EDUCATION

Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University

F32 National Research Service Award (NRSA), National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) Kirschstein Postdoctoral Training Fellowship (8/03-12/05)

Mentor: Dr. Kim Blankenship

 

Yale University, New Haven CT

Ph.D. in Anthropology, 2003

Dissertation:  Criminal Subjects:  The Political Economy of the Tijuana Sex Industry. 

Advisor:  Dr. Linda-Anne Rebhun

 

Yale University, New Haven CT

M.Phil. in Anthropology, 2000

 

University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

B.A. in Anthropology, 1997

Magna Cum Laude, With Honors

Honors Thesis: HIV Prevention and the Catholic Community: Interaction of a Belief System and Sexual Risk Behavior.

 

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

National Science Foundation, Short Course on Research Methods (Training Institute)

            Social Network Analysis, 2009

American Psychological Association, Cybermentors (2 Year NIH Training Program)

            Developing NIH – supported HIV Research in Communities of Color

 

Grant Writing, Research Design, Project Management, Evaluation
Research Software:  nVIVO, NuDist, SPSS, MaxQDA
Red Cross Certification in HIV Testing and Counseling

 

 

BOOKS 

Katsulis, Yasmina. (2009) Sex Work and the City:  The Social Geography of Health and Safety in Tijuana, Mexico. Austin:  University of Texas Press.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

 

Katsulis, Yasmina.  (2010) “'Living like a King':  Conspicuous Consumption, Virtual Communities, and the Social Construction of Paid Sexual Encounters by U.S. Sex Tourists.”  Men and Masculinities.

 

Lopez, Vera, Katsulis, Yasmina, and Alyssa Robillard. (2009) “Drug Use With Parents as a Relational Strategy for Incarcerated Female Adolescents.” Family Relations.  58(2): 135-147.

 

Under Review:

 

Katsulis, Yasmina. “Youth Sex Work, Health, and the Law.” Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.

 

Katsulis, Yasmina, Lopez, Vera, Durfee, Alesha, and Alyssa Robillard. “Female Sex Workers and the Social Context of Workplace Violence in Tijuana, Mexico.” Medical Anthropology Quarterly.

Katsulis, Yasmina, Durfee, Alesha, Lopez, Vera, and Alyssa Robillard. “Predictors of Workplace Violence among Female Sex Workers in Tijuana, Mexico.” Violence Against Women.

 

 
BOOK CHAPTERS

Katsulis, Yasmina and Kim Blankenship.  (2008) “Women’s Agency in the Context of  
    Drug Use.”  in Neither Villain Nor Victim: Empowerment and Agency among Women  
    Substance Abusers.  Tammy L Anderson, ed.  Rutgers University Press. 

Katsulis, Yasmina, Weinkauf, Kate, and Elena Frank.  (2011) “Countering the Trafficking 
    Paradigm:  The Role of Family Obligations, Remittance, and Investment Strategies among 
    Migrant Sex Workers in Tijuana, Mexico. In Anti-Trafficking, Human Rights, and 
    Social Justice.  Tiantian Zheng, ed.  Routledge.

REPORTS

CIRA Center Report.  (2006) Community Based HIV/AIDS Research: Guidelines for 
    Successful Partnerships.

Katsulis, Yasmina. (2008) “Gender, Sex Work and Social Justice”.  Fact Sheet. Sociology for Women in Society Social Action Committee.  Competitive submission.  Published in Newsletter and on their Website. 

BOOK REVIEWS

 

Katsulis, Yasmina. (2008) Book Review. Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work.  Volume 1 A-N and 2 O-Z.  Melissa Hope Ditmore, ed. Westport: Greenword Press, 2006. 782 pp.  American Anthropological Association.

 

Katsulis, Yasmina. (2008) Book Review: On the Game: Women in Prostitution. Medical Anthropology Quarterly.
 

 PEER REVIEWED PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

 

2009    Sex work and Substance Use in Tijuana, Mexico:  The Profitability of Venue-based Social Norms. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting.

