M. CAMERON HAY
(AKA M. CAMERON HAY-ROLLINS)
prepared July 20, 2015
Associate Professor
Global Health Studies Coordinator
Department of Anthropology
124D Upham Hall
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
[email protected]
513-529-9242
Associate Research Anthropologist
UCLA Center for Culture and Health
Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior
760 Westwood Plaza, Box 62
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759
EDUCATION
1988
B.A. with honors in Anthropology.
Thesis: Identity construction for tourism across five ethnic communities in Iowa
Grinnell College. Grinnell, Iowa.
1992
M.A. in Anthropology.
Emory University. Atlanta, Georgia.
1998
Ph.D. in Anthropology.
Dissertation: Remembering to Live: Coping with Health Concerns on Lombok
Emory University. Atlanta, Georgia.
2004-2005
Mentorship in Psychoneuroimmunology.
Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology.
University of California, Los Angeles, California.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-2005
Assistant Adjunct Professor in Residence and Assistant Research Anthropologist.
Center for Culture and Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior,
Department of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los
Angeles, California.
2005-2010
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology. Miami University. Oxford, Ohio
2005-2010
Assistant Research Anthropologist (Step IV, 2008).
Center for Culture and Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David
Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
2010-
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology. Miami University. Oxford, Ohio.
Year Long Professor, Miami University Luxembourg. Differdange, Luxembourg (2010-2011)
Fellow, Miami Institute for Leadership Development (2011-2012)
Faculty Associate, Center for Human Development, Learning, and Technology (CHDLT) (2012- )
Global Health Studies Coordinator (2013-)
University Marshall (2013- )
CHDLT Board member (2014-2015)
Research Fellow, Scripps Gerontology Center (2014-)
Global Health Research Innovation Center Director (2015-)
2010 -
Associate Research Anthropologist (Step II, 2013).
Center for Culture and Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David
Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Social dimensions of health and health disparities; global health; ethnographic, partnership and mixed methods
research; doctor-patient communication; autoimmune and chronic disease; maternal and infant mortality; coping and
well-being; Indonesia and the United States.
EXTERNAL FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS -- FUNDED
1984-1988
ACM Tuition Remission Fellowship.
Associated Colleges of the Midwest, in conjunction with Grinnell College.
1992
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute Stipend Fellowship.
University of Washington. Seattle, WA.
1992
Language Training Grant
Department of Anthropology. Emory University.
1992
FLAS grant winner.
Cornell University. Ithaca, NY.
1993
Merit Award.
Association for Women in Science.
1993
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute Tuition Fellowship.
University of Washington. Seattle, WA.
1993-1994
Small Grant for Isolated Scholars.
Southeast Asian Council in conjunction with the Luce Foundation.
1994-1995
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant.
Emory University.
2002-2006
National Science Foundation Advance Fellows Award. (Total $415,000)
PI: Hay
Internet, Health Experience, and Clinical Interactions Study
Center for Culture and Health, UCLA.
2004-2007
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Pilot Award (Total $44,000)
PI: Hay
MS, the Internet, and Clinical Interactions Study
Center for Culture and Health, UCLA (2004-5). Miami University (2005-7).
2006-2008
The Local Knowledge/Evidence Framing Study, funded by Pfizer Corp. (Total $240,000)
Senior Investigator: Hay, Co-PI: Weisner, PI's: Naihua Duan & Richard Kravitz
Center for Culture and Health, UCLA.
2008
Lawren Daltroy Fellowship for Patient-Clinician Communication, American College of
Rheumatology (Total $7000)
PI: Hay
“How Long does Empathy Take?”
Miami University (July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009).
2013
Lemelson-Society for Psychological Anthropology Conference Award (Total $20,000)
PI: Hay
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“Methods that Matter: Anthropological and Mixed Methods to Inform Real World Policies and
Expend Collective Knowledge.
Miami University (May 29, 2013-May 28, 2014)
2014-2015
CCHMC Division of Emergency Medicine Pilot Award: “The Effects of Cultural
Assumptions and Behaviors on PED Provider-Patient Communication and Patient Health
Outcomes (Total $10,000)
Co-PIs: Vaughn, Ruddy, Hay-Rollins, Raval
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center (January 2015-June. 2015)
2015-2017
U.S. State Department: Indo-U.S. 21st Century Knowledge Initiative Award: “A training
model for culturally competent and evidence-based mental health care for diverse
societies” (Total $190,000)
PI: Raval
Consultant: Hay-Rollins
Christ University, Karnataka India (July 2015-July 2017)
INTERNAL GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS
1987
Rosenfield Summer Research Grant.
Grinnell College. Grinnell, IA.
1988
Ralph A. Luebben Anthropology Prize.
Grinnell College. Grinnell, IA.
