Dissertation: "Un(Convent)ional Sisterhood: Feminist Catholic Nuns in the Philippines"

Thesis: "Re-creating Womanhood: Women's Rituals and Goddess Worship in Modern-day America"

GPA: 4.07; Summa cum laude 
Off-campus Study, University of Aberdeen, Scotland: 1988-1989

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Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Scholarship Society Certificates of

Teaching Excellence, 1999, 2001, Spring & Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009

Fulbright Scholar Grant in the Philippines, 1994-1995 
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute Tuition Fellowship (Pilipino),
        1993 
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1991-1996 
Distinction in the Senior Exercise, Kenyon College, 1990 
Margaret Mead Award in Anthropology, Kenyon College, 1990 
Phi Beta Kappa, Kenyon College, October 1989 
Kenyon Honor Scholarship, Kenyon College, 1986-1990 
Ohio Academic Scholarship, 1986-1990 
National Merit Scholarship, 1986

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

            Anthropology Instructor, Cabrillo College, Aptos,
                           Fall 1998-Spring 2011

Introduction to Anthropology: Cultural
Introduction to Anthropology: Physical
Anthropology of Religion
Anthropological Perspectives on American Cultures

California: Contested Dreams and Realities
Rediscovering California

Anthropology Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego

The Evolution of Society, Spring 1993 
Religious Cults and Social Movements, Fall 1991 
The Evolution of Society, Spring 1991 
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Winter 1991 
Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Fall 1990 

Research Assistant under Professor Lewis Hyde, Kenyon College, 1990
Writing Tutor, Kenyon College, 1986-88; 1989-1990 
Peer Counselor, Kenyon College, 1987-1988

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Cabrillo College Anthropology Search Committee, Spring 2005

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Counselor, JFK University Community Counseling Center,
        June 2003-December 2004

            Unconventional Sisterhood: Feminist Catholic Nuns in the Philippines
                         Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.  2001.
 

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS: 

Cross-cultural Gender Studies
Psychological Anthropology
Medical Anthropology and Cross-cultural Healing Systems  
Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration 
Cross-cultural Religious Studies 
Southeast Asian and Philippine Studies
Identity, Intersubjectivity, and Marginality
Fieldwork, Methodology, and Ethnography
Human Sexuality 
Post-colonial Studies and Cultural Studies
Globalization, Transnationalism, and Social Change 

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST