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BONNIE GLASS-COFFIN, Ph.D. Utah Professor of the Year (2004, CASE/Carnegie Foundation)Professor of AnthropologyDepartment of Sociology, Social Work & AnthropologyUtah State UniversityLogan, UT 84322-0730(435) 797-4064 e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] http://bonnieglasscoffin.com

Education:1985-1992 University of California, Los Angeles. Ph.D. Anthropology, 1992. Dissertation topic,

"Women as Shamans: Magical-Religious Specialists in Northern Peru."1983-1985 University of California, Los Angeles. M.A., Anthropology. Masters thesis, "Health Care

Decision Making Among an Urban Middle-Class Population: Trujillo, Peru."1976-1980 Whitman College. Walla Walla, Washington. B.A., Spanish literature Anthropology

combined major. Graduated cum laude.

Professional Employment/Activities:2014-present Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Social Work

and Anthropology (SSW&A), Utah State University (USU)2006-present Professor of Anthropology, SSWA.2009-present Associate Editor, Anthropology of Consciousness2007-present Affiliate Professor, Religious Studies, Department of History, Utah State University (USU)2013-2014 Faculty Mentor, Interfaith House, Living Learning Community, Campus Housing, Utah State

University2009-2010 Chair, MSS Program, Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology2009 Internationalization Fellow for the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. (Chaired

College-wide committee, coordinated College efforts towards internationalization and with preparation, presentation of proposal to show-case College activities related to international education and research).

2007-2009 Managing Editor, Anthropology of Consciousness 2006-2013 Co-Director, Latin American Studies Minor, College of HASS1999-2006 Associate Professor of Anthropology, SSW&A, USU1999-2004 Anthropology Program Director, SSW&A, USU1993- 1999 Assistant Professor of Anthropology, SSW&A, USU Jan.-May 1993 Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of Anthropology, Washington State University.1990-1992 Instructor. Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University.

Honors, Grants, and Awards (funded projects and selection of key grants that were not funded):2016 Developing Interfaith Studies at Utah State University. Responding to an IFYC/Teagle

Foundation Interfaith and Pre-Professional Course Sequence Curricular Development RFP ($9,900, submitted to Interfaith Youth Core, April 15, 2016). Fully funded.

2016 Developing Capacity for Interfaith Leadership in the Intermountain West. Proposal submitted to Interfaith Youth Core for a Spring, 2017 Interfaith Leadership Lab (partnering with Idaho State University and Utah Valley University). Fully funded: $3000 (funding rate = 20%).

2015 Proposal to support “Pedagogy and the Big Questions: Addressing Strongly Held Values in the Classroom,” for a symposium to be held July 25-26, 2016 at Utah State University. Target foundations: Templeton, Lilly, Teagle, Ford. (Letters of inquiry submitted April 1, 2015). Not funded.

2015 Proposal to support 2015 O.C. Tanner Talks Series, “Religion, Shared Values and the ‘Ties that Bind,’” (Feb. 18, 2015). Partially funded

2015 USU Diversity Award (“Faculty” category)

Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Ph.D. 1

2014 USU Proposal Writing Institute: “Promoting Religious Literacy at Public/Single-Faith Universities: Adapting Models for Interfaith Dialogue While Expanding Religious Paradigms” ($5,000, May, 2014)

2014 USU Diversity Council Diversity and Inclusion Grant: “Inter-religious knowledge, relationship-building, and action at Utah State University: from Assessment to Implementation,” (Requested $15,000. Funded, $7,500, May, 2014)

2014 USU Vice President for Research, Research Catalyst Grant. “Promoting Religious Literacy at Public/Single-Faith Universities: Adapting Models for Interfaith Dialogue While Expanding Research Paradigms.” ($20,000, January 2014-Dec 2015).

2013 Franz Boas Global Citizenship Award, Center for a Public Anthropology, Hawaii Pacific University

2010 Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award, Center for a Public Anthropology, Hawaii Pacific University

2010 Citation of Appreciation, Huntsman School of Business, SEED Program2010 Oyu Tolgoi Project Cultural Heritage Program RFP # OT-MR005435 ($1,146,242).

Submitted, Mar 10. Not funded.2009 USAID:Community Development Activity Fund (Bolivia). Co-PI. ($1,993,000) Submitted,

Aug 09. Not funded.2009 USU Vice President for Research, Proposal Writing Institute, “Sustainable community

development through indigenous youth exchange,” ($5000). Submitted February, 2009, Not funded.

2009 College of HASS Seed Grant, “Earth-restorative community development through indigenous youth exchange,” ($5,500). Submitted February, 2009, Not funded.

2008 NSF:REU, “Asset Based Community Development as an Innovative Model for International Collaborative Research and Education,” ($153,252). Submitted August, 2008. Declined, January, 2009.

2007 NSF:REU, “Asset Based Community Development as an Innovative Model for International Collaborative Research and Education,” ($222,911). Not funded, encouraged to revise and resubmit

2007 CIEE, “The Changing Social Face of Brazil,” Faculty Development Seminar in Bahia and Sao Paulo, Brazil ($5000 funding from USDOE/UISFLP)

2006 Co-PI (with Tamara Shapiro and John Allen), “Applying and Evaluating an Asset-Based Community Development Model in Huanchaco, Peru, Using Geographic and Ethnographic Evaluation Criteria,” NSF/Advance Seed Grant #03-4080 ($8000).

2005-2007 Co-Project Director ($177,708), USDOE/UISFLP “Latin American Studies Program.” (funded, Shannon Peterson/Project Director)

2005-2006 Co-PI NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates ($122,514) “Community-Based Tourism in Latin America: an Undergraduate Ethnographic Research and Training Program in Peru and Costa Rica,” (not funded, but will revise and resubmit based on panel review recommendations)

2005 Named a FELLOW of the Society for Applied Anthropology2005 Co-PI USDA/SCRP ($5,000) “Utah and Costa Rica: Building Collaborative Partnerships in

Sustainable Agriculture and Tourism,” (not funded, will revise and resubmit spring 2006).2004 Utah Professor of the Year, CASE/Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.2003-2004 College of HASS, Social Science Division “Teacher of the Year.”2003-2004 College of HASS, "Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year."2002-2003 “Top Professor Award,” USU Mortar Board.2001-2003 Community/University Research Initiative #4-21427

($20,700, for Latino parent research)2000-2003 P.I. USIA/College and University Affiliations Program ($80,809) “Ethnographic Methods

Field-Training in Cultural Anthropology: A Partnership-Based Approach” (not funded).


2000 Utah Humanities Council 13th Annual Governors Awards--Merit Award($2500 to fund video-recording of O.C. Tanner Symposium, funded)

2000 Utah State University Course Enhancement Grant ($3300, to support classroom delivery of web-based technologies, funded),

1999 Utah State University FACT Technology Institute Workshop ($500, funded)1999 Nominated for College of HASS (USU), "Researcher of the Year."1998-2000 O.C. Tanner Foundation and College of HASS

($30,000) for organization of symposium entitled "Body, Mind, and Spirit: Culture and Health in America"(funded).

1997-1998 "Top Professor" Award, USU Mortar Board1997 Fulbright Scholar Award (Quito, Ecuador: June-August 1997 ($15,000, funded)1997 AAUW Emerging Scholars Award—Logan Branch, AAUW1996-2001 Women and Gender Research Institute Travel Grant ($3,500, funded).1994-1995 New Faculty Research Grant #HS79404, Utah State University ($15,000, funded).• Dissertation Fellowship. Upaya Fund, Crestone, Colorado ($1,000, funded).

