Lende CV, March 2015, Page 1
Daniel H. Lende
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Ave, SOC 107
Tampa, FL 33620-8100
813-974-2138 (ofc), 813-974-2668 (fax)
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology
Education
Ph.D. in Anthropology, Emory University, August 2003
Dissertation: “Pattern and Paradox: Adolescent Substance Use and Abuse in
Bogotá, Colombia”
Committee: Euclid O. Smith (chair), Claire Sterk, Carol Worthman, Robert Paul,
Jean-Paul Roussaux
A.B. in Anthropology, magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1991
Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa,
FL, 33620. August 2010-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, IN 46556. August 2004-June 2010
Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, IN 46556. August 2007-June 2010
Visiting Professor, Departamento de Antropología, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán,
Colombia. August 2004-December 2004
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins
School of Public Health, Emory University. September 2003-August 2004
Research Director, San Gregorio Therapeutic Community, Bogotá, Colombia. January
1995-January 1996.
Freelance Journalist, Bogotá, Colombia. January 1994-January 1996.
Counselor, San Gregorio Therapeutic Community, Bogotá, Colombia. July 1993-January
1996.
Co-Supervisor, Pandrillus: Drill Rehabilitation and Breeding Center, Calabar, Nigeria.
June 1991-June 1992.
Grants & Fellowships
Lemelson/Society for Psychological Anthropology Research Conference Award, 2009
J. William Fulbright Foreign Lecturing/Research Scholarship, Fall 2004
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National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institute on Drug
Abuse, 2000-2003.
J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship for Doctoral Dissertation Research, 1999-2000
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, 1997-1999
Mellon Foundation Grant for Predoctoral Research, Summer 1998
Emory University Graduate Fellowship, 1996-1999
Distinctions, Honors, Awards
Faculty Mentor Award, Graduate Student Organization, Department of Anthropology,
University of South Florida, 2013
Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology, 2009 - present
Neuroanthropology PLOS, 2nd place in “Best Anthropology Blogs.” Chosen from 120
active anthropology blogs, http://anthropologyreport.com/survey-10-best-
anthropology-blogs/, 2011.
Rodney F. Ganey, Ph.D., Faculty Community-Based Research Award, Center for Social
Concerns, University of Notre Dame, 2009.
Video accompanying Ganey Award available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5qTEBtvlVw
Neuroanthropology blog, Award for Online Anthropology, Savage Minds: Notes and
Queries in Anthropology, 2008
Young Investigator Award, American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2004
Additional Grants
“Exercise and Applied Neuroanthropology.” Creative Scholarship Grant, USF Research
and Innovation Internal Awards Program, University of South Florida, $8500,
Spring 2014
“Exercise and Applied Neuroanthropology.” College of Arts and Sciences Internal
Awards, University of South Florida, $1500, Spring 2014
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Research and Creative Work Grant,
University of Notre Dame, Summer 2009
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Conference Grant, University of Notre
Dame, Spring 2009
Kellogg Institute Conference Grant, University of Notre Dame, Spring 2009
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Travel to International Conferences Grant,
University of Notre Dame, Summer 2008
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Research Needs Grant, University of Notre
Dame, Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006, Fall 2005
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Kobayashi Travel Fund, Faculty Research Program, University of Notre Dame, Summer
2006, Summer 2005.
Center for Social Concerns Course Development Grant, University of Notre Dame,
Spring 2006
Ganey Collaborative Community-Based Research Mini-Grant, Center for Social
Concerns, University of Notre Dame, Summer 2005.
Burke Nicholson Interdisciplinary Forum Award, Emory University, Fall 2002. For
March 2003 symposium “Building Biocultural Anthropology”
Department of Anthropology Symposium Series Award, Emory University, Spring 2002.
For March 2003 symposium “Building Biocultural Anthropology”
Books
Lende, Daniel H. (in prep). Addiction: A Search for Understanding.
Lende, Daniel H. & Downey, Greg, editors (2012). The Encultured Brain: An
Introduction to Neuroanthropology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Comprehensive description available at:
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/the-encultured-brain/
Refereed Articles
Kilpatrick, Marcus W., Martinez, Nic, Little, Jon, Jung, Mary, Jones, Andrew M., Price,
Nick, and Lende, Daniel H. (2014). Impact of high-intensity interval duration on
perceived exertion. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise epub ahead of
print.
Lende, Daniel H. (2013). The Newtown massacre and anthropology's public response.
American Anthropologist 115(3): 466-469.
Lende, Daniel H. (2012). Poverty poisons the brain. Annals of Anthropological Practice
36(1): 183-201.
Lende, Daniel H. & Downey, Greg (2012). Neuroanthropology and its applications.
Annals of Anthropological Practice 36(1): 1-25.
Collura, Gino & Lende, Daniel H. (2012). On neuroanthropology and posttraumatic
stress disorder: Preventing PTSD before it begins. Annals of Anthropological
Practice 36(1): 131-148.
Lende, Daniel H. & Lachiondo, Alicia. (2009). Embodiment and breast cancer among
African-American women. Qualitative Health Research 19: 216-228.
Towle, Megan S. & Lende, Daniel H. (2008). Community approaches to prevention of
mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission: Perspectives from rural Lesotho.
African Journal of AIDS Research 7(2): 219-228.
Lende, Daniel H., Leonard Terri, Sterk, Claire E. & Elifson, Kirk (2007). Functional
methamphetamine use: The insiders’ perspective. Addiction Research and Theory
15(5): 465-477.
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Bruehl, Alexanda M., Lende, Daniel H., Schwartz, Melissa, Sterk, Claire E. & Elifson,
Kirk (2006). Craving and control: Methamphetamine users’ narratives. Journal of
Psychoactive Drugs 38(4: SARC Supplement 3): 385-392.
Lende, Daniel H. (2005). Wanting and drug use: A biocultural analysis of addiction.
