Curriculum Vitae - USU Anthropology Program

Curriculum Vitae - USU Anthropology Program

BONNIE GLASS-COFFIN, Ph.D.
Utah Professor of the Year (2004, CASE/Carnegie Foundation)
Professor of Anthropology
Department of Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-0730
(435) 797-4064
e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
http://bonnieglasscoffin.com
Education:
1985-1992
1983-1985
1976-1980
University of California, Los Angeles. Ph.D. Anthropology, 1992. Dissertation topic,
"Women as Shamans: Magical-Religious Specialists in Northern Peru."
University of California, Los Angeles. M.A., Anthropology. Masters thesis, "Health Care
Decision Making Among an Urban Middle-Class Population: Trujillo, Peru."
Whitman College. Walla Walla, Washington. B.A., Spanish literature Anthropology
combined major. Graduated cum laude.
Professional Employment/Activities:
July 2014-present Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Social Work
and Anthropology (SSW&A), Utah State University (USU)
July 2006-present Professor of Anthropology, SSWA.
Aug 2009-present Associate Editor, Anthropology of Consciousness
Aug 2007-present Affiliate Professor, Religious Studies, Department of History, Utah State University (USU)
Mar 2013-2014
Faculty Mentor, Interfaith House, Living Learning Community, Campus Housing, Utah State
University
Jan 2009-Jul 2010 Chair, MSS Program, Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology
Aug-Dec 2009
Internationalization Fellow for the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. (Chaired
College-wide committee, coordinated College efforts towards internationalization and with
preparation, presentation of proposal to show-case College activities related to international
education and research).
Aug 2007-Aug 2009Managing Editor, Anthropology of Consciousness
Aug 2006-2013
Co-Director, Latin American Studies Minor, College of HASS
Jul 1999-June 2006 Associate Professor of Anthropology, SSW&A, USU
Jul 1999-Jun 2004 Anthropology Program Director, SSW&A, USU
Sept. 1993- 1999 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, SSW&A, USU
Jan.-May 1993
Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of Anthropology, Washington State University.
1990-1992
Instructor. Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University.
Honors, Grants, and Awards (funded projects and selection of key grants that were not funded):
In development
Proposal to support “Pedagogy and the Big Questions: Addressing Strongly Held Values in
the Classroom,” for a symposium to be held July 25-26, 2016 at Utah State University. Target
foundations: Templeton, Lilly, Teagle, Ford. (Letters of inquiry submitted April 1, 2015).
Submitted
Proposal to support 2015 O.C. Tanner Talks Series, “Religion, Shared Values and the ‘Ties
that Bind,’” (Feb. 18, 2015). Partially funded
2015
USU Diversity Award (“Faculty” category)
2014
USU Proposal Writing Institute: “Promoting Religious Literacy at Public/Single-Faith
Universities: Adapting Models for Interfaith Dialogue While Expanding Religious
Paradigms” ($5,000, May, 2014)
2014
USU Diversity Council Diversity and Inclusion Grant: “Inter-religious knowledge,
relationship-building, and action at Utah State University: from Assessment to
Implementation,” (Requested $15,000. Funded, $7,500, May, 2014)
2014
USU Vice President for Research, Research Catalyst Grant. “Promoting Religious Literacy at
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Public/Single-Faith Universities: Adapting Models for Interfaith Dialogue While Expanding
Research Paradigms.” ($20,000, January 2014-Dec 2015).
Franz Boas Global Citizenship Award, Center for a Public Anthropology, Hawaii Pacific
University
Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award, Center for a Public Anthropology, Hawaii
Pacific University
Citation of Appreciation, Huntsman School of Business, SEED Program
Oyu Tolgoi Project Cultural Heritage Program RFP # OT-MR005435 ($1,146,242).
Submitted, Mar 10. Not funded.
USAID:Community Development Activity Fund (Bolivia). Co-PI. ($1,993,000) Submitted,
Aug 09. Not funded.
USU Vice President for Research, Proposal Writing Institute, “Sustainable community
development through indigenous youth exchange,” ($5000). Submitted February, 2009, Not
funded.
College of HASS Seed Grant, “Earth-restorative community development through indigenous
youth exchange,” ($5,500). Submitted February, 2009, Not funded.
NSF:REU, “Asset Based Community Development as an Innovative Model for International
Collaborative Research and Education,” ($153,252). Submitted August, 2008. Declined,
January, 2009.
NSF:REU, “Asset Based Community Development as an Innovative Model for International
Collaborative Research and Education,” ($222,911). Not funded, encouraged to revise and
resubmit
CIEE, “The Changing Social Face of Brazil,” Faculty Development Seminar in Bahia and
Sao Paulo, Brazil ($5000 funding from USDOE/UISFLP)
Co-PI (with Tamara Shapiro and John Allen), “Applying and Evaluating an Asset-Based
Community Development Model in Huanchaco, Peru, Using Geographic and Ethnographic
Evaluation Criteria,” NSF/Advance Seed Grant #03-4080 ($8000).
Co-Project Director ($177,708), USDOE/UISFLP “Latin American Studies Program.”
(funded, Shannon Peterson/Project Director)
Co-PI NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates ($122,514) “Community-Based
Tourism in Latin America: an Undergraduate Ethnographic Research and Training Program
in Peru and Costa Rica,” (not funded, but will revise and resubmit based on panel review
recommendations)
Named a FELLOW of the Society for Applied Anthropology
Co-PI USDA/SCRP ($5,000) “Utah and Costa Rica: Building Collaborative Partnerships in
Sustainable Agriculture and Tourism,” (not funded, will revise and resubmit spring 2006).
Utah Professor of the Year, CASE/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
College of HASS, Social Science Division “Teacher of the Year.”
College of HASS, "Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year."
“Top Professor Award,” USU Mortar Board.
Community/University Research Initiative #4-21427
($20,700, for Latino parent research)
P.I. USIA/College and University Affiliations Program ($80,809) “Ethnographic Methods
Field-Training in Cultural Anthropology: A Partnership-Based Approach” (not funded).
Utah Humanities Council 13th Annual Governors Awards--Merit Award
($2500 to fund video-recording of O.C. Tanner Symposium, funded)
Utah State University Course Enhancement Grant
($3300, to support classroom delivery of web-based technologies, funded),
Utah State University FACT Technology Institute Workshop ($500, funded)
Nominated for College of HASS (USU), "Researcher of the Year."
O.C. Tanner Foundation and College of HASS
1997-1998
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($30,000) for organization of symposium entitled
"Body, Mind, and Spirit: Culture and Health in America"(funded).
"Top Professor" Award, USU Mortar Board
Fulbright Scholar Award (Quito, Ecuador: June-August 1997 ($15,000, funded)
AAUW Emerging Scholars Award—Logan Branch, AAUW
Women and Gender Research Institute Travel Grant ($3,500, funded).