International/Domestic Consulting Experience:2012-2014 Cultural and Education Advisor/The Heart of the Healer Foundation2010 Consultant/The Heart of the Healer Foundation, SIPAPU Living-learning retreat center near

Puerto Maldonado in Madre de Dios region of Peru2008 Consultant/Project Evaluator, Huntsman School of Business, Summer Abroad Program in

Latin America. (Oct. 16-22, 2008)2007 Invited to participate as part of “advance team” to Brazil, Chile, Peru for set-up of College of

Business Study Abroad Program2005 Invited to accompany Dr. Susan Mannon to Heredia, Costa Rica to facilitate incorporation of

Heredia as an additional site for Utah State University Ethnographic Field School2003 Invited to accompany the Director of the Office of Study Abroad and the Vice Provost for

Academic and International Affairs to Ecuador and Peru to serve as liaison for various study abroad programs.

2001 Consultant/content-expert for "Secrets of a Moche Tomb" The Learning Channel (Steve Talley/Director, filmed in northern Peru, aired Summer 2003)

2001 Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and Universidad Privada: Antenor Orrego (Trujillo, Peru)

2000 Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and Universidad Privada del Norte (Trujillo, Peru)

1999 Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and Centro Regional de Desarrollo Integral Social (Trujillo, Peru)

1999 Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and Universidad Nacional de La Libertad (Trujillo, Peru)

1997 Advisor, Taller de medicinas tradicionales y sistemas no formales de salud (Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar Sede Ecuador: Area de Salud)/Quito, Ecuador

1997 Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and La Universidad de Loja (Loja, Ecuador)

1997 Advisor and facilitator for inter-institutional agreement between Utah State University and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (Quito, Ecuador)

Field Research Experience: Fall 2013-2015 Promoting Religious Literacy at Public/Single Faith Institutions (Cache Valley, UT).

Supervising two undergraduate students and one graduate student, funded by Research Catalyst Grant, USU-VPR).

Summer 2002-2006 Ethnographic Field School Director (and founder), Huanchaco Peru and Cache Valley, Utah.


Program provides intensive field-based research and service learning experiences for undergraduate and graduate students that result in web-based publications. See www.usu.edu/anthro/peru and www.usu.edu/anthro/peru/2006.html for samples of student reports.

Fall 2000-2003 Cache Valley, (Logan, UT) Building Educational Success Together: Latino parent involvement for K-12 success in education

Summer 1999 & 2000 Peru (study of the impact of commercialization on Peruvian healers and ongoing ethnohistorical research)

Summer 1997 Ecuador (field-research funded by Fulbright Commission)Summer 1996 Peru/Ecuador. Preliminary field-research among female shamans in Vilcabamba, Ecuador

and return visit to female shamans in northern Peru. Ethnohistorical research at the Archivos Arzobispales de Lima.

1994-1995 Madrid and Sevilla, Spain. "Idolatries and Superstitions in Northern Peru: A Survey of Early Colonial Manuscripts in Spanish Archives." Ethnohistorical study of the impact of Catholic dogma and policies on the perception and expression of female healing in Colonial Peru.

1989-1991 Mid-Willamette Valley, Oregon. Study of factors determining migration patterns and social-service needs including perception of barriers to utilization of public services among Mexican nationals.

1988-1989 Chiclayo, Peru and environs. Ethnographic study of the therapeutic strategy and healing philosophy of five contemporary female shamans and ethnohistorical research about the 18th and 19th Century persecution of ritual healers in northern Peru.

1987-1988 Trujillo, Peru. Research Associate for NIMH Sponsored outcome study among 120 patients of four traditional healers.

1984 Trujillo, Peru. MA research studying factors which influence differential use of bio-medical and traditional forms of health care.

1982 Trujillo, Peru. Preliminary study among traditional healers.

Publications:Books:Proposal in preparation Heart Centered Learning for a Head Strong World:Teaching Shamanism in the Public

University as a Tool for Inner Exploration and Integrative Learning. Jossey-Bass Press (in development)

2013 (with don Oscar Miro-Quesada). Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Living. Rainbow Ridge Books. (October 2013). Spanish language version to be released, April 2016.

2005 (with Richley Crapo) Anónimo Mexicano. Utah State University Press 1998 The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru. University of New

Mexico Press.

Refereed Journal Articles/ Book ChaptersSubmitted (invited) “Building Capacity and Transforming Lives: Anthropology Undergraduates and Religious

Campus-Climate Research on a Public University Campus,” Invited article for a Special Issue of the Annals of Anthropological Practice (Toni Copeland and HJF Dengah II, eds). Submitted May 5, 2016. To be published in November, 2016.

Submitted (invited) “Extraordinary Experience as Transformation in an Anthropology Classroom,” Invited chapter for a volume on Extraordinary Experiences and Pedagogical Processes in Anthropology,” (edited by Veronique Beguet, Jean-Guy Goulet and Deirdre Meintel and submitted to University of Toronto Press). Submitted May, 2015. Still awaiting decision.

2014 Invited comment to “The Undergraduate Field School as a Research Method by John P. Hawkins,” Current Anthropology 55(5):551-589.

2013 “Belief is Not Experience: the Role of Personal Transformation as a Tool for Bridging


Ontological Divides in Anthropological Researching and Reporting,” for International Journal of Transpersonal Studies. 32(1):117-126.

2013 (with Joshua Clementz) “Post-Mortem Care Warfare: Can conflicts between Mandated Autopsies and Cultural Expectations for Post-Mortem Body Care be Resolved? Further Perspectives: Anthropological Views of the World 6:27-36.

2013 (with Leon Anderson) “‘I Learn By Going:’ Autoethnographic Modes of Inquiry,” for The Handbook of Autoethnography, Stacy Holman, Ed. Walnut Creek (CA): Left Coast Press. Winner: National Communication Association Ethnography Division, Best Edited Collection Award (2013).

2012 (with Kiiskeentum [Dee Ansbergs]) “Ontological Relativism or Ontological Relevance: An Essay in Honor of Michael Harner,” Anthropology of Consciousness, Vol 23[2]:113-126.

2010 "Shamanism and San Pedro through time: notes on the archaeology, history, and continued use of an entheogen in northern Peru." Anthropology of Consciousness 22(1):58-82 (Winner, “article of the year” for the journal).

2010 “Anthropology, Shamanism and Alternate Ways of Knowing/Being in the World: One Anthropologist's Journey of Discovery and Transformation,” Anthropology and Humanism 35(2):204-217

2009 “El San Pedro Como Planta Sagrada Durante 2000 Años,” IN Rafael Vásquez and Enrique Vergara, eds., Medicina Tradicional: Conocimiento Milenario (Trujillo: UNT/Museo de Arqueología, Antropologia e Historia), pp. 159-170.

2009 with Douglas Sharon and Rainer Bussmann, “La Mesa de Julia Calderón de Avila,” IN Rafael Vásquez and Enrique Vergara, eds., Medicina Tradicional: Conocimiento Milenario (Trujillo: UNT/Museo de Arqueología, Antropologia e Historia), pp. 245-254

2009 “Balancing on Interpretive Fences or Leaping into the Void: Reconciling Myself with Castaneda and the Teachings of don Juan,” IN Betsy Hearne and Roberta Trite, Eds. A Narrative Compass: Women’s Scholarly Journeys. Urbana/Champagne: University of Illinois Press (pp. 57-67).