Ethos 33(1): 100-124.
Hruschka, Daniel J., Lende, Daniel H., & Worthman, Carol M. (2005). Biocultural
dialogues: Biology and culture in psychological anthropology. Ethos 33(1): 1-19.
Lende, Daniel H. (2005). Colombia y la prevención sociocultural del uso de droga.
(Colombia and the sociocultural prevention of drug use) Humanidades 8(11-12):
9-30.
Lende, Daniel H. & Smith, E.O. (2002). Evolution meets biopsychosociality: An analysis
of addictive behavior. Addiction 97(4):447-458.
Lende, Daniel H. & Smith, E.O. (2001). Evolution and substance abuse. Medicina delle
Tossicodipendenze (Italian Journal of Addiction) 31:19-29.
Refereed Book Chapters
Lende, Daniel H. (2013). Biocultural anthropology. Oxford Bibliographies in
Anthropology, John L. Jackson, Jr., editor-in-chief. Oxford University Press.
Electronic version available at:
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199766567/obo-
9780199766567-0095.xml
Lende, Daniel H. & Downey, Greg (2012). The encultured brain: Development, case
studies, and methods. In: The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to
Neuroanthropology, Daniel H. Lende & Greg Downey, editors. Pp. 3-22.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Downey, Greg & Lende, Daniel H. (2012). Neuroanthropology and the encultured brain.
In: The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology, Daniel H.
Lende & Greg Downey, editors. Pp. 23-66. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Downey, Greg & Lende, Daniel H. (2012). Evolution and the brain. In: The Encultured
Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology, Daniel H. Lende & Greg Downey,
editors. Pp. 103-138. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Lende, Daniel H. (2012). Addiction and neuroanthropology. In: The Encultured Brain:
An Introduction to Neuroanthropology, Daniel H. Lende & Greg Downey,
editors. Pp. 339-362. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Lende, Daniel H. & Downey, Greg (2012). The encultured brain: Towards the future. In:
The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology, Daniel H. Lende &
Greg Downey, editors. Pp. 391-419. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Panter-Brick, Catherine, Lende, Daniel H. & Kohrt, Brandon A. (2012). Children in
global adversity: Physical, mental, behavioral, and symbolic dimensions in health.
In: Oxford Handbook of Poverty and Child Development, Valerie Maholmes &
Rosalind B. King, editors. Pp. 603-621. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Lende, Daniel H. (2007). Evolution and modern behavioral problems: The case of
addiction. In: Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives, Wenda
Trevathan, E.O. Smith & James J. McKenna, editors. Pp. 277-290. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Lende, Daniel H. & Smith, E.O. (2004). Evoluzione, uso di sostanze e dipendenza.
(Evolution, substance use and addiction) In: Medicina Darwiniana (Darwinian
Medicine), Gilberto Corbellini & Stefano Canali, editors. Pp. 187-221. Bologna:
Apeiron.
Lende, Daniel H. (1996). “El viaje de un muchacho—caso particular” (The voyage of one
boy—a case study). In: Adolescencia y Toxicomania: Hacia Un Proceso de
Reinsercion (Adolescence and Addiction: Towards a Process of Reinsertion), Jose
Antonio Lopez & Gloria Guzman, editors. Pp. 157-179. Bogotá: El Greco
Impresores.
Peer-Reviewed Commentaries
Lende, Daniel H. (2014). Commentary on “The ties that bind us: Ritual, fusion, and
identification.” Current Anthropology 55(6) 685-686.
Lende, Daniel H. (2011). Drug instrumentalization and evolution: Going even further.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 34: 317-318.
Lende, Daniel H. (2009). Culture and the organization of diversity: Reflections on the
future of quantitative methods in psychological anthropology. Ethos 37(2): 243-
250.
Lende, Daniel H. (2008). Addiction: More than innate rationality. Behavioral and Brain
Sciences 31: 453-454.
Lende, D.H. (2004). Letter to the editor: Review of Fomon’s “Assessment of Growth of
Formula-Fed Infants: Evolutionary Considerations.” Pediatrics 114: 1365.
Edited Journal Volumes
Lende, Daniel H. & Downey, Greg, guest editors (2012). Special issue of Annals of
Anthropological Practice 36(1): “Neuroanthropology and Its Applications.”
Overview available at:
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2012/09/27/applied-neuroanthropology-
a-new-field-a-new-issue/
Lende, Daniel H., Hruschka, Daniel J., & Worthman, Carol M., guest editors (2005).
Special issue of Ethos 33(1): “Building Biocultural Anthropology.”
Online Projects
Co-founder and co-editor, Neuroanthropology PLOS, one of eleven founding blogs of
Public Library of Science Blogs. September 2010 – present. This site has
1,360,000 page views, 800,000 unique visitors, and has been read in 217 countries
and territories. http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/
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Founder and chief editor, Medical Anthropology Wiki. This wiki, written and edited by
faculty and graduate students at the University of South Florida, was founded in
April 2010. It features 125 entries, and has received 500,000 site visits from
200,000 visitors in 203 countries and territories. http://medanth.wikispaces.com/
Co-founder and chief editor, Neuroanthropology on Facebook, a Facebook page
featuring short posts, news, and links to papers. 4500 likes.
http://www.facebook.com/neuroanthro
Creator and co-organizer, The Hub: Your Academic Life @ Notre Dame. Online platform
to exchange ideas, information, and advice within the Notre Dame student
community. http://thehub.nd.edu/.
Co-founder and co-editor, Neuroanthropology: For a Greater Understanding of the
Encultured Brain and Body. Independent blog co-founded with Greg Downey in
December 2007. 3,600,000 site visits. http://neuroanthropology.net/.
Creator and Editor, “The Best of Anthropology Blogging 2008,” hosted at
Neuroanthropology, http://neuroanthropology.net/best-of-anthro/. This online
reader featured the best writing from 36 anthropology blogs, including two
editorials on The Relevance of Anthropology.
