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CURRICULUM VITAE(of various kinds)

THE LONG VERSION:

Printable PDF of my complete curriculum vitae

A SHORT VERSION:

Just some highlights

PERSONAL DATA

Robin O'Brian

Elmira College

One Park Place

Elmira, NY 14901

607/735-1925

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 1994, University of California, Los Angeles

M.A., 1983, California State University, Northridge

B.A., 1977, University of California, Los Angeles

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009- Associate Professor, Anthropology, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences

2000-2009 Assistant Professor (tenured 2006), Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Elmira College

1999-2000 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of California , Los Angeles

1998-2000 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, California State University , Northridge

1998-1999 Instructor, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica , California

 

SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

2009 A Visual History of Style Change in Zinacantec Traditional Clothing. Poster presentation at the Society for Economic Anthropology Annual Meeting, Los Angeles , California , April 2-4, 2009

2008 Weaving Agency: The Modification Of Traditional Dress Among Maya Artesanía Vendors In Chiapas . Presented at the Popular Culture Association 2008 Annual Conference, San Francisco , California , March 2008

2008 "Bringing the Mall Home: Performing "Authentic" Culture in Neoliberal Mexico ". In Tanfer Emin Tunc and Annessa Ann Babic , eds., The Globetrotting Shopaholic: Consumer Spaces, Products, and their Cultural Places . Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Pp. 101-113.

 

ACADEMIC SERVICE

2009- Chair, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences

2008-2009 Chair, Faculty Review Committee

2003-2005 Coordinator, Women's Studies Program