Curriculum Vita

Katherine Ann Dettwyler

March 22, 2008

Home Address:
One Orchard Avenue
Newark , DE 19711-5523
e-mail: kadettwyler@hotmail.com

home page: http://www.kathydettwyler.org

Degrees received:

• Ph.D. 1985 Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington
  Breastfeeding, Weaning, and Other Infant Feeding Practices in Mali and Their Effects on Growth and Development
• M.A. 1981 Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington
• B.S. 1977 Anthropology, University of California, Davis

History of employment:

• 2005-present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
• 2004-2007 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania
• 2005-2006 Educational consultant and presenter, Hollister
• 2002-2004- Assistant to the Executive Director, American Philosophical Association, Newark, DE [research, editing, proofreading, web page design and maintenance, special projects]
• 2002-present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
• 1993-2002 Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Anthropology, and member of the Faculty in Nutrition, Texas A&M University
• 1987-1993 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, and member of the Graduate Faculty in Nutrition, Texas A&M University .
• Fall 2001 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Women's Studies Program, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
• Fall 2001 Focus Group Facilitator, Center for Disabilities Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
• 1994 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY, October, 1994.
• 1985-1987 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Southern Mississippi .

Research interests:

• Infant/child feeding practices (cross-cultural and evolutionary perspectives on breastfeeding, weaning, and solids)
• Nutritional anthropology
• Growth and development
• Evolutionary medicine
• Research methodology
• Ethical/philosophical issues in anthropology and medicine

Courses qualified to teach

• Introduction to Anthropology (4-field) 
• Introduction to Physical/Biological Anthropology 
• Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology 
• Peoples and Cultures of the World 
• Peoples and Cultures of Africa  
• Women and Culture (focus on biology and reproduction) 
• Male/Female (focus on cultural and social constructions of masculinity and feminity)
• Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Childbirth and Childrearing
• Nutritional Anthropology 
• Medical Anthropology/Evolutionary Medicine 
• Modern Human Variation and Adaptation 
• Growth and Development/Anthropometry
• Osteology
• Hominid Evolution  
• Evolutionary Anthropology [Graduate Seminar in Physical Anthropology]
• Evolution of Human Sex Roles and Reproductive Behavior
• Women and Health
• Research Methods and Ethics in Anthropology

Honors and special recognition

• 2007 La Leche League International Award of Recognition
• 2001 Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, from the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University
• 1995 Awarded the Margaret Mead Award of the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology for Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa . 
• 2000 "Fish Camp" (new student orientation) named in my honor.
• 1998-2003 Member of the Health Advisory Board of the Professional Advisory Council of La Leche League International, invited position. 
• 1998 Invited to give the annual Skomp Lecture in Anthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington (first time an alumni has been invited to give this prestigious lecture). 
• 2005 One of the experts interviewed for the documentary film “Busting Out”
• 1998 One of three women profiled in Carolyn Latteier's book Breasts: The Women's Perspective on an American Obsession. 
• 1997 Nominated for the W. W. Howells prize in Biological Anthropology for Dancing Skeletons. 
• 1994 Nominated for the Victor Turner prize in humanistic anthropology for Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa . Also nominated in 1995. 
• 1992 Commendation from the Texas Department of Health "For devotion to infant health through the promotion and support of breastfeeding." Also commended in 1994. 
• 1988 Listed in the International Directory of Anthropologists and Social Scientists Concerned with Food and Nutrition. 
• 1977 B.S. in Anthropology, Highest Honors, University of California, Davis .

Record of publications:

Books:

Dettwyler, K.A., and Vaughn M. Bryant (co-editors) 2003 Reflections on Anthropology: A Four-Field Reader. New York : McGraw-Hill. [Wrote one selection, chose others, wrote pedagogy, discussion questions, instructor's manual, test guide, website].

Stuart-Macadam, Patricia, and K.A. Dettwyler (co-editors) 1995 Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives . New York : Aldine de Gruyter. [Wrote two chapters, and edited six others; chapters were sent out for peer review.] Now available from Aldine/Transaction Publishers.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1994 Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa . Prospect Heights, IL : Waveland Press. Winner of the 1995 Margaret Mead Award from the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology. [Several chapters have been excerpted multiple times in collections of readings].

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Dettwyler, Katherine A. 2004 When to Wean: Biological Versus Cultural Perspectives. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 47(3):712-723.

