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Sunil K. Khanna, Curriculum Vitae, 2013

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SUNIL K. KHANNA School of Biological and Population Health Sciences

College of Public Health and Human Sciences Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR 97331 [email protected]

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Cultural Anthropology Syracuse University 1995 Ph.D. Biological Anthropology and Human Genetics University of Delhi 1988 M.Sc. Biological Anthropology and Human Genetics University of Delhi 1985 B.Sc. Botany (Zoology and Chemistry) University of Delhi 1983

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS 2013- Professor, School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, Oregon State University

2011-2013 Associate Provost, Division of International Programs, Oregon State University [Served as the leader of OSU’s Division of International Programs and provided leadership across several critical areas: (1) strategic oversight of international admissions, (2) development and implementation of strategic directions in internationalization, (3) campus-wide coordination of international efforts, (4) facilitating successful integration of international students and scholars who come to OSU, (5) supporting and expanding education abroad programs for students and faculty, and (6) IP operations and INTO Oregon State University academic programs.]

2010- Professor, Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University [Conducted research on topics related to cross-cultural health, cultural competency in health care, new reproductive technologies; taught courses on cross-cultural health, medical anthropology, qualitative research methods, theory in medical anthropology, and minority health; advised graduate students in anthropology, public health, and environmental sciences.]

2001-2010 Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University 1995-2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University Other Professional Appointments 2008- Editor-in-Chief, Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Taylor and Francis Group, Routledge Publishing

Company 2006-2008 Co-Editor, Ecology of Food and Nutrition, Taylor and Francis Group, Routledge Publishing

Company 2006 NCSA Faculty, London Program, Northwest Council on Study Abroad 1999-2003 Associate-Editor, The Anthropologist: India Journal of Contemporary and Applied Studies of Man,

Kamla-Raj Publishers, New Delhi, India 1994-1995 Research Assistant, Department of Maternal and Child Health, SUNY Health Science Center,

Syracuse, New York 1994-1995 Teaching Associate, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University, New York 1992-1994 Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University, New York 1990-1991 Postdoctoral Fellow, University Grants Commission, University of Delhi, India 1989-1990 Research Officer, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, India 1988-1989 Research Assistant, Department of Pediatrics, Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi, India 1998 Research Fellow, Anthropological Survey of India, Government of India

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1987 Research Assistant, Institut fur Humangenetik und Anthropologie, Heidelberg University, Germany

1985-1987 Junior Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, India and Institut fur Humangenetik und Anthropologie, Heidelberg University, Germany

CERTIFICATES, AWARDS, AND HONORS 2009 International Service Award, Oregon State University 2004 Invited Faculty Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society, Oregon State University 2004 L.L. Steward Faculty Development Award, Oregon State University 2003 Outstanding Faculty Award, Elected to Beta Chapter of Iowa, Phi Kappa Phi 2002 Outstanding Professor Award, University Honors College Oregon State University 2001-2005 Master Teacher, College of Liberal Arts, Oregon State University 2001 “Professor of the Week” Award, Alpha Kappa Delta, Oregon State University 1997 ECLAT Faculty Development Award, Oregon State University

1996 L.L. Stewart Faculty Development Award, Oregon State University

1995 Future Professoriate Award, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

1995 Doctoral Certificate, Women’s Studies Program, Syracuse University

1994 Master’s Certificate, Women’s Studies Program, Syracuse University 1994 Teaching Associate Research Award, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University 1993 Gordon T. Bowles Essay Prize, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University

1992-93 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse

University

1984 Top M.Sc. Student Award, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, India

PUBLICATIONS Books Maya Unnithan-Kumar and Sunil K. Khanna (eds.) The Cultural Politics of Reproduction: Migration, Health, and Family Making. Berghahn Publishers, London

(accepted for publication; anticipated publication in 2014). Khanna, Sunil K.

2010 Fetal/Fatal Knowledge: New Reproductive Technologies and Family-Building Strategies in India, Cengage/Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, CA.

Khanna, Sunil K. 2007 Study Guide: Cultural Anthropology: An Applied Perspective, Wardsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, CA. (3

rd edition)

Referred Journal Articles and Book Chapters Henning, Margaret, Chunhuei Chi, and Sunil K. Khanna 2011 Factors Associated with Schoolteacher’s Perceived Needs and Levels of Adoption of HIV Prevention

Education within the School Setting in Lusaka, Zambia. International Electronic Journal of Health Education 14, January 7.

Bennett, Linda A. and Sunil K. Khanna 2010 A Review of Tenure and Promotion Guidelines in Higher Education: Optimistic Signs for Applied,

Practicing, and Public-Interest Anthropology. American Anthropologist 112(4), 648-650. S. Sudha, Sunil. K. Khanna, S. Irudaya Rajan, and Roma Shrivastava 2009 Traditions and Transformations: Emerging Son Preference Attitudes among Nairs of Kerala. In:

Unwanted Daughters: Gender Discrimination in Modern India, eds. T. V. Sekher, and Neelamber Hatti. New Delhi: Rawat Publications. Pp. 153-181.


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Khanna, Sunil K. 2009 Anthropological Approaches for Understanding the Complexities of the Global Food Crisis. In: The Global Food Crisis: New Insights into an Age-Old Problem, eds. David Himmelgreen. The National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) Bulletin 32, Washington DC: American Anthropological Association and Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. 193-200. Khanna, Sunil K., Melissa Cheyney, and Molly Engle 2009 Cultural Competency in Health Care: Evaluating the Outcomes of a Cultural Competency Training among Health Care Professionals. Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA) 101(9): 886-892. Khanna, Sunil K., Nancy Romero-Daza, Sherylyn Briller, and Linda A. Bennett 2009 Promoting Applied Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion: Executive Summary.” Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter 20(1): 40-41. (Excerpted by the Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs; www.aaanet.org/resources/departments/upload/Applied_Scholarship_Tenure_Promotion.pdf). Khanna, Sunil K., S. Sudha, and S. Irudaya Rajan 2009 New Reproductive Technologies and Family Building Strategies in Urban India: Converging Trends in Two Culturally Distinct Communities. Contemporary South Asia 17(2): 141-158. S. Sudha, Sunil K. Khanna, and S. Irudaya Rajan 2007 Is Son Preference Emerging among the Nairs of Kerala in South India? In: Watering the Neighbor’s Garden: The Growing Demographic Female Deficit in Asia, eds. I. Attane and C. Z. Guilmoto,

Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography, Paris. Pp. 267-294. Johnson, Becky A. and Sunil K. Khanna 2004 Community Health Workers and Home-Based Care Programs for HIV Client. Journal of the National Medical Association 96(4): 496-502. Khanna, Sunil K. 2004 Jats. In: Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World’s Cultures, eds. Carol R. Embers and Melvin Embers, Vol. 2, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. Pp. 777-783. Khanna, Sunil K. 2001 Shahri Jat and Dehati Jatni: The Indian Peasant Community in Transition. Contemporary South Asia 10(1): 37-53. Khanna, Sunil K. 2001 Pahari Jatni: Marriage, Networks, and Gender Ethnicity in an Urbanizing Jat Village in North India. The Anthropologist 2(4): 11-19. Khanna, Sunil K. and Helen Vallianatos 1999 Distribution of Birth Weight in an “Affluent” Population in New Delhi, India. Acta Medica Auxologica 31(2): 75-85. Khanna, Sunil K. 1999 Prenatal Sex Determination and Sex-selective Abortion in India: Some Legal Considerations. The Anthropologist 1(1):61-71. Staiano-Ross, Kathryn and Sunil K. Khanna 1998 A Body of Signs: An Introduction to Biocultural Semiotics. RS.SI: Recherchés Semiotiques/Semiotic Inquiry 18/19(3/1):3-24. Khanna, Sunil K. 1997 Traditions and Reproductive Technology in an Urbanizing North Indian Village. Social Science & Medicine 44(2):171-180. Khanna, Sunil K. 1995 Prenatal Sex Determination: A New Family Building Strategy. Manushi: A Journal about Women and Society 86:23-29. Sharma, S., S. Gupta, A. K. Kalla, Sunil K. Khanna, I. P. Singh, F. Vogel 1991 Computer Tomographic Studies and Anthropological Measurements in Patients with Atlanto-Occipital Fusion. Anthropology Anziger 49:325-339.

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Kalla, A. K., Sunil K. Khanna, I. P. Singh, S. Sharma, and F. Vogel 1991 Somatoscopic Characteristics and Sensory & Sensible Functions of the Patients of Atlanto-Occipital Fusion: A Rare Congenital Anomaly. Indian Anthropologist 21(1):29-37. Kalla, A. K., Sunil K. Khanna, I. P. Singh, S. Sharma, and F. Vogel 1989 A Genetic and Anthropological Study of Atlanto-Occipital Fusion. Human Genetics 81:105-112. Kalla, A. K., Sunil K. Khanna, I. P. Singh, S. Sharma, R. Schnoebel, and F. Vogel

1989 Palmar and Digital Dermatoglyphic Variation in Atlanto-Occipital Fusion: A Rare Congenital Developmental Malformation. Acta Medica Auxologica 21:23 32. Kalla, A. K., Sunil K. Khanna, I. P. Singh, S. Sharma, R. Schnoebel, and F. Vogel

1987 Anthropological Study of Variation in the Cranio-spinal Joint. In Human Genetics, eds., F. Vogel and K. Sperling, eds., pp.557-568. Book Reviews Khanna, Sunil K.

2009 Food and Culture: A Reader (Carole Counihan and Penny Van Esterik, eds.). Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 48(2):157-159.

Khanna, Sunil K. 2007 Reproductive Health in India: History, Politics, and Controversies (Sarah Hodges, ed.). Journal

of Asian Studies, 66(4):1195-1197. Khanna, Sunil K.

2007 All You Need to Know About Action Research (Jean McNiff & Jack Whitehead). Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research 8(3), Art. 8. (excerpted at http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-e/inhalt3-07-e.htm).

Kedia, Satish and Sunil K. Khanna 2006 Tribal Health and Medicine (A.K. Kalla and P.C. Joshi, eds.). Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 20(2): 268-

270. Khanna, Sunil K.

2004 Understanding Yourself, Understanding HealthCare (Richard Saul Wurman, ed.). Khanna, Sunil K.

2004 Realized Religion: Research on the Relationship between Religion and Health (Theodore J. Chamberlain and Christopher A. Hall). Journal of the National Medical Association 96(6): 858.

Khanna, Sunil K. 2003 I Speak for the Dead (Joye M. Carter). Journal of the National Medical Association 95 (12): 1228.

Khanna, Sunil K. 2003 Parish Nursing: Stories of Service and Care (Verna B. Carson and Harold G. Koenig). Journal of

the National Medical Association 95 (11): 1117-1118. Khanna, Sunil K.

2001 Climates and Constitutions: Health, Race, Environment and British Imperialism in India, 1600- 1850 (Mark Harrison), Contemporary South Asia 10(3):415-416.

Khanna, Sunil K. 2001 Sex Ratio Patterns in the Indian Population: A Fresh Exploration (Satish B. Agnihotri).

Contemporary South Asia 10(2): 273-274. Khanna, Sunil K.

2001 Trans-Himalayan Caravans: Merchant Princes and Peasant Traders in Ladakh (Janet Rizvi). The Journal of Interdisciplinary History XXXII (2): 346-347.

Khanna, Sunil K. 1999 Population, Gender, and Politics: Demographic Change in Rural North India (Roger Jeffery & Patricia

Jeffery). Journal of Interdisciplinary History, XXX (2); 378-379.


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Training Manuals Khanna, Sunil K.

2009 Media Manual: Introduction to Physical Anthropology. Cengage Publishing Co., Belmont, CA. Khanna, Sunil K. 2005 Cultural Competency in Health Care: Training and Evaluation Module (CD-ROM with Study Guide). Project HER and the Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation. Commentaries and Reviews Khanna, Sunil K. 2011 What is Anthropology? Cengage Publishing Co., Belmont, California. Khanna, Sunil K.

2007 A Broken Cradle. India-West, March 2007, San Leandro, California. Khanna, Sunil K.

2007 Sex-selective abortion issues in India needs a “culturally relevant” approach. The Indian Star, New York (3/17/2007).

Khanna, Sunil K. 2006 Cultural Competency: Recommendations for Studying Up.” Anthropology News 47(4): 3-4.