2008 “The Demonic Pact Then and Now: Transformations and transgressions in Peruvian Traditions,” IN Iris Gareis, Ed. Entidades maléficas y conceptos del mal en las religiones latinoamericanas (Evil Entities and Concepts of Evil in Latin American Religions). Bonner Amerikanistesche Studien (BAS) 45. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, pp. 70-86.

2007 "The Emergence of the Modern Mesa: African Influence and Syncretism Revisited," Shamanism, Mesas, and Cosmologies in the Central Andes, San Diego Museum of Man, publication # 44), pp. 87-99.

2006 “A Mother’s Love: Gender, Altruism and Spiritual Transformation,” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 41(4): 893-902

2006 “Radical Empathy, Gender and Shamanic Healing: Examples from Peru,” in Joan Koss and Phil Heffner eds., Spiritual Transformation in Healing: Anthropological, Theological, Neuroscientific, and Clinical Perspectives, pp. 62-77. Lanham (MD): Altamira Press.

2005 (with Juan Castañeda Murga) “La Inquisición y el extraño proceso contra Juan Santos Reyes (1728-1750): decifrando el por qué de los hechos,” IN Hiriyasu Tomoeda and Luis Millones, eds. Pasiones y desencuentros en la cultura andina. Lima: Fondo Editorial del Congreso del Peru, pp. 71-97.

2005 (with Chad Balagna) "The Ethnographic Field School as a Venue for Undergraduate Research," invited submission for special issue of the Council for Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 25(4): 269-174.

2004 "Ofensas Capitales: el diabólico y el exótico en la comercialización del curanderismo." Revista Andina, 38: 105-119.

2004 (with Douglas Sharon and Santiago Uceda), "Curanderas a la sombra de la Huaca de la Luna." Boletín del Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos 33(1): 81-95 (Lima, Peru), reprinted in Rafael Vásquez and Enrique Vergara, eds., Medicina Tradicional: Conocimiento Milenario


(2009, Trujillo: UNT/Museo de Arqueología, Antropologia e Historia), pp. 44-53.2003 “La perspectiva de género en el curanderismo en el norte del Perú: Metáforas, modelos y

manifestaciones de la diferencia,” in Luis Millones, Hiroyasu Tomoeda and Tatsuhiko Fujii, eds. Tradición popular: Arte y religión de los pueblos del norte del Perú (Senri Ethnological Reports, National Museum of Ethnology: Osaka, Japan) 43:67-94. Reprinted in Hiroyasu Tomoeda, Tatsuhiko Fujii and Luis Millones, eds, Entre Dios y el Diablo: magia y poder en la costa norte del Perú Lima: PUCE (2004), pp. 93-119.

2003 "Anthropology and Shamanism: Bottom-Line Considerations in Image and Practice," in Joan D. Koss-Chioino, Thomas Leatherman, and Christine Greenway (Eds). Medical Pluralism in the Andes. London: Routledge, 234-249.

2002 "El pacto diabólico y la identidad cultural en el norte del Peru," Revista Andina, 35: 129-144 (Cusco, Peru)

2001 "Reflections on the Experience of Healing: Whose Logic? Whose Experience?" in Erika Brady (Ed.), Healing Logics. Logan: Utah State University Press.

1999 "Engendering Peruvian Shamanism Through Time: Insights from Ethnohistory and Ethnography," Ethnohistory 46(2):205-238. Reprinted in Boletin del Institut de Derecho Indiano y de Estudios Clásicos (2:40-55), Trujillo (Peru), 2001.

1997 "El Shamanismo y el Género en el Norte del Peru," Taller de medicinas tradicionales y sistemas no formales de salud (Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar Sede Ecuador: Area de Salud, August, 1997),reprinted in Rafael Vásquez and Enrique Vergara, eds., Medicina Tradicional: Conocimiento Milenario (2009, Trujillo: UNT/Museo de Arqueología, Antropologia e Historia), pp. 226-235.

1996 "Male and Female Healing in Northern Peru: Metaphors, Models and Manifestations of Difference," Journal of Ritual Studies, 10(1):63-91.

1996 [1991] With Rafael Vásquez Guerrero, "La Brujería en la Costa Norte del Peru del Siglo XVIII--El Caso de María de la O." Journal of Latin American Lore, 17(1991):103-130, reprinted in Rafael Vásquez and Enrique Vergara, eds., Medicina Tradicional: Conocimiento Milenario (2009, Trujillo: UNT/Museo de Arqueología, Antropologia e Historia), pp.268-289.

1993 "Portrayals of Experience in Ethnography: Situated Knowledge or Castaneda's Revenge?" Anthropology UCLA, vol. 20 (spring): 105-125.

1991 "Discourse, Daño, and Healing in North Coastal Peru." Medical Anthropology 13(1-2):33-55, 1991. Reprinted IN Mark Nichter, ed., Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Ethnomedicine. NY: Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, 1992.

1988 "El Daño, el Cuento y el Chisme: el Poder de la Palabra en la Medicina Tradicional de la Costa Norte del Perú. " MASA 3(2):48-51, 1988 and as "Secretos de Curandero." Gente 653:68-69, 1988. Reprinted IN Actas del II Congreso Internacional de Medicinas Tradicionales. Lima, 1989. Reprinted IN the Revista del Museo de Arqueología [Universidad Nacional de Trujillo: Facultad de Ciencias Sociales], pp. 321-328 Trujillo, 1993.

1988 "Wandering ways of the light honed wood." Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly 13(3):77.

Book Reviews, Trade-Journals, Encyclopedia Entries, Translations, Conference Proceedings and BlogsDec. 14, 2015 “Standing Together Against the Trump-Grump,” HuffPost Religion

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bonnie-glasscoffin/standing-together-with-ou_b_8797336.html

Dec. 1, 2015 “Coming Out of the Religious Closet in Utah,” HuffPost Religion http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bonnie-glasscoffin/in-the-closet-in-utahits-_b_8650748.html

2014 Book Review of Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality (Michael Harner), Anthropology of Consciousness 25(1):141-142.

2012 “The Academic and the Adept: an Anthropologist’s Heart Cracks Open…” Sacred Fire


Magazine, 15:42-472008 “Editor’s Note,” Anthropology of Consciousness, 19(2):107-108.2007 “Reclaiming Sacred Waters/Re-membering Sacred Life: Opening to, Embodying and

Manifesting a Vision of Planetary Healing,” Published on-line by the Heart of the Healer Foundation. Last accessed 3/22/09, http://www.heartofthehealer.org/media/sacred_waters.php

2006 “Building on Assets and Mobilizing for Collective Action” (Spanish language translation of John C. Allen, et.al. University of Nebraska (2002). Last accessed 3/22/09 at http://extension.usu.edu/htm/publications/by=author/char=G/author=578

2006 “Coessence,” Published on-line with The Center for Bioregional Animism. Last accessed 3/22/09 at http://www.bioregionalanimism.com/2006/12/coessence-by-bonnie-glass-coffin.html.

2005 “Influencias cubanas en los altares de curanderos nor-peruanos: una primera aproximación,” IN Conference Proceedings of the IV Coloquio Internacional de Religión y Sociedad: Religiones Afroamericanas y las Identidades en un Mundo Globalizado, La Habana, Cuba, July 19-22.