Bentley, M.E., K.A. Dettwyler, and L.E. Caulfield 1997 Anorexia Infantil y su Tratamiento en Niños de Paises en Vías de Desarrollo: Revisión y Recomendaciones [Child Anorexia and Its Management in Developing Country Settings: Review and Recommendations]. Nutrición y alimentación del niño en los primeros años de vida. Washington, D.C. : Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud/Organizacion Mundial de la Salud.

Ro, Hee-Kyung, and K.A. Dettwyler 1995 Comparisons of Infant Feeding Patterns Among Koreans Living in Texas, USA and Local Populations. Korean Journal of Nutrition 28(7):636-643.

Dettwyler, K.A., and C. Fishman 1992 Infant Feeding Practices and Growth. Annual Review of Anthropology 21:171-204.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1992 The Biocultural Approach in Nutritional Anthropology: Case Studies of Malnutrition in Mali . Medical Anthropology 15:17-39.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1992 Nutritional Status of Adults in Rural Mali . American Journal of Physical Anthropology 88(3):309-321.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1991 Growth Status of Children in Rural Mali : Implications for Nutrition Education Programs. American Journal of Human Biology 3(5):447-462.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1991 Can Paleopathology Provide Evidence for "Compassion"? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 84(4):375-384. (Lead article).

Dettwyler, K.A. 1989 Styles of Infant Feeding: Parental/Caretaker Control of Food Consumption in Young Children. American Anthropologist 91(3):696-703. September 1989.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1989 The Interaction of Anorexia and Cultural Beliefs in Infant Malnutrition in Mali . American Journal of Human Biology 1(6):683-695.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1988 More than Nutrition: Breastfeeding in Urban Mali . Medical Anthropology Quarterly 2(2):172-183. [Reprinted in Nutritional Anthropology: Biocultural Perspective on Food and Nutrition , Alan H. Goodman, Darna Dufour, and Gretel Pelto eds., 1999].

Dettwyler, K.A. 1987 Breastfeeding and Weaning in Mali : Cultural Context and Hard Data. Social Science and Medicine 24(8):633-644.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1986 Infant Feeding in Mali, West Africa : Variations in Belief and Practice. Social Science and Medicine 23(7):651-664.

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

Dettwyler, K.A. 1995 A Time to Wean: The Hominid Blueprint for the Natural Age of Weaning In Modern Human Populations. In Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives , edited by Patricia Stuart-Macadam and Katherine A. Dettwyler, pp. 39-73. New York : Aldine de Gruyter.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1995 Beauty and the Breast: The Cultural Context of Breastfeeding in the United States . In Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives, edited by Patricia Stuart-Macadam and Katherine A. Dettwyler, pp. 167-215. New York : Aldine de Gruyter.

Non-peer-reviewed publications

Dettwyler, K.A. 2001 Weaning. Breastfeeding Annual 2001. Washington DC : Platypus Media (in press, March 2001).

Dettwyler, K.A. 2001 Believing in Breastfeeding. ORGYN (in press, March 2001).

Dettwyler, K.A. 2001 Instructor's Manual to Accompany Christopher DeCorse's The Record of the Past. NJ: Prentice Hall (in press, spring 2001).

Dettwyler, K.A. 1999 Evolutionary Medicine and Breastfeeding: Implications for Research and Pediatric Advice. The 1998-99 David Skomp Distinguished Lecture in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405.

Dettwyler, K.A., and I.C. Liles 1997 Promoting Breastfeeding, Promoting Guilt? In Conference Papers, Breastfeeding: The Natural Advantage. Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia . Sydney : Australia . Pp. 47-55.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1997 Throwing a Curve at Growth Charts. In Conference Papers, Breastfeeding: The Natural Advantage. Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia . Sydney : Australia . Pp. 56-61.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1997 When to Wean. Natural History, 106(9):49.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1997 Brain Teasers. Outreaching: Perinatal News and Views ( Munson Medical Center, Traverse, Michigan ), Summer 1997, p. 5.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1996 Foreword. In Breastfeeding: A Mother's Gift by Pamela K. Wiggins. Virginia : L. A. Publishing Co.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1994 A Time to Wean. Breastfeeding Abstracts, August 1994. Schaumburg, IL : La Leche League International.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1996-present Web page, "Thoughts on Breastfeeding." Http://www.kathydettwyler.org

