An updated Cirriculum Vitae is available for download here.

 

Areas of Specialization

Medical anthropology                            HIV/AIDS risk & prevention

Gender, sexuality, and health                Sex work (prostitution), sex tourism

Gender and global health disparities   At-risk youth, child welfare youth

 

Education

 

1997-2003     Department of Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Ph.D., Anthropology, May 2003.  Advisor: Linda-Anne Rebhun.
Dissertation Title:  Criminal Subjects:  The Political Economy of the Tijuana Sex Industry. 
M.Phil., Anthropology, May 2000.

 

1994-1997     Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

 
B.A. in Anthropology, 1997; Magna Cum Laude, With Honors.
Senior Honors Thesis: HIV Prevention and the Catholic Community: Interaction of a Belief System and Sexual Risk Behavior.

Professional Experience

1/04-              Assistant Professor, Women and Gender Studies Program, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University

 

5/03-12/04   Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT.  National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) Kirschstein Postdoctoral Training Fellowship, F32 National Research Service Award (NRSA).  Advisor: Dr. Kim Blankenship  (8/03-12/05)*left early to accept job offer with Arizona State University.

 

1/03-5/03     Visiting Instructor, Trinity College, Hartford, CT. 

Anthropology and International Health.

 

8/02-12/02   Teaching Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

                                                Ethnomedicine.

 

8/00-12/00   Teaching Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Language, Culture, and Society

 

8/99-12/99   Teaching Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, CT.            

Peoples and Cultures of Latin America.

Additional Training

 

APA/NIMH Cybermentors Program:  American Psychological Association, National Institutes of Health.  Developing NIH – supported HIV Research in Communities of Color. Includes monthly webinars, weekly mentor/mentee check-ins, mock review of NIH grant applications, conference travel, and $5,000 for pilot research.  2009-2011. (competitive selection)

 

Training Institute:  National Science Foundation, Short Course on Research Methods. Social Network Analysis.  2009. (competitive selection)

Workshop: Social Network Analysis. Society for Applied Anthropology. 2009.

 

Workshop:  Qualitative Data Analysis using MAXQDA.  Society for Applied Anthropology. 2009.

 

Participant:  Advanced Analytics for Child Welfare Administration, University of Chicago, Chapin Hall. A 7-day training on the use of child welfare data.  Paid for by the University of Chicago. 2008. (competitive selection)

 

Participant: Youth in Transition (Summit) University of Chicago, Chapin Hall. 2007.

 

Workshop: NuDist 6 (now NVivo) (Ethnographic Software Program for Data Analysis), American Anthropological Association. 2002.

 

Workshop: Grant Writing for Government Grants and Private Foundations, American Anthropological Association. 2002.

 

Red Cross Certification in HIV Testing and Counseling.  2000.

 

 

Research Activities

            Book Manuscripts:

 

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 Journal Articles:

 

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. (in press)

 

Katsulis, Yasmina, Lopez, Vera, Durfee, Alesha, and Alyssa Robillard. (2010) “Female Sex Workers and the Social Context of Workplace Violence in Tijuana, Mexico.” Medical Anthropology Quarterly. (in press)

 

Katsulis, Yasmina, Durfee, Alesha, Lopez, Vera, and Alyssa Robillard. 2010. “Predictors of Workplace Violence among Female Sex Workers in Tijuana, Mexico.” Violence against Women. (in press)

 

Katsulis, Yasmina. “Agents or Victims?  Youth Sex Workers on the U.S.-Mexico Border.” (2010). Journal of Transnational Women and Gender Studies.  (in press)

 

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.  Role: Help with Qualitative Data Analysis.

 

Under Review:

 

Lopez, Vera, Katsulis, Yasmina, and Rosalie Corona.  “Father-Daughter Relationships among High-Risk Latina Adolescents.” Journal of Family Issuess.  Role: Help with Qualitative Data Analysis.

            In Preparation:

 

Katsulis, Yasmina, Durfee, Alesha, and Vera Lopez.  “Correlates of Sexual and Drug Risk Behaviors among Male and Female Sex Workers in Tijuana, Mexico.” American Journal of Public Health.