Electronic Publications
Lende, Daniel H. (2012). Why we protest. Anthropologies: Occupy and Open Access,
March 2012 issue. http://www.anthropologiesproject.org/2012/03/why-we-
protest.html
Lende, Daniel H. (2011). Anthropology in public and anthropologists coming together:
Two reflections on purpose. Anthropologies: Anthropology with Purpose:
Applied, Public, Academic, October 2011 issue.
http://www.anthropologiesproject.org/2011/10/anthropology-in-public-and.html
Lende, Daniel H. (2010). Public anthropology: The example of the culture of poverty.
Anthropology and Publicity. http://antpub.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/public-
anthropology-the-example-of-the-culture-of-poverty/
Downey, Greg & Lende, Daniel H. (2009). The encultured brain: Why
neuroanthropology? Why now? Neuroanthropology.
http://neuroanthropology.net/2009/10/08/the-encultured-brain-why-
neuroanthropology-why-now/
Lende, Daniel H. & Lehrer, Jonah (2008). Getting hooked on sin. Scientific American.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=getting-hooked-on-sin
Principal writer, Neuroanthropology. I have written 1025 posts, 725 on
Neuroanthropology.net and 300 on Neuroanthropology PLOS.
Lende, Daniel H. & Hruschka, Daniel J. (2007). Teach with Ethos: Building biocultural
anthropology. Hosted at Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological
Anthropology. http://ethos.anthro.illinois.edu/BldgBioCultural.htm
Selection of Neuroanthropology Posts
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The posts below cover three main areas: (1) public and digital anthropology, (2) science
in public, including addressing contemporary controversies, and (3) the development of
neuroanthropology and its links to other fields
Applied Anthropology as Limit, December 12, 2014
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2014/12/22/applied-anthropology-limit/
Our Brains as Alien Technology, July 19, 2014
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2014/07/19/brains-alien-technology/
Anthropology: Growth and Relevance, Not Popularity, September 12, 2013
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2013/09/12/anthropology-growth-and-
relevance-not-popularity/
Digital Anthropology: Projects and Platforms, November 28, 2011
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2011/11/28/digital-anthropology-
projects-and-platforms/
On Reaching a Broader Public: Five Ideas for Anthropologists, March 3, 2010
http://neuroanthropology.net/2010/03/03/on-reaching-a-broader-public-five-ideas-
for-anthropologists/
Anthropology, Science, and Public Understanding, December 1, 2010
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2010/12/01/anthropology-science-and-
public-understanding/
Florida Governor: Anthropology Not Needed Here, October 11, 2011
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2011/10/11/florida-governor-
anthropology-not-needed-here/
American Anthropological Association Changes Opposition to Open Access – Plus a
Proposal to Do More, February 4, 2012
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2012/02/04/american-anthropological-
association-changes-opposition-to-open-access-%e2%80%93-plus-a-proposal-to-
do-more/
Newtown and Violence – No Easy Answers, December 17, 2012
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2012/12/17/newtown-and-violence-no-
easy-answers/
Sex, Lies and IRB Tape: Netporn to SurveyFail, September 6, 2009
http://neuroanthropology.net/2009/09/06/sex-lies-and-irb-tape-netporn-to-
surveyfail/
Franz Boas and Neuroanthropology, June 29, 2012
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2012/06/29/franz-boas-and-
neuroanthropology/
Book Reviews
Lende, Daniel H. (2013). Review: The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession
along the Rio Grande. Angela Garcia. Ethos 41(1): DOI: 10.1111/etho.12006
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Lende, Daniel H. (2009). Review: Understanding Trauma: Integrating Biological,
Clinical, and Cultural Perspectives. Laurence J. Kirmayer, Robert Lemelson, and
Mark Barad, eds. Ethos 37(2):1-3.
Published Abstracts
Lende, Daniel H. (2009). Human biology as an applied discipline: Theoretical insights
from Colombia and the United States. American Journal of Human Biology 21(2):
259.
Lende, Daniel H. (2007). Life history theory, early childhood risk and adolescent
behavior in Colombia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 132(S44):
154.
Lende, Daniel H. & Smith E.O. (2004). Risks into rewards: Evolutionary theory and
addictive behavior. Journal of Addictive Diseases 23(2): 142.
Smith E.O. & Lende, Daniel H. (2004). Evolutionary theory and addictive behavior: A
new perspective. Journal of Addictive Diseases 23(2): 152.
Other Publications
Downey, Greg & Lende, Daniel H. (2009). The encultured brain: Neuroanthropology and
interdisciplinary engagement. Anthropology News 50(3): 56-57.
Bouskill, Kathryn, Pelligra, Stephanie, Nally, M. Caroline, Carroll, Katherine & Lende,
Daniel H. (2007). Underneath It All: Humor in Breast Cancer. South Bend, IN:
African American Women in Touch. Community-based guide used in Memorial
Hospital, South Bend, Indiana.
Marsteller, Fred, Lende, Daniel H. & Bauer, Deb, editors. (2004). Immigrants and
Refugees in Georgia: Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment. Georgia Department
of Human Resources, Atlanta, Georgia. Guide prepared for state-wide
distribution to treatment service providers.
Lende, Daniel H. (2004). Overview of therapeutic work with immigrants. In: Immigrants
and Refugees in Georgia: Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment, Fred Martsteller,
Daniel H. Lende & Deb Bauer, editors. Pp. 32-41. Georgia Department of Human
Resources, Atlanta, Georgia.
Lende, Daniel H. (2004). Master resource list. In: Immigrants and Refugees in Georgia:
Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment, Fred Martsteller, Daniel H. Lende and Deb
Bauer, editors. Pp.174-185. Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Lende, Daniel H. (2004). Glossary terms. In: Immigrants and Refugees in Georgia:
Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment, Fred Martsteller, Daniel H. Lende & Deb
Bauer, editors. Pp.186-192. Georgia Department of Human Resources, Atlanta,
Georgia.