Contract/consulting reports

Dettwyler, K.A., and Fishman, C. 1990 Field Research in Macina for Vitamin A Communications, March 5-22, 1990. Report prepared for the Nutrition Communication Project, Communication for Vitamin A, Academy for Educational Development (in cooperation with the US Agency for International Development and CARE/Mali). Also available in French.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1990 Where There is No Anthropometer: A Field Guide for Identifying Children with Malnutrition and Tips for Counseling their Parents. Training Module prepared for the Academy for Educational Development (in cooperation with the US Agency for International Development and the Ministry of Health, Republic of Mali ). Also available in French.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1989 Anthropometric and Ethnographic Assessment of Nutritional Status in Six Villages of Dogo Arrondissement, Mali . Report prepared for the Association Malienne pour l'Insertion Professionelle des Jeunes, Bamako, Mali (Freedom From Hunger).

Dettwyler, K.A. 1989 Field Research in Macina for Vitamin A Communications, 28 November - 5 December 1989. Report prepared for the Nutrition Communication Project, Communication for Vitamin A, Academy for Educational Development (in cooperation with the US Agency for International Development and CARE/Mali). Also available in French.

Book reviews

Dettwyler, K.A. 1999 Book review of Feeding Our Babies: Exploring Traditions of Breastfeeding and Infant Nutrition by Priya Vincent. J ournal of Human Lactation 15(4):355.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1993 Book review of Anthropometric Standardization Reference Manual, by T.G. Lohman, A.F. Roche, and R. Martorell (eds.). A merican Journal of Physical Anthropology , 92(2):239-241.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1989 Book review of Child Survival: Anthropological Perspectives on the Treatment and Maltreatment of Children , edited by Nancy Scheper-Hughes, American Anthropologist , 91(4):1043-1044.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1988 Book review of Parenting Across the Lifespan: Biosocial Dimensions, edited by Jane B. Lancaster, Jeanne Altmann, Alice S. Rossi, and Lonnie R. Sherrod, Human Biology, 60(1):180-182.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1988 Book reviews of Breastfeeding, Child Health and Child Spacing: Cross-cultural Perspectives , edited by Valerie Hull and Mayling Simpson (1985), Infant Care and Feeding in the South Pacific, edited by Leslie Marshall (1985), Only Mothers Know: Patterns of Infant Feeding in Traditional Cultures , by Dana Raphael and Flora Davis (1985), and The Infant-Feeding Triad: Infant, Mother, and Household , by Barry M. Popkin, Tamar Lasky, Judith Litvin, Deborah Spicer, and Monica E. Yamamoto (1986), Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2(3):303-306.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1987 Book review of Breasts, Bottles, and Babies, by Valerie Fildes, American Anthropologist, 89:756-757.

Letters:

Dettwyler, K. A. 1997 On parents and children sleeping together (letter). American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 67(1):159-160.

Papers presented at professional lactation/breastfeeding conferences

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Papers presented at anthropology conferences

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Dettwyler, K.A. 2000 "Breastfeeding Beyond Three Years in the United States : Method, Theory, and Implications for Public Health." Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California, November 18.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1999 Discussant for Dr. Lori Wright's panel on paleonutrition, 68th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Columbus, Ohio, May 1.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1996 "Breastfeeding in Evolutionary Perspective." Presented at the Biocultural Perspectives on Childhood Health and Adaptability Symposium, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, November. One of eight invited participants.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1996 "Applying Research on Breastfeeding and Weaning to Questions of Pediatric Advice, Child Abuse Accusations, and Child Custody Issues." Presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Baltimore, MD, March 28.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1995 "Breastfeeding in Evolutionary Perspective." Presented at an invited symposium of the American Anthropological Association meetings, Washington, D.C., November, 1995. I was the chair and co-organizer of this symposium, which was sponsored by the Council on Nutritional Anthropology.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1994 "The Hominid Blueprint for Modern Human Breastfeeding Behavior." Presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Denver, Colorado, March.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1992 "'Children Don't Need Good Food': Differential Access to Resources in Rural Mali ." Presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California, December.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1992 Weight and stature of peri-urban and rural Malian children from birth to five years [abs.]: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 14:70-71.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1991 Determinants of Breastfeeding: Considerations of the Wider Cultural Context [abs.]: American Anthropological Association Abstracts.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1991 The Use of Weight-for-Height as an Indicator of Nutritional Status in Community and Individual Assessments [abs.]: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 12:67-68.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1990 Traditional Perceptions of Malnutrition in Mali [abs.]: American Anthropological Association Abstracts.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1990 Growth of Peri-urban Children in Mali : A Follow-up Study. Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Miami, Florida, April 4-7, 1990. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1989 Evidence for Compassion in the Archeological Record? [abs.]: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 78(2):212.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1988 Intimacy and Indulgence: The Lack of Weaning Trauma in Mali [abs.]: American Anthropological Association Abstracts.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1988 "Growth and Development of Infants in West Africa : The Effects of Anorexia and Infant Feeding Patterns." Presented at the Fifth International Auxology Congress, Exeter University, England.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1988 "Growth and Development of Infants in West Africa : The Effects of Anorexia and Infant Feeding Patterns." Presented at the meetings of the Society for the Study of Human Biology, Oxford University, England, July 18-19, 1988.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1988 "Two More Bites of Lima Beans: Maternal Control of Food Consumption in Infants and Young Children." Presented at the meetings of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, Washington, DC, May 27-29, 1988.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1988 The Interaction of Anorexia and Cultural Beliefs in Infant Malnutrition in Mali [abs.]: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 75(2):203-204.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1988 "Determinants of Food Consumption in Young Children." Presented at the meetings of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, El Paso, Texas, February 18-21, 1988.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1987 Birth Spacing in Mali [abs.]: American Anthropological Association Abstracts.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1987 Socio-cultural Malnutrition: Three Case Studies from Mali [abs.]: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 72(2):194.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1986 Breastfeeding in Mali : More Than Nutrition [abs.]: American Anthropological Association Abstracts.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1986 Maternal Attitude As a Factor in Infant Feeding and Growth [abs.]: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 69(2):193-194.

