CURRICULUM VITAEGail Landsmanclynn202006-01-17T21:07:00Z2006-01-17T21:07:00Z1460226238University at Albany218613077911.6568CURRICULUM VITAEGAIL H. LANDSMANDepartment of AnthropologyUniversity at Albany, SUNY1400 Washington AvenueAlbany, New York 12222(518) 442-4705EARNED DEGREESCatholic University of America, Washington, D.C.Department of AnthropologyPh.D., October 1982New School for Social Research, Graduate Faculty, New YorkDepartment of AnthropologyM.A., June 1974. Invited to continue in doctoral programCornell University, Ithaca, New YorkAnthropology majorB.A. with distinction in all subjects, May 1972ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELDAssociate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, State University of New York. September 1991 - present.Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, State University of New York. September 1984 - August 1991.Visiting Associate Professor (part-time), Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Towson State University, Towson, Maryland. 1982 - 1984. Visiting Assistant Professor (part-time), 1975 - 1982.Assistant Professor, Evening College, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. 1983-1984.Museum Instructor, Anthropology Department, Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, New York. Summer 1973. PUBLICATIONSBook in progress“There is No Normal”: American Mothers of Disabled Children in the Age of “Perfect” Babies. Under contract with Routledge, Inc.Articles and chapters in progressLandsman, Gail, “Models of Disability: Agency, Identity and Mothers of Disabled Children,.” Chapter in Engaging Anthropology in Disability Studies, Devva Kasnitz and Russell Shuttleworth, editors..Book1988Sovereignty and Symbol: Indian/White Conflict at Ganienkeh. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.Articles and book chaptersLandsman, Gail and Van Riper, Marcia (in press) “Incorporating Disabled Children In Family Life.” Chapter in Optimizing Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs in Their Early Years, Elisa J. Sobo, Kimberly Dennis, and Paul S. Kurtin, editors. Paul H. Brookes, Publishing Co. Landsman, Gail (in press) “What Evidence? Whose Evidence?: Physical Therapy in NewYork State’s Clinical Practice Guideline and in the Lives of Parents of Disabled Children.” Social Science and Medicine.Landsman, Gail (in press),“Theory, Anthropology, and Research in Iroquois Studies.” Histories of Anthropology Annual Volume 2, edited by Frederic Gleach and Regna Darnell.Landsman, Gail (2005). “Mothers and Models of Disability,” Journal of Medical Humanities 26(2/3): 121-139.Landsman, Gail (2004). “‘Too Bad You Got a Lemon’: Peter Singer, Mothers of Children with Disabilities, and the Critique of Consumer Culture,” Chapter in Consuming Motherhood,Janelle Taylor, Danielle Wozniak and Linda Layne, editors. Pp. 100-121. New Brunswick: Rutgers University PressLandsman, Gail (2003). “Emplotting children’s lives: developmental delay vs. disability,” Social Science and Medicine 56(9): 1947-1960Articles and book chapters (continued)Landsman, Gail (2000). “Real” Motherhood, Class, and Children with Disabilities. Chapter in Technologies and Ideologies of Motherhood, edited by Helena Ragone and Frances Winddance Twine. Pp. 169-187. Routledge, Inc. Landsman, Gail (1999), “Does God Give Special Kids to Special Parents?: Personhood and the Child with Disability as Gift and as Giver.” Chapter in Transformative Mothering: On Giving and Getting in a Consumer Culture, edited by Linda Layne. Pp. 133-165. New York University Press, Landsman, Gail (1998). Reconstructing Motherhood in the Age of “Perfect” Babies. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 24(1): 69-99.Landsman, Gail (1997), Concepts of Personhood and Mothers of Children with Disabilities. Disability Studies Quarterly 17(3):157-167.Landsman, Gail (1997)., Informant as Critic: Conducting Research on a Dispute Between Non-Indian Iroquoianist Scholars and Traditionalist Iroquois. Chapter in Indians and Anthropologists: Vine Deloria, Jr., and the Critique of Anthropology, Tom Biolsi and Larry Zimmerman, eds. Pp. 160-176. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press.Landsman, Gail (1996). Studies of Native Women and the Development of the Anthropology of Gender. In Newberry Library D’Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian Occasional Paper Volume 20: Gender and the Experience of American Indian Women. Pp. 68-80. Chicago: The Newberry Library. Landsman, Gail (1995). Negotiating Work and Womanhood. American Anthropologist 97(1):33-40.Landsman, Gail (1995), The Limits and Loyalties of Teaching About Indians. In Newberry Library D’Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian Occasional Paper Volume 17: Essays from “ Indian Leadership and Indian Identity: A Tension Through Time”, Pp. 110-122. Chicago: The Newberry Library,Landsman, Gail, and Ciborski, Sara (1992). Representation and Politics: Contesting Histories of the Iroquois. Cultural Anthropology 7(4):425-47.Landsman, Gail (1992). The “Other” as Political Symbol : Images of Indians in the WomanSuffrage Movement. Ethnohistory 39(3): 247-84.Landsman, Gail (1991). Response to Hauptman’s Review of Sovereignty and Symbol. Ethnohistory 38(3): 304-10.Landsman, Gail and Krasniewicz, Louise (1990). “A Native Man is Still a Man” : A Case Study of Intercultural Participation in Social Movements. Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly 15(1): 11-19.Articles and book chapters (continued)Landsman, Gail (1987),. Indian Activism and the Press: Coverage of the Conflict at Ganienkeh.Anthropological Quarterly 60(3): 101-13. Landsman, Gail (1985). Ganienkeh: Symbol and Politics in an Indian/White Conflict. American Anthropologist 87(4): 826-39.Landsman, Gail (1984). Comments on “Anthropologist as Advocate: Between Lawyers and Clients.” In Field Training in Applied Anthropology, Vol. III. Lucy Cohen and Timothy Ready, eds. Washington, D.C., Catholic University of America. Pp. 51-2,.Landsman, Gail (1979), The Ghost Dance and the Policy of Land Allotment: A Response to Carroll. American Sociological Review 44 (1): 162-66.Book and video reviewsLandsman, Gail (2002). Review of The Elusive Embryo: How Women and Men Approach New Reproductive Technologies. by Gay Becker, in American Ethnologist 29 (3):777-778.Landsman, Gail (2000). Review of Living with Genetic Disorder: The Impact of Neurofibromatosis 1, by Joan Ablon, in Disability Studies Quarterly 20(4).Landsman, Gail (2000). Review of video, “The Burden of Knowledge,” in Disability Studies Quarterly. 20(3):374.Landsman, Gail (1999). Review of Fine Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, by Maryanne Bruni, in Disability Studies Quarterly 19(4):413.Landsman, Gail (1998). Review of Understanding Down Syndrome, by Cliff Cunningham, in DisabilityStudies Quarterly 18(1):43-44.Landsman, Gail (1997). Review of Laying Community Foundations for Your Child with a Disability, by Laura Stengle, in Disability Studies Quarterly 17(3):195.Landsman, Gail (1997). Review of Parents’ Guide to Special Needs Schooling: Early Intervention Years, by Ruth Cantor and Jeffrey Cantor, Disability Studies Quarterly 17(3):181-83. Landsman, Gail (1996). Review of The New Language of Toys: Teaching Communication Skills To Children with Special Needs, by Sue Schwartz and Joan Heller Miller. Disability StudiesQuarterly 16(3):42-43.Landsman, Gail (1995). Review of Anthropology, Public Policy and Native Peoples in Canada, by Noel Dyck and James B. Waldram. American Ethnologist 22(2):444.Book and video reviews (continued)Landsman, Gail (1995). Review of The Fall of the Sparrow: Of Death and Dreams and Healing, by Kent Koppelman. Disability Studies Quarterly 15(1):42-43.Landsman, Gail (1986). Review of Formulating American Indian Policy in New York State, 1970-1986, by Laurence Hauptman. Ethnohistory 37(2): 215-16.Papers and unpublished commentaryParticipant, Workshop on Providing Services to Disabled Children and their Families. Centrum voor Ontwikkelingsstoorniss, Leuven, Belgium. November 18, 2005.The Parent-Professional Encounter. Guest lecture at Twentieth Anniversary of the Centrum voor Ontwikkelingsstoorniss, Hospital Sint-Rafael. Leuven, Belgium, November 17, 2005.Reflections on Theory, Anthropology and Research in Iroquois Studies,1980-1990. Cornell University American Indian Studies Spring Colloquium. Ithaca, New York, March 31, 2005. What Evidence, Whose Evidence?: Physical Therapy in New York State’s Clinical Practice Guideline and in the Lives of Mothers of Disabled Children. Paper presented at session entitled “Gift Horse or Trojan Horse?: Evidence-based Practice Transforming Medicine,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 20, 2003.Discussant commentary on session “Toward a Critical, Comparative and Phenomenological Anthropology of Impairment-Disability.” Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 20, 2003.Models of Disability: Agency, Identity, and Mothers of Disabled Children. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., December 2, 2001.Decision-making with Parents: An Anthropological Approach. Conference on Pediatric Feeding, Swallowing and Nutrition: Team Management, sponsored by the Robert Warner Rehabilitation Center, The Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, KALEIDA Health, University of Buffalo, and New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Buffalo, New York, October 20, 2001“Too Bad You Got a Lemon”: Peter Singer, Mothers of Children with Disabilities, and the Critique of Consumer Culture. Paper presented at the American Ethnological Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 4, 2001.Mothering Disabled Children in the Age of Perfect Babies. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Anthropology, San Francisco, California, March 23, 2000.Papers and unpublished commentary (continued)Emplotting Children’s Lives: Developmental Delay vs. Disability. Paper presented in session entitled “The Anthropology of Reproduction: Trends and Trajectories,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago Illinois, November 19, 1999. Report on a Study of Mothers of Young Children with Disabilities: Implications for Service Providers. Presentation to Capital District Beginnings, Staff Training. Troy, New York, March 17, 1999.“Not What I Bargained For”: Mothers of Children with Disabilities and the Critique of Consumerism. Paper presented in session entitled “Kinship and Consumption: A Productive, Reproductive Paradox,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, PA, December 4, 1998.Co-organizer, “Natural Environments: Challenges and Solutions” Workshop, sponsored by Albany County Health Department and Empire State College. Albany, NY, July 28, 1998.Assessing the Early Intervention Program: Findings of a Qualitative Research Project. New York State Association of Counties Legislative Conference: Measuring New York’s Economic Recovery. Albany, New York, February 2, 1998. Does God Give Special Kids to Special Parents? The Child with Disabilities as Gift. Paper presented in session entitled “ The Child as Gift: Transformative Mothering in a Consumer Culture,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Nov. 1997.Reclaiming Motherhood: Raising Children with Disabilities. Keynote Address at Annual Conference of Parent to Parent of New York State, Johnstown, NY. October 30, 1997.Medical Technologies and Mothers of Infants with Disabilities. Paper presented at The Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing Annual Meeting , Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, June 28, 1997.Debates in the Anthropology of Gender. Lecture at Faculty Development Institute on Crosscultural Approaches to Curriculum Transformation, A Ford Foundation Project of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Institute for Research on Women, and the Center for the Arts and Humanities, University at Albany, June 6, 1997. “Real” Motherhood and Children with Disabilities. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California, November 23, 1996. Panelist, “A Team Approach to Including a Special Needs Child in a Child Care Center,” session at Quality Child Care: Good Beginnings Never End VII Conference. Sponsored by the New York State Occupational Education Equity Center. Bolton Landing, New York, March 14, 1996. Reconstructing Motherhood in the Age of “Perfect” Babies. Paper presented at Institute for Research on Women Colloquium. University at Albany, SUNY. Albany, New York, November 14, 1995Papers and unpublished commentary (continued)Comprehensive Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Family Perspectives. Lecture at pediatric grand rounds, Children with Special Health Care Needs: Coordination of Their Care Conference, sponsored by Albany Medical College