Khanna, Sunil K. 2005 Thesis/Project: Similarities and Differences. Newsletter, Masters of Arts in Interdisciplinary

Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Khanna, Sunil K.

2003 The Oregon Health Plan: Health Policy in Crisis. In the Spotlight, OSU Alumni Magazine, Oregon State University, Corvallis.

Khanna, Sunil K.

1997 Dissertations in Nutritional Anthropology. Nutritional Anthropology: Official Newsletter of the

Council on Nutritional Anthropology (Formerly CommuNicAtor) 20(2):10-12.

Research Project Reports and Reviews Khanna, Sunil K. 2012 Poorest Areas Civil Society Program (PACS): Impact Evaluation Report (Qualitative Analysis). Catalyst

Group of Institutions (CMS, Swasti, Vrutti), Bangalore, India. Khanna, Sunil K. 2009 Touching Lives, Empowering Communities: Evidence from Pilot Interventions. MAMTA: Health Institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi, India. Khanna, Sunil K.

2009 Community Participation and Phased Intervention: Creating Sustainable Youth-Friendly Health Initiatives in Three Communities in India. Report submitted to the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Sweden.

Khanna, Sunil K. 2008 The Role of Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) in Improving Newborn, Infant, and Maternal Health in India. Report submitted to the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India, New Delhi. Khanna, Sunil K. 2002 Tennessee Outcomes for Alcohol and Drug Services (TOADS) 2001-2002: Tennessee ADAP- DUI Outcome Evaluation 2001-2002. Occasional Paper # 24. Report submitted to Anthropological Research Center, Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis. Khanna, Sunil K. 2002 Tennessee Outcomes for Alcohol and Drug Services (TOADS) 2001-2002: Substance Abuse


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Treatment Effectiveness in Tennessee. Occasional Paper # 23. Report submitted to Anthropological Research Center, Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis. Khanna, Sunil K. 2002 Tennessee Outcomes for Alcohol and Drug Services (TOADS) 2001-2002: Substance Abuse Treatment Effectiveness in Tennessee.” Occasional Paper # 22. Report submitted to Anthropological Research Center, Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis. Khanna, Sunil K. 2002 Genetics and Public Health in Oregon: A Summary of Assessment Methods and Findings. Report prepared as member of the Oregon Genetics Plan Advisory Council, Oregon Department of Human Services, Salem, Oregon (106 pages). Khanna, Sunil K. 2001 Tennessee Outcomes for Alcohol and Drug Services (TOADS) 2001-2002: Substance Abuse Treatment Effectiveness in Tennessee. Statewide Treatment Outcome Treatment Evaluation. Occasional Paper # 20. Report submitted to Anthropological Research Center, Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis. Khanna, Sunil K. 2001 Options for Universal Health Coverage in Oregon: A Focus Group Study (Phase II).” Report submitted to the Oregon Health Plan Research (OHPR), Salem, Oregon (43 pages). Khanna, Sunil K. 2001 Options for Universal Health Coverage in Oregon: A Focus Group Study (Phase I).” Report submitted to Oregon Health Plan Research (OHPR), Salem, Oregon (31 pages). Khanna, Sunil K. 2000 Governor’s Racial and Ethnic Health Task Force Report.” Report submitted to the Office of the Governor, State of Oregon, Salem, Oregon (211 pages). Khanna, Sunil K. 2000 Family-Building Strategies in an Urbanizing North Indian Village. Report submitted to Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Khanna, Sunil K.

1999 Smoking Cessation Intervention Programs in the US: A Qualitative Assessment of the Smoke-Free Families Program. Report submitted to Smoke-Free Families National Program Office, Department of

Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. Khanna, Sunil K., Judith Maxey, and Jennifer Sugden 1999 Barriers in Accessing “Atypical” Anti-Psychotic and “Atypical” Anti-Depressant Drugs by Medicaid Ineligible Patients in Three Oregon Counties. Report Submitted to the Office of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Services Division (MHDDSD), Oregon Health Division, Salem, Oregon. Khanna, Sunil K.

1995 Gender Discrimination and Negative Pregnancy Outcomes in North India. Report submitted

to Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Kalla, A. K. Sunil K. Khanna, S. Sharma, I. P. Singh, and F. Vogel

1988 Anthropogenetic Study of Variation in the Cranio-spinal Joint. Report submitted to Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Organized Conference Sessions 2011 Shared Futures: Global Learning and Social Responsibility. Summer Institute of the Association of

American Colleges and Universities (AACU), Ellicott City, Maryland. 2010 Care, Labor, and Medical Knowledge: Access to Health and Work in the Global Arena. Annual

Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.


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2010 Tenure and Promotion for Applied Anthropologists: Preparing for and Experiencing the Tenure and Promotion Process. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Merida, Mexico.

2009 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Aging. Panel organized at the 33rd Annual Gerontology Conference, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2008 Tenure and Promotion for Applied Anthropologists: Preparing for and Experiencing the Tenure and Promotion Process. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Memphis, Tennessee.

2008 Cultural Competency: Studying Up, Down, and Sideways. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Memphis, Tennessee.

2008 Cultural Competency Training for Healthcare Providers: Outcome Evaluation using Post-then-Pre Testing. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Memphis, Tennessee.

2007 Reproductive Preferences and Health-Seeking among Migrant Communities in Europe and North America. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC.

2007 Preparing Applied Anthropologists for the 21st Century: A Panel Discussion. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Tampa Bay, Florida.

2007 Tenure and Promotions for Applied Anthropologists: Deans and Chairs, Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Tampa Bay, Florida.

2004 Research-Based Activism: An International Perspective. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Dallas, Texas.

1998 Expanding Our Understanding of South Asian Populations. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1997 Responses to Change — A Micro-level Perspective. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Seattle, Washington.

1995 Health at the Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity. Annual Meetings of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Lake Placid, New York.

Conference Presentations 2012 Public-Private Partnership to Promote Internationalization at Oregon State University. Annual

Meetings of the Association of International Education Administrators, Washington, D.C. 2011 Public-Private Partnership and Internationalization at Oregon State University. Annual Meetings

of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Vancouver, BC. 2011 Public-Private Partnership and Higher Education. Annual meetings of the Observatory on

Borderless Higher Education. Vancouver, BC. 2010 Evaluating Applied, Practicing, and Public Interest Anthropology: Reflections on Tenure and

Promotion Guidelines. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2010 From Shahargaon to Purgaon:Marriage, Social Network, and Dissemination of Fetal Knowledge in India. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2009 Evolutionary Medicine across the Life Span: Cross-Disciplinary Applications and Perspectives. Northwest Anthropological Association Conference, Newport, Oregon.