1990
Mellon Foundation Pilot Research Grant.
Emory University
1989-92
Graduate Student Tuition and Stipend Fellowship.
Department of Anthropology Emory University.
1996
Post-field Graduate Tuition and Stipend Fellowship.
Department of Anthropology, Emory University.
1997-98
Tuition Scholarship.
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Emory University.
2005
Small grant award. ($460)
Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching
College of Arts and Sciences. Miami University.
2005
Summer research award. ($4000)
College of Arts and Sciences. Miami University.
2006
Small grant award. ($230)
Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching
College of Arts and Sciences. Miami University.
2006-07
Course Development Collaborative Award ($3750)
Committee to Enhance Teaching Effectiveness
College of Arts and Sciences. Miami University.
2007
Visiting Scholar award ($500)
Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching
College of Arts and Sciences. Miami University.
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2008
PREP grant for publication reprints ($500)
Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship
Miami University.
2009
Parents Council Award ($1500)
Funding for the Student Health Study
Miami University
2010
Summer Research Funds ($4000)
Funding for Dolibois European Center Base and Mini-Study Course preparations
Miami University
2011-2012
Howe Writing Center Grant ($5000)
PI: L. Peterson, Working Group Member: Hay
Funding for large format foundation course writing assignment development in the major, with
Drs. Peterson, Cinnamon, Bielo, M. Peterson. Howe Writing Center, Miami University.
2010-2013
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Undergraduate Assessment ($3000)
Funding for curriculum and network development for the Global Health Initiative at Miami
University. CELTUA, Miami University
2012
Technology in the Anthropology Laboratories ($28,000)
Co-written with Dr. L. Peterson for funding equipment purchases to enhance student learning in
the three departmental laboratories. College of Arts and Sciences, Miami University.
2012 -2013
Center for Human Development, Learning and Technology ($1000)
Funding for pilot work with Drs. Sellers, Harris, and Raval to develop a methodology to study
well-being in families with children with sickle cell disease.
2013
College of Arts and Science Dean’s Scholar Mentor ($750)
Funding for mentoring Amber Herald’s senior thesis project to examine the illness experiences
of children who have had strokes in middle childhood.
2013-2015
Department of Psychology Pilot funds ($10,000)
Funding for pilot work with Drs. Harris (PI), Raval, and Sellers to gather mixed methods data on
mental health and wellbeing among pediatric Sickle Cell Disease patients in collaboration with
Dayton Children’s Hospital.
2013-2014
Miami University Humanities Center ($2,500)
Funding to invite anthropologist and film-maker, Robert Lemelson, to campus in February 2014
to present his work and lead discussions with students. Humanities Center in conjunction with
Altman Scholars, Miami University
2015-2016
Office for the Advancement of Research Interdisciplinary Pilot Grant: PRIMED for Action:
Partnership Research in Infant Mortalities and Disparities Harnessing the Experience of
African American Mothers, Community Agencies, and Academics to Create Positive
Change (Total $30,000)
PI: Hay-Rollins
Co-PIs: Flaspohler, AE Armstrong, Jennifer Bailer, King
Miami University
2015-17
Provost’s Interdisciplinary and Innovation Fund: Global Health Interdisciplinary Research
Innovation Center: GH@MiamiOH ($120,000)
Funding for a research center to foster faculty research collaborations with colleagues within and
beyond Miami University to explore innovative ideas for addressing global health problems both
domestic and international.
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PI: Hay-Rollins
Co-I: Bailey-van Kuren, Bailer, Crowder, Dutton, Flaspohler, Kunkel, Levy, Mullinex, Pennock,
Raval, Smith, Ward
Miami University, Oxford (July 2015-June 2018)
BOOKS
1.
Hay, M. Cameron. Remembering to Live: Illness at the Intersection of Anxiety and Knowledge in Rural
Indonesia. 2001 (2004 paperback). University of Michigan Press.
2.
Hay, M. Cameron, ed. Methods that Matter: Integrating Mixed Methods for More Effective Social Science
Research. In press. University of Chicago Press.
RESEARCH ARTICLES – PEER REVIEWED
1.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Dying Mothers: Maternal Mortality in Rural Indonesia.” Medical Anthropology.
1999. 18(3): 243-279.
2.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Reading Sensations: A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Process of Distinguishing
‘Fine’ from ‘Sick’.” Transcultural Psychiatry. 2008. 45(2):198-229.
3.
Hay, MC, Cadigan RJ, Khanna D, Strathman CM, Altman R, McMahon M, Kokab M, Lieber E, Furst DE.
“Prepared Patients: The Internet and New Rheumatology Patients.” Arthritis Care and Research. 2008.
59(4): 575-582.
4.
