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Jonathan Andelson was born in Chicago, attended college at Grinnell, and earned his doctorate in anthropology at the University of Michigan in 1974. His main interests are intentional communities, religion, human ecology, and encounters among peoples of different cultures. His principal field research, on the Amana Colonies of Iowa, has resulted in numerous publications, and he is currently at work on a book-length study of Amana culture and history. He is past president of the Communal Studies Association and currently serves as book review editor of the journal COMMUNAL SOCIETIES. He and his wife, Karin Stein, have three daughters. |
PROFESSOR ANDELSON'S CURRICULUM VITA
Place Studies meets Prairie Studies meets Anthropology in Jon Andelson’s essay, “Changing Heroes,” which first appeared in the Fall 2008 issue of The Land Report, published by The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. It is reprinted here with permission.