and New York State Department of Health. Albany Medical College, Albany , New York, November 1, 1995. Panelist, “Working Collaboration With Community Child Care,” session at Working Meeting, New York State Child Care Coordinating Council and New York State Department of Health Early Intervention: Promoting Community Membership Project. Saratoga Springs, New York, July 13, 1995. New Reproductive Technologies and Mothers of Disabled Children. Guest lecture in “Cultural Dimensions of Clinical Medicine,” Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. July 10, 1995. Redefining “Perfect” Babies/”Perfect” Motherhood: A Study of Mothers of Children with Disabilities. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Atlanta, Georgia, December 2, 1994Facilitator, “Bringing Diversity and Democracy to the Classroom, Campus, and Community” and “Curricular Models for Diversity.” National Curriculum Conference: Teaching Diversity, Diversifying Teaching. A Project of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 17-20, 1994.Conceptualizing Ethnicity. Presented at conference entitled A Curriculum for the 21st Century: Integrating Human Diversity into Curricular and Academic Life. University at Albany, SUNY, March 11, 1993.“The ‘Other’ as Political Symbol.” Presented at Center for the Arts and Humanities Faculty Seminar. University at Albany, SUNY, December 2, 1992.Moderator, Women’s Roles in Iroquois Culture. New York State Museum. Albany, New York, October 18, 1992.“Informant as Critic: Conducting Research on a Dispute Between Iroquoianist Scholars and Traditionalist Iroquois.” Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, November 1990.Portrayals of the Iroquois in the Woman Suffrage Movement. Presented at Annual Conference on Iroquois Research, Rennselaerville, New York, October 8, 1988.“A Native Man is Still A Man”: Conflicting Mohawk and Feminist Concepts of Birth and Women’s Power. With Louise Krasniewicz. Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Ethnological Society, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, April 26, 1986.GRANTS AND AWARDSUniversity at Albany Faculty Research Award Program grant. Therapeutic Intervention and Parental Interpretation of Children with Asperger’s Syndrome: A Pilot Study. $3,200. 1999 - 2001. National Endowment for the Humanities; Humanities, Science and Technology Program. Redefining “Perfect” Babies/”Perfect” Motherhood: A Study of Mothers of Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities. $130,000. 1995-98.University at Albany Faculty Research Award Program grant. Analysis of Data from a Pilot Study of Mothers of Disabled Infants and Toddlers. $4,000. 1995-96. Grants and Awards (continued)Institute for Research on Women, Small Grants Program. Analysis of Data from a Pilot Study of Mothers of Disabled Infants and Toddlers. $750. 1995.D’Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian, The Newberry Library, “Indian Voices in the Academy” Program. Award to participate in Seminar on Construction of Gender and the Experience of Women in American Indian Societies. Chicago, Illinois, January 1995.Dean’s Faculty Support Fund. Mohawk Participation in Anthropology Classes. 1994-95. With G. Aaron Broadwell.D’Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian, The Newberry Library, “Indian Voices in the Academy” Program. Award to participate in Seminar on Indian Leadership and Identity. Chicago, Illinois, January 1994.Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, State University of New York, 1993.University at Albany Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1993.NYS/UUP Grant: Human Identity: Acknowledging and Respecting Our Differences. Project Director: Marijo Dougherty. Anthropology/Women’s Studies project under directorship of Gail Landsman, $2,000. 1990-91.Dr. Nuala McGann Drescher Affirmative Action Leave Award. Fall 1989-Spring 1990.State University of New York at Albany Faculty Research Award. April 1986-1988.New Faculty Development Award, State University of New York (NYS/UUP Professional Development and Quality of Work Life Committee), June - September 1985.National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation in Anthropology Grant, July 1981-December 1982. “Concepts of Land: A Symbolic Analysis of an Indian/White Land Dispute.” CONSULTANT WORKConsultant and Core Advisory Group member, New York State Department of Health Early Intervention Program IDEA General Supervision Enhancement Grant, Focus 2: Enhancing Part C Outcome Indicators and Methods to Collect and Analyze Part C Outcomes, 2005-present.Member, Family Workgroup, Early Childhood Outcomes Center (ECO). Advise ECO Center in their efforts to promote the development and implementation of child and family outcome measures for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with disabilities to be used in local, state, and national accountability systems. 2005 – present.Panel member, New York State Department of Health Early Intervention Program, Motor Disorders Clinical Guidelines Panel, 1999-2000Consultant for University at Albany, SUNY as resource institution to Association of American Colleges and Universities on “American Commitments: Diversity, Democracy, and Liberal Education” Project. 1993-1996.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT“Natural Learning Environments” training by Mary Beth Bruder, PhD, Division of Child and Family Studies, University of Connecticut Health Center Department of Pediatrics; sponsored by New York State Association of Counties, Albany, New York, June 5, 2001.Department of Developmental Pediatrics Journal Club, Newborn Followup Program, Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY. 1996-2000.New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council and New York State Department of Health “Partners in Policymaking” Training. Albany, New York. September - November 1997.CAMA Workshop on Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Schenectady, NY. May 6, 1997 Participant, “Meeting the Challenge of Change;” Annual Conference of the United Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State. October 28-30, 1996.Participant, “Transitions: Presenting Opportunities;” Annual Conference of the United Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State. October 23-25, 1995.“Project Dakota Training.” New York State Department of Health Early Intervention Program, Albany, New York, June 14, 1995.“New Approaches to Service Delivery Training.” Early Intervention Training Consortium and New York State Department of Health. Albany, New York, August 9, 1994.“Educational Advocacy Training,” New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled and University at Albany Center for Computing and Disability. Albany, New York, June 4, 1994.Participant, Capital Region Council for Young Children with Special Needs: Lobby Day, Albany, New York, May 17, 1994.“The IFSP Process: A Promise to Families,” New York State Department of Health Early Intervention Program Training, Albany, New York, May 12-13, 1994.Participant, “Celebrating Successes: Inclusive Early Childhood Services,” New York State Interagency Conference. Albany, New York, March 9-10, 1994.Participant, “The Cultural Construction of Medicine,” Hudson-Mohawk Association of Colleges and Universities Interdisciplinary Seminar. Russell Sage College, Albany, New York, October 1993-April 1994.Participant, Consultants’ Colloquium on Diversity. Association of American Colleges Project on American Commitments: Diversity, Democracy, and Liberal Education. Baltimore, Maryland, November 1993. SERVICEService to the professionAcademic Delegate, United University Professions, Albany Chapter, 2005-presentMember, UUP State Disability Rights and Concerns Committee, 2005-present. Member, Council for the Anthropology of Reproduction Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, 2005-present.Senior Advisor, Council for the Anthropology of Reproduction (Society for Medical Anthropology). 