Strathmann, Cynthia and M. Cameron Hay. “I’m paying your salary here!: Social Inequality, Consumerism,
and the Politics of Space in Medical Clinics.” Human Organization. 2008. 67(1): 49-60.
5.
Hay, MC, Strathmann C, Lieber E, Wick K, Giesser B. “Why patients go online: Multiple Sclerosis, the
Internet, and Physician-Patient Communication.” Neurologist. 2008. 14(6):374-381.
6.
Hay, M. Cameron, Thomas S. Weisner, Naihua Duan, Saskia Subramanian, Edward Nedenski, and Richard
Kravitz. “Harnessing Experience: Exploring the gap between Evidence Based Medicine and Clinical
Practice.” Journal of Evaluation of Clinical Experience. 2008. 14(5):707-13.
7.
Kravitz, Richard, Ed Nedenski, Naihua Duan, M. Cameron Hay, Saskia Subramanian, and Thomas S.
Weisner. “Whatever happened to N-of-1 trials.” Milbank Quarterly. 2008. 86(4): 533-555.
8.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Anxiety, Remembering, and Agency: Biocultural Insights for Understanding Illness.”
Ethos. 2009. 37(1):1-31.
9.
Strathmann, Cynthia and M. Cameron Hay. “Working the Waiting Room: Managing Fear, Hope, and Rage
at the Clinic Gate.” Medical Anthropology. 2009. 28(3): 212-234.
10.
Kravitz, Richard, Debora A. Paterniti, M. Cameron Hay, Saskia Subramanian, Dionne Evans Dean,
Thomas S. Weisner, Sunita Vohra, and Naihua Duan. “Marketing Therapeutic Precision: Facilitators and
Barriers to Adoption of N-of-1 Trials.” Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2009. 30(5): 436-445.
11.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Chronic Illness, Visibility, and Everyday Suffering in a Productive World.” American
Ethnologist. 2010. 37(2): 259-274.
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12.
Agrawal, Harsh, M. Cameron Hay, Elizabeth R. Volkmann, Paul Maranian, Dinesh Khanna, Daniel E
Furst. “Satisfaction and Access to Clinical Care in a Rheumatology Clinic at a Large Urban Medical Center.”
Journal of Clinical Rheumatology. 2012. 18(4):209-211.
13.
Weisner, Thomas S. and M. Cameron Hay. “Practice to Research: Integrating Evidence-Based Practices
with Culture and Context.” Transcultural Psychiatry. 2015. 52(2): 222-243. Published first online, Nov. 21,
2014. http://tps.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/11/21/1363461514557066.full.pdf+html
14.
Ward, Rose Marie and M. Cameron Hay. “Depression, Coping, Hassles, and Body Dissatisfaction: Factors
Associated with Disordered Eating. Eating Behaviors. 2015. 17:14-18. Published first online Dec. 2014:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471015314001743#
15.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Whiffims and Other Considerations in Building Research Partnerships with Physicians
and Patients.” Anthropology News. In press.
16.
Anat Scheiman-Elazary, Cortney Shourt, M. Cameron Hay, Daniel E Furst. “Rate of adherence to
medications and associated factors among RA patients: SLR and meta-analysis.” Journal of Rheumatology.
In press.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Women Standing Between Life and Death: Fate, Agency, and the Healers of Lombok.”
Women’s Agency in Asia. Lyn Parker, ed. 2005. pp. 26-61. Singapore: Cavendish International.
2.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Shame and Making Truth: The Social Repairs of Ethnographic Blunders.” Being There.
Melvin Konner and Sarah Davis, eds. 2011. pp. 112-127. Cambridge: Harvard University.
3.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Memory and Medicine.” In The Encultured Brain, D. Lende and G. Downey, eds. 2012.
Pp. 141-168. Cambridge: MIT.
4.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Ethnography in Need of Numbers: Mixing Methods to Speak the Local Language, Build
Partnerships, and Join Cross-Disciplinary Conversations.” In Methods that Matter, MC Hay, ed. In press.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
5.
Hay, M. Cameron, TS Weisner, SK Subramanian. “What Makes for the Best Clinical Care?: Using Trigger
Films to Better Integrate Guidelines and Experience.” In Methods that Matter, MC Hay, ed. In press.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
6.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Maternal Mortality in Indonesia: Anthropological Perspectives on Why Mother Death
Defies Simple Solutions.” D.A. Schwartz, ed. Maternal Mortality: Risk Factors, Anthropological Perspectives,
Prevalence in Developing Countries and Preventative Stategies for Pregnancy-Related Death. In press. Nova
Scientific Publishers.
7.
Hay, M. Cameron. “The Heart of Clinical Relationships: Doctor-Patient Communication in Rheumatology.”
P. Nicassio, ed. Psychosocial Aspects of Arthritis: Perspectives on Adjustment and Management. In press.
Springer Press.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
1.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Sick Roles”. The Encyclopedia of Disability, Vol. IV. Gary Albrecht, ed. 2006. Pp. 14551457. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
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BOOK REVIEWS
1.
Hay, M. Cameron. “C. Laderman's Taming the Winds of Desire (1991).” International Association for the Study
of Traditional Asian Medicine Newsletter, 1992. 2(July):17-8.
2.
Hay, M. Cameron. “S. Ferzzaca’s Healing the Modern in a Central Javanese City (2001).” American Ethnologist.
2002. Vol. 29(4):1007-1008.
3.
Hay, M. Cameron. “G. Kroe’s Same Hair Different Hearts, Semai identity in a Malay Context (2002).” Journal of
Anthropological Research. 2003. Vol. 59:387-389.
4.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Vieda Skultan’s Empathy and Healing: Essays in Medical and Narrative Anthropology (2007)”
Ethos. 2009. 37(3), published online.
5.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Devon Hinton and Byron Good’s Culture and Panic Disorder (2009)” Ethos. 2009. 37(4),
published online.
6.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Richard Shweder’s The Child (2009), Introduction to the Forum” Ethos. 2011. 39(4), published
online.
7.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Richard Shweder’s The Child (2009), Theme: Childhood Challenges” Ethos. 2011. 39(4),
published online.
8.
Hay, M. Cameron. “Geri-Ann Galanti’s Caring for Patients from Different Cultures, Fourth Edition (2008).”
Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 2014.
PROFESSIONAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS
1.
M.C. Hay, D.E. Furst, C. Strathmann, D. Khanna, P. Clements, R. Altman, M. McMahon, M. Kokhab.
“Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) Patients Experience Pain Differently than Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Patients.” American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. 2005.
2.
M.C. Hay, T.S. Weisner, E. Lieber, S. Subramanian, R.L. Kravitz, N. Duan. “Evidence in Clinical
Decision Making: Linking Local Endogenous Evidence to Global Exogenous Evidence.” Society for
Judgment and Decision Making. Chicago, IL. 2008.
3.
M. Cameron Hay, Elizabeth Embree. “Operationalizing Empathy: A Methodology for Examining PatientClinician Relationships.” Society for Medical Anthropology. New Haven, CT. 2009.
4.
M. Cameron Hay. “Building an Undergraduate Program in Global Health.” Global Health Education
Consortium and the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Annual Conference. Montreal, CA.
2011.
5.
Anat Scheiman-Elazary, Cortney Shourt, M. Cameron Hay, Daniel E Furst. “A Meta-Analysis and
Systematic Literature Review: Effect of the Method used to Measure Adherence in Rheumatoid Arthritis on
its Rate and Evaluation of Associated Factors.” American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, San
Diego, CA. 2013.
6.
Victoria DellaDonna, M. Cameron Hay. “To Go or Not to Go: Medical Decision Making among Emerging
Adults.” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. 2014.
7.
M. Cameron Hay, Eileen Anderson-Fye, Rebecca Seligman, Daniel Lende, Nadia El-Shaarawi, and Harold
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Odden. “Future Directions at the Nexus of Psychological and Medical Anthropology.” Society for
Psychological Anthropology Biennial Meeting. Boston, MA. 2015.
PROFESSIONAL PAPER PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES
1.
"In Search of Authenticity: Ethnic Tourism in Eastern Iowa." Iowa Academy of Sciences. Des
Moines, IA. 1989.
2.
"Tightrope Walker or Dramatis Personae? An Exploration into Balinese Reality." Graduate Student
Symposium. Emory University, Atlanta, GA. 1992.
3.
“Personhood, Vulnerability, and Health Care among the Rural Sasak of Lombok,
Indonesia.” American Anthropological Association annual meeting. Atlanta, GA. 1994.
4.
“Pomp and Indifference: Exploring Nationalism on Lombok.” Invited paper presented at the
Indonesia Studies Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 1997.
5.
“‘They are not Muslims’: Religious Intolerance in Indonesia.” American Anthropological Association
annual meeting. Washington, D.C. 1997.
6.
“Poison, Black Magic, and other Hazards of Sex: The Paradox of Male Reproductive Strategies in
Lombok, Indonesia.” Male Gender and Health Conference. Emory University, Atlanta, GA. 1998.
7.
“Time to Remember: Motivating Temporal Contexts for Memory among the Sasak of Lombok.”
American Anthropological Association annual meeting. Chicago, IL. 1999.
8.
“‘I Am Not Brave Enough’: The Study of Vulnerability in Medical Anthropology.” American
Anthropological Association annual meeting. San Francisco, CA. 2000.
9.
“Negotiating Historical Fact: The Politics of Remembering Politics in Rural Indonesia.”