Dettwyler, K.A. 1984 Breastfeeding and Weaning Practices in Mali and their Effects on Growth and Development [abs.]: American Anthropological Association Abstracts.

Invited Lectures:

• May 2000 "A Time to Wean," presented to the Anthropology Department, University of Newark, Delaware. 
• November 1998 The David Skomp Distinguished Lecture in Anthropology, sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington . The title of my lecture was "Evolutionary Medicine and Breastfeeding: Implications for Research and Pediatric Advice." The lecture was published by the department. 
• October 1998 Public presentation to more than 900 students and faculty and spoke in several classes (anthropology, child development, writing) at Rowan University of Glassborough, New Jersey, where my book Dancing Skeletons was adopted by the English Department's Writing Program for use in all freshman composition classes. I also spoke to all middle-school social studies classes in Woodstown, New Jersey . 
• October 1998 University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas ("Beauty and the Breast"). September 1998 Pediatric Grand Rounds at SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, New York ("A Time to Wean"). 
• September 1998 Lecture to ob/gyn residents at SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, New York ("Promoting Breastfeeding, Promoting Guilt?"). 
• February 1998 Baylor University, Waco, Texas ("Beauty and the Breast"), presented as part of the Gender Studies Program. April 1997 Salt Lake City, Utah La Leche League ("Breastfeeding and Mothering in Mali "). 
• April 1997 University of Arkansas, Little Rock (Dancing Skeletons and Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives). April 1997 Dallas Presbyterian Hospital, "Beauty and the Breast: Clinical and Cultural Update on Lactation" (continuing education for doctors, nurses, lactation consultants), presented in conjunction with Julie Graves Moy, M.D. (family practice physician). 
• March 1997 Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, California (Dancing Skeletons and Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives). 
• July 1996 Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Sacramento, California (Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives)
• May 1996 Saddleback Community College, San Juan Capistrano, California (Dancing Skeletons)
• March 1996 Frederick, Maryland Hospital (Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives)
• March 1996 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Dancing Skeletons)
• March 1996 St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland (Dancing Skeletons)
• March 1996 Houston Area Lactation Consultants and Educators Association Conference, Houston, Texas (Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives)
• October 1994 State University of New York, Plattsburgh, New York (Dancing Skeletons)
• September 1994 University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan (Dancing Skeletons)