2002- 2005.Chair, Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Council for the Anthropology of Reproduction (Society for Medical Anthropology) 1999-2002New York State Department of Health Early Intervention Coordinating Council Parent Involvement Committee, appointed member, 1997- 2003. Mission is to develop and present recommendations to the Department of Health on ways to improve the early intervention system for families and on actions to take to promote and ensure parent activism in the Early Intervention Program in the state. Editor, “Family Talk,” 1997-2002. Newsletter for families in the Early Intervention Program. Published by the Albany County Department of Health, Division of Children with Special Needs. Service to the profession (continued)Albany County Local Early Intervention Coordinating Council, New York State Department of Health Early Intervention Program, appointed member, 1994 - present. Mission is to advise Albany County Early Intervention Official and improve programproviding services to children with special needs, ages 0 to 3 years old.Capital Region Early Intervention in Natural Environments Planning Group member, 2001Focus group member for U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs’ monitoring of The New York State Department of Education compliance with Part B and Part H of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Albany, NY., July 29, 1997.New York State Preschool Special Education Advisory Committee, appointed member, 1994-96.Mission was to advise the State Education Commissioner on policies regarding services to preschool children with special needs. Responsibilities included serving on subcommittee on assistive technology.Co-organizer, “A Day in the Life of a Child: Strategies for Success in Early Intervention” Workshop. Albany County Health Department, Albany, NY, April 17, 1996.Reviewer for book manuscript, Reproducing Reproduction, University of Pennsylvania Press.1996.Participant, parent/physician interview project (provides training for pediatric residents in improving physician/parent communication skills). The Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York, 1995Co-organizer, “Let’s Collaborate: Coming Together in the Early Intervention Program:” Workshop for Parents, Providers and County Early Intervention Staff. Albany County Health Department, Albany, NY, September 1994.Faculty Associate, Institute for Research on Women, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1987-present.Editorial Advisory Board, Northeast Anthropology (formerly Man in the Northeast), 1984 - 1996.Reviewer of manuscripts submitted to American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Cultural Anthropology, Signs, Disability Studies Quarterly, Ethnohistory, American Indian Quarterly, Anthropological Quarterly, and Medical Anthropology Quarterly.Reviewer of grant proposals for National Science Foundation and Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Co-chair, Program Committee, Northeast Anthropological Association Meeting, 1988.Service to the profession (continued)In-service Training Course for Capital District Teachers - lectures on North American Indians and language and communication for global studies, 1985, 1986.Book review editor for journal, Mentalities/Mentalites, 1984-1986.Reviewer of abstracts submitted to 1982 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting Service to the UniversityUndergraduate Affairs Committee (Anthropology Department), 2004-05, 2005-06.Search Committee (Anthropology Department), Biological Anthropology position, 2005-06.Search Committee (Anthropology Department), Cultural Anthropology position, 2004-05Search Committee (SUNY/Albany), University Museum Director, 2003Chair, Anthropology Department Undergraduate Affairs Committee, 2002-03General Education Assessment Initiative participant, 2002-03General Education Focus Group to Develop Global and Cross-Cultural Perspectives Learning Objectives, 2002-03 SUNY/Albany campus ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Monitoring Committee, 2001.Chair, Awards and Nominations Committee, Anthropology Department, 1998-99; 1999-2000; 2000(Fall semester); 2001.Member, Awards and Nominations Committee, Anthropology Department, 1996-97.General Education Committee (University), 1994-95Curriculum Committee, Anthropology Department 1994-95Faculty Panelist, Graduate Student Workshop: Publishing Papers in Professional Journals, Anthropology Department, March 1995.Chair, Together Day Faculty panel discussion, “Academic Freedom, Intellectual Responsibility, and the Politics of Knowledge.” September 29, 1994Organizer of workshop on “Images of Native American Women,” in conjunction with the exhibition, Our Land/Ourselves: American Indian Contemporary Artists, at the University Art Museum, SUNYA, February 1991.Service to