Rose C. Jones, Ph.D.

Medical Anthropologist

 

March 2006

 

 

EDUCATION:

1994    Ph.D. Anthropology                              Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

1991    M.A. Anthropology                              Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

1983    B.A. History                                         University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

 

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:

Cultural Competency

HIV/AIDS 

Sex and Sexuality

The Culture of Biomedicine

Women & Gender Studies

Community & Preventive Medicine

Ethnographic Research and Methodology

Curriculum Development and Integration

RESEARCH AREAS: Caribbean, Native America, Mexico, and Southern United States

LANGUAGE: Patwah

 

POSITIONS HELD:

2006 -  Present             Consultant

 

2000 – 2005                Medical Anthropologist/Clinical Faculty, Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC)

 

2001 - 2002                 Adjunct, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University

 

1997 - 1995                 Assistant Professor, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

 

1995 - 1991                 Instructor, Women’s Studies Program, Southern Methodist University

 

1989 - 1987                 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University

 

RESEARCH AND CONSULTING

2006                     Consultant

·        Provide HIV/AIDS training to AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs)

·        Didactic presentations at HIV/AIDS medical conferences

·        Cultural competency lectures at various universities

·        Native American & HIV/AIDS training and education outreach in Texas and Okalahoma

 

2000 – 2005    Consulting Anthropologist & Clinical Faculty, Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC), Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, Texas.

·        Design, implement, and evaluate a cultural competency curriculum for medical professionals treating HIV/AIDS patients in underserved communities in Texas and Oklahoma

·        Conduct cultural trainings at medical conferences and symposiums

·        Conduct ethnographic research on introducing HIV clinical trials in rural, minority communities

·        Collaborate with AETC National Resource Center (NRC) on the development and marketing of HIV/AIDS cultural curriculum

 

Jan 2000          Consulting anthropologist, Department of Dermatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (Ponciano Cruz, M.D., contact person)

·        Observe and critique the dermatology faculty conduct interviews with prospective residents; help with the selection process; develop a behavioral interview schedule for faculty to use in subsequent interviews

 

1998 - 2000     Consulting anthropologist, Geo-Marine, Inc., Plano, Texas (Duane Peter, PI, Geo-marine Inc., contact person)

·        Curriculum design and development for the Historical Study of Freedman’s Cemetery, Dallas, Texas, Texas Department of Transportation (Grant #41DL316)

 

1998                                Consulting anthropologist, Terrell State Hospital (Jacqueline Stephens, Ph.D., Department of Rehabilitation Science, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, contact person)

·        Collaborate on the design and execution of a colloquium on culture, mental health, and patient care for employees at the Texas psychiatric institution 

 

Consulting anthropologist, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (Patricia Chandler, MD, Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine, contact person)

·        Research design and data analysis for an Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) grant on cardiovascular disease and alternative health practitioners in the Dallas/Fort Worth area

 

1996 - 1997     Consulting anthropologist, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) (Margaret Collins, Director, contact person)

 

·        Strategic planning for the development and implementation of an interdisciplinary, community-oriented educational campaign to reduce alcohol-related vehicular injuries and fatalities within Hispanic communities in Dallas/Fort Worth

·        Project has become a national model for cultural competency training for MADD

 

1996 - 1997     Co-principal investigator (with John Coscia, M.D., Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas) for the project “Breast Cancer and Mammography: An Assessment of Women’s Fears”  (IRB 0997 39200)

 

1996 - 1997     Co-principal investigator (with PM Statler, PA-C, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas) for the project “Gross Anatomy and Physician Assistants’ Socialization” (IRB 0496 12600)

 

                        Consulting anthropologist, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas (Jane Munger, MSN, Department of Quality Management, contact person)

·        Research design for a project to identify psychosocial barriers to breast cancer screening among women in underserved communities in Dallas

 

1995 - 1997     Co-Principle investigator (with P. Eugene Jones, Ph.D.), Department of Physician Assistant Studies, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

·        Design, implement, and evaluate the sociocultural component of the Physician Assistant curriculum

 

1989 - 1990     Doctoral research: “Songs from the Village: An Ethnography of Gender, Reproduction, and Sexuality in St. Lucia, West Indies