New Faculty Research Grant #HS79404, Utah State University ($15,000, funded).
Dissertation Fellowship. Upaya Fund, Crestone, Colorado ($1,000, funded).
International/Domestic Consulting Experience:
2012-present
Cultural and Education Advisor/The Heart of the Healer Foundation
2010
Consultant/The Heart of the Healer Foundation, SIPAPU Living-learning retreat center near
Puerto Maldonado in Madre de Dios region of Peru
2008
Consultant/Project Evaluator, Huntsman School of Business, Summer Abroad Program in
Latin America. (Oct. 16-22, 2008)
2007
Invited to participate as part of “advance team” to Brazil, Chile, Peru for set-up of College of
Business Study Abroad Program
2005
Invited to accompany Dr. Susan Mannon to Heredia, Costa Rica to facilitate incorporation of
Heredia as an additional site for Utah State University Ethnographic Field School
2003
Invited to accompany the Director of the Office of Study Abroad and the Vice Provost for
Academic and International Affairs to Ecuador and Peru to serve as liaison for various study
abroad programs.
2001
Consultant/content-expert for "Secrets of a Moche Tomb" The Learning Channel (Steve
Talley/Director, filmed in northern Peru, aired Summer 2003)
2001
Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and
Universidad Privada: Antenor Orrego (Trujillo, Peru)
2000
Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and
Universidad Privada del Norte (Trujillo, Peru)
1999
Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and
Centro Regional de Desarrollo Integral Social (Trujillo, Peru)
1999
Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and
Universidad Nacional de La Libertad (Trujillo, Peru)
1997
Advisor, Taller de medicinas tradicionales y sistemas no formales de salud (Universidad
Andina Simón Bolivar Sede Ecuador: Area de Salud)/Quito, Ecuador
1997
Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and La
Universidad de Loja (Loja, Ecuador)
1997
Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (Quito, Ecuador)
Field Research Experience:
Fall 2013-present Promoting Religious Literacy at Public/Single Faith Institutions (Cache Valley, UT).
Supervising two undergraduate students and one graduate student, funded by Research
Catalyst Grant, USU-VPR).
Summer 2002-present Ethnographic Field School Director (and founder), Huanchaco Peru and Cache Valley,
Utah. Program provides intensive field-based research and service learning experiences for
undergraduate and graduate students that result in web-based publications. See
www.usu.edu/anthro/peru and www.usu.edu/anthro/peru/2006.html for samples of student
reports.
Fall 2000-2003
Cache Valley, (Logan, UT) Building Educational Success Together: Latino parent
involvement for K-12 success in education
Summer 1999 & 2000 Peru (study of the impact of commercialization on Peruvian healers and ongoing
Summer 1997
Summer 1996
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ethnohistorical research)
Ecuador (field-research funded by Fulbright Commission)
Peru/Ecuador. Preliminary field-research among female shamans in Vilcabamba, Ecuador
and return visit to female shamans in northern Peru. Ethnohistorical research at the Archivos
Arzobispales de Lima.
Madrid and Sevilla, Spain. "Idolatries and Superstitions in Northern Peru: A Survey of Early
Colonial Manuscripts in Spanish Archives." Ethnohistorical study of the impact of Catholic
dogma and policies on the perception and expression of female healing in Colonial Peru.
Mid-Willamette Valley, Oregon. Study of factors determining migration patterns and socialservice needs including perception of barriers to utilization of public services among Mexican
nationals.
Chiclayo, Peru and environs. Ethnographic study of the therapeutic strategy and healing
philosophy of five contemporary female shamans and ethnohistorical research about the 18th
and 19th Century persecution of ritual healers in northern Peru.
Trujillo, Peru. Research Associate for NIMH Sponsored outcome study among 120 patients
of four traditional healers.
Trujillo, Peru. MA research studying factors which influence differential use of bio-medical
and traditional forms of health care.
Trujillo, Peru. Preliminary study among traditional healers.
Publications:
Books:
Proposal in preparation Heart Centered Learning for a Head Strong World:Teaching Shamanism in the Public
University as a Tool for Inner Exploration and Integrative Learning. Jossey-Bass Press (in
development)
2013
(with don Oscar Miro-Quesada). Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for
Everyday Living. Rainbow Ridge Books. (October 2013).
2005
(with Richley Crapo) Anónimo Mexicano. Utah State University Press
1998
The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru. University of New
Mexico Press.
Refereed Journal Articles/ Book Chapters
Submitted (invited) “Extraordinary Experience as Transformation in an Anthropology Classroom,” Invited
chapter for a volume on Extraordinary Experiences and Pedagogical Processes in
Anthropology,” (edited by Veronique Beguet, Jean-Guy Goulet and Deirdre Meintel and
submitted to University of Toronto Press).
2014
Invited comment to “The Undergraduate Field School as a Research Method by John P.
Hawkins,” Current Anthropology 55(5):551-589.
2013
“Belief is Not Experience: the Role of Personal Transformation as a Tool for Bridging
Ontological Divides in Anthropological Researching and Reporting,” for International
Journal of Transpersonal Studies. 32(1):117-126.
2013
(with Joshua Clementz) “Post-Mortem Care Warfare: Can conflicts between Mandated
Autopsies and Cultural Expectations for Post-Mortem Body Care be Resolved? Further
Perspectives: Anthropological Views of the World 6:27-36.
2013
(with Leon Anderson) “‘I Learn By Going:’ Autoethnographic Modes of Inquiry,” for The
Handbook of Autoethnography, Stacy Holman, Ed. Walnut Creek (CA): Left Coast Press.
Winner: National Communication Association Ethnography Division, Best Edited Collection
Award (2013).
2012
(with Kiiskeentum [Dee Ansbergs]) “Ontological Relativism or Ontological Relevance: An
Essay in Honor of Michael Harner,” Anthropology of Consciousness, Vol 23[2]:113-126.
2010
"Shamanism and San Pedro through time: notes on the archaeology, history, and continued
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use of an entheogen in northern Peru." Anthropology of Consciousness 22(1):58-82 (Winner,
“article of the year” for the journal).
“Anthropology, Shamanism and Alternate Ways of Knowing/Being in the World: One
Anthropologist's Journey of Discovery and Transformation,” Anthropology and Humanism
35(2):204-217
“El San Pedro Como Planta Sagrada Durante 2000 Años,” IN Rafael Vásquez and Enrique
Vergara, eds., Medicina Tradicional: Conocimiento Milenario (Trujillo: UNT/Museo de
Arqueología, Antropologia e Historia), pp. 159-170.
with Douglas Sharon and Rainer Bussmann, “La Mesa de Julia Calderón de Avila,” IN
Rafael Vásquez and Enrique Vergara, eds., Medicina Tradicional: Conocimiento Milenario
(Trujillo: UNT/Museo de Arqueología, Antropologia e Historia), pp. 245-254
“Balancing on Interpretive Fences or Leaping into the Void: Reconciling Myself with
Castaneda and the Teachings of don Juan,” IN Betsy Hearne and Roberta Trite, Eds. A
Narrative Compass: Women’s Scholarly Journeys. Urbana/Champagne: University of
Illinois Press (pp. 57-67).
