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Curriculum Vitae
Ph.D. - Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Medical Anthropology, 2009. Areas of expertise: Inner city poverty, violence, gender, minority status and health.
M.A. - Anthropology, University of Connecticut, 1995.
B.A. - History, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, 1987.
Summa cum Laude, Honors Program, Phi Alpha Theta
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury, CT (2008)
Courses taught: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology; Introduction to Anthropology
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (2006-present)
Courses taught: Introduction to Social Anthropology; Other People’s Worlds; Health, Illness and Curing; Medical Anthropology
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT (2000-2007)
Courses taught: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology; Health and Illness; Medical Anthropology
- Introduced a faculty-developed course entitled, Forgotten Children, a cross-cultural and historical look at the social construction of childhood.
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Faculty Adviser to the Humanitarian Travel Club, Western Connecticut State University, CT, (1999-present)
Courses taught: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology; Medical Anthropology, Health, Illness and Curing; Anthropology and Gender
- Introduced three faculty-developed courses, two of which involved study abroad in Cambodia and Bangladesh:
The Politics of Aid and Health Care in Cambodia (three weeks, 2006)
With both academic and volunteer components, this course examined the politics of humanitarian aid delivery in Cambodia, with visits to hospitals, clinics and non-profit organizations in Phnom Penh, Battambang and Siem Reap, with side visits to historical sites.
Cross Cultural Perspectives on Humanitarian Aid in Bangladesh (three weeks, 2007)
With both academic and volunteer components, this course examined humanitarian aid delivery from domestic and international perspectives. Students visited non-profit organizations, clinics and hospitals in Dhaka and Chuadanga.
Anthropology and Contemporary International Cinema
This course examines various concepts in cultural anthropology through the lens of award-winning international film directors.
Faculty Adviser, WCSU Humanitarian Travel Club
Advised students in organizing film and lecture events, developing fund raising activities, and volunteering with local non-profit organizations. In addition, I designed three alternative Spring Break trips:
Brazil, 10 students (2007), volunteers taught ESL and worked on a wetlands conservation project.
Ghana, 16 students (2008), volunteers taught children math, reading and art and built a classroom at an orphanage.
Cape Verde, 21 students (2009), volunteers conducted educational and cultural exchange activities at 10 schools on the islands of Brava and Fogo.
Research Associate, Center for International Community Health Studies, Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (1994, 1996)
President’s Initiative Grant, Red River Project, Western Connecticut State University (2006-2007)
- A multidisciplinary project to examine the effects of water usage in the Red River Delta of Vietnam (www.wcsu.edu/history/redriverdescription.asp)
ACT Grant, Sacred Heart University (2006)
- Grant monies funded a site visit to the Dominican Republic to visit the Dominican Literacy Project site for future course development.
Summer Research Fellowship Recipient, University of Connecticut (1996)
- Research conducted in a secondary level school-based health clinic.
Merit Scholarship, Western Connecticut State University (1988-1990)
The Role of Violence in the Social Construction of Intimate and Sexual Relationships,
Sexual Risk Taking and Parenting among Low-Income, Inner City African Americans, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Connecticut, 2009.
Acid Violence and Bangladesh, The 19th Annual Conference on Women and
Gender at the University of Connecticut, Feb. 16 and 17, 2007.
Acid Violence Destroys Many Dreams in Bangladesh, Danbury News Times,
January 20, 2002, pg. B-3.
Sampling Guidelines for Cultural Data, with W. Penn Handwerker, Ph.D., Pamela
McGeough, Julie Herbert, Cultural Anthropology Methods, vol. 19, Feb., 1997.
What Counts as Case Management: Methodological Problems of Measuring
Intensity of Case Management in Peri-natal Care, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 1996.
Award of Excellence for the 1995 Healing the Children, NE, Inc. Calendar at the
17th Annual Print Quality Awards, Baltimore, MD, 1995.
Studying Up: State Agencies and the Making of Public Policy, Society for
Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, 1995.
President, Humanitarian Travel Abroad, LLC, 22 Bragdon Avenue, Danbury, CT 06811 (203) 778-4387 (2008-present)
Coordinates volunteer-vacations abroad. In 2009, conducted trips with Empower the Children (www.empower-children.org) in Kolkata, India, and with Hearts and Hands for Cambodia (www.heartsandhandsforcambodia.org) in Battambang, Cambodia.
Board Member, Hearts Around the World, www.hearts-aroundtheworld.org, Brookfield, CT (2008-present)
Board Member, Dominican Literacy Project, www.dominicanliteracyproject.org, 229 Woodbury Road, Washington, CT 06793 (2007)
Volunteer, Healing the Children, NE, Inc., www.htcne.org , PO Box 129, New Milford,
CT, 06776, (860) 355-1828 (1980-present)
Volunteer services for HTCNE include the following:
Project Director for the annual HTCNE calendar (1994-2000)
Volunteer administrator on international surgical missions (1990-present)
Guatemala, orthopedics and urology (1990, 1993, 1994, 1996); El Salvador, orthopedics (1995); Colombia, orthopedics and urology (1995, 1996); Bangladesh, plastics (2001, 2005, 2006, 2007); Russia, cardiac (2001); Vietnam site visit for pediatric cardiac surgery (2003); Vietnam, pediatric cardiac surgery (2004); Cambodia, site visit cardiology (2004); Honduras, plastics, (2005); Dominican Republic, site visit for dental and OMS (2006); Ecuador, plastics, OB/GYN, ENT (2007); Ghana, site visit for plastics; plastics mission (2008); Nigeria, site visit for plastics (2008).
Foster parent for foreign children receiving medical care in the US (1987-1992)
Board Member (1987-1992; 2001-2002)
On-air reader, CRIS Radio, Danbury, CT, 06810 (1998-1999)
- Radio news for the blind sponsored by the Lion's Club of Danbury
International Volunteer, Americans for International Aid, Atlanta, GA (1977-1987)
Brought medical supplies and donated clothing to overseas orphanages and refugee camps and escorted children adopted by Americans to the US. Countries visited include El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Afghanistan, India, Korea, Colombia, Thailand, and Guatemala.
International Volunteer, International Mission of Hope and Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata, India (1977-1986)
Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator, Wooster Community Art Center,
Danbury, CT (2001)
Consulting Marketing Anthropologist, Cotter Team, Main St, Ellicott City, Maryland,
21043 (2000-2003)
Consulting Marketing Anthropologist, Context Research, Baltimore, Maryland (2000)
Senior Flight Attendant, Eastern Airlines, Miami, Florida (1975-1987)
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