the university (continued)College Grievance Committee, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1985-86; 1988-89; 1990-91; 1992-93.Senior Sexual Harassment Advisor, 1990- 91;1991-92; 1992-93Steering Committee, Women’s Studies Department, at-large member, 1992-93.Diversity Committee, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1990-91.Chair, Diversity Committee, Anthropology Department, 1990-91.Authored article on “The Family and Medical Leave Act: A Brief History,” for Women’s Connection, publication of the Women’s Concerns Committee of the University Commission for Affirmative Action, University at Albany, 1990.Service to the University (continued)Graduate Affairs Committee, Anthropology Department, 1988-89.Search Committee, Line in Qualitative Research in Education (Anthropology and Education Departments), 1988.Faculty Facilitator, Freshman Summer Planning conference, 1988.Service to the University (continued)Search Committee, Mesoamericanist ethnologist position, Anthropology Dept., 1987-88.Co-chair, Council of Women’s Groups, 1987-88.Sexual Harassment Advisor, 1987-88; 1988-89. Undergraduate Affairs Committee, Anthropology Department, 1985-86; 1987-88.Search Committee, Linguistics position, Anthropology Department, 1986Search Committee, Telecommunications position, Communication Department, 1986Women’s Studies Advisory Committee, 1985-88.Co-chair, Subcommittee on Graduate Work and Research Institute, 1985-86. Service to the Community Bethlehem Neighbors for PeaceCo-chair, School committee Chair, Youth Peace Award committee Service to the community (continued)Volunteer, Parent to Parent/ New York State (support person for parents whose children were recently diagnosed with disabilities), 1994 - presentGuest speaker, Parent Roundtable, Lexington Family Services. Gloversville, NewYork November 11, 1997Authored article, Home-based Early Intervention: A Parent’s Perspective. Common Ground, A Newsletter of Early Intervention 3(1):1, 5. 1995, for the New York State Association of Counties.Parent Outreach, Support Group for Parents of Children in the Neonatal Intensive Care and Pediatric Units of the Children’s Hospital, Albany Medical Center Hospital, 1994Albany Coalition to Pass Family and Medical Leave LegislationTEACHINGCourses taught at University at Albany - UndergraduateUni 101 - Foundation of Great Ideas: Chaos and Order (for Presidential Scholars)Ant 100P - Culture, Society and Biology (Diversity Course)Ant 108M - Introduction to Cultural AnthropologyAnt 240M - North American IndiansAnt 364 - Health and Health Care. Special Topic: Reproductive TechnologiesAnt 365 - The Anthropology of New Reproductive TechnologiesAnt 371/Com 371 - Theories of Intercultural CommunicationAnt 381Z, 381/Wss 381 - Anthropology of GenderAnt 570/Ant 361 - Anthropology of the Modern World/Anthropology and Public PolicyCourses taught at University at Albany – Graduate seminarsAnt 600 - Seminar in Cultural Anthropology. Topic: Feminist TheoryAnt 660 – Seminar in Symbolic Anthropology. Topic: Anomalous Bodies: Anthropological Approaches to Personhood, Embodiment, and DifferenceAnt 661 - Seminar in Political Anthropology. Topic: Political SymbolismAnt 670 - Seminar in Ethnology: The Anthropology of GenderAnt 661- Seminar in Political Anthropology. Topic: Social and Political MovementsAnt 690 - The Anthropology of ReproductionAnt 690 - Personhood, Parenthood and “Progress”: The Anthropology and Bioethics of the New Reproductive TechnologiesAnt 782/582 - Practicum in College TeachingCourses taught at other universitiesIntroduction to Cultural Anthropology, Towson State UniversityAmerican Culture, Towson State UniversityCommunication Process Towson State UniversityMedical Anthropology (graduate), Johns Hopkins University Evening CollegePROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSAmerican Anthropological AssociationAmerican Ethnological SocietyAssociation for Feminist AnthropologyCouncil on Anthropology and Reproduction of the Society for Medical AnthropologyCouncil on Infant and Child Health and Welfare of the Society for Medical AnthropologyDisability Studies Research Interest Group of the Society for Medical AnthropologySociety for Cultural AnthropologySociety for Disability StudiesSociety for Medical Anthropology