2005 Book Review of “La Voz del Kultrun en la Modernidad” (by Ana Mariella Bacigalupo) for the Anthropology of Consciousness 15(1):52-53.

2004 "Peruvian shamanism," in Mariko Walter and Eva Fridman, eds., Encyclopedia of Shamanism. Santa Barbara (CA): ABC Clio. Vol 1 (of 2): 439-446.

2004 Book Review of Mesoamerican Healers. (Brad R. Huber and Alan R. Sandstrom) for the American Anthropologist, 106(1): 192-193

2001 "El shamanismo y el género: un caso desde la costa norte del Perú," IN Jacques Mabit, (ed.), Memoria del segundo foro interamericano sobre espiritualidad indígena: ética, mal y transgresión. Tarapoto (Peru): Takiwasi/CISEI, pp. 47-57.

2000 "The Meaning of Experience: Theoretical Dilemmas in Depicting a Peruvian Curandera's Philosophy of Healing," IN Armin W. Geertz and Russell T. McCutcheon (Eds.), Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. Adjunct Proceedings of the XVIIth Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, Mexico City, 1995. Leiden: Brill, pp. 226-237.

1998 "Manejando y Manejado: la Dinámica Eclesiástica/Popular en el Curanderismo de la Costa Norte del Peru," Actas del IV Congreso Internacional de Etnohistoria, Tomo III Lima: Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, pp. 116-133.

1998 Book Review of Keepers of the Sacred Chants: The Poetics of Ritual Power in an Amazonian Society (Jonathan D. Hill) for the American Ethnologist, vol. 25 #1, Feb. 1998.

1996 "El chamanismo, el San Pedro y la mesa: notas preliminarias sobre el género, el estado modificado de conciencia y la curandería en el norte del Perú," Actas Completas del II Congreso Internacional Para el Estudio de los Estados Modificados de Consciencia held at Lerida, Spain, October, 1994. (Barcelona: Institut de Prospectiva Antropológica).

1995 "Encantos and Illness in Northern Peru: the Role of Symbolic Geography in Shamanic Healing," Traditional/Alternative/Complementary Health Care Issues and Society: Proceedings of the VIII International Conference of Traditional Medicine and Folklore held at St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, August 18-21, 1994. Published at St. John's, Newfoundland: Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1994 "Anthropology, Shamanism, and the 'New Age,'" Chronicle of Higher Education, June 15, 1994, p. A48.

1991 Contributor to museum exhibit guide, Cosmic Thresholds: Psychotropic Plants in South America, (compiled and edited by Johannes Wilbert), Museo de Las Americas, Madrid, Spain.

Presentations:Conferences or Symposia Organized and/or Chaired:


2015 “Faith-Based Diplomacy as a Counter to Violent Extremism,” Lecture co-sponsored by CHaSS and Religious Studies Program with Dr. Douglas Johnston, Oct. 2015 (RELS events committee Chair)

2015 “Women as Religious Leaders,” Lecture co-sponsored by Religious Studies Program, CHaSS, and Center for Women and Gender with Bishop Carolyn Tanner Irish (RELS events committee chair).

2014 “Building Bridges of Interfaith Cooperation,” and “Catalyzing Interfaith Leadership at Utah State University,” with Dr. Eboo Patel, President and Founder of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC). Raised (with LDS Stake President, Mr. Paul Parkinson) $17,500 from 22 on and off-campus donors to support bringing Dr. Patel to Utah State University (Sept 4-5, 2014).

2014 “Canvassing Our Campus Climate” and “Mapping Our Asset” Round-Tables Discussions with 65 staff, faculty, students, administrators to discuss interest in the USU Interfaith Initiative (Jan-Apr 2014).

2012-2013 “CHaSS Seminar in Experiential Learning,” Year-long college-wide seminar co-sponsored by CHaSS

2013 “Faith Zone Training,” “How to Jump-Start Your Campus-Wide Interfaith Movement,” and “Round Table Discussion,” with Dr. Marcella Runell Hall (NYU Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life) Co-sponsored by College of CHaSS, Religious Studies Program, USU Housing, and USU Access and Diversity Center.

2009 “Sacred Space, Urban Grace, Reconnecting Spirit of Place with People of Soul.” Regional gathering co-sponsored by College of HASS and Religious Studies Program featuring teachings of don Oscar Miro-Quesada, (Sept 5-7, 2009).

2008 “Crossing Boundaries/Building Bridges: Latin American Studies at Utah State University,” Campus-wide symposium for Deans and faculty of Utah State University to inform and build interest for Latin American Studies Minor (June, 2008).

2007 “Immigration: Speak Out!,” State-wide symposium on local immigration issues (March, 2007).

2006 “Latino Issues in Utah Education,” teacher-training workshop (Oct, 2006).2006 “Latin American Cultural Extravaganza,” Week-long, campus-wide celebration of Latin

American culture (March, 2006).2004 “Fieldworking: confronting the challenges and possibilities of ethnographic fieldwork,” panel

organized for annual meeting of Western Social Science Association, (Salt Lake City, April 21-24, 2004).

2004 “Field School Ethnographies: Case Studies from Huanchaco,” panel organized for annual meeting of Western Social Science Association, (Salt Lake City, April 21-24, 2004).

2003 with Joan Koss-Chioino “Spiritual Transformation and Healing Process: (Near) Universal Aspects?” (Reviewed and accepted by the Society for Anthropology of Religion Section), American Anthropological Association (Chicago, November 19-23, 2003).

2002 "Raising Voices for Our Children's Education: Hispanic Parents Speak Out," Panel organized for One Future Many Families: Educators for Diversity Annual Conference, Utah State University, March 15-16, 2002

2000 Co-organizer and co-chair of I Seminario Internacional: Medicina y Cultura: Salud Integral para el III Milenio" (28-29 August, Trujillo, Peru)

2000 Organizer and Chair of the O.C. Tanner Symposium held at Utah State University. Theme: "Body, Mind, and Spirit, Culture and Health in America." Budget: $30,000). Web site: http://www.hass.usu.edu/tanner

1998 Co-organizer and co-chair of panel on "Women and Healing" at the Segundo Foro Interamericano Sobre Espiritualidad Indígena

1993 Co-organizer and co-chair of panel at 92nd annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association entitled, "Ethical Issues in the Study of Spiritual Traditions: Exploitation or Cultural Borrowing." Washington D.C.


1989 Chaired panel on "Medicina Tradicional" at VIII Congreso Peruano del Hombre y la Cultura Andina. Trujillo, Peru.

1982-1983 Organizer and co-Chair of international conference, U.S./Mexican Borderlands Issues, sponsored by Latin American Center, University of California, Los Angeles.

Conference Papers/Presentations:2016 “Applying Anthropology for Educational Change: Reflections on the Development of the

USU Interfaith Initiative,” Presented as part of an invited panel entitled, Anthropology in Higher Education, at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meetings, Vancouver, BC, March 2016.

2016 “We Want to Share Who We Are But We Don't Feel Safe. How a Campus-Wide Inquiry Led to the Better-Together Interfaith-Ally Training Program at Utah State University." Presented as part of a panel entitled, “Engaging Interfaith Studies at Public and Secular Institutions,” at IFYC’s Interfaith Studies: Curricular Programs and Core Competencies! conference held at California Lutheran University, March 2016.

2015 “An Overview of the ‘Better Together Interfaith Ally Training Program.’” Presented at the 2015 Meeting of the World Parliament of Religions, Salt Lake City, Oct 15-19, 2015.