“The Demonic Pact Then and Now: Transformations and transgressions in Peruvian
Traditions,” IN Iris Gareis, Ed. Entidades maléficas y conceptos del mal en las religiones
latinoamericanas (Evil Entities and Concepts of Evil in Latin American Religions). Bonner
Amerikanistesche Studien (BAS) 45. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, pp. 70-86.
"The Emergence of the Modern Mesa: African Influence and Syncretism Revisited,"
Shamanism, Mesas, and Cosmologies in the Central Andes, San Diego Museum of Man,
publication # 44), pp. 87-99.
“A Mother’s Love: Gender, Altruism and Spiritual Transformation,” Zygon: Journal of
Religion and Science 41(4): 893-902
“Radical Empathy, Gender and Shamanic Healing: Examples from Peru,” in Joan Koss and
Phil Heffner eds., Spiritual Transformation in Healing: Anthropological, Theological,
Neuroscientific, and Clinical Perspectives, pp. 62-77. Lanham (MD): Altamira Press.
(with Juan Castañeda Murga) “La Inquisición y el extraño proceso contra Juan Santos Reyes
(1728-1750): decifrando el por qué de los hechos,” IN Hiriyasu Tomoeda and Luis Millones,
eds. Pasiones y desencuentros en la cultura andina. Lima: Fondo Editorial del Congreso del
Peru, pp. 71-97.
(with Chad Balagna) "The Ethnographic Field School as a Venue for Undergraduate
Research," invited submission for special issue of the Council for Undergraduate Research
Quarterly, 25(4): 269-174.
"Ofensas Capitales: el diabólico y el exótico en la comercialización del curanderismo."
Revista Andina, 38: 105-119.
(with Douglas Sharon and Santiago Uceda), "Curanderas a la sombra de la Huaca de la
Luna." Boletín del Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos 33(1): 81-95 (Lima, Peru), reprinted
in Rafael Vásquez and Enrique Vergara, eds., Medicina Tradicional: Conocimiento Milenario
(2009, Trujillo: UNT/Museo de Arqueología, Antropologia e Historia), pp. 44-53.
“La perspectiva de género en el curanderismo en el norte del Perú: Metáforas, modelos y
manifestaciones de la diferencia,” in Luis Millones, Hiroyasu Tomoeda and Tatsuhiko Fujii,
eds. Tradición popular: Arte y religión de los pueblos del norte del Perú (Senri Ethnological
Reports, National Museum of Ethnology: Osaka, Japan) 43:67-94. Reprinted in Hiroyasu
Tomoeda, Tatsuhiko Fujii and Luis Millones, eds, Entre Dios y el Diablo: magia y poder en
la costa norte del Perú Lima: PUCE (2004), pp. 93-119.
"Anthropology and Shamanism: Bottom-Line Considerations in Image and Practice," in Joan
D. Koss-Chioino, Thomas Leatherman, and Christine Greenway (Eds). Medical Pluralism in
the Andes. London: Routledge, 234-249.
"El pacto diabólico y la identidad cultural en el norte del Peru," Revista Andina, 35: 129-144
(Cusco, Peru)
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"Reflections on the Experience of Healing: Whose Logic? Whose Experience?" in Erika
Brady (Ed.), Healing Logics. Logan: Utah State University Press.
"Engendering Peruvian Shamanism Through Time: Insights from Ethnohistory and
Ethnography," Ethnohistory 46(2):205-238. Reprinted in Boletin del Institut de Derecho
Indiano y de Estudios Clásicos (2:40-55), Trujillo (Peru), 2001.
"El Shamanismo y el Género en el Norte del Peru," Taller de medicinas tradicionales y
sistemas no formales de salud (Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar Sede Ecuador: Area de
Salud, August, 1997),reprinted in Rafael Vásquez and Enrique Vergara, eds., Medicina
Tradicional: Conocimiento Milenario (2009, Trujillo: UNT/Museo de Arqueología,
Antropologia e Historia), pp. 226-235.
"Male and Female Healing in Northern Peru: Metaphors, Models and Manifestations of
Difference," Journal of Ritual Studies, 10(1):63-91.
With Rafael Vásquez Guerrero, "La Brujería en la Costa Norte del Peru del Siglo XVIII--El
Caso de María de la O." Journal of Latin American Lore, 17(1991):103-130, reprinted in
Rafael Vásquez and Enrique Vergara, eds., Medicina Tradicional: Conocimiento Milenario
(2009, Trujillo: UNT/Museo de Arqueología, Antropologia e Historia), pp.268-289.
"Portrayals of Experience in Ethnography: Situated Knowledge or Castaneda's Revenge?"
Anthropology UCLA, vol. 20 (spring): 105-125.
"Discourse, Daño, and Healing in North Coastal Peru." Medical Anthropology 13(1-2):33-55,
1991. Reprinted IN Mark Nichter, ed., Anthropological Approaches to the Study of
Ethnomedicine. NY: Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, 1992.
"El Daño, el Cuento y el Chisme: el Poder de la Palabra en la Medicina Tradicional de la
Costa Norte del Perú. " MASA 3(2):48-51, 1988 and as "Secretos de Curandero." Gente
653:68-69, 1988. Reprinted IN Actas del II Congreso Internacional de Medicinas
Tradicionales. Lima, 1989. Reprinted IN the Revista del Museo de Arqueología
[Universidad Nacional de Trujillo: Facultad de Ciencias Sociales], pp. 321-328 Trujillo,
1993.
"Wandering ways of the light honed wood." Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly
13(3):77.
Book Reviews, Trade-Journal Articles, Encyclopedia Entries, Translations and Conference Proceedings
2014
Book Review of Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality (Michael
Harner), Anthropology of Consciousness 25(1):141-142.
2012
“The Academic and the Adept: an Anthropologist’s Heart Cracks Open…” Sacred Fire
Magazine, 15:42-47
2008
“Editor’s Note,” Anthropology of Consciousness, 19(2):107-108.
2007
“Reclaiming Sacred Waters/Re-membering Sacred Life: Opening to, Embodying and
Manifesting a Vision of Planetary Healing,” Published on-line by the Heart of the Healer
Foundation. Last accessed 3/22/09, http://www.heartofthehealer.org/media/sacred_waters.php
2006
“Building on Assets and Mobilizing for Collective Action” (Spanish language translation of
John C. Allen, et.al. University of Nebraska (2002). Last accessed 3/22/09 at
http://extension.usu.edu/htm/publications/by=author/char=G/author=578
2006
“Coessence,” Published on-line with The Center for Bioregional Animism. Last accessed
3/22/09 at http://www.bioregionalanimism.com/2006/12/coessence-by-bonnie-glasscoffin.html.