 

                        Research assistant for the project “A Comparative Study of Eastern Caribbean Fertility Decline,” Barbados and Antigua, West Indies; W. Penn Handwerker, Ph.D., Principle Investigator, Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut

 

1989                                Research assistant for the project “Factors Influencing Prenatal Care among Low-income Jamaica Women,” Jamaica, West Indies; Carolyn Sargent, Ph.D., Principle Investigator, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University

 

1989 - 1986     Research in residence for the project “Infertility and Reproductive                                            Technologies” RESOLVE, Dallas, Texas

 

1987                                Research assistant for the project “Childbirth Education and Childbirth Models, Parental Perspectives on Control, Anesthesia, and Technological Intervention,” Carolyn Sargent, Ph.D. and Nancy Stark, Principle Investigators, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University

 

1988                                Research in residence for the project “Mediating Health Structures: Grass Roots Movements and Reproductive Technology,” Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University

 

1984                Research in residence for the project “An Ethology of the Dwarf Mongoose,” Audubon Zoological Center, New Orleans, LA; Department of Anthropology, University of New Orleans

 

1982                                Senior Project: “Folklore in an Urban Black Community,” Department of Anthropology, University of New Orleans; Department of Anthropology, University of New Orleans

 

TECHNICAL REPORTS AND TRAINING MODULES

2006    Native Americans and HIV/AIDS: Training and Educational Outreach and Assessment in Texas & Oklahoma, Prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC)

 

2005    The Culture of Biomedicine: An Anthropological Perspective. Prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC) and the National Resource Center (NRC); available at www.aidsetc.org

 

            Sex, Culture and AIDS: A Biosocial Perspective for Healthcare Providers.  Prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC) and the National Resource Center (NRC); available at www.aidsetc.org

 

            Women, Culture and HIV/AIDS: An Anthropological Assessment. Prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC) and the National Resource Center (NRC); available at www.aidsetc.org

 

Migration, Hispanics & HIV/AIDS: A Cultural Assessment. Prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC) and the National Resource Center (NRC); available at www.aidsetc.org

 

HIV/AIDS & Rural Communities: A Cultural Assessment. Prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC) and the National Resource Center (NRC); available at www.aidsetc.org

 

            Culture, Communication and HIV/AIDS: An Anthropological Assessment; Training module prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center.

 

Culture and Cultural Competency on the Texas/Mexican Border. Training module prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center

 

2003    Rural and Minority Clinical Trials Study: Site Report for Special Health Resources of Texas and Valley AIDS Council. Prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center.

 

Perinatal HIV Transmission: Risk & Prevention Training and Education Project. Technical Field Report for Longview, Tyler, Nacogdoches and Beaumont. Prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center.

 

2002    Juarez/El Paso Field Report: Preliminary Findings and Recommendations, Texas/Mexico Border Training Pilot Project, Juarez, Mexico (November). Prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center.

 

            Sex Module for HIV/AIDS Health Care Providers. Prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center, Culture Consulting & Training, Inc., Dallas, TX.

 

2001    Reynosa Field Report: Preliminary Findings and Recommendations,           Texas/Mexico Border Training Pilot Project, Reynosa, Tampaulipas, Mexico            (November 30 – December 3). Prepared for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education         and Training Center.

           

2000    A City within a City: The Freedman’s Town/North Dallas Community        Educational Curriculum (with Victoria Clow, Marsha Prior, Froswa’ Booker-            Drew, and Duane Peter). Prepared by Geo-Marine, Inc. for the Texas Department        of Transportation

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

2003    Separation versus Integration: Reflections from the AAA Meeting in New               Orleans. AIDS & Anthropology Bulletin 15 (1): 4-5.

 

Letter to the Editor (with Merrill Singer), Anthropology News, American Anthropology Association, February.

 

2002    HIV/AIDS and Native Americans. Prepared for the Texas Urban Indian News, a monthly newsletter printed and distributed by the Urban Inter-Tribal Center of Texas, May.