Association for Asian Studies annual meeting. San Diego, CA. 2000.
10. “Hope Springs Eternal: Illusions of Control and Coping with Illness on Lombok.” Presented in an
Invited Session at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting. Washington, D.C. 2001.
11. “Anxiety and Remembering: Keys to Coping with Illness?” Presented at the Society for Psychological
Anthropology annual meeting. San Diego, CA. 2003.
12. “Dead Bones: Medical Authority, Patients, and the Internet.” American Anthropological Association
annual meeting. Chicago, IL. 2003.
13. “Patients, the Internet, and Feeling in Control.” Invited paper presented at the MS Society Researcher’s
Conference. Santa Monica, CA. 2005.
14. “Negotiating Empathy and the Doctor-Patient Relationship.” Society for Psychological Anthropology
annual meeting. San Diego, CA. 2005.
15. “Unseen Presence: The Unseen Presence: Information and the Dynamics of Medical Authority .”
Paper co-authored with Dr. R. Jean Cadigan. American Anthropological Association annual meeting.
Washington, DC. 2005.
16. “ ‘I’m paying your salary here!’: Social Inequality, Consumerism, and the Politics of Space in
Medical Clinics.” Paper co-authored with Dr. Cynthia Strathmann. American Anthropological Association
annual meeting. Washington, DC. 2005.
17. “Physician-Patient Interactions Across Cultural Distances.” Paper presented at an invited panel at the
Russell Sage Foundation. New York City, NY. 2006.
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18. “Suffering Time: The Temporality of Chronic Illness.” American Anthropological Association annual
meeting. San Jose, CA. 2006.
19. “You just have to calm them down: the Emotion Work of Receptionists in Waiting Rooms”. Paper
co-authored with Dr. Cynthia Strathmann. American Anthropological Association annual meeting. San Jose,
CA. 2006.
20. “Controlling Health and Illness: A Problem of Agency.” Paper presented as part of a discussion panel
on control and agency, which I organized. Society for Psychological Anthropology. Manhattan Beach, CA.
2007.
21. “The Relativity of Poverty and Health.” Paper presented as part of a discussion panel on poverty and
psychological anthropology, organized by Claudia Strauss. Society for Psychological Anthropology.
Manhattan Beach, CA. 2007.
22. “Narrating Sensations: Justifying the Need for Care.” American Anthropological Association
meeting. Washington, D.C. 2007.
annual
23. “ A Problem of Translation: Making Evidence-Based Medicine Useful in the Clinic.” Paper coauthored with Dr. Thomas Weisner, who presented the paper. Society for Cross-Cultural Research, New
Orleans, LA. 2008.
24. “The Problem of Helplessness” Society for Medical Anthropology. Memphis, TN. 2008
25. “The Relevance of Neurology to an Indonesian Healing Tradition.” American Anthropological
Association. San Francisco, CA. 2008.
26. “Working the waiting room: Managing fear, hope, and rage at the clinic gate.” Paper co-authored
with Dr. Cynthia Strathmann, who presented the paper. Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, New
Mexico. 2009
27. “The Making of a Violent Death: Emotions and the Rashoman Effect.” Invited session in honor of
Karl Heider and James Peacock. Association for Asian Studies. Chicago. 2009.
28. “Breaking Down Boxes to Engage Real World Problems: Promoting Student Courage,
Collaboration, and Creativity through Transdisciplinarity.” Lilly West Conference on Teaching and
Learning. Pomona College. Claremont, CA. 2009.
29. “Building an Interdisciplinary Bridge for Empathy.” The Encultured Brain Conference. Notre Dame
University. South Bend, IN. 2009.
30. “Betwixt and Between: Everyday Ethics in Healer-Patient Relations Research.” American
Anthropological Association. Philadelphia, PA. 2009.
31. “Evidence Farming, Accommodations to Disability, and Tacit Features of Culture and
Sociocultural Context.” Paper co-authored with Dr. Thomas Weisner, who presented the paper.
Reconciling Cultural Competence and Evidence-Based Practice in Mental Health Services Conference.
University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI. 2011.
32. “Am I really Sick?: How Emerging Adults Interpret Sensations During an Epidemic.”
Anthropological Association. Montreal, Canada. 2011.
American
33. “Who Needs Empathy?: Patient Well-Being in Clinical Interactions.” Society for Medical
Anthropology & Society for Applied Anthropology. Baltimore, ML. 2012.
34. “Collapsing Worlds and Empathy Requests: Outcomes of Alignment or Misalignment in Clinical
Communications.” Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association. San Francisco, CA.
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2012.
35. “Judging Health in terms of Self: Patterns of Agency among Emerging Adults.” Paper presented at
the Society for Psychological Anthropology biennial meetings, San Diego, CA. 2013.