2015 “Speed-Faithing and Capacity Building: Creating Safe Spaces for Religious Difference on a Public University Campus.” Presented at the 2015 Meeting of the World Parliament of Religions, Salt Lake City, Oct 15-19, 2015.

2015 “Inter-religious knowledge, relationship-building, and intentional culture-change on a public university campus: a cautionary tale.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association, Denver, Nov. 18-22, 2015.

2015 (with Ariel Ennis and Marcella Runell Hall) “Faith-Zone Training and Pedagogy: A New Model for Multifaith Dialogue and Religious Literacy,” 2015 Annual Conference, NASPA: Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education, New Orleans, Mar 21-25, 2015

2015 “To Share or Not to Share: Should Professors Share Their Faith-Commitments in the Classroom?” Panel presentation (with Drs. Richard Sherlock, Harrison Kleiner, and Christopher Blythe) for Religious Studies Spring Convocation. Feb. 24, 2015.

2015 with Erica Hawvermale and Audrey George, “‘Speed Faithing’—An Applied Anthropology Model for Developing Interfaith Literacy on a Public University Campus,” Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Pittsburgh, March, 2015.

2015 “Pedagogy and the ‘Big Questions,’ in Higher Education.” Invited Chair of Round Table Discussion at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, Washington DC, January, 2015.

2014 “Interfaith Cooperation and Shamanism: Building Knowledge, Creating Community and Encouraging Service Using a Shamanic “Toolkit,” Invited presentation to all professional staff at Interfaith Youth Core, Chicago, Aug 14, 2014.

2013 “Religion & Spirituality as a Diversity Issue at Utah State University: Are We Ready for the Conversation?” (Panel discussion organized for the 1st Annual Inclusive Excellence Symposium, Utah State University, October 10, 2013).

2012 “Ritual, Transformational Learning, and the Language of Emotion in an Anthropology Classroom,” Presented at the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA, Nov 2012.

2011 with Megan Pehrson, “Integrative Medicine and its Impact on Mental Health Court Clients: an Overview of the New Discoveries Clubhouse and the Cosmic Nudge of Logan, Utah.” Presented at the First InterMountain Mental Health Court Conference, June 29-July 1, 2011, Utah State University

2008 Invited presentation, “Anthropology, Shamanism and Alternate Ways of Knowing/Being in the World: One Anthropologist's Journey of Discovery and Transformation,” paper accepted for presentation at the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association, San


Fracsisco, CA, Nov, 20082007 Susan Mannon and Bonnie Glass-Coffin, “Community Based Tourism in Costa Rica,”

Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association (March 31, 2007).2006 Invited discussant, “Beyond Vicos: Forty Years of Change in Andean Applied

Anthropology,” (panel organized by Tom Greaves and Ralph Bolton), American Anthropological Association, San Jose, California

2006 (2nd author with Susan Mannon) “Community Based Tourism in Costa Rica,” paper submitted for presentation at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec.

2006 “Shamanism, Spiritual Transformation and Healing,” Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Savannah, Georgia, Feb. 22-25, 2006

2005 “A Mother’s Love: Gender, Altruism and Spiritual Transformation,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington D.C., Nov.

2005 “Influencias cubanas en los altares de curanderos nor-peruanos: una primera aproximación,” paper accepted for presentation at the IV Coloquio International de Religión y Sociedad, (ALER), La Habana, Cuba, July 19-22.

2005 “Ethnographic Field schools as Tools for Change: Challenges and Recommendations from Huanchaco, Peru.” Paper accepted for presentation at Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meetings, Santa Fe, April 2005.

2004 "Curanderismo y Género en el Norte del Peru," Conferencia Magistral (Keynote Address), Universidad Privada de San Pedro, Sede Trujillo, July 7th, 2004.

2004 "Involving Hispanic Parents: Challenges and Opportunities," (with Dan Coffin), Invited presentation given for the Bridgerland Professional Academy of Teachers of History in Schools (PATHS). American West Heritage Center (Logan, UT), March 8th, 2004.

2004 “The Emergence of the Modern Mesa: African influence and Syncretism Revisited,” invited presentation given at San Diego Museum of Man: 12 th Latin American Symposium , March 6, 2004.

2003 “Radical Empathy, Gender and Shamanic Healing: Examples from Peru,” accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. (Chicago, Nov. 2003).

2003 "Conversations About Teaching," Led round-table discussion sponsored by Council on Anthropology and Education at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (Chicago, Nov. 2003).

2003 (with Corey Larsen and Chad Balagna) "'You should be doing more for (y)our children:' Culture-change and cognitive dissonance between expectations of minority parents and school officials in a Utah high school," paper presented at the Western Social Science Association, 45th Annual Conference, April 9-12, 2003

2003 (with Corey Larsen and Chad Balagna). "What Hispanic parents expect of schools is not what schools expect of parents: how can we narrow the gap?" Paper presented at the 3 rd Annual Educators for Diversity conference, Utah State University, March 7-8, 2003.

2002 "New Age Redemption or the Devil's Due: Commercialization and its Consequences for Peruvian Shamanism," paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, Nov, 2002.

2002 "Shamanism as New Age Healing: The "Pros," the "Cons" and the Cautions," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake City, October 30-November 3, 2002.

2002 "Gender, Shamanism, and Theology in Northern Peru: Correspondences Worth Noting in Symbolism and Practice," paper presented at the IX Congreso Latinoamericano Sobre Religion y Etnicidad, Lima, Peru August 5-8, 2002.

2001 "Community-Building Among Latino Parents of High-School Students in Northern Utah: A Preliminary Report," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied


Anthropology. Mérida, Mexico, March 2001.2000 "Género y Medicina Tradicional" and "Biomedicina y la Medicina Tradicional--Sistemas

Culturales Paralelos." Both papers presented at the I Seminario Internacional: Medicina y Cultura: Salud Integral para el III Milenio" (Trujillo, Peru).

1999 "Anthropology and Shamanism: Bottom-Line Considerations in Image and Practice," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Chicago, November 1999.

1999 "The anthropologist as sub-altern: Ecuadorian "new-age" tourism events and the construction(s) at Cochasquí '97." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Tucson, Arizona, April 1999.

1999 "Mujeres y hombres curanderos peruanos: diferencias teóricas y prácticas en sus trabajos y las implicaciones de estas," paper presented at the XIII Congreso Internacional de Medicinas Tradicionales. Lima, Peru, October 26-29, 1999.

1998 "What's in a name? Labeling and identity politics of yachajkuna and curers in pluri-national Ecuador," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 1998.

1998 "El shamanismo y el género: un caso desde el norte del Perú," paper presented at the Segundo Foro Interamericano Sobre Espiritualidad Indígena. Tarapoto, Peru, November 9-14, 1998.

1997 "El pacto diabólico y la identidad cultural en el norte del Peru," paper presented at the panel entitled "Colonialismo e identidad cultural," (organized by Iris Gareis, Pater Masson, and Nicholas Griffiths) at the 49th the International Congress of Americanists Quito, July 7-11, 1997.

1997 "Ofensas Capitales: el diabólico y el exótico en la comercialización del curanderismo," paper presented at the panel entitled "Etnomedicina en Mesoamérica y en Andinoamérica," (organized by Segundo Moreno, Edgardo Ruiz, and Douglas Sharon) at the 49th International Congress of Americanists Quito, July 7-11, 1997.