2009 Aging in India: Family, Community, and the Elderly. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Gerontology Conference, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2009 From Hierarchy to Collaboration: Traditional Midwifery and Advocacy in India. Annual Meetings of the Society of Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2007 Reproductive Preferences and Health-Seeking among Migrant Communities in Europe and North America. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC.

2007 Urban Ecology and Infrastructural Insecurity: Perspectives from Applied Biocultural Medical Anthropology. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Tampa Bay, Florida.

2007 Cultural Competency in Healthcare: Current Debates and Trends. Oregon Asthma Network 2007 Annual Meeting, Asthma Disparities: Moving from Data to Action, Portland, Oregon.


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2006 Promotion and Tenure in Applied Anthropology Programs. Panel organized by the Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meetings, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

2005 Applied Anthropology in Health Case: Lessons from the Field. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meetings, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2005 Cultural Competency: At the Crossroads of Culture and Medicine. Oregon Public Health Association (OPHA) Annual Meetings, Corvallis, Oregon.

2005 A Pilot Study of Access to Pharmacy Services in an Adult Mexican Migrant Worker Population. Non-Prescription Medication Academy Meeting (co-presenter: Christina Andrade and Ann Zweber).

2005 Traditions in Transformation: is Gender Bias rising among the Nayars of Kerala? International Conference on Female Deficits in Asia: Trends and Perspectives, Singapore.

2004 Uninsured in Oregon: Challenges for Applied Anthropologists and Health Advocates. Annual Meetings, Society for Applied Anthropology, Dallas, Texas.

2003 Fatal/Fetal Knowledge: Women and New Reproductive Technologies in Urbanizing North India. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago.

2002 Traditions, reproductive technology, and birth outcomes in north India. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans.

2002 Uninsured in Oregon: Challenges for State-Sponsored Health Coverage in the 21st Century. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Atlanta, Georgia.

2001 Transforming Anthropological Demography: Lessons from Sex Ratio Studies in India. 110th Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC.

2000 Maternal and Child Health in India: From Target-Driven Program to Culturally Sensitive Health Care Policy. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropology Association, San Francisco, California.

2000 Birthday Party at McDonald’s: Changes in Food Habits in an Urbanizing North Indian Community. Microbehavior and Macroresults: The Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2000 Views on Natural Resources and Food in the Buddhist Great Tradition. Microbehavior and Macroresults: The Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2000 Promoting Cultural Sensitivity and Competency among Oregon’s Health Professionals. Health Inequities: Real Causes, Real Solutions, Conference Organized by the Oregon Public Health Association, Seaside, Oregon.

2000 Child Anthropometry: Looking for the Evidence of Daughter Neglect in Urbanizing North India. 25

th Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Association, San Antonio, Texas.

2000 Proposing an Applied Anthropology for the 21st

Century. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, San Francisco, California.

1999 Life Course Perspectives on Women’s Health and Reproductive Outcomes in North India. 98th

Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Chicago.

1999 Surviving in a Multi-layered Social Environment. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Tucson, Arizona (co-presenter: Nancy Rosenberger).

1999 Lessons from the Field. Northwest Anthropological Conference, Newport, Oregon. 1999 “Nature” and “Culture” of Biomedicine and Naturopathy (with Nancy Rosenberger). Annual

Meetings of the American Ethnological Society, Portland, Oregon (co-presenter: Nancy Rosenberger).

1998 Son Preference, Daughter Neglect, and Child Anthropometry in North India. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1998 When Politics & Medicine Collide: Prescribing New Medications under the Oregon Health Plan. 8

th Annual Public Psychiatry Conference, Salem, Oregon.

1997 Sibling Anthropometry: A Biocultural Research Methodology for the Investigation of Gender Discrimination. Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC.


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1997 Marriage, Networks, and Gendered Ethnicity in an Urbanizing Jat Village in North India. South Asian Women’s Conference, South Asian Women’s Organization, Los Angeles, California.

1997 Pahari Jat: Identity in an Urbanizing North Indian Village. Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Seattle, Washington. 1997 Untouchable Midwife and Contentious Action in an Urbanizing North Indian Village. Annual

Meetings of the American Ethnological Society, Seattle, Washington. 1996 Toward a Feminist Anthropology: Critical Reflections on Fieldwork in Karimpur, 1930-1994.

American Anthropological Association, 95” Annual Meetings, San Francisco, California. 1996 Reproductive Health at the Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity. Annual Meetings of the

American Ethnological Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1996 Symbols, Gender, and the Reconstruction of Identity. Northwest Anthropological Conference,

Moscow, Idaho. 1996 Power and Resistance of Adaptive Identities. Northwest Anthropological Conference, Moscow,

Idaho. 1995 Son Preference and Reproductive Technology in India. Annual Meetings of the American

Anthropological Association, Washington, DC. 1995 A Case of Problematic Diffusion: The Use of New Reproductive Technologies in a North Indian

Village. Annual Meetings of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Lake Placid, New York. 1994 Patterns and Outcomes of Sex-Selective Abortion in a North Indian Village Community. Annual

Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Atlanta, Georgia. 1994 Prenatal Sex Determination and Female Feticide in Shahargaon, North India. New York

Conference on Asian Studies, Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, New York. 1992 Differential Survival of Male and Female Children in Northern India: A Biocultural Approach.

Annual Meetings of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 1991 Some Observations on the Sex Ratio Distribution in India. New York Conference on Asian Studies,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Colloquium and Invited Presentations 2012 OSU’s Internationalization Strategies. Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon. 2012 Glocalization: Examining Local-Global Linkages for Global Learning. Fitness for Living Program,

Department of Health, Physical Education, and Sports Science, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia.

2010 India’s Youth Population: Demographic Overview and Implications. Centra Technology, Inc. Washington, DC.

2010 Seeking Grants for Community Intervention Projects: Linking International Donors with Local Non-Government Organizations. MAMTA: Health Institute for Mother and Child, New Dehli, India.