2005
“Influencias cubanas en los altares de curanderos nor-peruanos: una primera aproximación,”
IN Conference Proceedings of the IV Coloquio Internacional de Religión y Sociedad:
Religiones Afroamericanas y las Identidades en un Mundo Globalizado, La Habana, Cuba,
July 19-22.
2005
Book Review of “La Voz del Kultrun en la Modernidad” (by Ana Mariella Bacigalupo) for the
Anthropology of Consciousness 15(1):52-53.
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"Peruvian shamanism," in Mariko Walter and Eva Fridman, eds., Encyclopedia of
Shamanism. Santa Barbara (CA): ABC Clio. Vol 1 (of 2): 439-446.
Book Review of Mesoamerican Healers. (Brad R. Huber and Alan R. Sandstrom) for the
American Anthropologist, 106(1): 192-193
"El shamanismo y el género: un caso desde la costa norte del Perú," IN Jacques Mabit, (ed.),
Memoria del segundo foro interamericano sobre espiritualidad indígena: ética, mal y
transgresión. Tarapoto (Peru): Takiwasi/CISEI, pp. 47-57.
"The Meaning of Experience: Theoretical Dilemmas in Depicting a Peruvian Curandera's
Philosophy of Healing," IN Armin W. Geertz and Russell T. McCutcheon (Eds.),
Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. Adjunct Proceedings of the
XVIIth Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, Mexico City,
1995. Leiden: Brill, pp. 226-237.
"Manejando y Manejado: la Dinámica Eclesiástica/Popular en el Curanderismo de la Costa
Norte del Peru," Actas del IV Congreso Internacional de Etnohistoria, Tomo III Lima: Fondo
Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, pp. 116-133.
Book Review of Keepers of the Sacred Chants: The Poetics of Ritual Power in an Amazonian
Society (Jonathan D. Hill) for the American Ethnologist, vol. 25 #1, Feb. 1998.
"El chamanismo, el San Pedro y la mesa: notas preliminarias sobre el género, el estado
modificado de conciencia y la curandería en el norte del Perú," Actas Completas del II
Congreso Internacional Para el Estudio de los Estados Modificados de Consciencia held at
Lerida, Spain, October, 1994. (Barcelona: Institut de Prospectiva Antropológica).
"Encantos and Illness in Northern Peru: the Role of Symbolic Geography in Shamanic
Healing," Traditional/Alternative/Complementary Health Care Issues and Society:
Proceedings of the VIII International Conference of Traditional Medicine and Folklore held
at St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, August 18-21, 1994. Published at St. John's,
Newfoundland: Memorial University of Newfoundland.
"Anthropology, Shamanism, and the 'New Age,'" Chronicle of Higher Education, June 15,
1994, p. A48.
Contributor to museum exhibit guide, Cosmic Thresholds: Psychotropic Plants in South
America, (compiled and edited by Johannes Wilbert), Museo de Las Americas, Madrid,
Spain.
Presentations:
Conferences or Symposia Organized and/or Chaired:
2014
“Building Bridges of Interfaith Cooperation,” and “Catalyzing Interfaith Leadership at Utah
State University,” with Dr. Eboo Patel, President and Founder of Interfaith Youth Core
(IFYC). Raised (with Mr. Paul Parkinson) $17,500 from 22 on and off-campus donors to
support bringing Dr. Patel to Utah State University (Sept 4-5, 2014).
2014
“Canvassing Our Campus Climate” and “Mapping Our Asset” Round-Tables Discussions
with 65 staff, faculty, students, administrators to discuss interest in the USU Interfaith
Initiative (Jan-Apr 2014).
2012-2013
“CHaSS Seminar in Experiential Learning,” Year-long college-wide seminar co-sponsored
by CHaSS
2013
“Faith Zone Training,” “How to Jump-Start Your Campus-Wide Interfaith Movement,” and
“Round Table Discussion,” with Dr. Marcella Runell Hall (NYU Global Center for Academic
and Spiritual Life) Co-sponsored by College of CHaSS, Religious Studies Program, USU
Housing, and USU Access and Diversity Center.
2009
“Sacred Space, Urban Grace, Reconnecting Spirit of Place with People of Soul.” Regional
gathering co-sponsored by College of HASS and Religious Studies Program featuring
teachings of don Oscar Miro-Quesada, (Sept 5-7, 2009).
2008
“Crossing Boundaries/Building Bridges: Latin American Studies at Utah State University,”
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Campus-wide symposium for Deans and faculty of Utah State University to inform and build
interest for Latin American Studies Minor (June, 2008).
“Immigration: Speak Out!,” State-wide symposium on local immigration issues (March,
2007).
“Latino Issues in Utah Education,” teacher-training workshop (Oct, 2006).
“Latin American Cultural Extravaganza,” Week-long, campus-wide celebration of Latin
American culture (March, 2006).
“Fieldworking: confronting the challenges and possibilities of ethnographic fieldwork,” panel
organized for annual meeting of Western Social Science Association, (Salt Lake City, April
21-24, 2004).
“Field School Ethnographies: Case Studies from Huanchaco,” panel organized for annual
meeting of Western Social Science Association, (Salt Lake City, April 21-24, 2004).
with Joan Koss-Chioino “Spiritual Transformation and Healing Process: (Near) Universal
Aspects?” (Reviewed and accepted by the Society for Anthropology of Religion Section),
American Anthropological Association (Chicago, November 19-23, 2003).
"Raising Voices for Our Children's Education: Hispanic Parents Speak Out," Panel organized
for One Future Many Families: Educators for Diversity Annual Conference, Utah State
University, March 15-16, 2002
Co-organizer and co-chair of I Seminario Internacional: Medicina y Cultura: Salud Integral
para el III Milenio" (28-29 August, Trujillo, Peru)
Organizer and Chair of the O.C. Tanner Symposium held at Utah State University. Theme:
"Body, Mind, and Spirit, Culture and Health in America." Budget: $30,000). Web site:
http://www.hass.usu.edu/tanner
Co-organizer and co-chair of panel on "Women and Healing" at the Segundo Foro
Interamericano Sobre Espiritualidad Indígena
Co-organizer and co-chair of panel at 92nd annual meeting of the American Anthropological
Association entitled, "Ethical Issues in the Study of Spiritual Traditions: Exploitation or
Cultural Borrowing." Washington D.C.
Chaired panel on "Medicina Tradicional" at VIII Congreso Peruano del Hombre y la Cultura
Andina. Trujillo, Peru.