36. “Clinical Interactions: It’s a Problem of Empathy (or is it?).” Paper presented at the spring
symposium of the Center for Human Development, Learning & Technology, Miami University. 2013.
37. “What Makes for the Best Clinical Care? Negotiating Guidelines and Experience to Develop
Treatment Plans.” Co-authored with Tom Weisner. Invited paper presented at the Lemelson-SPA
Methods that Matter Conference at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. 2013.
38. “Building Partnerships with Physicians.” Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association
Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. 2013.
PROFESSIONAL GUEST LECTURES
1.
“The Ritual Life of a People without Culture.” Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UCLA. Los Angeles,
CA. 2000.
2.
“Winged Words: The Politics of Communication about Illness.” Invited paper presented to the Mind,
Medicine, and Culture Seminar in the Department of Anthropology. UCLA. Los Angeles, CA. 2002
3.
“Ethnography and Religion in Lombok.” Invited paper presented at Lakewood Presbyterian Church. Long
Beach, CA. 2002
4.
“The Internet and Physician-Patient Relations.” Paper presented at the Rheumatology Research Seminar at
UCLA. Los Angeles, CA. 2003
5.
“Telling Stories: Making Communities through Talking.” Invited paper presented at Grace First
Presbyterian Church, Long Beach, CA. 2003.
6.
“The Problem of Knowledge: Lombok to LA”. Invited paper presented to the Mind, Medicine, and Culture
Seminar in the Department of Anthropology. UCLA. Los Angeles, CA. 2003
7.
“Anthropological Methods for Studying Women’s Health.” Invited class lecture in Women’s Studies at
UCLA, Los Angeles. 2005
8.
“The Role of Helplessness in Autoimmune Disorders.” Paper presented at the Cousins Center for
Psychoneuroimmunology. UCLA. Los Angeles, CA. 2005
9.
“Ontological Assault: The Tricks the Mind Tries to Play on the Body.” Invited lecture in the Anthropology
Dept. Senior Seminar at Miami University, Oxford, OH. 2006, 2007.
10. “So, what is psychological anthropology?” Invited lecture in Culture and Mental Health, a graduate seminar
in the Dept of Psychology. Miami University, Oxford, OH. 2008.
11. “Bio-cultural anthropology.” Invited lecture in the Anthropology Senior Capstone seminar, Dept of
Anthropology. Miami University, Oxford, OH. 2008.
12. “Psychological Anthropology.” Invited lecture in Culture and Mental Health, a graduate seminar in the Dept
of Psychology. Miami University, Oxford, OH. 2009.
13. “How to build great relationships with patients.” Invited lecture in the Mallory-Wilson Pre-Medical
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Education Center. Miami University, Oxford, OH. 2011.
14. “Key issues in psychological anthropology.” Invited lecture in Culture and Mental Health, a graduate
seminar in the Dept of Psychology. Miami University, Oxford, OH. 2011.
15. “Key issues in psychological anthropology.” Invited lecture in Culture and Mental Health, a graduate
seminar in the Dept of Psychology. Miami University, Oxford, OH. 2013.
16. “How to Build Great Relationships with Patients.” Invited lecture for the Miami chapter of the American
Medical Student Association. Oxford, OH. 2013
17. “Practice to Research: Integrating evidence-based practices with culture and context.” Invited paper copresented with Dr. Thomas Weisner to the Mind, Medicine, and Culture Seminar in the Department of
Anthropology. UCLA. Los Angeles, CA. 2014
18. “Great Ideas in Health and Why They Flop.” Scripps Gerontology Center, Brown Bag Lunch Seminar.
Miami University. Oxford, OH. 2014
19. “Walking away from Vaccines: Medicine and Morality.” Invited speaker as part of the Global Partnership for
Health Equity and Healthy Sustainable Lives Series, Center for American and World Cultures, Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio. 2014.
20. “Measles & Mothers: why would people walk away from vaccines?” Invited lecture in the Mallory-Wilson
Pre-Medical Education Center. Miami University, Oxford, OH. March 2015.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Society Memberships:
American Anthropological Association, Society for Medical Anthropology, Society for Psychological
Anthropology, Association of Asian Studies, Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals. American
Ethnological Society, Consortium of Universities for Global Health
Service on Journals
Ethos Book Reviews Editor (2009-2013)
Editorial Board Member: Medical Anthropology (2007-2009), Ethos (2013-2015)
Managing Editor: International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine Newsletter (1993).
