Date Updated
11-27-2024
Department
Anthropology
Academic Rank
Professor
Year Retired from SJSU
2024
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Educational Background
Ph.D. 1985 University of California, Santa Barbara, California [Anthropology] M.A. 1978 University of California, Santa Barbara, California [Anthropology] B.A. 1976 California State University, Fresno, California [Summa cum Laude in Anthropology]
Dissertation Title
A Place For Healing: An Ethnography Of Holistic Health Practitioners In Southern California (social Movements, Medical History, Counter Culture)
Teaching Experience
Full Professor: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), Department of Anthropology, San Jose, California, USA. [Fall 2000-2011, 2015 through present]
Visiting Lecturer: STANFORD UNIVERSITY CONTINUING STUDIES, Palo Alto, California [Summer 2003, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2013) * Updated August 2015
Visiting Professor: UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS 12 (UP12), American Studies, Créteil, France. [Spring 2009, 2010, 2011]
Visiting Professor: YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY (YNU). Seminar presented to graduate students in cultural geography at, Kunming, People’s Republic of China. Sponsored by the Overseas Chinese Youth Forum. [June, 2005]
Associate Professor: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), Department of Anthropology, San Jose, California, USA. [Fall 1995-Spring 2000]
Visiting Fulbright Scholar: UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (UHK), Department of Sociology, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Fulbright research and teaching grant. [1993-1994]
Assistant Professor: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), Department of Anthropology, San Jose, California, USA. [Position began Fall 1991-Spring 1995]
Visiting Assistant Professor: UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND (UPS), Department of Comparative Sociology, Tacoma, Washington, USA. [1990-1991, Spring 1984, Spring 1985, Summers 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991]
Lecturer: CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CUST), Intensive Language Centre for Chinese Scholars going Abroad, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. [August 1988 through January 1990]
Lecturer and Adjunct Professor: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO (CSUF), Department of Anthropology. [Lecturer:Fall 1984, Fall 1985, Academic years 1986-1987, Fall 1987, Summer 1988; Adjunct:Spring 1990, Spring 1988, Spring 1986]
Teaching Assistant: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, USA (USCB), Department of Anthropology and Department of Environmental Studies (1 quarter). [1977-1981 (8 quarters)]
Administrative and Professional Experience
Interim Dean: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), San Jose, CA. August 2014-2015.
Associate Dean: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), San Jose, CA. August 2011-2014.
Chair: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY (SJSU), Department of Anthropology, San Jose, California, USA. [Fall 1999- Summer 2007],
Service as Acting Chair [May 28-30, 1997, June 17-27, and Dec. 14-21, 1997, 11/29-12/1/10]
Research Positions
Distinguished Fellow: Institute For the Future, Palo Alto: Consultant on various projects relating to emerging cultural practices, social organizations and technologies. [Research Affiliate: 1995-2012]
Research Consultancies: Short term research projects for Google Innovation Lab for Food Experiences, Kaiser Permanente, Herman-Miller, J. Walter Thompson, Daimler-Benz. [1995-present]
Laboratory Director: Office Of Public Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara: Responsible for laboratory analysis, budgeting and curation preparation for various projects in Central Californian archaeology. [1981-1984];
P-III ASSOCIATES, Archaeological Consultants, Fresno, California. [Summer 1981]
Research Assistant: National Endowment For The Humanities Fellows For The Study Of Dual- Cultural Heritage, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. [1978-1979]
Service
President-Elect, American Anthropological Association, Society for the Anthropology of Work [2015- 2018]
Program Co-Editor, American Anthropological Association, Society for the Anthropology of Work [2011-2013]
Executive Director, (Chair of the Board), Southwestern Anthropological Association] [2006-2007]
President, Southwestern Anthropological Association. [2003-2004] Past-President [2004-2005]
Board Member. [2005-2006, 2007-2008].
Member, American Anthropological Association Awards Advisory Committee on the Robert Textor Prize for scholarship in anticipatory anthropology. [June 1999-2001]
Member, American Anthropological Association Awards Advisory Committee on the Diana Forsythe Prize for feminist scholarship in science and technology studies [2008-2011]
Northern California Representative, Board Member, Southwestern Anthropological Association. [Spring 1998-2001]
Council on Anthropology and Education, American Anthropological Association, Chair of Committee 11, the Committee for the Study of Cultural and Educational Futures. Committee co-chair with Reed Riner [1993-1995].
Program Chair for Anthropology and Education Futures symposia. [1985-1987, 1990-1992]
Selected Publications
Interviews Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez and Jan English-Lueck. "Mosaic Atlas: Interview with Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez" Mosaic Atlas Interviews (2023). https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/mosaic-atlas-interviews/35/ Karen Rapp, Robin Treen, and Jan English-Lueck. "Mosaic Atlas: Interview with Karen Rapp and Robin Treen" Mosaic Atlas Interviews (2023). https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/mosaic-atlas-interviews/34/
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Personal Commentary
Research Interests: Cultural Futures, Cultural Innovations and Identities, Work, Wellness and Life, and Global Cultural Context of Science and Technology Work