2010 Looking for Fetal Knowledge: New Reproductive Technologies and Female-Selective Abortion in India. Trevor W. Purcell Memorial Lecture, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

2010 Framing a Global Health Agenda: Donors, the State, and NGOs in India. Anthropology Lecture Series, Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2010 Gandhi’s Ideas on Religious Tolerance and Secularism. Department of Philosophy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2010 The Missing Girls of China and India: What can be Done? Symposium organized by the Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama.

2009 Qualitative Data in Health Research: Collection, Analysis, and Interpretation. Swasti – Health Resources Center, Bangalore, India.

2009 Qualitative Evaluation of Health Intervention Programs. Swasti – Health Resource Center, New Delhi, India.

2009 Global Encounters: What is it Like to Live and Learn in the Unfamiliar? International Education Week, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. (Keynote Speaker)


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2009 Population: India, China, and the World. Academy for Lifelong Learning. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

2009 Spirituality and Culture: Implications for Hospital Pastoral Services. Good Samaritan Hospital, Corvallis, Oregon.

2009 Cultural Competency in Health Care: Implications for Physicians and Surgeons. Albany General Hospital, Albany, Oregon.

2009 Reinventing Race through Bidil: Discourse on Race “Post-Racial” United States. Panel Discussion/Open Forum -- Does Race Still Matter? Interrogating “Post-Racial” Notions in the Age of Obama, organized by Association of Faculty for the Advancement of People of Color (AFAPC), Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2009 Uncertainty and Social Suffering: Health Issues in a Dislocated Sikh Community. Department of Public Health, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2009 Cultural Competency in Health Care. Health, Health Care, and Social Justice. Ideas Matter Lecture Series, Department of Philosophy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2009 Ultrasonography, Son Preference, and Daughter Disfavor: Building “New” Families in India. Department of Philosophy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2009 Hinduism, Peace, and Non-violence. Peace Studies, Department of Philosophy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2009 Family-Building Strategies in India: Converging Trends in Two Culturally Distinct Communities. Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2008 Fetal/Fatal Knowledge: New Reproductive Technologies and Female Feticide in India. Department of Anthropology, California State University, East Bay, California.

2008 Developing Patient Satisfaction Surveys for a Culturally Diverse Population. Community Health Centers of Benton and Linn Counties, Corvallis, Oregon.

2008 Multiculturalism in Health Care. Health Care Leadership Academy, Linn-Benton Community College, Oregon.

2008 Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Cost-Effective Health Care Strategy. Community Health Centers of Benton and Linn Counties, Corvallis, Oregon.

2008 Engaging Students: Using Innovative Teaching Strategies. High Impact Practices for Student Classroom Success: A Panel Discussion with OSU Faculty and Dr. Carol Geary Schneider, University Day Teaching Symposium, Oregon State University.

2008 Anthropology and International Education. Graduation Ceremony, Office of International Education, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2006 Hinduism and Nonviolence. Peace Studies, Department of Philosophy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2006 Fatal/Fetal Knowledge: Female Feticide in Urban India. Sussex South Asia Seminar Series, Department of Anthropology, School of Social and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

2006 Religious Grounds on Nonviolence and Peace. Peace Studies, Department of Philosophy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2005 Female Feticide in India: Issues, Debates, and Realities. Department of Anthropology, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.

2004 Biological (Mis)Constructions of Race. Roundtable on Race and Racism: An Interdisciplinary Conversation, Department of Philosophy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2002 The Oregon Health Plan: A Critical Ethnographic Evaluation. Department of Anthropology, University of Memphis, Tennessee.

2001 The Current Crisis in Afghanistan: Cautions from India’s Perspective. Pacific Affairs Group, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington.

2001 Cost Sharing in Health Care: How the Uninsured View it? Oregon Health Plan Research (OHPR) Office, Salem, Oregon.

2001 Access to Health: Options for Universal Health Coverage in Oregon. Oregon Health Council, Salem, Oregon.


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2000 Providing Culturally Competent Health Care in Oregon. Kaiser Permanente, Inc. and Institute of Health Professionals, Portland, Oregon.

2000 Designing and Implementing Culturally Competent Tobacco Prevention Program. Asian Family Center, Portland, Oregon.

2000 The Clinical Experience: A Bio-Cultural Perspective. Diabetes Regional Meeting & Workshops for

the California Indian Health Service Area, Sacramento, California.

2000 Promoting Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Competency in Health Care. Future is Now: Eliminating Health Disparities in Oregon, Multicultural Health Conference & Summit 2000, Portland, Oregon.

2000 Population, Gender, and Health in India. Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington.

1999 New Reproductive Technologies and Women’s Health in India. Women in International Development Seminar Series, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

1999 Son Preference and Daughter Neglect in Urbanizing India. Department of Child Development, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, India.

1999 Sex-selective Abortion in India. Voluntary Health Association of Punjab, Chandigarh, India. 1999 Doing Fieldwork in North India. School of Arts & Humanities, Lewis and Clark College, Portland,

Oregon. 1999 Building Bridges across the Disciplines: HIV Prevention, Care and Policy in Oregon for the 21

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Century. Oregon Health Division, Portland, Oregon. 1999 The Politics of Women’s Health in India. Women’s Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis,

Oregon. 1999 Learning Culture: The Nature/Nurture Controversy. Corvallis High School, Corvallis, Oregon. 1999 Building Diversity in Community Coalitions. Linn County Oregon Together Workshop, Eugene,

Oregon. 1999 India Today: A Personal View. Learning in Retirement, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. 1999 Women’s Status in Changing India. Women’s Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. 1997 Encountering Development: Perspectives from Community Studies. Confluences: A Convergence

of Concerns, A Community of Scholars. The Program for Ethics, Science, and the Environment, Department of Philosophy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

1997 Social Change in India & Pakistan since 1947 India and Pakistan: Commemorating Fifty Years of Independence. Seminar organized by the South Asian Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

1997 Embodied Technology: Traditions and Change in North India. Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

1995 Nativism and Applied Anthropology. Anthropology Speaker Series, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

1994 Sex-Selective Abortion and Family Composition in a North Indian Community. Anthropology Speaker Series, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

1994 Traditions and New Technologies: Son Preference and Sex-Selective Abortion in a North Indian Village. Maxwell Colloquium. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

1994 Ethnographic Research, Cultural Sensitivity, and the Delivery of Primary Health Care Services. Department of Health and Family Welfare, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

1990 Some Observations on the Sex Ratio Distribution in India and China: Relevant Biocultural Issues. Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, India.

Training Sessions/Workshops 2010 Advanced Leadership Training Workshop on Global Health. Workshop sponsored by MAMTA:

Health Institute for Mother and Child (India), Oregon State University (with Chunhuei Chi).


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2010 Cross-cultural Communication: Communicating Effectively in a Multicultural Workplace. Workshop sponsored by the Benton County Government, Corvallis, Oregon (with Ann Schauber).

2008 Theory and Practice in Contemporary Anthropology. NAPA Sponsored Workshop, Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, California.

2008 Cultural Competency in Health Care. Good Samaritan Health Services System, Corvallis, Oregon. 2007 Cultural Competency in Health Care. Annual Cascades Conference of the American Nephrology

Nurses Association (ANNA), Cascades Chapter, Welches, Oregon. 2006 Cultural Competency for Health Care Professionals. Workshop sponsored by The Corvallis Clinic,

Project HER, and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Corvallis, Oregon. 2005 Cultural Competency in Health Care. Workshop sponsored by The Corvallis Clinic, Project HER,

and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Corvallis, Oregon. 2005 Building Bridges across Theory and Practice in Anthropology. NAPA Sponsored Workshop, Annual

Meetings of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), Washington, DC. 2005 Cultural Competency for Health Care Providers. Workshop for Student Health Services, Oregon

State University, Corvallis, Oregon. 2004 Qualitative Research Methods and Data Analysis. Workshop sponsored by the Department of

Anthropology, Oregon State University and MAMTA: Health Institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi, India.

2004 Cultural Competency: South Asian in the US, Office of International Education, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

2003 Cultural Diversity in Health Care Practice. Workshop sponsored by the Shriners Hospital for Children, Spokane, Washington.

2003 Qualitative Data Collection Techniques: Applications for Health Researchers. Workshop sponsored by MAMTA: Health Institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi, India.

2003 Using qualitative research methods for evaluating sustainable community health programs in India. Workshop sponsored by MAMTA: Health Institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi, India.

2001 Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Health Care Programs: Lessons from Critically Applied Medical Anthropology. Workshop sponsored by MAMTA: Health Institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi, India.

2001 Current State of Anthropology in the United States. Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

Public Presentations and Media Talks 2008 India and Pakistan: What does the West Need to Know? The Willamette Valley Forum, Corvallis,

Oregon. 2007 Farmers Protest in India: Industrialization in West Bengal, India. Radio kpfa 94.1, Berkeley,

California. 2006 Ethics, Economics, and Health Policy: Life-Course Perspective on Health. Leadership Corvallis,

Health Care Day, Corvallis, Oregon. 2003 Uninsured in Oregon: Cultural Issues in Health Policy. KBVR-TV, Corvallis, Oregon. 2002 Race and Ethnicity: Fact and Fiction. Wasco-Sherman County Health Department, Dallas, Oregon. 2002 Female feticide in India. KOPNW NEWS (1120 AM) Eugene, Oregon. 2002 Cross-border Terrorism or Freedom Struggle: Conflict over Kashmir between India and

Pakistan. WWLT Radio Network (700 AM), Washington, DC. 2002 India-Pakistan Relations: Historical Context and Future Implications of the Kashmir Problem.

Critical Mass by Alan Siporin, KLCC Radio Show (89.7 FM), Eugene, Oregon. 2001 Importance of Collecting Qualitative Data on Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Oregon (Senate Bill

784). Oregon Health Council, Salem, Oregon. 2001 Inter-Religious Wars Across the Globe: What would Gandhi Say About it? India-US Friendship

Association (INDUS), Salem, Oregon. 2001 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care in Oregon. Multicultural HIV/AIDS Alliance of Oregon,

Eugene, Oregon.


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Grants and Contracts 2010 Constructions of Illness, Life, and Death: Narratives of Terminally-Ill Patients Seeking Death under

Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act (DWDA), College of Liberal Arts Research Grant, Oregon State University, (Co-PI Professor Courtney Campbell, $4,300).

2010 Advanced Leadership Training on Global Health, Contract with MAMTA: Health Institute for Mother and Child, India, ($13,000).

2009 Ethnohistory of Jats in Northwester India. Library Travel Grant, Oregon State University, ($2,200). 2008 Summer Write-up Grant. Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University, ($5,000). 2007 Summer Write-up Grant, Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University, ($5,000). 2006 National Institutes of Health and Travel and Conference Grant, NIH Regional Seminar on Program

Funding and Grants Administration, Office of Research, Oregon State University, ($1000). 2005 Assessment of Vulnerability or Rural Populations to HIV/AIDS in India, MAMTA: Health Institute

for Mother and Child, New Delhi, India, ($4000). 2005 Sex Ratio Distribution in Northern India: An Ethno-historical Analysis of the Indian Census

Reports, Library Travel Grant, Oregon State University, ($1,500). 2004 Development of the Biocultural Lab., L. L. Stewart Grant, Oregon State University, ($2,100). 2004 Traditions and New Reproductive Technologies (NRTs) in Ponnur, Kerala, Wenner-Gren

Foundation for Anthropological Research, (served as Co-PI; Principal-Investigator: Sudha Shreeniwas, $25,000).

2002 Substance Abuse Treatment Evaluation Project in Tennessee, University of Memphis, Tennessee, ($5000).

2001 Evaluating Community Coalition against Misuse of Reproductive Technology in an Urbanizing North Indian Village, College of Liberal Arts Research Grant, Oregon State University, ($400).

2001 Distribution of Sex Ratio in India: A Comprehensive Historical Analysis of the Indian Census Reports, Library Travel Grant, Oregon State University, ($1,500).

2001 Options for Universal Health Coverage in Oregon: A Focus Group Study, Oregon Health Plan Policy & Research (OHPPR), Oregon, ($41,000).

1999 Smoke-Free Families Program: Innovations to Stop Smoking During and Beyond Pregnancy, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Program Office, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, ($7,000).