Public Service Lectures Related to Professional Expertise

• Invited Lecture, Dr. Rob Chapkin's Nutrition class, Texas A&M, September 1999. 
• Invited lecture, "Breastfeeding and Infant Health," Food Science and Nutrition Club, Texas A&M University, March 6, 1998. 
• Invited Lecture, "Breastfeeding: Protecting Mothers and Children from Cancer," Texas Healthy Mother/Healthy Baby Coalition Seminar for Health Care Professionals, October 10, 1994. 
• Invited Lecture, "The Cultural Context of Lactation Success and Failure," Texas Healthy Mother/Healthy Baby Coalition Seminar for Health Care Professionals, August 22, 1994. 
• Invited Lecture, "Childhood in Evolutionary Perspective," Anthropology Colloquia, September 26, 1994
• Invited Lecture, "Patterns of Breastfeeding and Weaning in Humans: What would they be if not affected by cultural beliefs?" Graduate Faculty of Nutrition Seminar, October 5, 1993, and again on February 22nd, 1994. 
• Invited Lecture, "Down Syndrome and Genetic Screening: A Parent's View," Medical Genetics Course, Texas A&M College of Medicine, November, annually from 1988 to 1998).
• Invited Lecture, "The Geography of Malnutrition in Mali," Human Nutrition in an Impoverished World, April 12, 1993. 
• Invited Lecture, "Anthropometric Techniques for Assessing Nutritional Status," Human Nutrition in an Impoverished World, Texas A&M World Food Day activities, March 1, 1993. 
• Numerous lectures to students at St. Michael's Academy (skeletal biology, growth and development, genetics) - 1989 to 1996.

Professional and service activity:

Department level (Texas A&M through 1999)

• Union representative, APSCUF, 2004-2005 (Millersville University)
• Member, Search Committee for new Department Head (1998-99) 
• Curriculum Committee (1987-88, Fall 1993-Spring 1995)
• Chair of Curriculum Committee (Fall 1988, Fall 1993-Spring 1995)
• Executive Committee (1990-1993, 1995-1996, 1996-1997)
• Faculty Search Committee (1988-89, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96)
• Faculty Advisor, "Aggie Anthropologists" (1992)
• Chair of United Way Drive (1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994)

College level

• Curriculum Committee, College of Liberal Arts . Elected by department faculty, Member 1999-2000. 
• Academic Standards Committee, College of Liberal Arts . Appointed by the Dean, Member 1998-1999, Chair 1999-2000. 
• Women's Studies Program Review Committee (1988-1994)
• Academic Resources Committee (1988-1991)
• Dean's Advisory Committee to select a new head of the Women's Studies Program (spring 1992, spring 1993)
• Review Committee to evaluate Associate Dean Charles A. Johnson (1991)

University level

• 1992-2000 Faculty Mentor in the "Leadership in Medicine" program, mentor to second year medical students.
• 1993-1996 Member of the Faculty Senate, representing the College of Liberal Arts, member of the Academic Affairs Committee, the By-Laws Committee, and the Status of Women on Campus Committee.
• 1988 to 1990: One of six core faculty members of NSF-funded project "Beyond the Large Farm" (Dr. Paul Thompson and Dr. Bill Stout, Principal Investigators)--participated in monthly core group meetings, four symposia sponsored by the project, and a final symposium at the AAAS meetings in New Orleans.
• Faculty Advisor, "Pro-Choice Aggies" (1989-91)

Membership in Scholarly Societies

• American Association of Physical Anthropologists
• American Anthropological Association
• Council on Nutritional Anthropology
• Human Biology Council
• National Union of the Women of Mali
• Phi Kappa Phi (Honor Society)
• Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

Service to Scholarly Societies

Member, Nominations Committee, Council on Biological Anthropology (1997-1999) 

Chair, Policy and Liaison Committee, Council on Nutritional Anthropology (1991-1993)

Presented a workshop on "Anthropometric Measures of Nutritional Status," at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Food and Society, College Station, Texas, June 1989.

Presented a workshop on "Anthropometric Measures of Nutritional Status," at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1990. Sponsored by the Council on Nutritional Anthropology.

Organized and chaired a session titled "Infant Feeding: Beyond the Breast/Bottle Controversy," at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 1986.

Grant reviewer for funding agencies:

• Donner Foundation
• MONTS/NSF EPSCoR Program
• National Academy of Sciences/Agency for International Development (UNDP Program) National Science Foundation
• Thrasher Foundation
• Wenner-Gren (2003-2005)

Editorial services to scholarly publications:

Manuscript reviewer for:

