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EDUCATION: B.A. in Political Science, University of Florida - 1964 B.A. in Anthropology, University of Central Florida - 1987 M.A. in Anthropology, University of Florida - 1990 Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Florida - 1996
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION: 1996 The Cultures of Drinking within a Native American Community. Department of Anthropology, the University of Florida
MASTERS THESIS: 1990 Women's Work: The Employment of Xhosa Women and Other Nguni-Speaking Women in South Africa, Department of Anthropology, the University of Florida.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS: Feb. 1997 to Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast Present University (FGCU). Courses Offered: Spring 1998 Cultural Anthropology on the Internet (ANT 3410). This course takes advantage of computer technology to extend undergraduate courses to remote areas of the university catchment area. The course focuses on the analysis of world cultures and understanding cultural diversity through interactive distance learning.
Issues in Ecology and the Environment (IDS 3304, two sections) Required course for FGCU students seeking an undergraduate degree in Liberal Studies, the only major available at present. This course applies concepts from culture ecology to examine local environmental issues. The course will be developed to explore and record individual responses to the SW Florida environment. Students will develop oral histories of local conservationists, artists, authors, architects, and others to describe their creative decisions and how they adapt their work aesthetically and functionally in response to the environment.
Fall 1997 Medical Anthropology (ANT 4462) A cross-cultural study of medical/healing systems, from bio-medicine to indigenous healing, and the environmental and cultural factors that influence human health and disease.
Native American Culture and Society (ANT3312). An introduction to the diversity of contemporary Native American cultures using ethnography to examine adaptive responses to the environment and culture contact.
Issues in Culture and Society (IDS 3301). Required course for FGCU students seeking an undergraduate degree in Liberal Studies, the only major available at present. Issues in Culture and Society develops engaged learning through integrated application of interdisciplinary studies to contemporary cultural issues and how they develop through time. The course is constructed from an anthropological perspective.
1997 Winter Adjunct Faculty. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Rollins College. Term Course Offered: North American Indians. A survey of recent ethnographies on North American Indians according to geographic area--the Southeast, Southwest, Northwest, and Plains.
1996 Fall Adjunct Faculty, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Central Florida Courses Offered: Cultural Anthropology (ANT 3410). An overview and analysis of cultural features in world societies. The course focuses on understanding cultural differences and fulfills a university diversity requirement. Language and Culture (ANT 3610). This class focused on language loss and applied language learning techniques to Muskogee/Creek curriculum development. The projects and manual were shared with the Seminole Tribe of Florida=s Culture Education Program. Peoples of the World (ANT 3422). This course compares ethnographies from throughout the world based upon adaptation to the environment and the subsistence economy of the societies; foraging, horticulture, pastoralism, agriculture, and modern industrial cultures.
1996 Spring Adjunct Faculty, University of Central Florida. Course Offered: The Human Species (ANT 3511). A course in biological/physical anthropology with a focus on human evolution, human variation, and adaptation. Evolution is introduced both from the perspective of microevolution, i.e., population genetics, and macro evolution, i.e., the fossil record.
1993-1994 Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida. Courses Offered: Culture and Personality (ANT 3364). A survey of the historical background and personality studies first researched by anthropologists. The course covers subsequent development of cognitive and psychological anthropology and how those studies illuminate modern cultural influences on groups. (Two semesters)
1991-1993 Teaching Assistant for Drs. Leslie Lieberman and George J. Armelagos. Department of Anthropology, University of Florida. Courses Offered: The Human Species (ANT 3511) Taught laboratory sections, generated exams, and served as substitute lecturer. (Five terms)
1991 Spring Adjunct Faculty, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Central Florida. Courses Offered: The Human Species (ANT 3511). See course description above. Peoples of the World (ANT 3422). See course description above.
1990 Fall Teaching Assistant for Dr. Diane Z. Chase, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Central Florida. The Human Species (ANT 3511). See course description above.
COURSES INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING Anthropological Methods: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods (Cognitive Domain Analysis and Ethnographic Decision Models) Cultures of the US South Native American Cultures of the Southeast
PUBLICATIONS: Books In review Indian Medicine. Book with Native American author, Alice Snow.
Chapters In process "Are you here to study us?": Anthropological Research in a Progressive Native American Community.@ In Anthropologists and Indians in the New South: A Retrospective for the New Millennium. J.A. Parades and R. Bonney, eds. University of Alabama Press.
In process AWhen a Native American Community Member Drinks Alcohol: Testing Decision Tree Models.@ Invited chapter for book edited by Christina Gladwin, University of Florida.
Articles 1994 -- AThe Behavioral Profile and Environmental Enrichment of a Squirrel Monkey Colony,@ Laboratory Primate Newsletter 33(4):1-4 with Sue Boinski, Carol Noon, Rafael Samudio, Pat Sammarco and Alycin Hayes.
1990 -- "Florida Cracker Food Traditions" in L.S. Lieberman and L.B. Bobroff, eds., Cultural Food Patterns of Florida: A Handbook, pp. 19-24, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville. University of Florida.
In review AVariations in Skin Color: Reflectance Spectrophotometer Readings of Southeastern University Students.@ Submitted with Leslie Sue Lieberman, University of Florida .
Other 1993 -- Editor, Florida Journal of Anthropology. Volume 18.
1992 -- Review of Human Universals by Donald E. Brown. (New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1991). The Florida Journal of Anthropology 17:63-64.
PAPERS PRESENTED: 1998 -- in prep APartnerships in Research: Anthropological Authorship in the 21st Century.@ Invited session titled: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Studies: Where are We Going as We Approach the 21st Century?@ 14th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Williamsburg, Virginia, July 26-August 1.
1997 -- A>Drinking Around:= How Men and Women in a Native American Community Define Alcohol=s Effect and Use.@ Southern Anthropological Society Annual Meeting Memphis, TN. April 10-12.
1996 -- ABrighton Community Survey Results.@ Invited presenter for the Brighton Seminole Community Youth Conference, August 1996, Kissimmee, FL. The session included visual representation of the results of the community survey on alcohol attitudes and use and participant interaction. The session was attended by adult Seminoles who had accompanied their children to the conference and community officials and staff.
1996 -- A>Are you here to study us?=: Anthropological Research in a Progressive Native American Community.@ Invited Session, Southern Anthropological Society Annual Meeting Baton Rouge, LA. Feb. 16-19. (Session title: Anthropologists and Indians in the New South: A Retrospective for the New Millennium).
1995 -- AAlcohol, Attitudes, and Associations: Cognitive Categories of Native American Youth in a Rural Community.@ Florida Academy of Sciences 59th Annual Meeting. May 19-20, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL.
1995 -- APhotography as Reciprocity in Field Work with The Florida Seminoles,@ Southern Anthropological Society Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC, Apr. 19-21, 1995. (Theme: Applying Anthropology in the South).
May 1994 -- AVariation, Perceptual Differences, and Tanning Ranges in Reflectance Spectrophotometer Readings of Florida Undergraduate Students.@ Florida Academy of Sciences 58th Annual Meeting. Tallahassee, FL.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: Spring 1996 -- Dissertation Fellowship from the Graduate School and Graduate Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida, $3,000.00.
1996 Runner-up Award -- Graduate Student Paper Competition, A>Are you here to study us?= Anthropological Research in a Progressive Native American Community.@ Southern Anthropological Society Annual Meeting Baton Rouge, LA. Feb. 16-19.
1994-1995 National Research Service Award. -- Fellowship project title: ACultures of Drinking within a Native American Community.@ September 1994 through August 1995. Awarded through the National Institute of Health, $13,000.00.
May 1994 Outstanding Student Paper in Anthropology, -- AVariation, Perceptual Differences, and Tanning Ranges in Reflectance Spectrophotometer Readings of Florida Undergraduate Students.@ Florida Academy of Sciences 58th Annual Meeting. Tallahassee, FL.