Organizer and co-Chair of international conference, U.S./Mexican Borderlands Issues,
sponsored by Latin American Center, University of California, Los Angeles.
Conference Papers/Presentations:
Accepted
“An Overview of the ‘Better Together Interfaith Ally Training Program,’” to be presented at
the 2015 Meeting of the World Parliament of Religions, Salt Lake City, Oct 15-19, 2015.
Accepted
“Speed-Faithing and Capacity Building: Creating Safe Spaces for Religious Difference on a
Public University Campus,” to be presented at the 2015 Meeting of the World Parliament of
Religions, Salt Lake City, Oct 15-19, 2015.
Accepted
“Inter-religious knowledge, relationship-building, and intentional culture-change on a public
university campus: a cautionary tale,” to be presented at the Annual Meetings of the
American Anthropological Association, Denver, Nov. 18-22, 2015.
2015
(with Ariel Ennis and Marcella Runell Hall) “Faith-Zone Training and Pedagogy: A New
Model for Multifaith Dialogue and Religious Literacy,” 2015 Annual Conference, NASPA:
Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education, New Orleans, Mar 21-25, 2015
2015
“To Share or Not to Share: Should Professors Share Their Faith-Commitments in the
Classroom?” Panel presentation (with Drs. Richard Sherlock, Harrison Kleiner, and
Christopher Blythe) for Religious Studies Spring Convocation. Feb. 24, 2015.
2015
with Erica Hawvermale and Audrey George, “‘Speed Faithing’—An Applied Anthropology
Model for Developing Interfaith Literacy on a Public University Campus,” Annual Meeting
of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Pittsburgh, March, 2015.
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“Pedagogy and the ‘Big Questions,’ in Higher Education.” Invited Chair of Round Table
Discussion at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities,
Washington DC, January, 2015.
“Interfaith Cooperation and Shamanism: Building Knowledge, Creating Community and
Encouraging Service Using a Shamanic “Toolkit,” Invited presentation to all professional
staff at Interfaith Youth Core, Chicago, Aug 14, 2014.
“Religion & Spirituality as a Diversity Issue at Utah State University: Are We Ready for the
Conversation?” (Panel discussion organized for the 1st Annual Inclusive Excellence
Symposium, Utah State University, October 10, 2013).
“Ritual, Transformational Learning, and the Language of Emotion in an Anthropology
Classroom,” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association,
San Francisco, CA, Nov 2012.
with Megan Pehrson, “Integrative Medicine and its Impact on Mental Health Court Clients:
an Overview of the New Discoveries Clubhouse and the Cosmic Nudge of Logan, Utah.”
Presented at the First InterMountain Mental Health Court Conference, June 29-July 1, 2011,
Utah State University
Invited presentation, “Anthropology, Shamanism and Alternate Ways of Knowing/Being in
the World: One Anthropologist's Journey of Discovery and Transformation,” paper accepted
for presentation at the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association, San
Fracsisco, CA, Nov, 2008
Susan Mannon and Bonnie Glass-Coffin, “Community Based Tourism in Costa Rica,”
Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association (March 31, 2007).
Invited discussant, “Beyond Vicos: Forty Years of Change in Andean Applied
Anthropology,” (panel organized by Tom Greaves and Ralph Bolton), American
Anthropological Association, San Jose, California
(2nd author with Susan Mannon) “Community Based Tourism in Costa Rica,” paper
submitted for presentation at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association,
Montreal, Quebec.
“Shamanism, Spiritual Transformation and Healing,” Society for Cross-Cultural Research,
Savannah, Georgia, Feb. 22-25, 2006
“A Mother’s Love: Gender, Altruism and Spiritual Transformation,” paper presented at the
annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C., Nov.
“Influencias cubanas en los altares de curanderos nor-peruanos: una primera aproximación,”
paper accepted for presentation at the IV Coloquio International de Religión y Sociedad,
(ALER), La Habana, Cuba, July 19-22.
“Ethnographic Field schools as Tools for Change: Challenges and Recommendations from
Huanchaco, Peru.” Paper accepted for presentation at Society for Applied Anthropology
Annual Meetings, Santa Fe, April 2005.
"Curanderismo y Género en el Norte del Peru," Conferencia Magistral (Keynote Address),
Universidad Privada de San Pedro, Sede Trujillo, July 7th, 2004.
"Involving Hispanic Parents: Challenges and Opportunities," (with Dan Coffin), Invited
presentation given for the Bridgerland Professional Academy of Teachers of History in
Schools (PATHS). American West Heritage Center (Logan, UT), March 8th, 2004.
“The Emergence of the Modern Mesa: African influence and Syncretism Revisited,” invited
presentation given at San Diego Museum of Man: 12th Latin American Symposium, March 6,
2004.
“Radical Empathy, Gender and Shamanic Healing: Examples from Peru,” accepted for
presentation at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. (Chicago,
Nov. 2003).
"Conversations About Teaching," Led round-table discussion sponsored by Council on
Anthropology and Education at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological
2003
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Association (Chicago, Nov. 2003).
(with Corey Larsen and Chad Balagna) "'You should be doing more for (y)our children:'
Culture-change and cognitive dissonance between expectations of minority parents and
school officials in a Utah high school," paper presented at the Western Social Science
Association, 45th Annual Conference, April 9-12, 2003
(with Corey Larsen and Chad Balagna). "What Hispanic parents expect of schools is not
what schools expect of parents: how can we narrow the gap?" Paper presented at the 3rd
Annual Educators for Diversity conference, Utah State University, March 7-8, 2003.
"New Age Redemption or the Devil's Due: Commercialization and its Consequences for
Peruvian Shamanism," paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Anthropological Association, New Orleans, Nov, 2002.
"Shamanism as New Age Healing: The "Pros," the "Cons" and the Cautions," paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake
City, October 30-November 3, 2002.
"Gender, Shamanism, and Theology in Northern Peru: Correspondences Worth Noting in
Symbolism and Practice," paper presented at the IX Congreso Latinoamericano Sobre
Religion y Etnicidad, Lima, Peru August 5-8, 2002.
"Community-Building Among Latino Parents of High-School Students in Northern Utah: A
Preliminary Report," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied
Anthropology. Mérida, Mexico, March 2001.
"Género y Medicina Tradicional" and "Biomedicina y la Medicina Tradicional--Sistemas
Culturales Paralelos." Both papers presented at the I Seminario Internacional: Medicina y
Cultura: Salud Integral para el III Milenio" (Trujillo, Peru).
"Anthropology and Shamanism: Bottom-Line Considerations in Image and Practice," paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Chicago,
November 1999.
"The anthropologist as sub-altern: Ecuadorian "new-age" tourism events and the
construction(s) at Cochasquí '97." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for
Applied Anthropology. Tucson, Arizona, April 1999.