 

Roe-Sepowitz, Dominique, and Yasmina Katsulis.  “Borderland Sex Workers: Risk Factors for Depression in Female Prostitutes in Tijuana.” Role: Provided data, developed section on methods, assisted with literature review and discussion section.

 

Chapters in Edited Volumes: (italics denote student authors)

 

Katsulis, Yasmina, Weinkauf, Kate, and Elena Frank.  (2010) “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.  New York: Routledge. (in press)

 

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. 

 

Reports:

 

Katsulis, Yasmina. (2008) “Gender, Sex Work and Social Justice”.  Fact Sheet. Sociology for Women in Society Social Action Committee.  Published in SWS Newsletter and Website.  Paid $750.  (competitive submission)

 

CIRA Center Report.  (2006) Community Based HIV/AIDS Research: Guidelines for Successful Partnerships. Role:  Transcription, coding and analysis of focus groups with community-based organizations working with the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University.

Book Reviews:

 

Katsulis, Yasmina. (2008) Book Review: Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work.  Volume 1 A-N and 2 O-Z.  American Anthropological Association.

 

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

 

Katsulis, Yasmina. (2010) Book Review:  Lydia’s Open Door:  Inside Mexico’s Most Modern Brothel. American Ethnologist.   (in preparation)

 

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. 

 

            Article in a Student-Run Journal:

 

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).  *Best Student Paper, AIDS & Anthropology Research Group, Society for Medical Anthropology, American Anthropological Association (2002).

 

Research Grants and Fellowships:  

 

NIH/APA Cybermentors Pilot Grant.  $5000.  2010.

 

American Fellowship, Summer/Short-term Research Publications Grant,

American Association of University Women.  $6000.  2009.

 

Seed Grant, Institute for Humanities Research. Girl Talk: A Transdisciplinary Perspective.  Role: P.I. Vera Lopez and Georganne Scheiner-Gillis: Co-P.I.’s.  $12,000. Start date:  6/1/09.  Duration: 12 months.

 

                        CATALYST Junior Scholar Program, Institute for Social Science Research, Arizona State University.  Life History Interviews and Focus Groups with Former Foster Youth.  Role: P.I.   $17,000. Start date:  6/1/07.  Duration: 12 months.

 

                        NRSA/T32 NIMH Postdoctoral Training Fellowship, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University.  $74,000.  Start date: 6/1/03.  Duration: 24 months.

 

                        Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Pilot Grant.  Homeless, Substance Using, Sex Workers in New Haven, CT.  Role: P.I. $10,000. Start date: 6/1/03.  Duration: 3 months.     

 

                        National Science Foundation, America’s Program. Grant No. 6028113.  Dissertation Enhancement Award.  $25,000.  Start Date: 5/1/01.  Duration: 24 months.

 

                        Yale Center for International Area Studies, Dissertation Research Award. $10,000. Start date: 8/1/00. Duration: 12 months.

 

Williams Fund, Field Research Award.  $2,500.  2000. 

 

                        Andrew Mellon Foundation, Pre-Dissertation Research Award. $2,500. 1999.

 

            Department of Education, Foreign Language and Area Studies
            Fellowship. $2,500.  Start date: 5/1/98.  Duration: 3 months.

 

                        Yale University Graduate Studies Fellowship.  Four years of full tuition, benefits, and living stipend.  1997-2002.  $160,000. 

 

                        University of Arizona, Social & Behavioral Science Research, Undergraduate Research Award.  $500.  Start date: 8/1/96.  Duration: 3 months.

 

Under review:

National Science Foundation, Senior Proposal. Cultural Anthropology Program.  Role:  P.I.  Title:  Youth Resilience and The Culture Of Displacement: An Ethnography Of Social Support Networks Among Youth In Group Homes.  $152,258.  Start Date: 6/1/10.  Duration: 24 months.

            Not funded:

 

W.T. Grant Foundation, Career Award.  2009. Title:  Child Welfare Youth In Residential Care Settings: Exploring the Cultural Context of Social Support. (2^nd round finalist).  $350,000.