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Keynote & Invited Lectures
“Beyond the Plastic Brain: The Anthropology of Neuroanthropology,” Department of
Anthropology, University of Arizona, February 2015
“Neuroanthropology and the Biocultural Approach: Understanding Human Brain
Variation in the Wild,” Center for Mind, Brain and Culture, Emory University,
November 2014
“Addiction and Biodeterminism.” End of Biodeterminism? New Directions for Medical
Anthropology Conference, Aarhus University, Denmark, October 2014
“Hooked on the Brain? On Using Neuroscience in Anthropology,” New York Academy
of Sciences & Wenner-Gren Foundation, NYC, March 2014
“The Brain Enters the Field: Neuroanthropology and Its Applications” University of
North Carolina Asheville, NC, November 2013
“Neuroanthropology: Neuroscience Meets the Real World” University of North Carolina
Asheville, NC, November 2013
“Neuroanthropology: What It Is and Why You Should Care.” Invited Guest, Brain
Science Podcast, May 2013. Available at
http://brainsciencepodcast.com/bsp/2013/neuroanthropolgy-what-is-it-and-why-
should-you-care-bsp-97.
“An Anthropology of Adversity,” Anthropology Colloquium, Department of
Anthropology, Cornell University, April 2013.
“Internet Addiction, Evolutionary Psychology, and Neuroanthropology.”
Bloggingheads.tv with Robert Wright, October 2012. Available at:
http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/11600
Slate featured a short version, “The Psychology of Constantly Checking Twitter,”
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_wright_show/2012/10/14/daniel_lende_the_psyc
hology_of_constantly_checking_twitter.html
“Neuroanthropology and Medicine: Addiction, Trauma, and Health.” Philip W. Felts
Lecture in the Humanities, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, May 2012.
“The Encultured Brain.” Invited Guest, Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour, December 2011.
Available at: http://twit.tv/show/dr-kikis-science-hour/124
“Evolution, Behavior, and the Encultured Brain.” EvoS Seminar Series, Binghamton
University, Binghamton, New York, February 2010. Available at:
http://evolution.binghamton.edu/evos/2010/02/video-of-daniel-lendes-evos-
seminar/
“Neuroscience and the Real World.” The Encultured Brain Conference, Notre Dame,
Indiana, October 2009. Available at:
http://streaming.nd.edu/neuroanthropology/encultured_brain/lende.wmv
“Addiction and the Brain: Turning Neuroscience into Anthropology.” Anthropologies of
Addiction Workshop, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, April 2009.
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“Five Varieties of the Cultural Brain.” Critical Neurosciences Workshop, McGill
University, Montreal, Quebec, July 2008.
“Understanding Behavioral Health Problems in the Community: Behavioral Science
Meets Anthropology.” Keynote Address, Third Annual Latino Behavioral Health
Summit, Angola, Indiana, November 2007.
“What is Addiction? Anthropology between Disease and Morality.” Anthropology Club
Luncheon Lecture Series, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University-
Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 2007.
“Leading the Scholarship of Engagement in a Research Institution.” Keynote Address,
Fourth Annual Summer Institute on Service-Learning and Community-Based
Research, Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, May 2007.
“The Biocultural Dilemma: Traditional Famine or a New Feast.” Advancing Biocultural
Perspectives in Physical Anthropology Conference, University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana, February 2007.
“Community-Based Research and Teaching at Notre Dame.” Joint presentation, National
Community Based Research Networking Initiative Conference, Princeton, New
Jersey, September 2006.
“Compulsive Involvement and the Cycle of Addiction.” Department of Psychiatry,
Université de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, July 2006.
“Antropología Urbana y Intervención Social” (Urban Anthropology and Social
Intervention). Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia,
November 2004.
“Toxicomanie: Perspectives Anthropologiques.” (Addiction: Anthropological
Perspectives) Journée d’étude, Department of Psychiatry, University of Louvain,
Brussels, Belgium, March 2004.
Papers & Presentations
“Assembling Addiction and Blaming Genes,” American Anthropological Association,
113th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, December 2014.
“Looking Back, Moving Forward: Reflections on Public Engagement in the
Anthropology of Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco” Roundtable, American
Anthropological Association 112th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November
2013.
“The Roots of Neuroanthropology and Some Applications” Anthropology Club,
University of South Florida St. Petersburg, FL, October 2013
“Addiction, Neuroanthropology, and Public Psychiatry” Whither Public Psychiatry?
Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, March 2013.
“Addiction and the Intersection of Neuroscience and Culture,” Clinical Psychology
Brownbag Lecture, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL, December 2012
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“Brains in the Wild: Steps for a Neuroanthropology of Everyday Life,” American
Anthropological Association 111th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
November 2012.
“Maintaining a Balance with Open Access,” Open Access Week, University of South
Florida, Tampa, FL, October 2012.
“Addressing Controversies Online Using Public Platforms.” Society for Applied
Anthropology 72nd Annual meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2012.
“Food Insecurity, Mental Health and Embodiment in the Monteverde Region of Costa
Rica: Merging Political Economy and Phenomenology to Explore the Biocultural
Connections between Food Insecurity, Stress, Depression, and Anxiety.” Co-
authored paper. Society for Applied Anthropology 72nd Annual Meeting,
Baltimore, MD, March 2012.
“On Going Digital: Past, Present, and Future.” American Anthropological Association
110th Annual Meeting, Montreal, November 2011.
“Kids Left 4 Dead? On Zombies in Video Games,” Brain(s) Matter: Zombies in
Contemporary Culture, University of South Florida Humanities Institute, Tampa,
FL, October 2011
“The Importance of Undergraduate Research,” Ninth Annual Undergraduate Honors
Colloquium, University of South Florida Department of Anthropology, Tampa,
FL, April 2011.