 

 

 

1999    Husbands and Lovers: Gender Construction and the Ethnography of Sex Research 

In Sex, Sexuality and the Anthropologist, Fran Markowitz and Mike Ashkenazi,

editors, Chicago, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, pp. 25-42.

 

1998    Improving Communication and Medical Interviewing Skills: A Community-based Approach” (with V. Orcutt, PA-C), Academic Medicine 73(5): 588-589.

 

1995    Women’s  Bodies: Medical Praxis and Social Discourse In Models of Interdisciplinary Teaching: Syllabi from the AGLSP Faculty Development Institute, Charles Strain, ed. Raleigh, North Carolina: Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Program.

 

1992    STDs: To Clap Add Leak, Koolant, and Bore (with W. Penn Handwerker, Ph.D.) Journal of the American Medical Association 267 (12): 1166-67.

 

1989    The Politics of Reproductive Biology: Exclusionary Policies in the United States In Births and Power: Social Change and the Politics of Reproduction, W. Penn Handwerker, Ph.D., editor. Boulder, Colorado: Westview, pp. 39-52.

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS:

2002                Curtis Tunnell Award for Multicultural Study for the Freedman Cemetery                                   Project, Texas Historical Commission

 

2001                                E. Mott Davis Award for advancing public awareness and appreciation of

archeology for the educational curriculum and materials developed for the Freedman Cemetery Project, Council of Texas Archeologist

 

1998                                Outstanding Service Award for the Hispanic Victim Impact Program (VIP), Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Dallas, Texas

 

1997                                Grants for Programs in Physician Assistants, U.S. Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professionals (Co-PI with P. Eugene Jones, Ph.D.); Grant 2D21 PE 10067-046, $346,204

 

1996                The Young Faculty Award for Professional Excellence, Association of Physician Assistant National Award, Pharmacia & Upjohn, $500

 

1995                                National Endowment for the Humanities, Faculty Development Award, De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois, $5,000

 

1994                                Joel Shiner Award, travel grant for presenting a paper at the national meetings of  the American Anthropological Association, $250

 

1993                                Joel Shiner Award, travel grant for presenting a paper at the national meetings of  the American Anthropological Association, $250

 

1989                                National Science Foundation, doctoral research funds (W.  Penn Handwerker, Ph.D., Principle Investigator); BSN 8804719, $15,000

 

PRESENTATIONS

2006    Colloquium on “The Cultural Components of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Screening and Treatment” for a course on the Diplomado en VIH/SIDA para el Medico General, Alianza Medica, Mexico City (July/August)            

 

Invited lecture on “The Missing Culture: Cultural Competency and HIV/AIDS in Native American Communities” for a workshop for Native American providers treating HIV/AIDS patients, Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC), Oklahoma City, OK (May/June)

 

            Plenary speaker on “Women and AIDS: A Cultural Assessment” for Triangle AIDS Network’s annual update conference, Beaumont, Texas (March 29)

 

            Invited lecture on “Women and Sexuality” for an undergraduate course on human sexuality at the University of North Texas (March 9) 

 

2005    Plenary Speaker on “Sex, Culture and HIV/AIDS” for Valley AIDS Council, Annual Update AIDS Conference, Padre Island, Texas (October 21)

 

            Plenary Speaker on “Sex, Culture and HIV/AIDS” for LE FE Care’s Annual Update AIDS Conference, Padre Island, Texas (October 15)

 

            Invited lecture on “Ethnicity and Cultural Competency” for a graduate course on cultural diversity, UT Southwestern Medical Center, School of Psychology (October 3)

 

            Key Note Speaker on “The Culture of Biomedicine and the Problem with Cultural Competency” for the annual conference on cultural diversity, Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut (September 9)

 

            Invited lecture on “Native Americans and HIV/AIDS” for the AIDS Resource Group, Houston, Texas (June 15)

 

Colloquium on “HIV/AIDS and Native Americans” for a clinical and cultural Training to Native American providers in Oklahoma; for the Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC) in Tulsa, OK (May 6-7) and Tulsa, OK (June 9-10)

           

            Panelist for a discussion on “Culture, Migration, HIV/AIDS and Women” (with Jorge Saavedra and Eva Moya) for the 2nd Annual Women and HIV Conference, Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (April 8)   

 

            Workshop on “A Disease without Borders: The Impact of HIV and Migration on Families Living along the U.S. – Mexico Border” (with J gray, L Armas, S Moreno and J Sandoval) for the AIDS in Culture Conference, Mexico City (December 15-19)

 

Workshop on “Culture and HIV/AIDS” for the Elements of Success Annual Conference, Texas & Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center, Dallas, Texas (December 4)

 

Plenary speaker on “Sex, Culture and HIV/AIDS” for Valley AIDS Council, Annual Conference, Padre Island, Texas (October 15)

 

Panelist for a discussion on “Healthy Border 2010: An Agenda for Improving Health on the U.S. Mexico Border,” Texas/Oklahoma and Border Ni-National Health Border Summit, El Paso, Texas (October 14)

 

Plenary speaker on “HIV/AIDS in the Rural South: A Cultural Assessment” for   Triangle AIDS Network Annual Conference, Beaumont, Texas (October 6)

 

Invited lecture on “Culture and HIV/AIDS” for the Department of Infectious Disease Annual HIV/AIDS Update, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City (August 13)

 

Poster on “A Multidisciplinary Approach to Initiating Clinical Trials in Rural Communities” (with A Ribo, Jesus Sandoval, J Grey, P Keiser) for the XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand (July 13)

 

Poster on “AIDS Conspiracy Theories and their Impact on Treatment Decisions” (with Jesus Sandoval, J Grey, A Ribo, S Moreno) for the XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand (July 14)

 

2004    Invited lecture on “HIV/AIDS in Immigrant Hispanic Populations” for the Emerging Populations at Risk for HIV, HIV 4 State Conference, Texarkana  (April 23)

           

Session organizer and paper for an Invited session on “AIDS/HIV in the South: A Cultural Snapshot” for the Society of Applied Anthropology meeting, Dallas, Texas (April 1)

 

Volunteered paper on “The Whisper Game: HIV Testing and Treatment Barriers for Women in East Texas” for the Society of Applied Anthropology meeting, Dallas, Texas (April 1)

 

Invited lecture on “The Culture of Gender and HIV/AIDS: Implications for Providers” for the 1st Annual Women and HIV Symposium,” Dallas, Texas (March 27)

Invited lecture on “AIDS in Rural Communities: A Cultural Assessment” for the Houston Regional HIV/AIDS Resource Group’s Quarterly Clinical Staff and Consumer Board Meeting, Lufkin, Texas (March 11)

 

2003    Poster on HIV Perinatal Transmission Prevention Project (with B Blake, J Grey            and Jesus Sandoval for the United States Conference on AIDS, New Orleans, LA             (September 19)

 

Invited lecture on Sex, Culture and AIDS: A Biosocial Perspective for Health

            Professionals,” for the annual HIV Update, Thomas Street Clinic, Houston, Texas         (September12)

 

            Invited lecture on “Sex, Culture and AIDS: A Biosocial Perspective for Health

            Professionals,” for the Department of Infectious Disease annual HIV/AIDS        Update, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City            (August 15)

 

            Invited Telelecture on “Culture and HIV/AIDS as it Impacts Health     Professionals in Rural Communities in the South,” for the School of Rural Public   Health’s annual HIV/AIDS Telehealth Conference for Rural Health             Professionals, Texas A & M University, College Station (June 2)

 

            Invited lecture on “Sex, Sexuality and Sexual History Taking” for students in the           the Nurse Practitioner Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas    (March 10)

 

            Invited lecture on “The Culture of Biomedicine: Implications for HIV/AIDS      Providers” for the Department of Infectious Disease, University of Oklahoma       Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City (February 14)

 

            Invited lecture on “Domestic Violence, HIV and Native Americans: Screening             and Community-Based Interventions” for the Urban Inter-Tribal Center of Texas,          Dallas, TX (January 17)

 

2002    Session Organizer for a Panel on “Cultural Competency Modules for Health Care Providers” for the American Anthropological Association’s annual meetings, New Orleans, LA (November 23)

 

Volunteered paper on “Reconfiguring the Biomedical Concept of Culture and Cultural Competency” for the session on Cultural Competency Modules for HealthCare Providers for the American Anthropological Association’s annual meetings, New Orleans, LA (November 23)

 

Invited lecture on “The Culture of Biomedicine & HIV Physicians” for Bio-Ortho Tech Pharmaceutical Company, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX (November 20)

 

Invited lecture on “Native Americans and HIV/AIDS: An Epidemiological and Sociomedical Perspective” for Urban AIDS Network, Fort Worth, Texas (November 7)  

 

Key Note Speaker, “The Canary in the Mine: Rethinking Cultural Competency” for the Texas Nurse Practitioner Annual Conference, Fort Worth, Texas (September 7)

 

Plenary Speaker on “Rethinking the Concept of Culture” for the Youth Angle National Conference: The Change Culture of Adolescents and HIV Disease, Dallas Texas (September 19).

 

Invited Lecture on “The Culture of Biomedicine in Rural Health Care” for the Providers of Rural Health Care Conference, Lubbock, Texas (September 17).

 

            Poster presentation on “The Culture of Medicine and AIDS: An Anthropological Assessment” (with Angel Ribo, Gary Sinclair, Jesus Sandoval, Sylvia Moreno, and Phillip Keiser) for the International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain

            (July 11)

 

Poster presentation  on “A Collaborative Model for HIV/AIDS Education and Training for Native American Healthcare Providers (with Barbara Blake, Angel Ribo, Jesus Sandoval and Wendy McGunkin) for the International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain (July 9)

 

Poster presentation on “HIV Clinical Training Model for Physicians on the Texas/Mexico Border” with J Sandoval, A Ribo, S Moreno, A Perez, N Salazar, F Bonillia, H Pacheco, M Figueroa-Gonzalez for the International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain (July 9)

 

Plenary lecture on “Cultural Competency and the Culture of Biomedicine”” for the Ryan White All Tittles HIV Conference: A Clinical and Regulator Update, San Antonio, Texas (May 9)

 

Invited lecture on “Cultural Competency and HIV/AIDS” for In-House training for Case Managers at AIDSARMS, Dallas, Texas (March 7)

 

2001        Volunteered paper on “Doctors and Medicine: The Hidden Culture in the AIDS Epidemic” for the American Anthropological Association’s annual meetings, Washington, D.C. (November 29)

 

Colloquium on “Domestic Violence & HIV Risk Assessment for American Indian Women” and “Two-Spirits and Homosexuality: Sex  in American Indian Cultures” for the American Indian/Alaskan Native Provider Training Seminar, Texas and Oklahoma Aids Education and Training Center, University of Oklahoma Health Center, Oklahoma City, OK (March 7-8; April 4-5) 

 

2000    Colloquium on “Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunctions” for the Nurse Practitioner Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (June/July;       October/November; Feb/March)

 

            Invited lecture on “The Culture of Psychology” for a course on Cultural Diversity, Department of Psychology, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (November 23) 

 

1999    Colloquium on “Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunctions” for the Nurse Practitioner Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (June/July;       October/November; (Feb/March)

 

1998    Invited lecture on “Cultural Diversity” for a course on Interdisciplinary Health   Care, School of Allied Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center (Sept 28) 

 

Invited lecture on “ The Culture of Psychology” for a course on Cultural Diversity, Department of Psychology, Southwestern Medical School at Dallas (Sept 1)

 

Invited lecture on “Sexual Dysfunction: A Biocultural Perspective” for the Nurse Practitioner Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (August 12))

 

Volunteered paper on “The Biomedical and Ethnomedical Cultures of Mammography and Breast Screening” (with John Coscia and Marsha Prior) for the Senological International Society’s annual conference on Breast Disease, Porto, Portugal (June 2)

 

Colloquium on “Ethnicity and Mental Health and Illness” for Terrell State Psychiatric Hospital, Terrell, Texas (April 29)

 

Invited discussant for a session on “Creating Cultural Competence: A New Pedagogy” for the Society for Applied Anthropology’s annual meetings, San Juan, Puerto Rica, (April 25)

 

Volunteered paper on “Women’s Fear about Breast Cancer and Mammography: Implications for Research and Screening” (with John Coscia and Marsha Prior) for the Society for Applied Anthropology’s annual meetings, San Juan, Puerto Rica, (April 24)

 

Invited lecture on “Sexual Dysfunctions: A Biocultural Perspective” for the Nurse Practitioner Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (April 15)

 

            Invited panelist for a discussion on “Women’s Health” for the Health Care Financing Administration’s Annual conference, The University of Texas at Dallas (March 18)

1997    Invited paper on “Medical Education and Anthropology: Bridging the Gap” for the American Anthropological Association’s annual meetings, Washington DC (Nov 20)

 

            Volunteered paper on “Gender Violence and Strategy” (with Marsha Prior) for            the American Anthropological Association’s annual meetings, Washington D.C.          (Nov 19)

 

Invited lecture on “Achieving Cultural Competency in the Classroom and Clinic” for the Allied Health Care’s annual Faculty Development Workshop, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (November 7)

 

Invited lecture on “Taking a Sexual History from a Culturally Competent Perspective” for the Women’s Health Care’s annual seminar, the Nurse Practitioner Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (April 15)

 

Volunteered paper on “Gross Anatomy and the Socialization of Physician Assistants” (with P.M. Statler) for the annual Allied Health’s Research Forum, UT Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School (April 9)

 Grand Rounds on “Culture, Ethnicity, and Clinical Interactions” for Children’s Hospital, Dallas, TX (March 19)

 

Volunteered paper on “Potions, Charms, and Spells: Revising the Medical Curriculum in the Era of Managed Care” for the Society of Applied Anthropology’s annual meetings, Seattle, Washington (March 6)

 

Invited lecture on “Sex, Gender, and Culture” for an undergraduate course in the Department of Anthropology, University of North Texas (February 14)

 

Invited lecture on “Ethnopsychiatry: Concepts, Approaches, and Clinical Implications” for the graduate students and faculty at the Department of Rehabilitation Science, UT Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School (February 2)        

 

1996    Invited lecture on “Applied Anthropology in Medical Settings” for an organized            panel, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University (October 22)

 

Invited lecture on “The Benefits of Integrating Interdisciplinary Modules into Health Care” for the faculty at UT Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School (September 11)   

 

Invited lecture on “Using Qualitative Methodologies in Clinical Research” for the General Internal Medicine Faculty Scholars, UT Southwestern Medical School (March 7)

 

Invited discussant for a round table on “Making Women’s Health a Priority: Research and Funding” for the annual Women’s Symposium, Southern Methodist University (March 6)

 

Invited lecture on “Violence Against Women: Theoretical and Methodological Issues” for the Women’s Studies Program’s faculty, Southern Methodist University (January 22)

 

1995    Volunteered paper on “Gender and Violence: A Comparative Analysis” (with   Marsha Prior) for the American Anthropological Association’s annual meetings,             Washington D.C. (Nov 19)

           

            Invited discussant for a panel on “The Meetings of the Humanities with the Social Sciences and Natural Sciences” for the Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs annual meetings, Raleigh, North Carolina (October 5)

 

            Organizer for a session of “Women’s Health: An Anthropological Perspective” for the South Central Women’s Association’s annual conference, Denton, TX (March 24)

 

Invited discussant for a panel on “Gender Politics” for the annual Women’s Symposium, Southern Methodist University (March 24)

           

            Invited lecture on “Demography in the Caribbean” for a graduate seminar in the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University (March 22)

 

1994    Volunteered paper on “Husbands and Lovers: The Unhappy Marriage between Anthropology and Sexuality” for the American Anthropological Association’s annual meetings, Atlanta, Georgia (December 2)

 

Invited discussant for a round table on “Feminism in the International Arena” for the annual Women’s Symposium, Southern Methodist University (March 2)

 

1993    Volunteered paper on “Integrating Women’s Reproductive Experiences into     Male-oriented Rites of Passage” for the American Anthropological Association’s      annual meetings, Washington D.C. (November 18)

 

Invited lecture on “Teaching Sexuality from a Feminist Perspective” for the Women’s Community Network of Dallas (September 10)

 