Service as a reviewer:
Grant Reviewer: NSF Advance Leadership panel (2005); National Multiple Sclerosis Society Pilot Award
(2005); PCORI Reviewer pool member (2015+)
Society of Psychological Anthropology Book Series, Book Reviewer (2007, 2009)
Journal Article Reviewer (approx. 5 reviews/year): Medical Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly,
American Ethnologist, Journal of Anthropological Research, Human Organization, Health
Psychology, Ethos, Arthritis Care and Research, Current Anthropology
Society Committee Service
Society for Psychological Anthropology and the Lemelson Graduate Student and Conference Awards
Committee Member (2008-2009), Chair (2010)
Society for Medical Anthropology Polgar Prize Committee Member (2008)
Service as Conference or Session Organizer:
Session Organizer & Chair: A Special Events Breakfast and Lecture entitled “Methods that Matter: The
History and Purpose of Mixed Methods in Psychological Anthropology” with Byron Good, Robert
LeVine and Thomas Weisner. (2015) Boston, MA.
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Conference Organizer & Chair: Methods that Matter: Anthropological and Mixed Methods Informing Real
World Policies and Expanding Collective Knowledge, which invited 15 leading Mixed Methods
scholars and hosted 70 local faculty and students for a full day conference. (2013) Miami
University. Oxford, OH.
Session Organizer & Chair: Session entitled “Methods that Matter: A Roundtable on Mixed Methods.”
American Anthropological Association annual meetings.(2013) Chicago, IL.
Session Organizer & Chair: Session entitled “Teaching Psychological Anthropology.” Society for
Psychological Anthropology biennal meeting. (2009). Asilmar, CA.
Session Co-Organizer and Co-Chair with Carole Browner: Session entitled “Beyond the Doctor-Patient
Dyad.” American Anthropological Association annual meeting. (2005). Washington, DC.
Invited Session Chair and Organizer: Session entitled “Illness and Illusions of Control.” Invited by the
Society for Medical Anthropology for the American Anthropological Association annual
meetings.(2001) Washington, D. C.
FIELDWORK
AND RESEARCH PROJECTS
1987
“In Search of Authenticity: Ethnic Tourism in Eastern Iowa.” PI. Ethnographic research
among five ethnic communities: the Old Order Amish of Kalona, the Germans of the Amana
Colonies, the Dutch of Pella, the Czech of Cedar Rapids, and the Norwegians of Decorah.
1990
Pilot research. PI. Lombok, Indonesia.
1991
“Homelessness and Mental Health.” PI. Short-term, qualitative research at St. Bartholomew’s
Shelter for the Homeless. Atlanta, Georgia.
1993-95
"Personhood, Vulnerability, and Health Care among the Rural Sasak of Lombok,
Indonesia." Doctoral research. Lombok, Indonesia.
2002-03
Internet and Doctor-Patient Relations Feasibility Study. PI. UCLA Medical Center.
2003-2005
Information about Health and Clinical Relations. PI. UCLA Medical Center. Los Angeles.
2007-2008
Exploring the Evidence Farming Concept. Senior investigator. UCLA Medical Center. Los
Angeles.
2008-2009
How Long Does Empathy Take? PI. Restudy of existing data. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
2008-2010
Eating Habits Study. Co-PI. Mixed methods research on eating habits and ideologies of control
among first year college women. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
2009-2010
Student Health Study. PI. Mixed methods research on how students experience and cope with
illness sensations. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
2013-2015
Emerging Adults and Chronic Autoimmune Disease. PI. Mixed methods pilot research on
how students with autoimmune disorders transition to self-management of disease. My
responsibilities include research design, IRB, all data collection including interviews, data analysis,
and write up.
2014-2015
Pediatric Stroke: Perspectives of Children and their Families. Co-investigator with Dr. Jilda
Vargus-Adams (CCHMC) and student, Amber Herald. Mixed methods pilot research on patient
and family narratives of the impact of pediatric stroke on everyday life. My responsibilities include
research design, IRB, co-conducting family interviews with Herald, data analysis, and write up.
Findings were accepted for presentation at in a poster session at the American Anthropological
Association in Dec. 2014.
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2014-2015
Mental Health and Wellbeing in Families with Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease. Coinvestigator, with Yvette Harris (PI, psychology), and co-investigators Vaishali Raval (psychology)
and Sherrill Sellers (Social Work and Family Studies. My responsibilities include contributing to
research design, co-conducting family interviews with Raval utilizing the EcoCultural Family
Interview protocol, data analysis, and write up.
2014-2015
To go or not to go: Medical decision making among emerging adults. PI with student
coinvestigator,Victoria DellaDonna. Goal is to understand how students perceive their health and
make medical decisions, particularly decisions to go to the health clinic. My responsibilities include
research design, IRB, data collection supervision, data analysis and write up. Findings presented at
in a poster session at the American Anthropological Association in Dec. 2014.
2015-
“Pediatric Emergency Department Provider-Patient Communication and Patient Health
Outcomes. Co-PI with Vaishali Raval at Miami University and with Richard Ruddy and
Lisa Vaughn at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. My responsibilities include
contributing to research development and design, IRB, training, data management, video
transcription and analysis, and write up.