“Local Drug Markets in Colombia: Sociocultural and Political Economic Dynamics.”
Society for Applied Anthropology 71st Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, March
2011.
“Impulsivity and Addiction: The Neuroanthropology of the Irrational.” American
Anthropological Association109th Annual Meeting , New Orleans, LA, November
2010.
“Taking Anthropology Online.” Workshop, American Anthropological Association 109th
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2010.
“Poverty Poisons the Brain.” Society for Applied Anthropology 70th Annual Meeting,
Mérida, Mexico, March 2010.
“Anthropology, Behavior and Health: Forging a Biocultural, Relevant, and Engaged
Paradigm.” Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa,
Florida, February 2010.
“Building Community Partnerships.” Faculty Learning Community, Center for Social
Concerns, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, December 2009.
“Taking Anthropology Online.” Workshop, American Anthropological Association 108th
Annual Meeting , Philadelphia, PA, December 2009.
“Neuroanthropology and Method.” The Encultured Brain Conference, Notre Dame,
Indiana, October 2009.
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“Compulsive Commodities: Where Culture, Cognition and Commerce Meet.” Medical
Anthropology at the Intersections: Celebrating 50 Years of Interdisciplinarity
Conference, New Haven, Connecticut, September 2009.
“Obesity and Qualitative Research.” Presentation given at the Latino Health and Obesity
Summer Research Workshop, Notre Dame, Indiana, July 2009.
“Human Biology as an Applied Discipline.” Human Biology Association 34th Annual
Meeting, Chicago, April 2009.
“Impulsivity and Addiction: Integrating Developmental Psychopathology and
Psychological Anthropology.” Society for Psychological Anthropology Biennial
Meeting, Asilomar, California, March 2009.
“Ethnography and the Encultured Brain: Design, Methods and Analysis.” American
Anthropological Association 107th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California,
November 2008.
“Anthropology and Community Health: Empowering People and Understanding
Problems Together.” Fourth Annual Latino Behavioral Health Summit, Fort
Wayne, Indiana, November 2008.
“Outcomes and Embodiment: Making a Difference in Breast Cancer Prevention and
Treatment.” Society for Applied Anthropology 68th Annual Meeting, Memphis,
Tennessee, March 2008.
“Addiction, Colombia and Global Health.” Department of Anthropology, Case Western
Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, March 2008.
“Evolutionary Choice: A New Approach.” American Anthropological Association 106th
Annual Meeting , Washington D.C., November 2007.
“Building Sustainable Behavioral Health Interventions.” Workshop, Third Annual Latino
Behavioral Health Summit, Angola, Indiana, November 2007.
“The Cultural Production of Psychopathology: Understanding Mental Health Outcomes
in Marginalized Groups.” Society for Life History Research in Psychopathology
Biennial Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2007.
“Designing and Teaching Community-Based Research.” Community-Based Research
Learning Community, Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana, April 2007.
“Life History Theory, Early Childhood Risk and Adolescent Behavior in Colombia.”
Poster, American Association of Physical Anthropologists 73rd Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2007.
“Differential Outcomes among Colombian Adolescents: Combining Life History Theory
and Psychological Anthropology.” American Anthropological Association 105th
Annual Meeting, San Jose, California, November 2006.
“How Anthropology Can Help Build Sustainable Behavioral Health Initiatives.” Second
Annual Latino Behavioral Health Summit, Angola, Indiana, November 2006.
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“Reasons to Say No: How Community Makes a Difference across Cultures.” Addiction
Health Services Research Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, October 2006.
“Gender and Treatment: Adolescent Girls Overcoming Cultural Problems in Colombia.”
Society for Applied Anthropology 67th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British
Columbia, March 2006.
“Diversity in Drug Use: Culture and the Interaction of Motivation, Embodiment and
Cognitive Models.” American Anthropological Association 104th Annual
Meeting, Washington D.C., December 2005.
“How to Reduce Drug Use: Lessons from Colombia.” Inaugural Latino Behavioral
Health Summit, Angola, Indiana, November 2005.
“El Deseo y La Ansiedad: Formas de Entender y Trabajar con Jóvenes con Problemas de
Consumo.” (Desire and Anxiety: Ways to Understand and Work with Youth with
Substance Abuse Problems) La Comunidad Éxodo, Popayán, Colombia, May
2005.
“Casos Críticos y Prevención de Problemas de Abuso de Sustancias.” (Critical Cases and
the Prevention of Substance Abuse Problems) Colegio Champagnat, Popayán,
Colombia, May 2005.
“Combining Drugs in Colombia: Synergistic Highs through Managing Negative Effects.”
Society for Applied Anthropology 65th Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
April 2005.
“Ethnography and Self-Medication: Understanding How Drug Use Alters Individual
Suffering.” Society for Psychological Anthropology Biennial Meeting, San
Diego, California, April 2005.
“Religion and Self: The Natural Prevention of Drug Use in Colombia.” Addiction and
Spirituality: Scientific, Theological, and Clinical Perspectives Conference, Terre
Haute, Indiana, March 2005.
“Como Entender y Prevenir el Consumo Compulsivo de Drogas” (How to Understand
and Prevent the Compulsive Use of Drugs). Comunidad Terapéutica Éxodo,
Popayán, Colombia, December 2004.
“Aportes de la Antropología Biocultural y Sociocultural: Consumo de Sustancias
Psicoactivas entre Adolescentes Colombianos” (Contributions of Biocultural and
Sociocultural Anthropology: The Use of Psychoactive Substances among
Colombian Adolescents). Departamento de Antropología, Universidad del Cauca,
Popayán, Colombia, October 2004
“Risks into Rewards: Evolutionary Theory and Addictive Behavior.” American Society
of Addiction Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 2004.