 

W.T. Grant Foundation, Career Award.  2008. Title:  Housing Security, Support Networks, And Sexual And Drug Risk Behaviors Among At-Risk Youth.  (finalist). $350,000.

American Psychological Association.  2009.  Role:  Co-P.I. Title: Dating Violence Prevention for At-Risk Adolescent Girls: A Pilot Study. $19,986.

 

National Institutes of Health (R21). 2005. Role: P.I. Title: Gender, Violence & Hiv Prevention Among Mexican American Male Batterers.  $405,174.

 

National Institutes of Health (P20). 2005. Role:  Pilot Grant P.I., 1 of 3 selected for larger training grant.  $8,222,500.

                        In Preparation:

 

WT Grant Foundation, Career Award.  Submission planned for Summer 2010.

National Science Foundation, CAREER Award. Cultural Anthropology Program.  Submission planned for Summer 2010.

 

National Institutes of Health (R21). Submission planned for Fall 2010.

 

Conference and Travel Grants:

 

                        Arizona State University, Center for Mexican and Mexican-American Studies, Travel Grant. $500. 2006.

 

                        Yale University, Conference Grant. Chair.  Anthropological Approaches to Health Research: New England Medical Anthropology Conferences I and II. $2500. 2002-2003.

 

Schwartz Foundation, Conference Travel Grants.  $10,500 (total).  Seven awards received between 1998-2002. 

 

Conference Presentations: (peer-reviewed, published abstracts)

 

Katsulis, Yasmina, Weinkauf, Kathleen, and Elena Frank. 2010.  Countering the Trafficking Paradigm:  The Role of Family Obligations, Remittance, and Investment Strategies among Migrant Sex Workers in Tijuana, Mexico.  Presented at the 110^th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans.  Invited Session:  Association for Feminist Anthropology.

 

Katsulis, Yasmina, Durfee, Alesha, and Vera Lopez.  2010.  Sexual and Drug Risk Behaviors for HIV/AIDS: The Social Context of Male Sex Work in Tijuana, Mexico.  Panel:  Sexual Risk Perceptions and Behaviors: Anthropologically Informed STI/HIV Prevention Research around the Globe.  Presented at the 70^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Merida, Mexico.  Invited Session:  Society for Medical Anthropology.

 

NOTE:  Our panel was 1 of 14 panels (out of 600 total panels) selected for the SFAA Podcast Project, available via podcast at www.sfAApodcasts.net

 

Katsulis, Yasmina.  2009.  Contextualizing the Global Care Chain: The Experiences of Sex Workers in Tijuana, Mexico.  Presented at the 109^th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

 

Katsulis, Yasmina.  2009.  Sex work and Substance Use in Tijuana, Mexico:  The Profitability of Venue-based Social Norms. Presented at the 69^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Sante Fe, NM.

  

Lopez, Vera, Katsulis, Yasmina, and Alyssa Robillard. 2009.  Drug use with parents as a relational strategy for incarcerated female adolescents.  Presented at the Annual Meeting for the American Society of Criminology.

 

Katsulis, Yasmina.  2008.  A Mixed-Method Approach to Sex Work, Legal Status & Occupational Health and Safety. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Women's Studies Association, Cincinnati, OH.

 

Katsulis, Yasmina.  2006.  Negotiating Access to Networks in the Field: Pitfalls, Compromises, and Surprising Opportunities. Presented at the 66^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada.

 

Katsulis, Yasmina.  2006.  In Their Own Words: Mexican Sex Workers Struggle to be Heard. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Women's Studies Association Annual Meeting, Oakland.

 

Katsulis, Yasmina.  2005. Criminal Subjects: Gender Discrimination in a Regulated Sex Industry.  Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C.

 

                        Katsulis, Yasmina.  2004.  Sex Workers, Legal Status & HIV Risk in Tijuana Mexico: A Multi-Method Approach.  Poster Presentation.  Presented at the National Institutes for Mental Health Postdoctoral Training Meeting, Washington D.C.

 

Katsulis, Yasmina.  2004.  Protecting Your Right to Work: Sex Workers, Health Cards, and HIV Prevention. Presented at the 103^rd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA.

