How It Works
The employee database and its API Plugin are tools that can be used in conjunction with one another to display information about employees in campus departments. This page will walk you through using the Employee Database block on your page to display employee information.
Instructions
- Create the "Employee Database" block and add it to your site.
- Go to "Add Content" > "Blocks" > "Row Blocks" and select the "Employee Database" Block.
- and retrieve the numerical codes to enter into the Block.
- Select the "School" or "College" you are looking for.
- Select the "Department" you are looking for.
- Select the "Type" of employee you are looking for.
- Select the "Tag" associated with that employee Note: Some departments don't use tags, the query will revert to "Type" if this is the case.
- Take note of the numerical values of the School/College, Department, Type and Tag produced by the API.
- Back in Cascade, edit the "Employee Database" block you created. Enter the information generated from the API into the appropriate fields.
- Submit your changes.
- Publish your changes. NB: the Employee Database block does not display fully in Cascade, but only on the live site. Cascade will only display the numerical values retrieved from the API.
Breakdown of the API codes.
- School ID: Each school within the database is referenced by a unique ID.
- Department ID: In combination with the school ID, this identifies your department within the Faculty Database.
- ID(s): Each person in the system is associated with a personnel "type" (Professor, Adjunct, Staff, etc.), and you can filter by these IDs.
- Tag ID(s): Some departments choose to further categorize by research area or specialty with tags.
The section below is an example of what you should see after attaching the employee database block.
Randall Skelton
Professor
Contact
- Office
- Social Sciences 226
- randall.skelton@umontana.edu
- Office Hours
My FALL semester office hours
MTWRF: 8:00 - 8:50.
My SPRING semester office hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00am to 9:00am
Tuesday and Thursday 9:00am to 9:50am
- Curriculum Vitae
Personal Summary
I'm a physical/biological anthropologist.
Education
Where When Degree Earned
Yuba Community College 1973-1975 AA in Life Sciences
University of California, Davis 1975-1977 BS in Anthropology
University of California, Davis 1977-1979 MA in Anthropology
University of California, Davis 1979-1983 PhD in Anthropology
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, Missoula 2001-2006 BS in Computer Science & Mathematical Sciences
Courses Taught
FALL Semester Odd-Numbered Years
- ANTY 210: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
- ANTY 314: Principles of Forensic Anthropology (Changing soon to ANTY 414: Forensic Anthropology & Bioarchaeology)
- ANTY 515: Theory & Methods in Biological Anthropology
- ANTY 512: Advanced Forensic Anthropology
SPRING Semester Odd-Numbered Years
- ANTY 101: Anthropology and the Human Experience
- ANTY 208: Anthropological Statistics
- ANTY 508: Applied Anthropological Statistics
- CJUS 488: Forensic Science The Crime Lab and Beyond
FALL Semester Even-Numbered Years
- ANTY 210: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
- ANTY 314: Principles of Forensic Anthropology (Changing soon to ANTY 414: Forensic Anthropology & Bioarchaeology)
- ANTY 515: Theory & Methods in Biological Anthropology
- ANTY 512: Advanced Forensic Anthropology
SPRING Semester Even-Numbered Years
- ANTY 312: Human Evolution
- ANTY 104: Ancient Migrations
- CJUS 125: Fundamentals of Forensic Science
- CJUS 488: Forensic Science The Crime Lab and Beyond
Teaching Experience
1991-present:
Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor, Anthropology, The Ñý¼§Ö±²¥
1988-1991:
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
1980-1988:
Visiting Lecturer/Assistant Prof, Anthropology, University of California, Davis.
1985-1988
Research Associate, Anthropology, University of California, Davis.
1977-1983
Teaching Assistant & Reader, Anthropology, University of California, Davis.
Research Interests
Phylogenetic Analysis (cladistics)
Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene Hominins
Computational Anthropology
Field of Study
Physical/Biological Anthropology
Human and Primate Evolution
Phylogenetic Analysis (Cladistics), Statistics and Informatics in Anthropology
Forensic Anthropology and Skeletal Biology
Selected Publications
Tornow, Matthew A. and Skelton, Randall R. 2012. A priori assumptions about characters as a cause of incongruence between molecular and morphological hypotheses of primate interrelationships. Primates 53(1):83–96.