1997 "The feminine connection: engendering shamanism in Northern Peru," invited lecture presented at a symposium entitled "The Art of Healing: Ancient and Modern Shamanism in Northern Peru," de Young Museum (San Francisco Fine Arts Museum), June 7, 1997.

1996 "Shamanic Opposition, Mediated Dualism And The Umbilicus: Further Discussions Of Mesa Symbolism In Northern Peru," paper presented at the 95th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. San Francisco, Nov. 1996.

1996 FIFE Folklore Conference on Folk Medicine, June 1996. Three invited lectures entitled: "Magic, Medicine, and Traditional Healing in Northern Peru: An Overview," "From Folklore to Pharmacy: Plants, Politics, and People in Context" and "So You Want to be a Shaman: The Dynamics and Dilemmas of Transcultural Healing."

1996 "Manejando y manejado:la dinamica eclesiastica/popular en el curanderismo de la costa norte del Perú: siglo XVIII," paper presented at the IVth Congreso Internacional de Etnohistoria. Lima, June 1996.

1995 "The Meaning of Experience: Theoretical Dilemmas in Depicting a Peruvian Curandera's Philosophy of Healing," paper presented at the XVIIth International Congress of History of Religions, Mexico City, August 1995.

1995 "Ties that Bind: Sorcery, Society, and the Social Scientist in Northern Peru," invited lecture presented at the FIFE Folklore Conference, Logan, Utah, June 1995.

1994 “El chamanismo, el San Pedro y la mesa: notas preliminarias sobre el género, el estado modificado de conciencia y la curandería en el norte del Perú.,” paper presented at the II International Congress for the Study of Modified States of Consciousness, Lérida, Spain, October 1994.

1994 "Encantos and Illness in Northern Peru: the Role of Symbolic Geography in Shamanic Healing," paper presented at the VIII International Conference of Traditional Medicine and Folklore, St. Johns, Newfoundland, August 1994. Published as part of the conference


Proceedings, October 1995.1994 "Challenges to Regionalism from the Ground of History: the Emergence of Shamanism as a

Regional Tradition in Northern Peru," paper presented at Regional Legacies: Places Where Cultures Mix Conference, Utah State University, May 1994.

1993 "Shamanic Introductions: When Fieldwork Becomes a Forum for Cultural (Ex)Change," paper presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington D.C., November 1993.

1992 "On the Record: the Historical Dimensions of Shamanism in Northern Peru," paper presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. San Francisco, CA, December 1992.

1992 "La Polémica de los Discursos de Resistencia: El Caso del Amor-Mágico en el Perú Colonial y Contemporaneo," paper presented at the X International Symposium of the Latin American Indian Literatures Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1990 "Therapeutic Strategy and Gender Cosmology: Male and Female Shamans in North Coastal Peru," paper presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. New Orleans, Louisiana.

1989 "Daño, Discourse and Healing in North Coastal Peru," paper presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington D. C.

1989 "Medicina Tradicional y Medicina Académica: ¿Cómo se Entiende su Integración?" Paper presented at the VIII Congreso Peruano del Hombre y la Cultura Andina, Trujillo, Peru.

1988 "El Daño, el Cuento y el Chisme: el Poder de la Palabra en la Medicina Tradicional de la Costa Norte del Perú," paper presented at the II Congreso Internacional de Medicinas Tradicionales, Lima and Trujillo, Peru.

1988 "Medicina Académica y Medicina Tradicional: ¿Es Posible su Integración?" Round table presentation to Peruvian physicians of Colegio Médico del Perú. I Seminario Taller Nacional: Medicina Tradicional y Académica--Encuentros. (Lima, Peru)."Características que Determinan la Manera de Acudir al Herbolario y la Farmacia en Trujillo," paper presented at the VII Congreso Peruano del Hombre y la Cultura Andina, Huaraz, Peru.

Invited presentations/lectures/interviews2015 “An Interfaith Prayer,” presentation at the Cache Community Connection’s 13th Annual

Thanksgiving Service (Nov. 22, 2015, Logan Tabernacle).2015 “Better Together Interfaith Ally Training Program,” Presentations about the program to

Housing and Residence Life (RA training, April 2015, Community Faith Leader Engagement, August 2015 and Cache Valley Unitarian Universalists, August 2015).

2015 “Thanksgiving Traditions and Peruvian Earth-Based Spirituality: the Despacho as a Way of Restoring Sacred Relationship to the World,” Presented at Family 1 st Saturdays at the Museum of Anthropology, Logan, Nov. 7, 2015.

2015 “An Anthropologist Responds to the World Congress of Families,” UPR Interview, with Morgan Pratt Nov. 2015. Online at http://upr.org/post/anthropologists-response-world-congress-families.

2015 “Better Together Interfaith Ally Training Program.” Six workshops reaching 140 students, faculty, staff, administrators during March -April 2015 and October 2016.

2015 Multiple interviews with Ashley Stilson for the Utah Statesman including “Finding Spiritual Identities: Four Students Share Their Journeys,” and “Religious Diplomacy,” (Fall 2015 issues).

2014 “The Magic and Mystery of Interfaith Cooperation,” Presentation at the 12 th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, (Nov. 23, 2014).

2014 “International Day of Listening,” Interview with Tom Williams, KUSU/UPR, to speak about the USU Interfaith Initiative (November 26, 2014).


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2014 Multiple interviews with Chris Campbell for articles about the USU Interfaith Initiative including the following: “Religious diversity of Utah State difficult to track” (Nov. 13, 2014, p. 1).“Interfaith takes off,” (Oct. 7, 2014, p. 1).“Speed-Faithing panelists speak out about beliefs,” (Sept 18, 2014, p. 4).“Faith and food: finding meals on campus difficult for some students,” (Dec. 2, 2014).

2014 “Speaking About Dr. Eboo Patel,” Interview with Dave Ramsey on KVNU’s “For the People,” September 1, 2014.

2014 Interview with Kristin Middaugh (CHaSS Media Relations) for upcoming article on the USU Interfaith Initiative and the Interfaith Student Association for Liberalis.

2014 “Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom,” Interview with Kris Steinnes for Voices of Women, WBLQ 1230 AM (Seattle, WA) and Transformation Talk Radio (March 28, 2014: http://www.transformationtalkradio.com/meet_shows.php?id=8900)

2014 “Lessons from the World’s First Religion,” Interview with Phil Mereton for Beyond Science and Religion, Webtalk Radio (Mar 9, 2014: http://webtalkradio.net/internet-talk-radio/2014/03/17/conversations-beyond-science-and-religion-lessons-from-the-worlds-first-religion/)

2014 “The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru,” Interview with Scott Cluthe for Positively Incorrect, Blogtalk Radio (Mar 20, 2014: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/positively-incorrect/2014/03/21/bonnie-glass-coffin-phd-author-of-the-gift-of-life-with-scott-cluthe-on-p-i).

2014 “Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life,” Interview with Scott Colburn for Unexplained Phenomena, KZUM (Lincoln, NE) and EUPRadio.net (Mar 15, 2014: http://eupradio.net/index.php?id=154)

2014 “Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life,” Interview with Jeremy McDonald for Soul Talk Radio Network (Feb, 2014: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/soul_talk/2014/02/15/soul-talk-with-bonnie-glass-coffin-phd )

2014 “Shamanism: from Community to Consumerism,” Interview with Christina Smith and Aprylisa Snyder for At the Heart of the Shaman: Energy Medicine Exchange (Feb 22, 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZuSqW-Dkaw)

2014 “Feminine Approaches to Shamanism,” Interview with Aprylisa Snyder for At the Heart of the Shaman: Energy Medicine Exchange (Feb 22, 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPqaGYKfzCU)

2013 “Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life,” Interview with David McMillian for Strategies for Living (Dec, 17, 2013: http://www.strategiesforliving.com/podcast.php?p=2308).

2013 “Shaman: Tapping Unseen Powers Behind the Veil,” Human Book Presentation, Merrill-Cazier Library (Feb. 27th, 2013)

2013 “An Experiment in Experiential Pedagogy: Teaching Shamanism in a Public University Classroom,” Presented at Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) “Big Questions Breakfast,” Atlanta, Jan. 2013

2012 What is College For? Is it Broken? How Do We Fix It? Panel discussion summarizing CHaSS Seminar in Experiential Learning, Nov. 28th, 2012. Podcast available at: https://podcasts.usu.edu/MediaPlayer/player.html?filename=Podcasts/MISC/2012_11_28_HASSPanel

2012 Keynote address: “Women and Spirituality: The Roads We Make, The Paths We Take,” for Utah State University Center for Women and Gender, January 12, 2012.

2011 Radio Interview: “Shamanic Healing: A Personal Experience,” for Self, Soul, and Consciousness on VoiceAmerica Radio. November 3, 2011. http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/57308/shamanic-healing-a-personal-experience.

2011 Fife Folklore Conference Invited Presentation: “Sorcery and Shamanism: Folklore, Magic and Medicine in North Coastal Peru,” Utah State University, June 7, 2011


2011 Guest lecture: USU Museum of Anthropology’s Saturdays at the Museum: “Healing, Wholeness and Earth-Based Spirituality: the "Despacho" Offering as a Means of Realigning Our Relationship with the Natural World.” Mar 5, 2011

2010 Keynote presentation, “Developing Communities Together: Students and Research in Huanchaco, Peru,” International Research Lecture Series, Utah State University, Nov 17, 2010

2009 Guest lecture: USU Medical Spanish Club: “When Spirit/matters: reflections on patients and healers in the context of culture,” March 24th, 2009 and Nov 5th, 2009).

2007 Keynote Speaker, Seventh International Gathering/Heart of the Healer Foundation, July 22-25, 2007 (Pisac, Peru)

2007 SSW&A Department Brown-bag presentation: “An Ethnographic Field School Comes of Age,” Feb.

2005 Keynote Speaker, Fifth International Gathering/Heart of the Healer Foundation, Sept 22-25, 2005 (Shelby, Michigan).

2004 Presentation to Anthropology Student Association, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo2002 SSW&A Department "Brown-Bag" presentation "Tourism and Culture Change in a Peruvian

Fishing Village: A Summary of Student Reports from the 2002 Ethnographic Field School2002 USU Society for Advancement of Qualitative Studies "Organizing an Ethnographic Field

School: Tips and Cautions"2002 SSW&A Department "Brown-Bag" presentation "Working with Local Latino Communities:

Adventures in Applied Anthropology."2001 The Book Table book club (Logan, UT) Discussion of The Gift of Life2000 Rotary Club International (Logan, UT) Presentation of research on Peruvian shamans2000 College of HASS "Brown-Bag" presentation (as part of Tanner Symposium Activities):

"'New Age' Shamanism in Peru".2000 Featured in newspaper articles, The Utah Statesman (USU), The Herald Journal (Logan, UT)

and The Salt Lake Tribune2000 Interviewed for "Access Utah" Radio Program (KUSU) Topic: Body, Mind, and

Spirit:Culture and Health in America1999 SSW&A Department "Brown-Bag" Presentation of Summer, 1999 research in Peru, "What,

Another Enema? What I Did With My Summer Vacation or the REAL Consequences of Participant Observation Research in Anthropology."

1998 Interviewed for "Access Utah" Radio Program (KUSU) Topic: The Gift of Life1998 Featured in periodical articles, Utah State Magazine, Bridgerland Magazine, Catalyst

Magazine Topic: The Gift of Life1997 AAUW (Logan Chapter) Discussion of The Gift of Life1997 Featured in newspaper articles, The Utah Statesman (USU), The Herald Journal (Logan, UT)

and The Salt Lake Tribune1996 FIFE Folklore Conference Faculty Fellow (Featured Speaker)/USU1996 Interviewed for "Access Utah" Radio Program (KUSU) Topic: Research in Peru1995 FIFE Folklore Conference Lecturer/USU

Other Service Activities:

Professional Association MembershipsAmerican Academic of Religion (2016 to present)Society for Applied Anthropology (1992-present)Research Associate: San Diego Museum of Man (1987-2006)American Anthropological Association (1985-present)

Article Reviewer for Professional Journals


Bulletin del Institute Francais des Etudes AndinesAnthropologica (flagship journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society)Journal of Latin American AnthropologyMedical Anthropology QuarterlyAmerican Anthropologist (flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association)American EthnologistJournal of Latin American LoreJournal of Anthropological ResearchMountain Research and Development (MRD/University of Berne)Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

IDEALS (Interfaith Diversity Experiences and Attitudes Longitudinal Survey) Campus Liaison for National Survey begin conducted by North Carolina State University and Interfaith Youth Core, Fall 2015/Spring 2016 and Spring 2020.

Recent Conference Program Planning CommitteesUSU Interfaith Initiative, Chair (2013-present): “Faith Zone Training,” with Dr. Marcella Runell Hall, Chair (Aug-Oct 2013). Raised $3,500 from 7 sponsors to host Dr. Marcella Runell Hall at Utah State University, Oct 11-13, 2013. “Big Questions” in Higher Education Symposium, Sponsored by AAC&U Member (2014-2016)Educators for Diversity Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee (2001-2004)Anthropology Program Coordinator for Western Social Science Association (2003-2004)O.C. Tanner Symposium Conference Planning Committee, Chair (1998-2000)

Recent Boards and Advisory Committees USU Interfaith Advisory Council, Chair (2015-)Cache Community Connections, Member (2015-)USU Vice Provost, Case/Carnegie Professor of the Year Selection Committee (2010-2011)USU Archaeological Services, Board Member (2010-2011)Dean’s Advisory Committee, Mountain West Center for Regional Studies (2010-2011)Chair, Board of Directors, The Cosmic Nudge/Cache Valley Utah (2010-2012)Utah State University, Fulbright Scholarship Awards Committee (2010-2011)USU Office of Global Engagement, Faculty Seed Grant Awards Committee (2009-2010)College of HASS, General Education/Liberal Education Restructuring Committee (2009-2010)College of HASS, Dean’s Internationalization Fellow (2009)Chair, College of HASS, Internationalization Committee (2009-2010)Advisor/Instructor, Undergraduate Teaching Fellows Program (1995-1998 and 2007-2009)SSWA Graduate Executive Committee (2008-2010)SSWA MSS Degree Committee Chair (2008-present)Executive Board Member, Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness (2006-2009)Board Member, Chaupinsuyu Council (regional coordinating council for the Heart of the Healer Foundation, (2006-2012)Advisor/Consultant “Visionary Shamanism: Ritual Healing in Peru” documentary, Munay Productions (2006-present) Latin American Studies Minor/College of HASS (2004-present)International Studies Major/College of HASS (2003-present)Religious Studies Major/College of HASS (2003-present)Utah State University Prehealth Professions Evaluation Committee (2004-2006)Utah State University International Academic Advisory Board (2004-2006)Educators for Diversity Task Force (Founding member, 2001-2004)State-Wide Curriculum Articulation Committee/Utah Office of Higher Education (1998-2004 and 2014-p


resent)