 

Katsulis, Yasmina.  2003.  Sex Work and City Politics:  Protecting the Reputation of a Vice Industry.  Presented at the 102^nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL.

 

Katsulis, Yasmina.  2002.  The Community Making Process:  Locating Community among High Risk Urban Populations.   Invited Session, Society for Medical Anthropology.  Presented at the 101^st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, LA.

  

Katsulis, Yasmina.  1999.  Changing Theories of Love and Romance.  Presented at the 98^th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL.

 

Invited Lectures, Colloquia, and Speaking Engagements:

 

Panelist/Discussant, (En)Gendering Social Inquiry: Critical Feminist Concerns.  First Annual Graduate Student Conference, Gender Studies Graduate Student Association.

 

Keynote Speaker, American Association of University Women, Prescott, AZ Chapter, Fundraising Dinner. 2010.

 

Keynote Speaker, American Association of University Women, Prescott, AZ Chapter, Fundraising Luncheon.  2009.

 

Invited Speaker, Book Signing and Presentation, Changing Hands Bookstore, International Women's Day Event.   2009.

 

Guest Appearance, NBC Affiliate: Channel 12 KPNX. Arizona Midday TV show. Topic: Talking to your children about sex and sexuality. 2008.

 

Interview, Channel 3 News KTVK.  Topic: Sexually provocative photographs of underage celebrity (Mylie Cyrus) appearing in Vanity Fair.  2008.

 

                        Invited Speaker, Health, Politics and Policies: The Professionalization of Sex Work in Tijuana, Mexico. Launch for the North American Center for Transborder Studies, Arizona State University.  2007.

 

                        Invited Speaker, 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.

 

                        Invited Speaker, 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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Invited Speaker, 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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Workshop Presentations and Focus Group Facilitation:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Teaching and Mentoring Activities

 

Courses Taught:

 

            Arizona State University: 

 

2010              Spring: WST 394:  Women and International Health

                                    WST 791:  Advanced Studies in Sexuality

                          Fall:   WST 394:  Women and International Health

                                    WST 313:  Women and Sexuality

            2009          Spring:     WST 313:  Women and Sexuality

                                                WST 498:  Pro-Seminar/Capstone: Women & HIV/AIDS

                                                WST 492:  Honors Directed Study (Emmalyn Corman)

                        Fall:     WST 394:  Women and International Health

                                    WST 313:  Women and Sexuality

                                                WST 690:  Reading and Conference  
                              Summer:   WST 690:  Reading and Conference

            2008              Spring: WST 498:  Pro-Seminar/Capstone: Women & HIV/AIDS

                  WST 492:  Independent Study Advisor for Student Fieldwork in Uganda.

Summer:  WST 492:  Independent Study Advisor for Student Fieldwork in local Domestic Violence Shelter.

                  WST 492:  Independent Study Advisor for Student Fieldwork in Ghana.

                                     Fall:    WST 394:  Women and International Health

                                    WST 313:  Women and Sexuality

 

            2007              Spring: WST 313:  Women and Sexuality

                                                WST 499:  Individualized Instruction: Feminist Research

                                                                   Methods

                                       Fall: WST 313:  Women and Sexuality

                                                WST 598:  Gender and Global Health Disparities

 

2006              Spring: WST 394:  Women and International Health

                                    WST 313:  Women and Sexuality

                                       Fall: WST 313:  Women and Sexuality

                                                WST 498:  Pro-Seminar/Capstone: Women & HIV/AIDS

 

            2005              Spring: WST 394:  Women and International Health

                                       Fall: WST 313:  Women and Sexuality

                                                WST 498:  Pro-Seminar/Capstone: Women & HIV/AIDS

 

Trinity College:

 

            2003             Spring:              Anthropology and International Health 

 

 

Graduate Student Mentoring:

 

            Graduate Faculty, Gender Studies, ASU.

Graduate Faculty, School of Justice and Social Inquiry (SJSI), ASU.

Graduate Faculty, School for Human Evolution & Social Change (SHESC), ASU.

Graduate Faculty, Social Science and Health (SSH), ASU.

