaching Interests:

Physical anthropology, primate and human paleobiology, peace and conflict resolution studies, evolutionary theory, human demography, evolution of human behavior.

Selected Recent Publications:

Lineage Separation Among Australopithecines: Penrose C2H Analysis Utilizing Contemporary Homo sapiens and African Baboons as Analogues. Ph.D. Dissertation, Yale University, University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, 1976.

"Legalizing Evolution", Anthropology Newsletter (American Anthropological Association), vol. 22, no. 5, p. 21. Washington, D.C., 1981.

"A Reciprocal Hostage Exchange Programme as a New Approach to World Peace", Gandhi Marg: Journal of the Gandhi Peace Foundation, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 507-521 (August), New Delhi, India, 1982.

"Building Bridges Via Reciprocal Hostage Exchange: A Confidence-Enhancing Alternative to Nuclear Deterrence," Bulletin of Peace Proposals, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 167-177 (June), Oslo, Norway, 1985.

Review of Thomas Toch's  In The Name of Excellence: The Struggle to Reform the Nation's Schools, Oxford University Press, New York. In Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin (August 1991).

"Gaining Natural Science Course Credit for Offerings in Physical/Biological Anthropology," FOSAP Newsletter, vol. 4, no. 1, Fall 1995 (Federation of Small Anthropology Programs).

"The Giving of Hostages", Politics and The Life Sciences, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 77-85 (March 1997).

"Averting the 21st Century's Demographic Crisis: Can Human Numbers be Reduced by 75%?",  Population and Environment, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 565-580 (July 1997).

"Beyond Population Stabilization: The Case for Dramatically Reducing Global Human Numbers",  Politics and the Life Sciences, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 183-192 (September 1997).

"Population Growth Seems to Affect Everything But Is Seldom Held Responsible For Anything",  Politics and the Life Sciences, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 231-236 (September 1997).

Note: The above two papers were accompanied by 16 "Commentaries" contributed by an international group of scholars and public policy analysts (Politics and the Life Sciences, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 193-230).

"Global Population Will Reach Crisis Proportions by 2050," in Population: Opposing Viewpoints,  Editors, Opposing Viewpoints Series. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000.

"Let's Reduce Global Population", in Macionis, J.J. and N.V. Benokraitis, Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology (5th edition). New York: Prentice-Hall, 2001.

"Remembering Malthus: A Preliminary Argument for a Significant Reduction in Global Human Numbers," American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 118, no. 3, pp. 292-297 (July 2002).

"Confronting A Surfeit of People: Reducing Global Human Numbers to Sustainable Levels (An Essay On Population Two Centuries After Malthus)," Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 21-50. (2002)

"Contribution to the 2nd Footprint Forum, Part II," Optimum Population Trust Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 13 (2003)

"Remembering Malthus II: Establishing Sustainable Population Optimums," American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 122, no. 3, pp. 287-294 (November 2003).

"Remembering Malthus III: Implementing a Global Population Reduction," American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 123, no. 2, pp. 295-300 (November, 2003)

"Remembering Malthus: A Preliminary Argument for a Significant Reduction in Global Human Numbers," in Malthus, Thomas R., An Essay on the Principle of Population, 2nd edition (Norton Critical Edition, edited by Philip Appleman). New York: W.W. Norton, 2004.

"Global Population Reduction: Confronting the Inevitable," World-Watch, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 58-59 (September/October).

Personal and Professional:

For details about Professor Smail's background and interests, both personal and professional, see his brief biography. Included also is his Profile that appeared in Kenyon College's Fortnightly Newsletter on March 1, 1999; as well as, the Citation for his honorary Doctor of Science degree presented at Kenyon's 2004 Commencement ceremony.