in 1964, the reichels founded the department of anthropology at the universidad de los andes at the suggestion of the rector, ramón de zubiría. financed by the ford foundation, they designed a program which would grant a degree in applied anthropology covering studies in archaeology, ethnology, linguistics, material culture studies and physical anthropology. in addition to working as a professor in the department, dussán traveled at her own expense to evaluate the anthropology departments at new york university, tulane university, and ucla to develop programs which could be adapted for the new department. dussán published "problemas y necesidades de la investigación etnológica en colombia" (problems and needs of ethnological research in colombia, 1965) which stressed the urgency of evaluating those communities in danger of having their cultures usurped by modernization. the essay had international impact and created discussion on the importance of fieldwork and preserving indigenous cultures. in 1967, she served as the colombian representative to the first international conference, held in austria, which discussed teaching anthropology in latin america and her paper, presented at the conference urged that their program was ready to undertake postgraduate training. between 1967 and