<p>The <i> Lambda Alpha Journal</i> is published by the Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at The Wichita State University. The <i> Lambda Alpha Journal </i>is partially funded by the Wichita State University Student Government Association. </p> <p><u> Editor-in_Chief</u> Dr. Lowell D. Holmes <br> <u>Editor </u> Dr. Peer H. Moore-Jansen </p> <p><u>Student Editor</u> A. T. Freeman <br> <u>Production Editor </u> Richard H. Plouch </p>

Recent Submissions

  • Lambda Alpha Journal, v.23 (complete version) 

    Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1992)
    This issue of LAJ consists of four articles: The evolution of the Nation of Islam by Albert Mistrano; An analysis of the chimpanzees of the Sedgwick County Zoo by Susan Hascall, Carolyn Johnson, and Becky Cooper; The ...
  • The Evolution of the Nation of Islam 

    Mistrano, Albert (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1992)
    The change from Elijah Poole to Elijah Muhammad began a long and intricate development of a socioeconomic and religious movement that proved to fully transform radical Black Nationalism from a mere aggregate of ...
  • An analysis of the chimpanzees of the Sedgwick County Zoo 

    Hascall, Susan; Johnson, Carolyn; Cooper, Becky (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1992)
    In recent decades, much attention has been devoted to the study of primates in the wild. There has, however, been little research done on primates in captivity. This study focuses on a captive chimpanzee troop in the ...
  • The discourse of gangs: Angelville graffiti 

    Anderson, D.M. (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1992)
    The graffiti of Angelville has been placed on the walls by gang members to at once signify their existence to passersby and also to communicate with other gangs. The signs in which the message is expressed, or coded, is ...
  • Evaluation of frequency of use by orangutans of structures and locations within a captive environment 

    McGuire-Rook, Linda (Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society at Wichita State University, 1992)
    An orangutan exhibit at the Sedgwick County Zoo is studied for the purpose of examining the social behavior of orangutans in a captive environment. Specific reference is made to the patterns of use of various movable and ...