"Mujeres y hombres curanderos peruanos: diferencias teóricas y prácticas en sus trabajos y
las implicaciones de estas," paper presented at the XIII Congreso Internacional de Medicinas
Tradicionales. Lima, Peru, October 26-29, 1999.
"What's in a name? Labeling and identity politics of yachajkuna and curers in pluri-national
Ecuador," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology.
San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 1998.
"El shamanismo y el género: un caso desde el norte del Perú," paper presented at the Segundo
Foro Interamericano Sobre Espiritualidad Indígena. Tarapoto, Peru, November 9-14, 1998.
"El pacto diabólico y la identidad cultural en el norte del Peru," paper presented at the panel
entitled "Colonialismo e identidad cultural," (organized by Iris Gareis, Pater Masson, and
Nicholas Griffiths) at the 49th the International Congress of Americanists Quito, July 7-11,
1997.
"Ofensas Capitales: el diabólico y el exótico en la comercialización del curanderismo," paper
presented at the panel entitled "Etnomedicina en Mesoamérica y en Andinoamérica,"
(organized by Segundo Moreno, Edgardo Ruiz, and Douglas Sharon) at the 49th International
Congress of Americanists Quito, July 7-11, 1997.
"The feminine connection: engendering shamanism in Northern Peru," invited lecture
presented at a symposium entitled "The Art of Healing: Ancient and Modern Shamanism in
Northern Peru," de Young Museum (San Francisco Fine Arts Museum), June 7, 1997.
"Shamanic Opposition, Mediated Dualism And The Umbilicus: Further Discussions Of Mesa
Symbolism In Northern Peru," paper presented at the 95th annual meeting of the American
Anthropological Association. San Francisco, Nov. 1996.
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FIFE Folklore Conference on Folk Medicine, June 1996. Three invited lectures entitled:
"Magic, Medicine, and Traditional Healing in Northern Peru: An Overview," "From Folklore
to Pharmacy: Plants, Politics, and People in Context" and "So You Want to be a Shaman: The
Dynamics and Dilemmas of Transcultural Healing."
"Manejando y manejado:la dinamica eclesiastica/popular en el curanderismo de la costa norte
del Perú: siglo XVIII," paper presented at the IVth Congreso Internacional de Etnohistoria.
Lima, June 1996.
"The Meaning of Experience: Theoretical Dilemmas in Depicting a Peruvian Curandera's
Philosophy of Healing," paper presented at the XVIIth International Congress of History of
Religions, Mexico City, August 1995.
"Ties that Bind: Sorcery, Society, and the Social Scientist in Northern Peru," invited lecture
presented at the FIFE Folklore Conference, Logan, Utah, June 1995.
“El chamanismo, el San Pedro y la mesa: notas preliminarias sobre el género, el estado
modificado de conciencia y la curandería en el norte del Perú.,” paper presented at the II
International Congress for the Study of Modified States of Consciousness, Lérida, Spain,
October 1994.
"Encantos and Illness in Northern Peru: the Role of Symbolic Geography in Shamanic
Healing," paper presented at the VIII International Conference of Traditional Medicine and
Folklore, St. Johns, Newfoundland, August 1994. Published as part of the conference
Proceedings, October 1995.
"Challenges to Regionalism from the Ground of History: the Emergence of Shamanism as a
Regional Tradition in Northern Peru," paper presented at Regional Legacies: Places Where
Cultures Mix Conference, Utah State University, May 1994.
"Shamanic Introductions: When Fieldwork Becomes a Forum for Cultural (Ex)Change,"
paper presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association.
Washington D.C., November 1993.
"On the Record: the Historical Dimensions of Shamanism in Northern Peru," paper
presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. San
Francisco, CA, December 1992.
"La Polémica de los Discursos de Resistencia: El Caso del Amor-Mágico en el Perú Colonial
y Contemporaneo," paper presented at the X International Symposium of the Latin American
Indian Literatures Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
"Therapeutic Strategy and Gender Cosmology: Male and Female Shamans in North Coastal
Peru," paper presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological
Association. New Orleans, Louisiana.
"Daño, Discourse and Healing in North Coastal Peru," paper presented at the 88th Annual
Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington D. C.
"Medicina Tradicional y Medicina Académica: ¿Cómo se Entiende su Integración?" Paper
presented at the VIII Congreso Peruano del Hombre y la Cultura Andina, Trujillo, Peru.
"El Daño, el Cuento y el Chisme: el Poder de la Palabra en la Medicina Tradicional de la
Costa Norte del Perú," paper presented at the II Congreso Internacional de Medicinas
Tradicionales, Lima and Trujillo, Peru.
"Medicina Académica y Medicina Tradicional: ¿Es Posible su Integración?" Round table
presentation to Peruvian physicians of Colegio Médico del Perú. I Seminario Taller
Nacional: Medicina Tradicional y Académica--Encuentros. (Lima, Peru)."Características que
Determinan la Manera de Acudir al Herbolario y la Farmacia en Trujillo," paper presented at
the VII Congreso Peruano del Hombre y la Cultura Andina, Huaraz, Peru.
Invited presentations/lectures/interviews
2015
“Better Together Interfaith Ally Training Program,” Presentations about the program to
Housing and Residence Life (RA training, April 2015 and Community Faith Leader
2015
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2012
Engagement, August 2015).
“Better Together Interfaith Ally Training Program.” Four workshops reaching 70 students,
faculty, staff, administrators during March -April 2015.
“The Magic and Mystery of Interfaith Cooperation,” Presentation at the 12th Annual Interfaith
Thanksgiving Service, (Nov. 23, 2014).
“International Day of Listening,” Interview with Tom Williams, KUSU/UPR, to speak about
the USU Interfaith Initiative (November 26, 2014).
Multiple interviews with Chris Campbell for articles about the USU Interfaith Initiative
including the following: “Religious diversity of Utah State difficult to track” (Nov. 13, 2014,
p. 1).“Interfaith takes off,” (Oct. 7, 2014, p. 1).“Speed-Faithing panelists speak out about
beliefs,” (Sept 18, 2014, p. 4).“Faith and food: finding meals on campus difficult for some
students,” (Dec. 2, 2014).
“Speaking About Dr. Eboo Patel,” Interview with Dave Ramsey on KVNU’s “For the
People,” September 1, 2014.
Interview with Kristin Middaugh (CHaSS Media Relations) for upcoming article on the USU
Interfaith Initiative and the Interfaith Student Association for Liberalis.
“Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom,” Interview with Kris Steinnes for Voices of Women, WBLQ
1230 AM (Seattle, WA) and Transformation Talk Radio (March 28, 2014:
http://www.transformationtalkradio.com/meet_shows.php?id=8900)
“Lessons from the World’s First Religion,” Interview with Phil Mereton for Beyond Science
and Religion, Webtalk Radio (Mar 9, 2014: http://webtalkradio.net/internet-talkradio/2014/03/17/conversations-beyond-science-and-religion-lessons-from-the-worlds-firstreligion/)
“The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru,” Interview with Scott
Cluthe for Positively Incorrect, Blogtalk Radio (Mar 20, 2014:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/positively-incorrect/2014/03/21/bonnie-glass-coffin-phdauthor-of-the-gift-of-life-with-scott-cluthe-on-p-i).
“Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life,” Interview with Scott
Colburn for Unexplained Phenomena, KZUM (Lincoln, NE) and EUPRadio.net (Mar 15,
2014: http://eupradio.net/index.php?id=154)
“Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life,” Interview with Jeremy
McDonald for Soul Talk Radio Network (Feb, 2014:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/soul_talk/2014/02/15/soul-talk-with-bonnie-glass-coffin-phd)
“Shamanism: from Community to Consumerism,” Interview with Christina Smith and
Aprylisa Snyder for At the Heart of the Shaman: Energy Medicine Exchange (Feb 22, 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZuSqW-Dkaw)
“Feminine Approaches to Shamanism,” Interview with Aprylisa Snyder for At the Heart of
the Shaman: Energy Medicine Exchange (Feb 22, 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPqaGYKfzCU)
“Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life,” Interview with David
McMillian for Strategies for Living (Dec, 17, 2013:
http://www.strategiesforliving.com/podcast.php?p=2308).
“Shaman: Tapping Unseen Powers Behind the Veil,” Human Book Presentation, MerrillCazier Library (Feb. 27th, 2013)
“An Experiment in Experiential Pedagogy: Teaching Shamanism in a Public University
Classroom,” Presented at Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) “Big
Questions Breakfast,” Atlanta, Jan. 2013
What is College For? Is it Broken? How Do We Fix It? Panel discussion summarizing
CHaSS Seminar in Experiential Learning, Nov. 28th, 2012. Podcast available at:
https://podcasts.usu.edu/MediaPlayer/player.html?filename=Podcasts/MISC/2012_11_28_H
ASSPanel
2012
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Keynote address: “Women and Spirituality: The Roads We Make, The Paths We Take,” for
Utah State University Center for Women and Gender, January 12, 2012.
Radio Interview: “Shamanic Healing: A Personal Experience,” for Self, Soul, and
Consciousness on VoiceAmerica Radio. November 3, 2011.
http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/57308/shamanic-healing-a-personal-experience.
Fife Folklore Conference Invited Presentation: “Sorcery and Shamanism: Folklore, Magic
and Medicine in North Coastal Peru,” Utah State University, June 7, 2011
Guest lecture: USU Museum of Anthropology’s Saturdays at the Museum: “Healing,
Wholeness and Earth-Based Spirituality: the "Despacho" Offering as a Means of Realigning
Our Relationship with the Natural World.” Mar 5, 2011
Keynote presentation, “Developing Communities Together: Students and Research in
Huanchaco, Peru,” International Research Lecture Series, Utah State University, Nov 17,
2010
Guest lecture: USU Medical Spanish Club: “When Spirit/matters: reflections on patients and
healers in the context of culture,” March 24th, 2009 and Nov 5th, 2009).
Keynote Speaker, Seventh International Gathering/Heart of the Healer Foundation, July 2225, 2007 (Pisac, Peru)
SSW&A Department Brown-bag presentation: “An Ethnographic Field School Comes of
Age,” Feb.
Keynote Speaker, Fifth International Gathering/Heart of the Healer Foundation, Sept 22-25,
2005 (Shelby, Michigan).
Presentation to Anthropology Student Association, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
SSW&A Department "Brown-Bag" presentation "Tourism and Culture Change in a Peruvian
Fishing Village: A Summary of Student Reports from the 2002 Ethnographic Field School
USU Society for Advancement of Qualitative Studies "Organizing an Ethnographic Field
School: Tips and Cautions"
SSW&A Department "Brown-Bag" presentation "Working with Local Latino Communities:
Adventures in Applied Anthropology."
The Book Table book club (Logan, UT) Discussion of The Gift of Life
Rotary Club International (Logan, UT) Presentation of research on Peruvian shamans
College of HASS "Brown-Bag" presentation (as part of Tanner Symposium Activities):
"'New Age' Shamanism in Peru".
Featured in newspaper articles, The Utah Statesman (USU), The Herald Journal (Logan, UT)
and The Salt Lake Tribune
Interviewed for "Access Utah" Radio Program (KUSU) Topic: Body, Mind, and
Spirit:Culture and Health in America
SSW&A Department "Brown-Bag" Presentation of Summer, 1999 research in Peru, "What,
Another Enema? What I Did With My Summer Vacation or the REAL Consequences of
Participant Observation Research in Anthropology."
Interviewed for "Access Utah" Radio Program (KUSU) Topic: The Gift of Life
Featured in periodical articles, Utah State Magazine, Bridgerland Magazine, Catalyst
Magazine Topic: The Gift of Life
AAUW (Logan Chapter) Discussion of The Gift of Life
Featured in newspaper articles, The Utah Statesman (USU), The Herald Journal (Logan, UT)
and The Salt Lake Tribune
FIFE Folklore Conference Faculty Fellow (Featured Speaker)/USU
Interviewed for "Access Utah" Radio Program (KUSU) Topic: Research in Peru
FIFE Folklore Conference Lecturer/USU
Other Service Activities:
Professional Association Memberships
Consejo Interamericano Sobre Espiritualidad Indígena/Mexico (1998-present)
Society for Applied Anthropology (1992-present)
Research Associate: San Diego Museum of Man (1987-2006)
American Anthropological Association (1985-present)
Article Reviewer for Professional Journals
Bulletin del Institute Francais des Etudes Andines
Anthropologica (flagship journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society)
Journal of Latin American Anthropology
Medical Anthropology Quarterly
American Anthropologist (flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association)
American Ethnologist
Journal of Latin American Lore
Journal of Anthropological Research
Mountain Research and Development (MRD/University of Berne)
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
IDEALS (Interfaith Diversity Experiences and Attitudes Longitudinal Survey) Campus Liaison for National
Survey begin conducted by North Carolina State University and Interfaith Youth Core.
Recent Conference Program Planning Committees
USU Interfaith Initiative, Chair (2013-present):
“Faith Zone Training,” with Dr. Marcella Runell Hall, Chair (Aug-Oct 2013). Raised $3,500 from 7
sponsors to host Dr. Marcella Runell Hall at Utah State University, Oct 11-13, 2013.