Current and Immediate Past Search Committees:Chair: Anthropology Program Assistant, SSWA (Spring 2016)Chair: Temporary Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology, SSWA (Spring 2016)Chair: Ass’t Prof. Medical Anthropology, SSWA (2013-2014)Chair: Ass’t. Prof. Medical Anthropology, SSWA (2010-2011)Committee member: Assoc. Prof. Religious Studies/History (2010-2011)Committee member: Department Head, SSWA (2010-2011)Committee member: Dean, College of HASS (2009-2010)Committee member: Ass’t. Prof. Portuguese, LPSC (2009-2010)

Current Promotion and Tenure Committee Assignments:Associate to FullMaria Cordero (LPSC/CHaSS)Cacilda Rego (LPSC/CHaSS)James Sanders (History/CHaSS)

Assistant to AssociateFrancois Dengah, Chair (Anthropology/CHaSS)Judson Finley (Anthropology/CHaSS)Sue Kasun (TEAL)

Recent Graduate Student Advising:Ryan Price (PhD/English/Technical Writing, Member, in process)Britt MacNamara (MS/Archaeology, Committee Chair, completed Fall 2013)Candice Cravens (MS/Archaeology, Member, completed Spring 2014)Dee Ansbergs (MA/Folklore, Member, completed Spring 2013)Bernadene Ryan (MA/Folklore, Member, completed Spring 2013)

Recent Undergraduate Research Projects for Public Presentation/Publication :Talon Dutson, “Halfie Mormon Anthropology,” paper submitted for presentation at the Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology,” Vancouver, BC (April 2016).Erica Hawvermale, “Applying Anthropology for Student Betterment: Evolution and Impacts of an Interfaith Student Association,” paper submitted for presentation at the Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology,” Vancouver, BC (April 2016).Essa Temple “Equality But Not Feminism: Modeling Mormon Views on Feminism,” paper submitted for presentation at the Meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology,” Vancouver, BC (April 2016).Erica Hawvermale and Audrey George (w/Bonnie Glass-Coffin), “Speed Faithing,” an Applied Anthropology Model for Developing Interfaith Literacy on a Public University Campus,” Society for Applied Anthropology, Pittsburgh (April 2015). Erica Hawvermale “The Interfaith Movement: Facilitating Change Through Anthropological Research,” Student Research Symposium, USU (April 2015).Erica Hawvermale and Audrey George: “Interfaith Cooperation on a Public University Campus: Challenges and Opportunities,” Utah Research on Capitol Hill (Jan 2015).Erica Hawvermale and Audrey George: “Interfaith Cooperation on a Public University Campus: Challenges and Opportunities,” Utah Research on Capitol Hill (Jan 2015).Katelyn Conrad: “Outside the Homeland: the Intermountain Indian School,” Utah Research on Capitol Hill (Jan 2012), Exhibit installation at Brigham City Museum (April-July 2012), James Gardner: “Revolution, Reform, and Reticent Voices: A Study of Nicaragua’s Dynamic Health Care System.” Presented at Utah Research on Capitol Hill (Jan 2013), Utah Council for Undergraduate


Research (Feb 2013), accepted for presentation at National Council for Undergraduate Research (Apr 2013).Elizabeth Payne: “The Medicalization of Childbirth in Cache Valley, Utah: An Ethnographic Study.” Presented at Utah Research on Capitol Hill (Jan 2013), Utah Council for Undergraduate Research (Feb 2013). Elizabeth Payne: “A History of Midwifery in Cache Valley, Utah,” submitted to USU Student Showcase (Apr 2013).Beth Walden: “CHaSS Seminar on Experiential Learning,” Religious Studies Capstone Project (May 2013)

Coordination of Recent Student Service/Volunteer Opportunities Facilitated (with faculty partners at UVU, Westminster, UofU, SUU) coordination of Student Parliament Fellows Initiative for the 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions (Oct 15-19, Salt Lake City). Negotiated free conference registration for 40 student volunteers. Created application process, screened and selected and trained 38 student volunteers. Supervised these volunteers during the Parliament.

Recent advisory positions with student clubs:Interfaith Student Association (co-advisor, Fall 2014-present)Medical Unity (Fall 2010-Spring 2013)USU Pagan Alliance (Fall 2011-Spring 2013)

Other Program/Department/University Level Service: Religious Studies Events Committee, Chair (Fall 2014-present) Anthropology Program Honors Advisor (Fall 2012-present) Anthropology Program Undergraduate Teaching Fellow Advisor (Fall 2012-Spring 2014, Spring 2015-)………Better-Together Interfaith Ally Training Coordinator (Spring 2015-)

Teaching:2015-2016 Teaching AssignmentFall 2015 Anth 1099: Resources in Anthropology (46 students)Fall 2015 Anth 3160: Anthropology of Religion (108 students)Spring 2016 Anth 1099: Resources in Anthropology (12 students, entirely on-line)Spring 2016 Anth 3090: Introduction to Shamanism (18 students)Spring 2016 Anth 4130: Medical Anthropology (70 students)

Courses Developed and TaughtIn progress Ways of Knowing in Cultural Anthropology (Undergraduate Capstone Course)2015-present Better Together Interfaith Ally Training Program (Stand-alone capacity-building workshop

for all USU faculty, staff, administrators, students, community faith leaders)2012-present Ethnographic Methods in Cultural Anthropology2012-present Ethnographic Field School (in Cache Valley, UT)2011-present Anthropology of Religion2011-present Introduction to Shamanism2008-present Applied Anthropology Survey2008-2010 Contemporary Issues in Anthropology (USU)2002-2006 Ethnographic Field School in Huanchaco, Peru (USU) www.usu.edu/anthro/peru and

www.usu.edu/anthro/peru/2006.html and http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6303334543435841754#

2001-2006 Career Options and Field Methods in Anthropology (USU)1999-present Applied Anthropology Practicum (USU)1998-2005 Contemporary Theory and Method (USU)


1998-present Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (USU)1997 Andean Ethnomedicine (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador)1996-1998 Practices and Principles of Cultural Anthropology (USU)1996-1998 Ethnographic Methods (USU)1995-1998 History of Anthropological Theory (USU)1995 Research/Proposal Design (USU)1993-present Medical Anthropology (USU)1991-1998 Shamanism and Traditional Medicine (OSU, WSU, USU)1993 Psychological Anthropology (WSU)1992-1998 Introduction to Anthropology, 4 field approach (WSU, USU)1991-present Peoples of Latin America (OSU, USU)


References: Dr. James MoralesVice President for Student ServicesUtah State UniversityOld Main Hill 0175Logan, UT [email protected]

Ms. Michelle Bogdan-Holt, Director, Center for Access and DiversityUtah State UniversityOld Main Hill 0185Logan, UT [email protected] or 435-512-9925 (cell)

Dr. Terry PeakProfessor of Social Work, and Social Work Program DirectorDepartment of Sociology, Social Work and AnthropologyUtah State UniversityOld Main Hill 0730Logan, UT [email protected]

Mr. Jason BroughUndergraduate Anthropology Student and Native American Student Council Intern3 Aggie Village, Apartment FLogan, Utah [email protected]

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