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Life Memberships: Fulbright Association, Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology Fulbright Scholar, Brazil, 2001 Fulbright Senior Specialist, Brazil, 2005 Fulbright Senior Specialist, Peru, 2005 From 1997 through 2019, my major efforts were devoted to developing collaboration with Brazilian institutions to further areas of science. I was assigned several positions with differing levels of status and funding. I was hosted by Brazilian agencies for a total 38 months and hosted Brazilian scholars in my lab for a total of 66 months.
Ph.D. Environmental Archaeology w/ Vaughn Bryant, Gentry Steele, & Tom Craig (1988) Texas A&M University including six courses in parasitology and a veterinary parasitology practicum. Dissertation: Diet, Parasitism, and Anemia in the Prehistoric Southwest, M.S. Ecology and Evolution w/ Richard Hevly & Peter Price (1985) Northern Arizona University. Thesis: Cultural Ecology of Ancient Parasitism. B.A. Anthropology (1977) Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona. Undergrad published research project – Prehistoric Cremations from Nogales, Arizona.
From 1991 through 2011, I worked with investigative agencies such as the Nebraska State Patrol, Lincoln Police, Lancaster County Sheriff, varies county attorneys and the State General Attorney and with the medico-legal community. During these years I assisted with approximately three cases per year as well as carried out assessment of procedures.
Inspired by President Kennedy and founded in 1964 under the Alliance for Progress, Partners of the Americas is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with international offices in Washington, D.C.