“Evolutionary Theory and Addictive Behavior: A New Perspective.” Second-authored
poster, American Society of Addiction Medicine 35th Annual Meeting,
Washington, D.C., April 2004.
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“Cigarette and Marijuana Use among Colombian Adolescents.” Society for Applied
Anthropology 64th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 2004.
“Pattern and Paradox: Adolescent Substance Use and Abuse in Bogotá, Colombia.”
Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, February 2004.
“To Use or Not to Use: Colombian Adolescents’ Understandings of Drugs.” American
Anthropological Association 102nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November
2003.
“Cómo Prevenir El Abuso de Drogas: Factores de Riesgo y Casos Críticos.” (Preventing
Drug Abuse: Risk Factors and Critical Cases) Ateneo Juan Eudes, Bogotá,
Colombia, August 2003.
“‘Incentive Salience,’ El Ciclo de Comportamiento Adictivo, y Tratamiento.” (Incentive
Salience, The Cycle of Addictive Behavior, and Treatment) San Gregorio,
Bogotá, Colombia, August 2003.
“Pattern and Paradox: Adolescent Substance Use and Abuse in Bogotá, Colombia.”
Public defense of dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Emory University,
April 2003.
“Biocultural Dimensions of Adolescent Substance Use and Abuse in Bogotá, Colombia.”
Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts Boston, February
2003.
“The Ties That Bind: Social Relationships in Human Life History.” American
Anthropological Association 101st Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana,
November 2002.
“What Colombia Tells Us About How to Reduce Drug Use and Abuse.” Society for
Applied Anthropology 62nd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2002.
“The Subjective Experience of Drug Use: Integrating Approaches from Neuropsychology
and Anthropology.” Neuroscience and Animal Behavior Research Seminar,
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2002.
“The Paradox of Colombia: Drug Use and Abuse in Cross-Cultural Context.” American
Anthropological Association 100th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., December
2001.
“The Subjective Experience of Drug Use among Colombian Adolescents.” Society for
Psychological Anthropology Biennial Meeting, Decatur, Georgia, October 2001.
“Addiction and Ambivalence: An Anthropological Investigation.” San Gregorio
Treatment Center, Bogotá, Colombia, November 2000.
“Ambivalence: A Biocultural Approach to Adolescent Addiction in Bogotá, Colombia”
Defense of Doctoral Dissertation Proposal, Department of Anthropology, Emory
University, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1998.
“Boy to Man: A Case Study of Violence, Drugs and Identity in an Adolescent Colombian
Street Addict.” Male Gender and Health: Anthropological Perspectives
Conference, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1998.
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“On Optimality in Evolutionary Theory.” Department of Anthropology Graduate Student
Symposium, Emory University, March 1998, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1998.
Graduate Students
University of South Florida
Major or Co-Major Advisor: Gino Collura (PhD), Robert (Gene) Cowherd (MA 2012 &
PhD), Anne Pfister (PhD), Clarisse Barbier (MA 2014), Sarah Fishleder (MA
2014), Rhoda Floyd (MA)
Ph.D. Committee Member: Kristina Baines (2012), Allison Cantor, Theresa Crocker
(2013), Kiersten Downs, Colin Forsyth (2014), Corliss Heath (2014), Maisha
Kambon, Nolan Kline, Anna Rivara, Ethel Saryee, Melissa van Dyke
M.A. Committee Member: Juan Pablo Arroyo (2012), Farah Britto, Emily Dunn (2013),
Gina Larsen (2012), Sylvia Lim (2014), Catherine Myers (2013), John Powell
Teaching
University of South Florida
Spring 2015: ANT 2511 Biological Anthropology, ANG 6766 Research Methods in
Applied Anthropology
Fall 2014: ANT 4932 Honors Seminar, ANG 6705 Foundations of Applied Anthropology
Spring 2014: ANT 2511 Biological Anthropology, ANG 6469 Neuroanthropology
Fall 2013: ANT 4932 Honors Seminar, ANG 6766 Research Methods in Applied
Anthropology
Spring 2013: ANT 2511 Biological Anthropology, ANG 6469 Theory and Method in
Medical Anthropology
Fall 2012: ANT 4932 Honors Seminar, ANG 6469 Neuroanthropology
Spring 2012: ANT 2511 Biological Anthropology, ANG 6469 Theory and Method in
Medical Anthropology
Fall 2011: ANT 2511 Biological Anthropology, ANT 4932 Honors Seminar
Spring 2011: ANG 6469 Theory and Method in Medical Anthropology
Fall 2010: ANG 5937 Biocultural Medical Anthropology
University of Notre Dame
Spring 2010: ANTH 13181: University Seminar – Anthropology, ANTH 35210: Health,
Healing and Culture
Fall 2009: ANTH 10109: Introduction to Anthropology (co-instructor), ANTH 45820:
Researching Disease: Methods in Medical Anthropology
Spring 2009: ANTH 20220: Alcohol and Drugs: The Anthropology of Substance Use and
Abuse; ANTH 35210: Health, Healing and Culture
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Fall 2008: ANTH 10109: Introduction to Anthropology (co-instructor), ANTH 45820:
Researching Disease: Methods in Medical Anthropology
Spring 2008: ANTH 20220: Alcohol and Drugs: The Anthropology of Substance Use and
Abuse; ANTH 35210: Health, Healing and Culture
Spring 2007: ANTH 10195: Introduction to Anthropology Honors
Fall 2006: ANTH 10109: Introduction to Anthropology (co-instructor); ANTH 45820:
Researching Disease: Methods in Medical Anthropology
Spring 2006: ANTH 10109: Introduction to Anthropology, ANTH 20220: Alcohol and
Drugs: The Anthropology of Substance Use and Abuse
Fall 2005: ANTH 10109: Introduction to Anthropology, ANTH 35210: Health, Healing
and Culture
Spring 2005: ANTH 109: Introduction to Anthropology, ANTH 303: Biocultural
Anthropology: Human Nature and Culture
University of Notre Dame Senior Theses
2009-2010: Mark Flanagan, Caroline Hawes
2008-2009: Marie Bader, Cristina Crespo, Mary DeAgostino, Brandon Sparks, and Jenny
Zabel
2007-2008: Andrea Dreyfus, Amy Vereecke
2006-2007: Meg Towle
2005-2006: Rebecca Brown, Alicia Lachiondo
Universidad del Cauca:
Fall 2004: Seminario en Antropología, Cultura Urbana en Colombia (Urban Culture in
Colombia)
Emory University:
Fall 2002: Anthropology 385S, Biocultural Anthropology: Human Nature and Culture
(co-instructor)
Student Electronic Publishing
Students have published 40 posts on Neuroanthropology as part of their coursework –
these topics cover senior thesis research, community-based ethnographic research (with
applied outcomes), neuroanthropology, and library & online research focused on
addictions.