 

Kathleen Weinkauf, 2008- . Ph.D., English.  Doctoral Committee Co-chair.  Discourse Analysis of Fictive Kinship among Street-based Sex Workers.

 

Jennifer Apple, 2009- .  Ph.D., Gender Studies.  Doctoral Committee Member and Advisor (2010-11).  Heteroflexibility and Sexual Identity.

 

Elena Frank, 2008- . Ph.D., Gender Studies.  Doctoral Committee Member and Advisor (2008-09).  Female Pleasure and Masturbation.

 

Sarah Flett, 2009- . Ph.D., Justice Studies.  Doctoral Committee Member. Gender and the Media among High School Students.

 

Lubayna Fawcett, 2007-2009. Ph.D., Social Science and Health.  Doctoral Committee Member.   Women’s Experiences with Urinary Incontinence.

 

Zeenat Hasan, 2006-2008.  Masters, Social Science and Health.  Committee Member.  Women's Health on the U.S. - Mexico Border

 

Undergraduate Mentoring:

 

Honors Disciplinary Faculty Advisor for Women and Gender Studies Program (2006-present).

 

                        Chair, Senior Honors Theses (4)

           

Emmalyn Corman, Transgender Sex Workers in Mexico. 2010.

Crystal Allison, Women, HIV/AIDS, and Malaria in Ghana. 2009.

Jessica Flemming, Queer Erotica. 2008.

Pipper, Jaqueline, Popular Culture and Sexual Behavior.  2006. 

 

                        Member, Honors Thesis Committee (2^nd reader) (8)  

 

Olivia Wilde.  Women and the Home Birth Movement. 2010.

Heidi Ten Pas, Women and HIV/AIDs in Uganda. 2008.

Magdalena Espinoza, Intimate Partner Violence among 
   Mexican-American women.  2008.

Aliya Buttar, Health Care Workers and Plan B Contraception. 
                    2007.

Emily Klein, Philosophies of Domestic Violence Law. 2007.

Bonnie Stevens. Women's Sexuality and the Media in Australia. 
                    2007.

Kathryn Shunk, Contraceptive Knowledge & Behaviors. 2006.

Khan Piensook, The Sex Industry in Thailand. 2005.

 

Honors Enrichment Contracts (12) (special projects with students during a regularly offered course)

 

Awards

Society for Applied Anthropology, Nominated Fellow 2007.

NOTE:  The Fellow category of membership in the Society is limited to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the field and assumed and executed responsibilities for SfAA activities. Customarily, it is restricted to persons who have held membership concesutively for a certain number of years. It is a mark of professional achievement and regognition of professional contributions. The Board usually looks to the Fellow members when seeking counsel on particular issues or when selecting individuals for leadership positions. Candidates for Fellow status must be nominated by other Fellows, and selected by the Board of the Directors.

                       

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

 

Professional Service and Activities

National Service:

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

 

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

  

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

 

University Service: (Arizona State University)

 

Steering Committee Member, PhD Social Science and Health Graduate Degree 2006-2009.

 

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

 

                        Member, Women and Gender Studies Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. 2005-2008

University Service: (Yale University)

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. 2002-2003.

 

                        Student Coordinator, Medical Anthropology at Yale. 1999-2003.

 

                        Committee Chair, Yale Anthropology Faculty Speaker Series. 1998-
                        1999.

 

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

 

Community Service:

Steering Committee Member, Arizona Girls Roundtable. 2009-present.

 

Grant Writing Consultant, OJJDC Mentorship Program Grant, Adoptions Unlimited, Inc. Chicago, IL. 2010.

 

Grant Writing Consultant, Welfare to Work Job Training Grant (PRIDE II), Goodwill Industries of NY/NJ.  2003.

 

Summer Intern, The Connecticut Consortium for Women and Their Children with Behavioral Health Needs. 2000.

 

Membership in Professional Organizations:

 

American Anthropological Association

                                    - Society for Medical Anthropology 

                                    - Society for Applied Anthropology

                                    - AIDS and Anthropology Research Group

National Women’s Studies Association

Society for Women in Sociology

 

Manuscript Referee:

 

Praeger (Textbook on Anthropology and AIDS).