Ulithi Atoll, Micronesia

Rebecca A. Stephenson (Editor) Rebecca A. Stephenson earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Oregon in 1971 and 1976, respectively. She earned a B.A. in anthropology from Hamline University, St. Paul Minnesota in 1969. In 2007, Dr. Stephenson retired with the rank of Professor of Anthropology from the University of Guam, where she served as a faculty member since 1977. Her many publications and conference papers address topics in the Pacific-Asia region such as socio-cultural change, youth, values, ethnicity, tourism, and globalization. Stephenson was the co-principal investigator for two projects funded by EARTHWATCH, on Guam from 1980 to 1981, and in the Cook Islands, Polynesia, from 1985 to 1989. She was the co-director of the Balinese Macaque Project in Indonesia from 1999 to 2002. Dr. Stephenson was named a Life Fellow of the Pacific Science Association in 2003.Mary L. Spencer (Editor) Mary L. Spencer is Dean Emerita of the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences and is a retired professor of psychology and Micronesian Studies at the University of Guam. Throughout her training at the University of Kansas and the University of New Mexico, and in her research in California, Hawaii, and the Micronesian region, Dr. Spencer lived and worked in multi-ethnic/multi-racial environments. In California, she conducted many program evaluations and consultancies for the California State Department of Education with bilingual education programs. Her bilingual education work led to an opportunity to go to Guam to teach summer school courses and eventually join the University of Guam's psychology program on a permanent faculty basis, leading to language, education, and social research with the Asian and Micronesian children and families of Guam and the wider Micronesian region. As Dean of a large college for a decade, she supported and inspired faculty in several disciplines to engage in language and culture research, teaching, and service activities relevant to regional needs.

"The book Ulithi Atoll, Micronesia makes a lasting academic contribution to Micronesian and Pacific Island Studies by publishing unique and detailed scholarly work about Ulithi Atoll. The book can be used at all academic levels from high school through undergraduate to graduate level courses, will be of interest to tourists, and especially to the students of Ulithi and Yap. The book will also be of interest to other private and public institutions and employers who have immigrants from Ulithi or other islands in Micronesia." (Pacific Asia Inquiry)