2008   A Mixed-Method Approach to Sex Work, Legal Status & Occupational Health and Safety. National Women's Studies Association Annual Meeting.

2006    Negotiating Access to Networks in the Field: Pitfalls, Compromises, and Surprising Opportunities. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting.

2006    In Their Own Words: Mexican Sex Workers Struggle to be Heard. National Women's Studies Association Annual Meeting.

2005    Criminal Subjects: Gender Discrimination in a Regulated Sex Industry.  American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting.

2004    Protecting Your Right to Work: Sex Workers, Health Cards, and HIV Prevention. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting.

2003    Sex Work and City Politics:  Protecting the Reputation of a Vice Industry.  American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting.

2002    The Community Making Process:  Locating Community among High Risk Urban Populations.   Invited Session, Society for Medical Anthropology, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting

1999    Changing Theories of Love and Romance.  American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting.

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

Rebhun, LA and Yasmina Katsulis. (2003) “Women and Alcohol Use.”  In Encyclopedia of Women’s Health, Sana Loue and Martha Sajatovic, eds.  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing Company. 

 

STUDENT PUBLICATIONS

 

Katsulis, Yasmina. (2003) “Making it in the Margins:  The Increasing Problem of Youth Sex Work and the Political Economy of Risk.”  Prisms: Yale Journal of Student Anthropology (15-25).  This paper awarded Best Student Paper by the AIDS and Anthropology Research Group, Society for Medical Anthropology, American Anthropological Association (2002).

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2009                AAUW American Fellowship
 

2009                Institute for Humanities Research

2007                CATALYST Junior Scholar Program 

2003-2005       NRSA/T32 NIMH Postdoctoral Training Fellowship
                        Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University 

 

2003                Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Pilot Grant       

2001-2002       Grant# 6028113 Dissertation Enhancement Award
                         National Science Foundation America’s Program

2000-2001       Dissertation Award, Yale Center for International Area Studies 

2000                Williams Fund for Field Research

1999                Andrew Mellon Foundation Award for Pre-Dissertation Research

1998                Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship

1998-2002       7 Schwartz Foundation Conference Travel Grants

1997-2002       Yale University Graduate Studies Fellowship 

1996                Social & Behavioral Science Research, U of AZ

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

 

2007                Nominated Fellow, Society for Applied Anthropology

2006                ASU Center for Mexican and Mexican-American Studies, Travel Grant

2002-2003       Anthropological Approaches to Health Research: New England Medical Anthropology Conferences I and II. (Conference Grant, Yale University)

2001                National Student Paper Prize, AIDS and Anthropology Research Group, Society for Medical Anthropology, American Anthropological Association

1996                Top 5% Sophomore Writing Composition, University of Arizona

1995–1997      Honors Scholarship Tuition Waiver, University of Arizona

1995                T. Bogart Memorial Scholarship, University of Arizona

1995                1st Prize:  Honors Essay Contest Winner

1994-1995       Four Consecutive Honors Recognition Awards

 

TEACHING

2009-present    Graduate Seminar:  Advanced Studies in Sexuality
2007-present    Graduate Seminar:  Gender and Global Health Disparities

2005-present    Women and Sexuality

2005-present    Pro-Seminar:  Women and HIV/AIDS

2005-present    Women and International Health, Arizona State University

2003                 Anthropology and International Health, Trinity College

2002                 Ethnomedicine, Yale University (Teaching Fellow)

2000                 Language, Culture, and Society, Yale University (Teaching Fellow)

1999                 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America, Yale University (Teaching Fellow)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

 

2006-present    PhD Social Science and Health Planning Committee, Steering Committee 

2006-present    PhD Social Science and Health Graduate Degree Steering Committee, Member

2006-present    Body Positive (HIV/AIDS), Fundraising, Events, Student Involvement

2006-present    Advisor, Omega Phi Chi (a multicultural sorority founded by women of African American, Latina and Asian descent)

2005-present    Member, PhD Gender Studies Graduate Degree Development Committee

2005-present    Member, Women and Gender Studies Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

2005-present    Member, North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS)

2003                Focus Group Facilitator, Power Days, Yale Medical School.

2002-2003       Student Coordinator, Yale AIDS Colloquium Series, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University

2002-2003       Student Representative, Yale AIDS Network, Community Research Core, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University

2002-2003       Conference Organizer - Anthropological Approaches to Health Research.  New England Medical Anthropology Conference

1999-2003       Student Coordinator, Medical Anthropology at Yale.

1998-1999       Committee Chair, Yale Anthropology Faculty Speaker Series

1998-1999       Anthropology Department Representative, Graduate Student Assembly, Yale University

NATIONAL SERVICE
 

2003-present    Volunteer, Behavioral Social Science Volunteer Program (BSSV).  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2005                Consultant, National Behavioral Surveillance Survey on High-Risk Heterosexuals. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2000-2003       Membership Officer, AIDS and Anthropology Research Group, Society for Medical Anthropology, American Anthropological Association.

2003                Manuscript Reviewer, Textbook on Anthropology and AIDS.  Praeger.

PRESENTATIONS

2008                A Mixed-Method Approach to Sex Work, Legal Status & Occupational Health and Safety. National Women's Studies Association Annual Meeting.

2007                Health, Politics and Policies: The Professionalization of Sex Work in Tijuana, Mexico. NACTS Launch.

2006                The Social Geography of Occupational Risk and Safety in the Tijuana Sex Industry. Meeting of the Annual Directors, Women's Studies Programs in the Southwest.

2006                Situated Sexual Decision-Making: Mapping the Impact of Overlapping Vulnerabilities within High Risk Populations. Center for Mexican and Mexican-American Families, Arizona State University.

2006                In Their Own Words: Mexican Sex Workers Struggle to be Heard. National Women's Studies Association.

2006                Negotiating Access to Networks in the Field: Pitfalls, Compromises, and Surprising Opportunities. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting (Vancouver).

2004                Sex Workers, Legal Status & HIV Risk in Tijuana Mexico: A Multi-Method Approach.  Poster Presentation, NIMH Training Meeting, Washington D.C.

2004                Regulating Women's Bodies for the Public Good? Law and Public Health Practices in the Tijuana Sex Industry.  Bioethics, Yale University.

2003                Mixed Methods: From Theory to Practice.  Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University.

2003                Criminal Subjects:  The Political Economy of the Tijuana Sex Industry.  Ethnography and Social Theory Colloquium, Yale University.

2003                Gender Discrimination in the Tijuana Sex Industry.  Anthropological Approaches to Health Research.  Regional Symposium for Medical Anthropology, Yale University.

2002                The Community Making Process:  Locating Community Among High Risk Urban Populations.   Invited Session, Society for Medical Anthropology, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting

2002                Work Site Matters:  Sex Work, Health, and Divergent Occupational Risk Priorities in the Tijuana Sex Industry. Anthropological Approaches to Health Research.  Regional Symposium for Medical Anthropology, Yale University.

2002                Seeing Things Through Their Eyes: Male Tourist Client Priorities and Strategies for Risk Reduction.  Health and Culture Series, Yale University

2001                Qualitative Methods for Public Health Research (Spanish)  Epidemiological Methods Invited Guest Lecture – El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico.

1999                Romance, Intimacy and HIV Prevention. Working Group on Sexuality, Sexual Identities, Politics of Health Invited Guest Lecture, Yale University

1999                The Political Economy of the U.S. – Mexico Border.  Peoples and Cultures of Latin America Invited Guest Lecture, Yale University.

1999                Changing Theories of Love and Romance.  American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting.

1999                Feminism, Anthropology and Health.  Feminist Theory and Anthropology  Invited Guest Lecture, Yale University.