1994 Foundation grant for Seminole students called ASTEP Photography/Writing Project,@ $3,000.00.
In prep Preparing NIH RFP grant with Department of Nursing for cross-cultural program involving enlistment of disadvantaged populations and internships opportunities in other cultural settings.
RESEARCH AND FIELD EXPERIENCE: 1994-1995 -- Dissertation field research at Brighton Reservation, The Seminole Tribe of Florida. Utilized cognitive domain analysis, surveys, and ethnographic methods to determine community attitudes about alcohol use. Served on The Seminole Tribe Empowerment Program and Parent Advisory Committee. Employed part-time by the Okeechobee County School Board as liaison between reservation parents and local school system. 1992 -- ASupport Groups and Pregnant Women at Risk.@ A summer study in Apopka, Florida in conjunction with the Sisters/Companeras Program. 1992-1993 -- Ongoing data collection and analysis of reflectance spectrophotometer readings of readings for biological anthropology laboratory students. 1990 -- Research concerning the influence of other anthropologists on the theoretical viewpoint of anthropologists living today. Mailed survey focused upon 27 graduates of schools of anthropology at Chicago, Columbia, Michigan, and UCB. Paper written to fulfill theory course requirement. 1988 -- Independent graduate research in Central Florida. Results written in paper entitled "Changing Birthing Practices and Attitudes among Older Women in a Suburban Black Community". Summer. 1988 -- Graduate applied research among the farm worker population in Central Florida. Results written in paper entitled "Women in the Farm Labor Population: Policy and Needs". Results shared with county commissioner, state senators, and two farm worker advocacy organizations. Fall. 1987 -- Undergraduate research among Xhosa farm women in Grahamstown, South Africa. Results written in paper entitled "A Survey of Climacteric Experiences among Xhosa Women in a Farm Population in the Eastern Cape of the Republic of South Africa". July. 1985 -- "Painted Visions," Petroglyph and pictograph study in Utah through Earthwatch. May.
SERVICE: 1997- Florida Gulf Coast University: Undergraduate Curriculum Team Ad Hoc Relational Structure Committee College of Arts and Sciences General Education Curriculum Committee College of Arts and Sciences Outreach Committee
1997- Aboriginal Canoe enterprise Advisory Board. Carib, Maya, Taino, Calusa. Cooperative effort between Mexican and US scholars to replicate pre-Columbian seafaring voyages between Yucatan and the southwest coast of Florida. 1997 Aug. Futuristic Warriors: Seminole Youth Retreat. Organizer of session and participant. 1997- Art House Foundation. Fort Myers, FL. 1997 FGCU Search Committees: Political Science, Spanish, and Psychology faculty, and Assessment and Institutional Effectiveness Director. 1996 University of Central Florida Library Display of language projects created by students. 1995 Presentation and analysis of combined student grades at Brighton Community meeting. Included distribution of materials on methods to improve grades. 1994-95 Liaison between Brighton Seminole community and Okeechobee Public School system. Duties included home visits, educational planning, and preparing summary report on student grades. 1994 Co-taught Muskogee/Creek class for Brighton Seminole community with Nancy Shore, native speaker. 1994 Taught science course for elementary students at the Brighton Seminole Reservation through the Billy Osceola Memorial Library Summer Program. 1994 Provided revisions for the fourth edition of Physical Anthropology Laboratory Textbook, L.S. Lieberman, L.D. Wolfe, and Dale Hutchinson, eds. Raleigh: Contemporary Publishing Co.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: 1995-Present Southern Anthropological Society 1994-Present Florida Academy of Sciences 1991-Present Alcohol and Drug Study Group (ADSG: A Committee of the Society for Medical Anthropology) 1997 Editor ADSG Newsletter 1991-Present The Society for Medical Anthropology 1991-1994 Florida Journal of Anthropology Editor - 1992-1993 Current Research Editor - 1991-1992 1989-Present American Anthropological Association 1987-Present Florida Anthropology Student Association Curriculum Committee - 1989
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