These posts include: (a) Hard Drinkers – Meet Soft Science, (b) Funerals and Food
Coping in Rural Lesotho, (c) Understanding Brain Imaging, (d) When Pink Ribbons Are
No Comfort: Humor and Breast Cancer, and (e) Forever at War: Veterans’ Everyday
Battles with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Together, these posts have been read more
than 60,000 times.
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Guest Lectures
“Doing Neuroanthropology and Applied Anthropology,” Graduate Student Master
Seminar, University of Arizona, February 2015
“Poverty Poisons the Brain,” ANT 385: Human Brain Variation: The Varieties of Mental
Experience, Emory University, November 2014
“Ethnography and Ethics with Researching Violence and Illegal Activities,” ANG 7704
Legal and Ethical Issues in Applied Anthropology, April 2014
“Neuroanthropology: Hooked on the Brain?” Integrative Seminar for the Center for
Culture, Brain and Development, UCLA, May 2014
“Just-in-Time & Good Enough Teaching,” ANG 5937 Teaching Anthropology, March
2012, October 2014
“Biocultural Anthropology,” ANG 6705 Foundations of Applied Anthropology, October
2013
“Creativity, Engagement and Flexibility in Teaching,” ANG 5937: Teaching
Anthropology, October 2010.
“Biocultural Medical Anthropology and Neuroanthropology,” ANG 6705: Foundations
of Applied Anthropology, October 2010.
“On Research Methods and Medical Anthropology,” ANT 4932: Honors Seminar,
University of South Florida, November 2010
“Addiction and Anthropology,” ANTH 13181: University Seminar, University of Notre
Dame, April 2009.
“Colombia,” ANTH 20360: Societies & Cultures of Latin America, University of Notre
Dame, March 2009.
“Poverty, Stress and the Brain,” Poverty Studies 10000: Introduction to Poverty Studies,
University of Notre Dame, April 2008
“Addiction and Evolutionary Medicine,” ANTH 45200: Evolutionary Medicine,
University of Notre Dame, April 2008
“Evolution and Biology: Applications to Addiction,” ANTH 40810: Human Diversity,
University of Notre Dame, November 2006
“Embodiment and Anorexia,” ANTH 45860: Food and Culture, University of Notre
Dame, March 2006
“Medical Anthropology in the United States,” Antropología Medica (Medical
Anthropology), Universidad del Cauca, Summer 2005
“Fieldwork in Bogotá, Colombia,” Anthropology 101: Introduction to Anthropology,
Emory University, February 2004
“Evolutionary Theory and Substance Use and Abuse,” Neuroscience and Behavioral
Biology 190, Perspectives in Neurobiology and Behavior: Drug Abuse, Emory
University, February 2004
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University Service
Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee, Department of Anthropology, Fall 2014-Spring
2015
Undergraduate Committee, Department of Anthropology, Spring 2015
Biomedical Anthropology (Premed) Minor Committee, Department of Anthropology,
Fall 2013-Spring 2014
Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Department of Anthropology, Fall 2013-Spring
2014
Anthropology Undergraduate Honors Presentations Chair, Department of Anthropology,
University of South Florida, Spring 2013 & Spring 2014
Michael V. Angrosino Research Achievement Award Committee, Department of
Anthropology, University of South Florida, Fall 2013
Visiting Faculty Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of South
Florida, Spring 2013
College of Arts and Sciences Grievance Committee, University of South Florida, 2011-
2012
Biological Anthropology Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of
South Florida, 2011-2012
Boren Scholarship Review Committee, Office of National Scholarships, University of
South Florida, 2010, 2011
College of Arts and Sciences Computer Committee, University of South Florida, 2010-
2011
Kellogg Institute Grants Review Committee, University of Notre Dame, 2008-2010
Session Chair, Undergraduate Scholars Conference, University of Notre Dame, 2007-
2010
Anthropology Club & Lambda Alpha Advisor, Department of Anthropology, University
of Notre Dame, 2005-2010
Fulbright Evaluation Committee Member, Office of Undergraduate and Post-
Baccalaureate Fellowships, 2005-2010
Faculty Advisory Committee, Office of Alcohol and Drug Education, University of Notre
Dame, 2006-2010
Touching Tiny Lives Internship Faculty Advisor, Department of Anthropology,
University of Notre Dame, 2005-2009
Faculty Organizer, Community-Based Research Faculty Learning Community, Center for
Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame, 2006-2008
Center for Social Concerns Mini-Grant Evaluation Committee, University of Notre
Dame, 2006-2008
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Global Health Committee, University of Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame, 2007-
2008
Human Biology Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Notre
Dame, 2006
Latin America Search Committee, Department of Anthropology, University of Notre
Dame, 2005
Professional Experience & Service
Committee for the Future of Print and Electronic Publishing (CFPEP), American
Anthropological Association, Spring 2014-present
Society for Medical Anthropology Future of Publishing Committee, Spring 2013 -
Present
Prize Committee & Chair (2014), Condon Prize for Best Student Essay in Psychological
Anthropology, Society for Psychological Anthropology, 2012-2014
Co-organizer, DANG: the Digital Anthropology Group,
http://01anthropology.wordpress.com/, which also became a new interest group in
the American Anthropological Association in 2012
Chair, “Stress and Resilience” session, Culture, Mind, and Brain: Emerging Concepts,
Methods, Applications conference, October 2012.