1999 Barriers to Access of the “Atypical” Anti-psychotic and Anti-depressant Drugs by uninsured/non-Medicaid patients, Investigative Research Contract, Office of Mental Health Services, Oregon Health Division, ($30,000).

1999 Family Building Strategies in an Urbanizing North Indian Village, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, ($15,000).

1999 Building Use Credit Grant for Human Biology Laboratory, Oregon State University, ($5,000). 1998 Availability and Use of New Reproductive Technologies (NRTs) in Urbanizing North India,

International Research and Development Grant, Oregon State University, ($2,000). 1998 Historical Evidence of Female Infanticide in India, Library Travel Grant, Oregon State University,

($1,500). 1997 An Evaluative Study of the Benton County WIC Program, Research Council Grant, Oregon State

University, ($8,000). 1997 Writing Intensive Curriculum in Anthropology, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC) Program

Department Development Grant, Oregon State University, ($250). 1996 Reproductive Technology in Urbanizing North India, College of Liberal Arts Research Grant,

Oregon State University, ($2,000). 1996 Building Use Credits Grant for Human Biology Laboratory, Oregon State University, ($20,000). 1995 Ethnohistory of the Haryana Jats, Library Travel Research Grant, Oregon State University,

($1,000). 1993 Gender Discrimination, Maternal Health, and Reproductive Outcomes in North India, Doctoral

Research Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, ($11,000).


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1989-1991 Etiology of Neural Tube Defects in North India, Postdoctoral Research Grant, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, ($30,000).

Research Projects/Fieldwork 2010- Ethnographic research among Death with Dignity Act (DWDA) patients, Oregon 2009- Ethnographic research among Ayurvedic practitioners in New Delhi, India. 2007-2008 Ethnographic research on family building strategies in urban India, New Delhi, India. 2006-2008 Evaluative research on the role of cultural competency training for health care providers in

improving health care providers’ knowledge and skills, Corvallis, Oregon. 2005 Ethnographic research on the availability and use of new reproductive technologies in urban

India, New Delhi, India. 2003 Ethnographic research on new reproductive technology and family building strategies in urban

India, New Delhi, India. 2001 Ethnographic research on understanding options for universal health coverage in rural and urban

counties in Oregon. 1999 Ethnographic research on community-level Access to Health Care in a New Delhi Slum, New

Delhi, India.

1999 Ethnographic and demographic research on family-building strategies in an urbanizing north Indian village, New Delhi, India.

1999 Ethnographic and survey research on barriers in access to “atypical” medications in three Oregon counties.

1997-1998 Quantitative evaluative study of Benton County’s WIC program, Corvallis, Oregon. 1996 Ethnographic research on the availability and use of reproductive technology in rural north India,

New Delhi, India. 1996 Archival research on the ethnohistory of Jats in rural north India, Haryana, India. 1995 Quantitative research on access to and utilization of electronic birth records by rural hospitals in

upstate New York. 1993-1994 Ethnographic research on maternal health, gender discrimination, and microdemography in

Shahargaon, Delhi and Karimpur, Uttar Pradesh, North India. 1985-86 Clinical and survey research on epidemiology of occipito-atlantal fusion and other CNS

malformations, India. 1983-84 Survey research on demographic composition of a tribal village in Rajasthan, India. TEACHING AND ADVISING Culture, Community, and Global Health (G) Research Methods in International Health (G) Migration and Health: Global Perspectives (G) Thinking Critically: Professional Skills for Global Citizens (U) Global Encounters: Understanding Self and Other (U-Engage) Introduction to Biological Anthropology (U) Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (U) Let’s Talk: Anthropology of College Life (U-Engage) Comparative Cultures (U) Race and Ethnicity: Fact or Fiction (U) Cultural Diversity at Oregon State University (U) Contentious Cultures: South Asians in United Kingdom (U) Peoples and Cultures of South Asia (U) World Cultures: South Asia (U/G) Cultures in Conflict (U) Evolution of People, Society, and Technology (U)


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Biological and Cultural Constructions of Race (U) Biological Perspectives on Human Biology (U/G) Biological Perspectives on Human Biology Lab. (U/G) Advanced Theory: Biocultural Core (G) Theory of Culture (G) Qualitative Research Design (G) Statistical Applications in Anthropology (U/G) Anthropological Research: Professional and Ethical Conduct (U/G) Cross-cultural Health and Healing (U/G) Curriculum Development

Undergraduate (U), Graduate (G) Institution

Let’s Talk: Anthropology of College Life (U) Oregon State University (U-Engage)

Anthropological Research: Professional and Ethical Conduct (U/G) Oregon State University

Biological and Cultural Constructions of Race (U) Northwest Council on Study Abroad

Contentious Culture: South Asians in United Kingdom (U) Northwest Council on Study Abroad

Cultures in Conflict E-Campus, Oregon State University

Evolution of People, Society, and Technology (U) E-Campus, Oregon State University

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (U) E-Campus, Oregon State University

Race and Ethnicity: Fact or Fiction (U) Oregon State University

Cultural Diversity at OSU (U) Oregon State University

Ethnography of Health and Healing (U) Oregon State University

Cross-cultural Health and Healing (G) Oregon State University

World Ethnography: South Asia (U/G) Oregon State University


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Student Advising and Mentoring

Advising/Mentoring Doctoral Master Undergraduate

Advisor (Committee chair) 4 27 -

Committee Member 29 53 -

Advisor, International Degree Committees - - 9

Advisor, Honors College Committees - - 12

McNair Scholars Program Students - - 2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Oregon State University 2012- University International Strategies Council (Co-Chair) 2012- International Dual-Degree Programs Task Force (Convener) 2012- Global Learning Certificate Task Force (Chair) 2012 International Engagement Task Force: Asia Strategy (Core Group Member) 2012 Search Committee, Registrar, Oregon State University (Member) 2012 Search Committee, Associate Director of Research, Center for Latino/Latina Studies and

Engagement (Chair) 2011 Strategic Planning Taskforce, Graduate School (Member) 2010- Undergraduate Education Council (Member) 2009-2010 OSU India Association (Faculty Advisor) 2009-2010 Institutional Review Board (Head of Education and Outreach) 2007 “Mentoring Advice from OSU Faculty.” Center for Teaching and Learning; (available online at:

http://oregonstate.edu/ctl/video_onid/sunil_khanna.htm) (Mentoring Advisor) 2006- Difference, Power, and Discrimination (DPD) Program (Advisory Board Member) 2005 Best Teaching Practices Video Series, Center for Teaching and Learning (Invited Faculty