Invited lecture on “The Politics of Sex and Sexuality on College Campuses” for the Student Forum, Southern Methodist University (October11)

 

Invited discussant for a round table on “Gender and Health in the 1990s” for the annual Women’s Symposium, Southern Methodist University (March 17)

 

1992          Volunteered paper on “Small Breasts, Prostitutes and Virgins: Ethnography and HIV in St. Lucia, West Indies” for the American Anthropological Association’s annual meetings, San Francisco, California (November 18)

 

1991    Invited paper on “Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Gender-based Power      Relations” for the American Anthropological Association’s annual meetings,             Chicago, Illinois (Nov 22)

 

Invited lecture on “Conducting Fieldwork Abroad: A Feminist Perspective” for an undergraduate course, Department of Sociology, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas (September 22)

 

Invited lecture on “STDs and Ethnomedical Systems” for graduate students and faculty at the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University (October 4)

 

1990    Invited lecture on “The Physician’s Role in Traditional Medical Settings” for     visiting physicians at St. Jude’s hospital, Vieux Fort, St. Lucia, West Indies

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

2005                Article referee, Medical Anthropology Quarterly

 

2004                Chair, Paper Award Committee for the AIDS and Anthropology Research                       Group (AARG)

 

2003                Article referee, Medical Anthropology Quarterly

 

2002 - Pres      Member, Professional Service Award Committee, AIDS and Anthropology Research Group (AARG)

 

2001                Member, Paper Award Committee for the AIDS and Anthropology Research Group (AARG)

 

Member, Executive Committee, Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC)

 

2000 – 05        Member, Texas/Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center (TOAETC) Steering Committee

 

1998                Article referee, Human Organization

 

1997                Co-chair, Interdisciplinary Health Care Committee, UT Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School

           

Member, Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Management Committee of Breast Care, Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas

 

1997 - 1995     Member, APAP Research and Review Committee, Association of Physician Assistants Programs

 

                        Member, Admissions Committee, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

                       

                        Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

                                   

                        Member, Committee on Student Promotions and Progress, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

 

1996                Member, Interdisciplinary Health Care Committee, UT Southwestern Allied Health Sciences School

 

1994                Organizer, South Central Women’s Studies Association, University of                          North TX

 

1995 - 1992     Member, Women’s Studies Council, Southern Methodist University

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Department of Physician Assistant Studies

            Course coordinator, Clinical Skills I

            Co-coordinator, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

            Co-coordinator, Clinical Science I

            Lecturer, Clinical Science II

 

School of Allied Health

            Co-coordinator, Interdisciplinary Health Care

            Lecturer, Physical Therapy Department, Prosetics and Orthotics Program and Rehabilitation Science Department

 

Medical School

                        Co-coordinator, Behavioral Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency                               Program Lecturer, Nurse Practitioner Program

 

Southern Methodist University
            Women’s Studies Program

Gender: Images and Perspectives

Sex, Sexuality, and Power

Gender, Family, and Work

Department of Anthropology

                        Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

                        Biological Anthropology

                        Regional Ethnography (Graduate Course)         

THESIS COMMITTEES

2001                                M.A. (Biomedical Sciences, UTSWMC at Dallas) Martha Falhaver-Sampson, “Perception of Human Internal Anatomy by Inter-Ethnic Populations within Diverse Health Care Settings using Two-dimensional Models”

 

1995                                B.A. (Department of Physician Assistants, UTSWMC at Dallas) Angel Ribo, “Programa de Impacto a Victimas: Reducing Alcohol-Related Injury and Fatalities within Latino Communities”

 

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Under contract, “Culture & Primary Health Care: A Provider’s Guide to Health Promotion and Disease Prevention” (with W. Penn Handwerker, Ph.D.,) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

 

Prospectus, Songs from the Village: An Ethnography of Gender, Sex, and Reproduction in St. Lucia, West Indies

 

In preparation, “Culture and Medicine: A Paradigm for the New Millenium 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

American Anthropological Association

Society for Medical Anthropology

Clinically Applied Medical Anthropology

Society for Applied Anthropology

Society for Feminist Anthropology

AIDS and Anthropology and Research Group