Scientific Advisory Committee, Foundation for Psychocultural Research, UCLA, for the
October 2012 conference, “Culture, Mind, and Brain: Emerging Concepts,
Methods, Applications,” 2011-2012.
Discussant, “Emerging Drug Ethnography: Exploring Drugs and Drug Use at the
Borderlands.” Society for Applied Anthropology 72nd Annual Meeting,
Baltimore, MD, March 2012.
Co-organizer, Neuroanthropology Facebook Interest Group, 1250+ members,
http://www.facebook.com/groups/neuroanthro/
Discussant, “The Neuroanthropology of Dissociation, Absorption, and Embodiment.”
American Anthropological Association 110th Annual Meeting, Montreal,
November 2011.
Co-Organizer, “The Encultured Brain: Building Interdisciplinary Collaborations for the
Future of Neuroanthropology” Conference, Notre Dame, Indiana, October 2009.
Chair, “Applied Research I,” Human Biology Association 34th Annual Meeting, Chicago,
Illinois, April 2009.
Human Biology Review Committee, Human Biology Association 34th Annual Meeting,
Fall 2008.
Co-Organizer, “Building Biocultural Anthropology” Symposium, Emory University,
Atlanta, GA, March 2003.
Chair of “Invited Speakers,” “Promoting Exchange between Biological and Cultural
Anthropology,” “State of the Field,” and “Methods” sessions at the “Building
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Biocultural Anthropology” Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, March
2003.
Chair, Session “Bridging Differences: Society, Culture and Health.” American
Anthropological Association 101st Annual Meeting, November 2002, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
Conference Sessions
Co-Organizer, “Brains in the Wild: The Challenges of Neuroanthropology,” American
Anthropological Association 111th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA,
November 2012.
Organizer and Chair, “Stress and Resilience,” Culture, Mind and Brain: Emerging
Concepts, Methods, and Applications, 5th Foundation for Psychocultural
Research-UCLA Interdisciplinary Conference. Los Angeles, CA, October 2012.
Organizer and Chair, “This Is Anthropology: A Public Response to a Public Threat.”
Society for Applied Anthropology 72nd Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March
2012.
Co-organizer, “The Anthropology of Impulsivity,” American Anthropological
Association 109th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2010.
Organizer and Chair, “The Globalized Brain: The Impact of Inequality and Exclusion,”
Society for Applied Anthropology 70th Annual Meeting, Mérida, Mexico, March
2010.
Co-Organizer, “Addiction, Science and Capitalism: Intersections for the Future,” Medical
Anthropology at the Intersections: Celebrating 50 Years of Interdisciplinarity
Conference, New Haven, Connecticut, September 2009.
Co-Organizer, “Developmental Psychopathology in Cultural Context: Understanding the
Emerging Global Mental Health Burden,” Society for Psychological
Anthropology Biennial Meeting, Asilomar, California, March 2009.
Organizer and chair, “Community Interventions: Mixed Theory and Lessons Learned in
Collaborative Projects,” Society for Applied Anthropology 69th Annual Meeting,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 2009.
Co-Organizer and Co-Chair, “The Encultured Brain: Neuroanthropology and
Interdisciplinary Engagement,” Invited Session, American Anthropological
Association 107th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 2008.
Co-Organizer, “Crossing Borders in the Study of Mental Illness.” Society for
Psychological Anthropology Biennial Meeting, San Diego, California, April
2005.
Co-Organizer, “Addiction and Anthropology.” Invited session, American
Anthropological Association 100th Annual Meeting, December 2001,
Washington, DC.
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Other Research
Research Consultant, Behavioral Research Consulting Incorporated, Atlanta, Georgia.
October 2001-September 2002. Managed an ethnographic research program to
produce a guide on substance abuse and ethnic minorities in Georgia:
“Immigrants and Refugees in Georgia: Issues in Substance Abuse Treatment.”
Research Consultant, Ben Franklin Academy, Atlanta, Georgia. July-August 2001;
October-December 2004. Collected autobiographies from 208 Colombian
adolescent students for a cross-cultural project on narrative, individual
development, and educational success.
Research Consultant, San Gregorio Therapeutic Community, Bogotá, Colombia.
January-December 2000. Supervised a research program to monitor therapeutic
success by collecting entry, progress and exit data on all individuals.
Field Assistant, Caparu Ecological Station, Vaupes, Colombia. February 1996. Assisted
Dr. Thomas Defler for three weeks of primatological research in the Colombian
Amazon.
Research Assistant, Philadelphia Zoo & Beaver College, Philadelphia, PA. October
1992-June 1993. Completed behavioral observation study of three drill monkeys
under supervision of Dr. Gail Hearn.
Co-Researcher, Drill Rehabilitation and Breeding Center, Calabar, Nigeria. February
1992-June 1992. Co-designed and executed a behavioral observation study of 12
adolescent drill monkeys in captive conditions.
Reviewer
Addiction Research and Theory
American Anthropologist
American Ethnologist
American Journal of Human Biology
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
BioSocieties
Cambridge University Press
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
Current Anthropology
Ethos
Human Organization
Left Coast Press
Medical Anthropology Quarterly
MIT Press
National Science Foundation, Cultural Anthropology
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Qualitative Health Research
Social Science and Medicine
Transcultural Psychiatry
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University of California Press
Professional Memberships
American Anthropological Association
Society of Applied Anthropology