“Big Questions” in Higher Education Symposium, Sponsored by AAC&U Member (2014-2016)
Educators for Diversity Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee (2001-2004)
Anthropology Program Coordinator for Western Social Science Association (2003-2004)
O.C. Tanner Symposium Conference Planning Committee, Chair (1998-2000)
Recent Boards and Advisory Committees
USU Interfaith Advisory Council, Chair (2015-)
USU Vice Provost, Case/Carnegie Professor of the Year Selection Committee (2010-2011)
USU Archaeological Services, Board Member (2010-2011)
Dean’s Advisory Committee, Mountain West Center for Regional Studies (2010-2011)
Chair, Board of Directors, The Cosmic Nudge/Cache Valley Utah (2010-2012)
Utah State University, Fulbright Scholarship Awards Committee (2010-2011)
USU Office of Global Engagement, Faculty Seed Grant Awards Committee (2009-2010)
College of HASS, General Education/Liberal Education Restructuring Committee (2009-2010)
College of HASS, Dean’s Internationalization Fellow (2009)
Chair, College of HASS, Internationalization Committee (2009-2010)
Advisor/Instructor, Undergraduate Teaching Fellows Program (1995-1998 and 2007-2009)
SSWA Graduate Executive Committee (2008-2010)
SSWA MSS Degree Committee Chair (2008-present)
Executive Board Member, Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness (2006-2009)
Board Member, Chaupinsuyu Council (regional coordinating council for the Heart of the Healer
Foundation, (2006-present)
Advisor/Consultant “Visionary Shamanism: Ritual Healing in Peru” documentary, Munay Productions
(2006-present)
Latin American Studies Minor/College of HASS (2004-present)
International Studies Major/College of HASS (2003-present)
Religious Studies Major/College of HASS (2003-present)
Utah State University Prehealth Professions Evaluation Committee (2004-2006)
Utah State University International Academic Advisory Board (2004-2006)
Educators for Diversity Task Force (Founding member, 2001-2004)
State-Wide Curriculum Articulation Committee/Utah Office of Higher Education (1998-2004)
Current and Immediate Past Search Committees:
Chair: Ass’t Prof. Medical Anthropology, SSWA (2013-2014)
Chair: Ass’t. Prof. Medical Anthropology, SSWA (2010-2011)
Committee member: Assoc. Prof. Religious Studies/History (2010-2011)
Committee member: Department Head, SSWA (2010-2011)
Committee member: Dean, College of HASS (2009-2010)
Committee member: Ass’t. Prof. Portuguese, LPSC (2009-2010)
Current Promotion and Tenure Committee Assignments:
Associate to Full
Maria Cordero (LPSC/CHaSS)
Cacilda Rego (LPSC/CHaSS)
James Sanders (History/CHaSS)
Assistant to Associate
Francois Dengah, Chair (Anthropology/CHaSS)
Judson Finley (Anthropology/CHaSS)
Sue Kasun (TEAL)
Recent Graduate Student Advising:
Ryan Price (PhD/English/Technical Writing, Member, in process)
Britt MacNamara (MS/Archaeology, Committee Chair, completed Fall 2013)
Candice Cravens (MS/Archaeology, Member, completed Spring 2014)
Dee Ansbergs (MA/Folklore, Member, completed Spring 2013)
Bernadene Ryan (MA/Folklore, Member, completed Spring 2013)
Recent Undergraduate Research Projects for Public Presentation/Publication :
Erica Hawvermale and Audrey George: “Interfaith Cooperation on a Public University Campus:
Challenges and Opportunities,” Utah Research on Capitol Hill (Jan 2015).
Katelyn Conrad: “Outside the Homeland: the Intermountain Indian School,” Utah Research on Capitol
Hill (Jan 2012), Exhibit installation at Brigham City Museum (April-July 2012),
James Gardner: “Revolution, Reform, and Reticent Voices: A Study of Nicaragua’s Dynamic Health Care
System.” Presented at Utah Research on Capitol Hill (Jan 2013), Utah Council for Undergraduate
Research (Feb 2013), accepted for presentation at National Council for Undergraduate Research (Apr
2013).
Elizabeth Payne: “The Medicalization of Childbirth in Cache Valley, Utah: An Ethnographic Study.”
Presented at Utah Research on Capitol Hill (Jan 2013), Utah Council for Undergraduate Research (Feb
2013).
Elizabeth Payne: “A History of Midwifery in Cache Valley, Utah,” submitted to USU Student Showcase
(Apr 2013).
Beth Walden: “CHaSS Seminar on Experiential Learning,” Religious Studies Capstone Project (May
2013)
Recent advisory positions with student clubs:
Interfaith Student Association (co-advisor, Fall 2014-present)
Medical Unity (Fall 2010-Spring 2013)
USU Pagan Alliance (Fall 2011-Spring 2013)
Other Program/Department/University Level Service:
Religious Studies Events Committee, Chair (Fall 2014-present)
Anthropology Program Honors Advisor (Fall 2012-present)
Anthropology Program Undergraduate Teaching Fellow Advisor (Fall 2012-Spring 2014, Spring 2015-)
………Better-Together Interfaith Ally Training Coordinator (Spring 2015-)
Teaching:
2014-2015 Teaching Assignment
Fall 2014
Anth 1010: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (250 students)
Fall 2014
Anth 1099: Resources in Anthropology (28 students)
Fall 2014
Anth 3090: Introduction to Shamanism (40 students)
Spring 2015
Anth 4990: Contemporary Issues in Anthropology (anticipate 20 students)
Courses Developed and Taught
In progress
Ways of Knowing in Cultural Anthropology (Undergraduate Capstone Course)
In progress
Better Together Interfaith Ally Training Program (Stand-alone capacity-building workshop
for all USU faculty, staff, administrators, students, community faith leaders)
2012-present
Ethnographic Methods in Cultural Anthropology
2012-present
Ethnographic Field School (in Cache Valley, UT)
2011-present
Anthropology of Religion
2011-present
Introduction to Shamanism
2008-present
Applied Anthropology Survey
2008-2010
Contemporary Issues in Anthropology (USU)
2002-2006
Ethnographic Field School in Huanchaco, Peru (USU) www.usu.edu/anthro/peru and
www.usu.edu/anthro/peru/2006.html and
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6303334543435841754#
2001-2006
Career Options and Field Methods in Anthropology (USU)
1999-present
Applied Anthropology Practicum (USU)
1998-2005
Contemporary Theory and Method (USU)
1998-present
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (USU)
1997
Andean Ethnomedicine (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador)
1996-1998
Practices and Principles of Cultural Anthropology (USU)
1996-1998
Ethnographic Methods (USU)
1995-1998
History of Anthropological Theory (USU)
1995
Research/Proposal Design (USU)
1993-present
Medical Anthropology (USU)
1991-1998
Shamanism and Traditional Medicine (OSU, WSU, USU)
1993
Psychological Anthropology (WSU)
1992-1998
Introduction to Anthropology, 4 field approach (WSU, USU)
1991-present
Peoples of Latin America (OSU, USU)
References: available upon request
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