• Africa
• American Journal of Human Biology
• American Journal of Physical Anthropology
• Annals of Human Biology
• Ecology of Food and Nutrition
• Human Biology
• Human Organization
• Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
• Journal of Human Lactation
• Medical Anthropology
• Medical Anthropology Quarterly
• Social Science and Medicine
• Jones and Bartlett, Publishers [chapter in lactation consultant's exam study guide] 
• Mayfield Press [collected readings in nutritional anthropology, introductory textbook in general anthropology, revisions of introductory textbook in physical anthropology]
• Waveland Press [collected readings in narrative ethnography and fieldwork experiences, introductory texts in general anthropology and cultural anthropology]
• West Publishing Company [introductory textbook in physical anthropology]
• Yale University Press [book on human variation and racism]
• Member of the editorial board for Annual Editions: Physical Anthropology (until 2004)
• Reader, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Melbourne
• Prentice-Hall [revised edition of Boaz and Almquist introductory physical anthropology text]
• Westview Publishing Company [book on westward emigrants and human biology]

Consulting activity

• 1998-2003: Member of the Health Advisory Board of the Professional Advisory Council of La Leche League International, invited position, 5 year term.
• 1998-2000: Member of the consulting committee for Texas Department of Health, Breastfeeding Initiative.
• 1999-2000: Serve as consulting nutritional anthropologist to nutrition program in Mali funded by Novartis of Geneva, Switzerland .
• 1989-2000: Serve as consulting nutritional anthropologist to two PVO (private voluntary organization) nutrition education projects in Mali : Association Malienne pour l'Insertion Professionelle des Jeunes (now known as CANEF), funded primarily by Freedom from Hunger (Davis, California) and CARE/Mali in northern Mali, funded primarily by US A.I.D. through the Academy for Educational Development.
• 1989-1996: Served as technical consultant, "Nutrition Communication Project," Academy for Educational Development, funded primarily by US A.I.D. in collaboration with the Malian Ministry of Health. This activity involved both field research and training in Mali, and participation in research planning and evaluation activities in Washington D.C. I provide technical assistance to AED in their development of communication and training materials for nutrition education, and train health workers in qualitative (ethnographic) techniques for data collection and analysis. Most recently, participated in a one day "Researchers' Roundtable for the Nutrition Communication Project in West Africa," in Washington, DC, July 16, 1992.
• 1989 Peace Corps Training Program, Health Volunteers, Segou, Mali .
• 1983 Peace Corps Training Program, Nutrition Education Volunteers, Bamako, Mali .

Fellowship and research grants

1997 Faculty Development Grant. Spring, 1997. Continued work on third book.

1991 TAES/Liberal Arts Research Initiative ($12,000), in collaboration with Dr. Lupton (TAMU Department of Animal Science/Scientific Nutrition) and Dr. Witcher (TAMU Agricultural Extension Service). "Development of a Culturally Sensitive Weight Reduction Program - The Texas Weigh." Developing a weight-reduction program, to be based on survey and interview data, specifically tailored to fit the values and lifestyles of rural Texans.

1989 Fulbright Scholar Award for Research ($24,475). "Growth Monitoring and Infant Nutrition in Mali ." I conducted fieldwork in Mali ( West Africa ) on growth and development (birth through adulthood), nutritional status, infant feeding practices, traditional perceptions of malnutrition, vitamin A deficiency, and parasite loads. This research involved taking a series of anthropometric measurements on more than 2500 individuals, collecting 68 stool and urine specimens, and conducting ethnographic research. This grant was augmented by research expense grants from the College of Liberal Arts ($1,000) and the Department of Anthropology ($1,000).

1988 TAMU College of Liberal Arts, Faculty Research Award ($6,000 salary, plus $1,000 expenses). Summer research award to work on book The Anthropology of Infant and Child Feeding: Strategies for Research. [NOTE: Approximately two-thirds of the book manuscript was completed during the summer of 1988. A head injury sustained in a bicycle accident at the end of the summer erased all my memory of working on this manuscript and I did not return to work on it until this semester.]]

1987 National Endowment for the Humanities ($3,500) Summer Seminar for College Teachers, "Anthropology of Food and Foodways," University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Dr. Ravindra Khare, Director.

1984 David C. Skomp Graduate Fellowship in Anthropology. Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington .

1981 Doctoral Student Grant-In-Aid of Research ($200) Graduate School, Indiana University, Bloomington .

1981 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research ($200)

1977 Graduate Fellowship, Graduate School . Indiana University, Bloomington .

References:

Dr. Karen Rosenberg, Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 (302) 831-2802 e-mail: krr@udel.edu

Dr. David L. Carlson, Head, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4352 (979) 845-5242 e-mail: dcarlson@tamu.edu

Dr. James McKenna, Department of Anthropology , Notre Dame University e-mail: James.J.McKenna.25@nd.edu

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