2015-
PRIMED for Action: Partnership Research in Infant Mortalities and Disparities
Harnessing the Experience of African American Mothers, Community Agencies, and
Academics to Create Positive Change. I am the PI, with Flaspohler, Bailer, Armstrong and
King as Co-PIs. My responsibilities include contributing to partnership building, conference
coordination, research development and design, IRB, training, data management, transcription and
analysis, and write up.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
1. Culture, Illness, and Healing. Dept. of Anthropology. UCLA. (2003)
2. Cultural Methods. Dept. of Anthropology. UCLA. (2004)
3. Doctoring 1 (first year medical students). Geffen School of Medicine. UCLA. (2004-2005)
4. ATH 175 Peoples of the World (regular and honors sections). Dept. of Anthropology. Miami University. (20052013)
5. ATH 235 Imagining and Encountering the Other. Dept. of Anthropology. Miami University/MUDEC.(2009-10)
6. ATH 335 Minorities of Europe. Dept. of Anthropology. Miami University/MUDEC.(2009-10)
7. ATH 348 Introduction to Medical Anthropology. Dept. of Anthropology. Miami University. (2005-2009, 2011-)
8. ATH 368 Key Questions in Psychological Anthropology. Miami University. (2009, 2012)
9. ATH 425/525 Ethnographic Methods. Dept. of Anthropology. Miami University. (2006, 2008, 2012, 2013)
10. ATH 428 Anthropology of Women’s Health. Dept. of Anthropology. Miami University. (2006, 2007, 2014)
11. ATH 448 Developing Solutions in Global Health. Dept. of Anthropology. Miami University. (2008, 2009, 2012,
2013, 2015)
12. ATH 491 Practicum in Anthropology. Dept. of Anthropology. Miami University (2008, 2012, 2013)
13. ATH 378 Doctors, Clinics, and Epidemics. Dept. of Anthropology. Miami University (2013, 2015)
14. ATH 135 Film as Ethnography. Co-taught with Dr. L.Peterson. Dept of Anthropology. Miami University (2013,
2014).
15. GHS 101 Introduction to Global Health. Instructor of record and coordinating 15 guest faculty lectures. Global
Health Studies. Miami University (2013, 2014)
16. GHS 201 Data and Decisions. Co-taught with Dr. V. Raval. Global Health Studies/Dept of Anthropology.
Miami University (2013-).
17. GHS 491 Leadership in Global Health. Global Health Studies/Dept of Anthropology. Miami University (2015)
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE: WORKSHOPS
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“Getting closer to understanding people.” Mixed Methods Workshop, T. Weisner, organizer. California
State University Long Beach. June 28, 2006.
“Mixed methods in the clinic: Being an ethnographer in a world of numbers.” Mixed Methods Workshop, T.
Weisner, organizer. California State University Long Beach. June 29, 2006.
“How do people cope with life’s curve balls?” Teaching Psychological Anthropology Workshop, M.C. Hay,
organizer. Society for Psychological Anthropology annual meeting. Asilomar, CA. March 29, 2009.
“Health and How to Change the World.” 32 hour workshop combining basic medical anthropology and
global health for high achieving high school students. July 2014 & 2015. Miami University. Oxford, OH.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES
(Note: The Department of Anthropology at Miami University does not have a graduate program)
Masters Students:
1. Samuel Mwangi (Gerontology) “Biomedical Centers for Palliative Care in Kenya.” MA granted Oct. 2009
2. Stacey Raj (Psychology)“Parenting styles and orphaned child well-being in Kuala Lempur.” MA granted Apr.2012
3. Jasleen Chahal (Gerontology) “Culturally Appropriate Health Care Services Assessment for Hispanic and Latinos
in Ohio with chronic diseases.” MA granted Apr. 2013
4. Joel Gaffney (Psychology) “In our time of mourning: A critical review of grief-related DSM-5 changes and a
response using Experiential Personal Construct Psychology.” MA granted Apr. 2013
5. Kristen Woodling (Environmental Sciences) “Lusaka Water Resources and Sustainability.” MA granted Aug 2014.
Doctoral Students:
1. Samuel Mwangi (Gerontology) “Development of Palliative Care Around the World.” Ph.D. granted Aug. 2011.
2. Joel Gaffney (Psychology) “Charting connections with the living and the dead: A study in grieving using
Experiential Personal Construct Psychology.” Ph.D. expected 2015.
3. Jasleen Chahal (Gerontology) “Surgery on Sundays: The Patient Experience.” I am co-chairing her committee. Ph.D.
expected 2015.
4. Karen Kent (Gerontology) “Adults with Autism.” Ph.D. expected 2017.
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