Participant) 2005-2009 Conflict of Interest (COI) Committee (Member) 2005-2008 Research Council (Member) 2004-2006 MAIS Committee, Graduate School (Member) 2002-2005 Graduate Admissions Committee, Graduate School (Member) 2001- Institutional Review Board (Member) 2001 Adventures in Learning, Expeditions for Gifted, Talented, and Creative Learners (Faculty Host) 2001-2003 OSU McNair Scholars Program (Advisor) 1999-2000 OSU India Association (Faculty Advisor) 1998-1999 OSU Graduate Student Conference (Judge) 1998- Honors College, Oregon State University (Advisor) 1997 Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Lecture for World Peace Committee (Member) 1997-1999 Asian Cultural Center Advisory Board (Member) 1997 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Grants Committee, Office of International Research and

Development (Member) 1997 Difference, Power, and Discrimination Advisory Committee, DPD Program (Member)

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College of Liberal Arts 2011-2012 Personnel Committee (Co-Chair) 2010-2011 CLA Salary/Equity Task Force (Member) 2010-2011 Promotion and Tenure Committee (Member) 2009-2010 Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Ethnic Studies (Member) 2009-2010 Faculty Council (President) 2009 The Center for the Humanities Review (Internal Review Team Member) 2008-2009 Faculty Council (President-Elect) 2007-2008 Faculty Council (Member) 2008-2009 Faculty Position in South Asian Religions, Department of Philosophy (Search Committee Chair) 2005-2006 Promotion and Tenure Committee (Member) 2004-2005 Promotion and Tenure Committee (Chair) 2001-2003 Curriculum Committee (Member) 2001-2005 CLA Master Teacher 1999 Sacred Landscapes Conference Organizing Committee (Member) 1998-1999 Curriculum Committee (Member) School of Language, Culture, and Society 2010-2011 Budget Committee (Member) 2010-2011 Search Committee, Faculty Position in Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Health (Chair) Department of Anthropology 2010-2012 Center for Global Health and Medical Anthropology (Director) 2010-2011 Promotion and Tenure Committee (Member) 2008-2010 Curriculum Committee (Chair) 2004-2005 Curriculum Committee (Member) 2007-2008 Personnel Committee (Member) 2005-2006 Curriculum Committee (Member) 2005-2006 Search Committee, Faculty Position in Biocultural Anthropology (Chair) 2004-2006 Department Coordinator, Student Assessment Planning (Coordinator) 2004-2005 Search Committee, Faculty Position in Environmental Anthropology (Member) 2003-2006 Ecampus Curriculum Development (Coordinator) 2003-2004 Search Committee, Faculty Position in Archaeology (Member) 2003-2004 Doctoral Program Committee (Convener) 2003-2004 Department Webpage Committee (Chair) 2003-2004 Curriculum Committee (Chair) 2002-2003 Budget Committee (Member) 2001-2002 Personnel Committee (Member) 2000-2003 Doctoral Program Exploratory Committee (Member) 2000-2001 Budget and Equipment Committee (Member) 2000-2001 Graduate Program Working Groups: Health & Culture (Chair) 1999-2000 Curriculum Committee (Member) 1998-1999 Curriculum Committee (Chair) 1998-1999 Budget Committee (Member) 1998-1999 Organizing Committee for the Northwest Anthropological Association (Member) 1997-1998 Personnel Committee (Member) 1996-1997 Budget Committee (Member) 1995-1997 Curriculum Committee (Member) 1995-2000 Anthropology Club (Faculty Advisor)


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Professional Organizations 2010-2011 Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs (Co-Chair) 2008 Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meetings Program Committee (Member) 2007 Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meetings Program Committee (Member) 2006 Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meetings Program Committee (Member) 2006-2007 Benton Health Center, Federally Qualified Health Center, Corvallis, Oregon (Board Member) 2005-2011 Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs (Virtual Community Moderator) 2004-2006 Community Outreach Incorporated (COI), Corvallis (Board Member) 2003 Central Coordination Committee (CCC), Right to Know (RTK) HIV Prevention Efforts in India,

MAMTA (Member) 2002-2003 Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon (Program Chair) 2000-2006 Human Subjects Protection and Institutional Review Board, Corvallis Clinic (Chair) 2000-2004 Executive Committee, Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition, American

Anthropological Association (Member) 2000-2003 Curriculum and Funding Committee, Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition,

American Anthropological Association (Chair) 2000-2003 Design-Team on Access to Health Care, State of Oregon: Racial and Ethnic Task Force (Co-Chair) 2000 Christine Wilson Award in Nutritional Anthropology (Student Paper Competition) Society for the

Anthropology of Food and Nutrition, American Anthropological Association (Judge) 2000-2011 Multicultural Health Advisory Committee, Oregon Health Division (Member) 1999-2003 State of Oregon: Racial and Ethnic Health Task Force (Executive Appointment by the Governor) 1999-2011 Indian Medical Association and Voluntary Health Association of India, New Delhi, India (Expert

Resource Person on Female Feticide in India) 1998 The Chamber/Education Job Shadow Program, Corvallis Area Chamber of Commerce (Employer

Host) 1998 Women’s and Children’s Health Group, Multicultural Advisory Committee, Oregon Health

Division (Chair) Manuscript Reviewer Medical Anthropology Quarterly National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) Culture, Health, and Sexuality Contemporary South Asia Journal of Asian Studies Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA) Journal of Ecology of Food and Nutrition Social Science & Medicine The Journal of Interdisciplinary History Routledge Press Berg Publishers Cengage Publishers Mayfield Publishing Company The McGraw Publishing Company Grant Reviewer Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research National Science Foundation Institute of Maternal and Child Health, National Institutes of Health Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)


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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS NAFSA: Association of International Educators Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) American Anthropological Association Society for Applied Anthropology (Fellow) Society for Medical Anthropology National Association for the Practice of Anthropology American Public Health Association Human Biology Association Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition Consortium of Practicing and Applied Anthropology Programs

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