Prentiss, Anna Marie; Skelton, Randall R.; Eldridge, Niles; Quinn, Colin, 2011. Get Rad! The Evolution of the Skateboard Deck. Evolution, Education, & Outreach. "Online First" prepublication version available at http://www.springerlink.com/ content/1936-6426/preprint/?sort=p_OnlineDate&sortorder=desc&o=10
Skelton, Randall R., 2011. A Survey of the Forensic Sciences. Raleigh, NC: Lulu Press.
Skelton, Randall R., 2003. Finding a Perfect Body for Sacagawea. A Confluence of Cultures: Native Americans and the Expedition of Lewis and Clark, 2003 Symposium Proceedings, pp. 146-148. Also featured prominently on the DVD produced from the symposium.
Graber, Robert Bates, Skelton, Randall R., Rowlett, Ralph M., Kephart, Ronald, and Brown, Susan Love, 2000. Meeting Anthropology Phase to Phase. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
Skelton, Randall R, 1997. How Children Score on Discriminant Functions Designed for Adults. Intermountain J. of Sci. 3(1):47-53.
Skelton, R.R., H.M. McHenry, and G.M. Drawhorn, 1986. Phylogenetic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene hominids. Current Anthropology 27:21-43.
Publications
Skelton, Randall R., 2000. Physical Anthropology. Section in Microsoft Encarta 2000 encyclopedia.
Skelton, Randall R., 1998. Book review of WHAT THE BONES SAY: TASMANIAN ABORIGINES, SCIENCE AND DOMINATION. International J. of Osteoarchaeology, 8(3):224-227.
Skelton, Randall R., 1996. A Suggested Method for Using Means Data in Discriminant Functions Using Anthropometric Data. Journal of World Anthropology 1(4). .
Skelton, Randall R., 1995. The Impact of the Human Remains & Burial Site Protection Act on the Practice of Archaeology in Montana. Archaeology in Montana 36(1):33-35.
Skelton, Randall R., 1994. Book Review of Kingdon, Jonathan, 1993, Self-Made Man: Human Evolution from Eden to Extinction? John Wiley, New York. ISBN 0-471-30538-3. xiii + 368 pp. $27.95 (cloth). Am. J. Phys. Anthrop. 94:160-161.
Skelton, R.R. and McHenry, H.M., 1992. Evolutionary Relationships among Plio-Pleistocene Hominids. J. Human Evolution 23:309-349.
Skelton, Randall R., 1990. Primate Evolution Textbooks. Amer. J. Primatology 21:73-75.
Skelton, Randall R., 1990. Beneath the surface: The promise and problems of the Laetoli site. Amer. J. of Primatology 20:57-62.
Skelton, R.R. and H.M. McHenry, 1986. On the phylogenetic analysis of early hominids. Reply. Current Anthropology 27:363-365.
Skelton, R.R., H.M. McHenry, and G.M. Drawhorn, 1986. Phylogenetic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene hominids. Current Anthropology 27:21-43.
McHenry, Henry M. and Randall R. Skelton, 1985. Is Australopithecus africanus ancestral to Homo? In: Hominid Evolution: Past, Present and Future. Phillip V. Tobias (ed.). Pp. 221-226. Alan R. Liss, New York.
Skelton, R.R., H.M. McHenry, and G.M. Drawhorn, 1984. Phylogenetic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene hominids. Amer. J. Physical Anthropology 63(2):219.
Skelton, Randall R., 1983. Amino acid racemization dating: Its reliability for North American Archaeology. Ph.D dissertation in Anthropology, U of CA, Davis.
Skelton, R.R., 1982. A test of the applicability of amino acid racemization dating for Northern California. Amer. J. Physical Anthropology 57(2):228-229.
Affiliations
Member: American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Specialized Skills
Physical Anthropology; Phylogenetic Analysis; Forensic Anthropology